SCP-7299 — SCP-7299 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7299 Neutralized ~ medium confidence

SCP-7299

Expected annual

$354K

One-time setup

$3.4M

Annual recurring

$328K

Personnel

One-time costs total approximately $3,399,500 driven primarily by optional containment build-out and specialized equipment; recurring annual costs are about $328,000/year driven by asset staff wages, site overhead, and maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.4M

Facilities $2.5M

[#11] Containment facility build-out (optional, large-scale) estimated as the primary facilities one-time cost.

Equipment $264K

[#4, #9, #10] Initial classified storage hardware (#4), basic monitoring network / capture hardware (#9 - basic node deployment), and high-speed capture instrumentation (#10).

Contingency Reserve $250K

[#11] Contingency reserve for escalation/planning baseline.

Opportunity Cost Sunk $150K

[#20] Opportunity-cost / sunk-cost accounting estimate (informational).

Insurance Legal Allowance $100K

[#18] Low-probability / high-cost legal risk allowance / insurance-style reserve.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K

[#8] One-time minimal theoretical follow-up / compute time and initial study setup.

Legal And Cover One Time $20K

[#12] One-time legal / cover-story / public affairs costs (liaison, retainer for immediate needs).

Forensic Testing $18K

[#2] Forensic/analytical lab time (soil/air/isotope assays, chain-of-custody, consumables).

Incident Response $10K

[#1] Field team dispatch, travel, lodging, per diem and overtime for a 3–4 person team for 2–3 days.

Training And Sop $10K

[#14] Lessons-learned, SOP updates and 1–2 training sessions.

Community Goodwill Pr $10K

[#17] Minimal PR damage control / community goodwill contingency.

Administrative Processing $8K

[#15] Administrative processing, classification overhead, internal audit time.

Decommissioning Archival $5K

[#19] Final reports, archive indexing, and audit at neutralization.

Documentation Redaction $3K

[#3] Secure transcription, scanning, redaction and classification of asset material.

Secure Transport $2K

[#16] Secure courier and transport of paper/evidence.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $328K/yr

Staff Wages $240K/yr

[#5, #6] Researcher asset maintenance (salary/housing/benefits for asset) and security detail (two dedicated guards including benefits).

Facilities Maintenance $77K/yr

[#7, #4] Site-98 operational overhead allocation and classified storage maintenance/backups.

Psychological Care $6K/yr

[#13] Annual psychological screening and counseling for asset and involved staff.

Cover Story And Legal $5K/yr

[#12] Minimal annual legal/PR retainer if ongoing posture required.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Research And Monitoring $0/yr

[#8, #9] Baseline assumes no ongoing high-cost research program or deployed monitoring network maintenance; these are optional (one-time and/or scenario-driven) costs.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $328K/yr

94.5% probability / year

Normal uneventful year after neutralization: asset retained on-site with routine maintenance and staffing; no recurrence or deployment of high-cost monitoring.

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🚨 Minor Incident $391K/yr

3.0% probability / year +$63K vs baseline

Small local recurrence or a public discovery requiring field response, forensic testing, redaction, secure transport, and limited PR/legal action.

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🚨 Monitoring And Capture Deployment $878K/yr

2.0% probability / year +$550K vs baseline

Leadership elects to deploy high-end monitoring/capture systems and expand research program to actively attempt capture/correlation.

leadership_decision_to_monitor attempted_capture_program

🚨 Containment Facility Buildout $2.9M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline

A recurrence produces persistent/transdimensional effects requiring construction of a dedicated containment/isolation facility.

persistent_entities_after_recurrence major_hazard_identified

👥 Personnel 3 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	1	Valuable asset / researcher housed at Site-98; salary and site allocation included in staff_wages [#5].
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	Two dedicated guards for asset protection (rotating shifts); salaries and benefits included in staff_wages [#6].

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and typical Foundation budgeting practices; neutralized status reduces recurrence uncertainty but optional high-cost choices (monitoring, containment) introduce wide variance.

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