SCP-7349 Pending ~ medium confidence
SCP-7349
Expected annual
$10.7M
One-time setup
$38.9M
Annual recurring
$10.1M
Personnel
40
Initial capital expenditure for a limited program (a few quarantine sites plus a central research/containment facility) is estimated at roughly $40.8M, with annual operating costs around $10.11M; major cost drivers are facility build-out, BSL-4 anomalous lab setup, robotics/drones, and multi-disciplinary research and staffing.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $38.9M
Facilities $26.8M
[#4, #25, #13, #11, #27, #30] Includes specialized containment facility build-out ($20,000,000), structural non-ferrous retrofitting of holding areas ($500,000), generators/UPS one-time capital ($200,000), hydrogen/gas-safety one-time installs ($200,000), communications/hardened telemetry installation ($250,000), and decommissioning & archiving planning reserve ($500,000).
Containment Reserve Fund Establishment $5.0M
[#22] Establishment of contingency/insurance reserve for large-scale breaches, decontamination, infrastructure replacement.
Equipment $3.7M
[#1, #2, #3, #9, #12, #23] Sensors and perimeter suites for quarantine sites ($225,000), hardened remote-operation drones fleet ($2,475,000), remote deterrence hardware ($600,000), remote transport vehicles ($300,000), magnetic-field mitigation / mu-metal panels ($300,000), and disposal/termination hardware development/deployment ($500,000 one-time component).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.5M
[#5, #24, #18] BSL-4+ anomalous virology laboratory upgrade / build ($8,000,000 allocated to lab — portion of which specialized instrumentation is categorized here; for this startup estimate a $1,000,000 portion is booked as initial research capital), specialist instrumentation initial purchase ($750,000), and diagnostics R&D one-time development ($1,000,000). (Note: lab capital is split between 'facilities' and 'initial_research_and_lab_setup' to reflect containment shell vs scientific fitout.)
Disposal And Termination Hardware $500K
[#23] One-time development/deployment costs for remote termination/disposal hardware (incinerators, high-energy neutralizers).
Remote Transport Vehicles $300K
[#9] One-time purchase of shielded, magnetically-safe remote transport vehicles/containers.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.1M/yr
Staff Wages $4.5M/yr
[#6, #7] Long-term scientific staff and operations & security staffing (research team + remote-ops/security/maintenance staff; salaries, benefits, on-call rotations).
Research And Monitoring $2.7M/yr
[#16, #17, #18, #19, #24] Forensic & analytical routine services ($150k), epidemiological surveillance baseline activities ($300k), diagnostics test program recurring costs ($200k), ongoing anomalous research program funding ($2,000k), and specialist instrumentation maintenance ($80k).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#20] Legal, cover-story, permits, diplomatic engagement and suppression operations.
Contingency Fund Replenishment $500K/yr
[#22] Annual amortized replenishment of the containment-breach / contingency reserve.
Facilities Maintenance $330K/yr
[#11, #13, #26, #27] Hydrogen/gas-safety maintenance ($50k), generators/fuel & maintenance ($80k), continuous energy/HVAC monitoring & power costs ($150k), communications & telemetry maintenance ($50k).
Supplies And Consumables $300K/yr
[#10, #14] PPE, consumables and robot-focused sampling supplies ($100k) plus replacement/spare-parts budget for robotics/EM components ($200k).
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#9] Per-transfer transport costs and logistics for moving infected eidomorphs (baseline transfer cadence).
Public Relations And Disinformation $300K/yr
[#21] Media management, disinformation campaigns, faux-NGO funding and social-media shaping to prevent leaks.
Emergency Response And Training $300K/yr
[#8] Rapid-deployment remote capture/neutralization teams, drills, training and readiness maintenance (recurring readiness budget; deployments cost extra per-event).
Waste Management And Decontamination $100K/yr
[#15] Ongoing hazardous waste handling, remote incineration/neutralization contracts and permits.
Psychological Care And Ethics Oversight $100K/yr
[#28] Counseling, ethics oversight, and staff psychological care related to anomalous exposure.
Scale And Unknown Risk Contingency $100K/yr
[#29] Planning/contingency reserve to account for scaling risk (multiplier scenarios); modest baseline allocation.
Disposal And Decontamination Maintenance $50K/yr
[#23] Maintenance and readiness for disposal/termination hardware and remote incineration contracts.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.1M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major containment incidents; routine transfers, research, and maintenance only.
routine_operations scheduled_transfers ongoing_research
🚨 Minor Incident $10.6M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized contamination or single-site escalation requiring emergency deployment, targeted decontamination, and limited equipment replacement.
single_site_contamination emergency_remote_deployment targeted_decontamination
🚨 Major Breach $35.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Multi-site containment breach or public exposure requiring large-scale decontamination, infrastructure replacement, activation of contingency fund, and extended legal/cover operations.
multiple_site_breach mass_sublimation_or_public_exposure infrastructure_damage
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 12 [#6] Senior specialists and lead investigators (virology, physics, immunology).
Lab Technician 8 [#6] Bench techs and lab operators for BSL-4+/anomalous instrumentation.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#7] Remote security, perimeter enforcement and escalation response personnel.
Remote Drone Operator / Pilot 6 [#7] Operators for aerial and wheeled manipulators; 24/7 coverage via shifts.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#7, #14] Robotics, shielding, HVAC and hydrogen mitigation maintenance staff.
Administrative Staff 1 [#6, #7] Site coordination, logistics and permit management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed component ranges, but large uncertainties remain in scale (percentage of eidomorphs affected, transfer cadence, likelihood of breaches, and anomalous engineering unknowns). Costing assumes a limited multi-site program; scaling to many sites or global responses would materially change estimates.
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