SCP-7371 — SCP-7371 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7371 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-7371

Expected annual

$20.8M

One-time setup

$5.6M

Annual recurring

$20.5M

Personnel

Estimated one-time capital costs are roughly $5.64M for specialized construction, vaulting and equipment; annual recurring costs are about $20.5M driven primarily by gold procurement, contingency fund contributions, and personnel costs.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.6M

Facilities $3.2M

[#2, #4, #5, #18, #23, #28] Containment chamber construction, on-site vault upgrade, HVAC installation, decontamination infrastructure, on-site shelter build-out and perimeter construction (midpoint estimates of provided ranges).

Equipment $2.2M

[#6, #7, #10, #11, #17, #21, #24] Backup power/UPS and generator hardware, CCTV/sensor installation and hardened software, Level-A CROYANCE suit procurement, initial weapons/neutralization hardware, specialized restraint/hoisting equipment, initial cybersecurity systems, and chronometric system hardware (midpoint estimates).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $225K

[#16] Research lab equipment and instruments for anomalous studies (one-time equipment purchases, midpoint).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $20.5M/yr

Gold Procurement $6.4M/yr

[#1] Procurement and insured purchase of ~91.25 kg/year of physical pure gold (5 kg every 20 days) at ~$70,000/kg (midpoint of analyst estimate).

Contingency Fund Contribution $5.5M/yr

[#22] Annual recommended reserve/contribution to liability/contingency fund to cover breaches, litigation, relocation or catastrophic response (midpoint of recommended $1M–$10M/yr).

Staff Wages $3.5M/yr

[#9, #13, #16, #27] Salaries and benefits for on-site security personnel, medical staff, research team salaries and administrative/compliance staff (aggregated midpoint estimates).

Containment Modeling And Insurance $2.6M/yr

[#30] Independent containment failure modeling and increased institutional insurance premium estimates combined (midpoint of modeling + midpoint insurance range).

Covert Payments $525K/yr

[#20] Contingency budget for covert procurement, payments to vendors or local actors to facilitate gold procurement and discreet transport (midpoint).

Psychological Program $275K/yr

[#26] Long-term psychiatric care and screening programs for personnel affected by ideological/ideational contamination (midpoint program funding).

Logistics And Transport $225K/yr

[#3] Armored transport and armed transfer security for 18–19 deliveries per year (midpoint estimate).

Cover Story And Legal $175K/yr

[#19] Annual legal/PR retainer and communications-control work to maintain cover stories and respond to leaks (midpoint).

Training Drills $175K/yr

[#12] Annual training, drills, certification, contractor scenario design and downtime costs for Taak-event response (midpoint).

Personnel Replacement $175K/yr

[#14] Overtime, temporary hires and sick-leave overhead to cover removed or incapacitated staff (midpoint).

Suits Maintenance $160K/yr

[#10] Annual maintenance, consumables, filter/cartridge replacement and rotation costs for Level-A CROYANCE suits (midpoint).

Gold Storage Insurance $125K/yr

[#2] Insurance premium and secure storage recurring costs for ~91 kg of gold (midpoint of provided insurance/storage ranges).

Weapons Maintenance $110K/yr

[#11] Annual ammo, training expendables, replacement parts and storage costs for specialized weapons and neutralization equipment (midpoint).

Cybersecurity Ongoing $110K/yr

[#21] Ongoing monitoring, insider-threat mitigation, vetting, and access-control operations (midpoint).

Wastewater Effluent $105K/yr

[#29] Hazardous waste disposal, reporting and environmental compliance for contaminated effluent or remediation (midpoint).

Evidence Destruction $102K/yr

[#8] Forensic-grade disposal and staff oversight for Malob-event footage destruction (midpoint annualized).

Facilities Maintenance $80K/yr

[#5, #6, #28] HVAC energy/maintenance, backup-generator fuel/maintenance and perimeter/site maintenance (annual operational upkeep).

Decon Consumables $35K/yr

[#18] Consumables and servicing for decontamination showers, laundering and waste-water treatment (midpoint).

Animal Handling Biohazard $28K/yr

[#15] Necropsy, biohazard disposal and veterinary containment for SCP-7371-1 carcasses (midpoint annual estimate).

Shelter Supplies Rotation $28K/yr

[#23] Annual rotation of food, water, medical caches and supplies for on-site shelters or partner facilities (midpoint).

Cctv Audit $15K/yr

[#7] Secure logging, audit workflows and secure-destruction oversight for scheduled CCTV deactivation and deletion workflows (annual operations).

Data Retention $14K/yr

[#25] Secure archival storage and forensic-proof logging of compliance records proving non-viewing and destruction of Malob-event footage (midpoint).

Chronometric Calibration $3K/yr

[#24] Periodic calibration and verification for chronometric/timing systems (midpoint).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Research And Monitoring $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $20.5M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal year with scheduled gold deliveries and routine operations, no major incidents.

scheduled_gold_deliveries routine_maintenance

🚨 Minor Taak Incident $21.0M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Localized Taak-event or minor containment incident that requires emergency response, additional medical care, shelter activation and per-incident PR/legal actions.

failed_delivery localized Taak spread emergency_shelter_activation

🚨 Major Breach $30.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Major containment failure or widespread Taak-event causing extensive site damage, MTF casualties, large-scale evacuation and high-cost remediation/insurance payouts.

containment_breach widespread Taak propagation site_infrastructure_damage

👥 Personnel 39 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	24	[#9] 24 guards (covering shifts, rapid-response), salaries and benefits included in staff_wages; count based on analyst range 12–36, midpoint staffing chosen.
Research Scientist	6	[#16] Research staff (behavioral, anomalous, linguistic/temporal specialists), salaries included in staff_wages; chosen within analyst range 4–10.
Medical Officer	3	[#13] On-site medical and psychiatric staff (2–4 recommended); salaries and emergency care costs included in staff_wages and recurring medical estimates.
Engineer / Maintenance	3	[#5, #6, #28] Maintenance staff for HVAC, backup power and perimeter systems; salaries included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff	3	[#27] Operations/compliance personnel to manage deliveries, timing coordination and chain-of-custody; salaries included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges; midpoints used for estimates. Uncertainty remains due to volatile gold prices, infrequent high-impact Taak events and site-specific construction variability.

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