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SCP-7381 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7381
Expected annual
$3.8M
One-time setup
$16.6M
Annual recurring
$3.7M
Personnel
12
Estimated initial capital/setup costs are approximately $16.6M driven primarily by facility construction, large contingency/insurance reserves, specialized R&D and neutralization funds, and instrumentation. Ongoing annual operations are roughly $3.7M/yr driven by specialized staff wages, research programs, security, legal/cover-story costs, and routine maintenance/consumables.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $16.6M
Insurance And Contingency Reserve $5.5M
[#21] One-time catastrophic contingency / insurance reserve fund to cover large-scale replacement, relocation, or liability at mid-range estimate.
Facilities $3.2M
[#1, #8, #12, #20] Vault construction, quarantine/decon suite buildout, installed power/HVAC redundancy hardware, and initial archival/climate-controlled storage.
Equipment $2.8M
[#2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #14, #23, #4] Airtight storage canister, remote robotic handling, two portable containment chambers, high-precision sensors (initial), analytical instruments (initial portion counted here), remote telemetry/CCTV initial hardware, initial data-security hardware, and sacrificial test fixtures (initial set).
Neutralization Research Fund $2.8M
[#25] One-time multi-year R&D fund allocated to neutralization/disposal research and specialized laboratory partnerships.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#19] Initial experimental research program budget for controlled trials, TRG characterization, sample-analysis contracts and theoretical modeling.
Legal Coverup Reserve $1.1M
[#22] One-time reserve for litigation, settlements, rapid legal response for potential public incidents.
Clearance Initial Checks $72K
[#17] Initial background/clearance screening (per-person) for core team (applied to on-site staff).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#9, #10] Ongoing payroll for on-site security coverage and specialized containment/research personnel (lead anomalous physicist, engineers, xenobiologists, technicians, safety officer) at mid-range salaries.
Research And Monitoring $530K/yr
[#19, #20] Recurring experimental research budget and long-term monitoring/archival storage operations.
Cover Story And Legal $475K/yr
[#16, #22] Ongoing cover-story, PR/legal teams, FOIA handling and recurring legal retainer obligations.
Miscellaneous Operations Overhead $190K/yr
[#27] Utilities, facility cleaning, hazardous waste disposal, small equipment replacements and general site overhead.
Supplies And Consumables $142K/yr
[#4, #7, #18] Replacement sacrificial plates/consumables, analytical consumables for instruments, PPE, HEPA filters, decon chemicals and replacement seals.
Facilities Maintenance $140K/yr
[#6, #12, #14] Sensor calibration/maintenance, fuel/UPS/generator and HVAC maintenance, and telemetry/CCTV operations costs.
Emergency Response And Medical $130K/yr
[#11] Contracted hazardous-materials standby, trauma-capable medic arrangements and emergency response equipment contracts.
Clearance Program Overhead $100K/yr
[#17] Ongoing personnel reliability program overhead (monitoring, polygraphs, counterintelligence).
Data Security Maintenance $95K/yr
[#23] Ongoing cyberdefense, classified network maintenance, and secure backup operations.
Logistics And Transport $88K/yr
[#15] Baseline assumption of one secure/armored transfer per year at mid-range per-transfer cost.
Psychological Support $70K/yr
[#26] Counseling and non-disclosure support for staff, secrecy compensation programs and ethical monitoring.
Training Drills $60K/yr
[#24] Regular safety drills, SOP development, red-team exercises and procedural updates.
Pest Exclusion Program $32K/yr
[#13] Regular pest inspections, HEPA filtration maintenance, humidity and seal inspections.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.7M/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with scheduled research, maintenance, and no major incidents.
no_incident planned_research routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $4.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized containment event or accidental activation requiring repairs, increased testing halt, and targeted legal/PR actions.
localized_breach small_dematerialization_loss emergency_repairs
🚨 Major Breach $6.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or catastrophic incident requiring major repairs, relocation, insurance draw, and large settlements.
full_containment_failure large_scale_dematerialization public_exposure
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $5.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Discovery or experimental result that necessitates rapid scale-up of research, additional equipment, and temporary staffing expansion.
successful_TRG_characterization need_for_scale_up capital_investment
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#9] Minimum on-site active security staffing (4 guards on duty to cover 24/7 rotations).
Lead Anomalous Physicist 1 [#10] Senior research lead responsible for experiments and supervision.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#10] Engineers for robotics, power/HVAC, and facility systems.
Research Scientist (Xenobiologist) 2 [#10] Xenobiologists for biological screening and TRG-origin sample analysis.
Technician / Lab Staff 2 [#10] Technicians for instrument operation, sample processing, and consumable management.
Safety Officer 1 [#10] Dedicated safety officer for SOP enforcement and emergency coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing mid-range estimates, but the object's anomalous effects (Alpha/Beta/TRG) and potential for catastrophic, hard-to-predict events introduce substantial uncertainty.
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