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SCP-7439 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-7439
Expected annual
$20.2M
One-time setup
$177.2M
Annual recurring
$19.5M
Personnel
40
Initial capital costs are dominated by construction of a dedicated Area-090 bunker and large contingency reserves (~$177.25M one-time). Annual operations (AI compute, staff, legal/cover, research, and emergency replenishment) are the main recurring drivers (~$19.46M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $177.2M
Facilities $91.7M
[#1, #2, #3, #23, #24] Area-090 bunker ($80,000,000), non-contact containment pedestal ($1,000,000), perimeter/hardening ($10,000,000), off-site cold-site setup ($300,000), cognitive-safe viewing facility ($400,000).
Contingency Reserve $50.0M
[#25] Contingency reserve for catastrophic collateral damages / indemnity ($50,000,000).
Emergency Fund $20.0M
[#14] One-time emergency response & local evacuation fund set-aside ($20,000,000).
Equipment $11.7M
[#4, #5, #6, #8, #19] Backup power + initial fuel ($2,200,000), hardened multi-sensor surveillance ($2,000,000), secure on-site storage cluster initial ($2,000,000), AXAl.aic deployment/hardened installation ($5,000,000), transport readiness kit ($500,000).
Misc R And D Reserve $2.0M
[#30] Miscellaneous R&D / unknowns contingency reserve ($2,000,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#10, #17] Real-time redaction system development & certification ($1,000,000) and initial research study/setup ($250,000).
Legal Cover Setup $500K
[#15] One-time legal/cover-story program setup ($500,000).
Psych Program Setup $100K
[#13] One-time psychological screening / program setup ($100,000).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $19.5M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $5.0M/yr
[#15, #16, #27] Ongoing legal/cover-up operations and liaison ($2,000,000/yr from #16 + $2,000,000/yr operations assumed in #15) and public misinformation program ($1,000,000/yr).
Emergency Fund Replenishment $5.0M/yr
[#14] Annual replenishment reserve for the emergency/evacuation fund ($5,000,000/yr).
Staff Wages $4.4M/yr
[#12] Core on-site payroll: security/response, scientists, AI/IT, memetics specialists & psychologists, facilities/maintenance (total approx. $4,360,000/yr).
Research And Monitoring $3.2M/yr
[#17, #18, #26, #28, #11] Ongoing research program ($1,500,000/yr), specialist contractor reserve ($500,000/yr), intelligence/global event monitoring ($600,000/yr), audit/compliance & red-teaming ($200,000/yr), redaction & memetic safety human reviewers ($400,000/yr).
Axal Compute And Cyber Ops $800K/yr
[#9] AXAl.aic compute, ML ops, secure inference servers, cyber-defence and maintenance ($800,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $400K/yr
[#21, #22] Consumables/maintenance (filters, HVAC, spares) $150,000/yr and averaged hardware refresh/calibration program $250,000/yr.
Data Storage And Replication $300K/yr
[#7] Continuous storage/data center ops / off-site replication bandwidth ($300,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#19] Transport readiness annual contract/maintenance ($200,000/yr).
Psychological Program Ongoing $200K/yr
[#13] Ongoing psychological screening, continuous monitoring and insider-threat mitigation program ($200,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Per Incident Relocation Cost $0/yr
[#20] Per-incident full relocation operation cost (planning figure $500,000 per relocation event). Annualized cost set to $0 here (captured in incident scenarios).
Other Anomaly Relocation Cost Per Incident $0/yr
[#29] Opportunity cost / relocation of other anomalies if space is required (planning figure $500,000 per relocated anomaly). Annualized cost set to $0 here (captured in incident scenarios).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $19.5M/yr
93.8% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, maintenance, and replenishment occur as budgeted.
no tampering events regular maintenance routine data monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $25.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Small tampering or localized event causing limited collateral damage and requiring emergency response/replenishment and PR.
unauthorized approach/tampering attempt localized infrastructure damage minor public exposure
🚨 Major Incident $49.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline
Significant tampering or containment interaction triggering a substantial local catastrophe requiring large remediation, indemnity and extended PR and legal operations.
forced fragment manipulation large-scale local catastrophe extended public exposure / litigation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $89.5M/yr
0.2% probability / year +$70.0M vs baseline
Rare, extreme event where tampering or cascade effects cause severe civilian harm or infrastructure loss requiring full contingency/indemnity engagement and multi-year remediation.
large-scale tampering cascade K-class escalation in local region major political exposure
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 18 [#12] Security & Response team (18 staff per analyst payroll breakdown).
Research Scientist 6 [#12] Scientists / Researchers (6).
AI/IT Engineer 6 [#12] AI/IT & engineering staff (6).
Memetics Specialist / Psychologist 4 [#12] Memetics/safety specialists & psychologists (4); additional human reviewers captured in recurring memetic safety line items [#11].
Engineer / Maintenance 6 [#12] Facilities & maintenance staff (6).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates, allowing medium confidence in order-of-magnitude figures. Uncertainty remains around frequency of incidents, possible escalation paths, and long-term storage growth or policy changes (which could materially increase recurring costs). Large contingency reserves reflect deliberate conservative risk posture.
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