SCP-7479 — SCP-7479 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7479 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-7479

Expected annual

$597K

One-time setup

$1.2M

Annual recurring

$580K

Personnel

One-time setup and production costs are estimated at roughly $1.23M driven by prototyping, secure production/storage, software/firmware and contingency/upgrades. Recurring annual costs are estimated at $580k/yr driven primarily by staff wages, dedicated security, logistics/vehicles, ongoing software/cybersecurity and auditing/compliance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M

Containment Upgrades Contingency $250K

[#24] Contingency fund for retrofits and containment upgrades if anomalous behaviors are discovered.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K

[#2] Prototype R&D, design engineering, iterative prototyping, engineering labor and lab time.

Facilities $105K

[#5, #6] Secure production/clean workshop and secure storage vault/lockers (benching, access control, installation).

Equipment $100K

[#1, #7] Procurement/manufacture of 50 baseline units (~$1,000/unit baseline) and hardened transport/field cases for 60 kits.

Anomalous Testing And Characterization $100K

[#3] Safety testing and anomalous characterization (EM, memetic, biohazard screening, third-party labs).

Secure Software And Firmware $100K

[#9] Encrypted firmware development, secure update mechanism, signing infrastructure and initial QA.

Field Training And Sop $80K

[#11] SOP development and initial 2-day hands-on training for 50 users (instructor travel, materials).

Internal Contingency Reserve $75K

[#30] Internal rapid-response / escalation reserve (recommended 15-30% of first-year spend).

Environmental Testing $40K

[#4] Environmental and ruggedization test campaigns (thermal/shock/IP/vibration testing).

Cover Story And Legal $40K

[#19] Initial cover-story procurement (commercial transits) and legal work to suppress traceability.

Cybersecurity Setup $30K

[#10] Secure servers, encrypted logs, SIEM setup and initial endpoint protection / hosting setup.

Emergency Response Containment Kits $30K

[#17] Containment/response kits for 50 units (isolation bags, Faraday blankets, spill kits, restraints).

Disposal And Decommissioning $30K

[#23] Budget for safe disposal/decommissioning per retirement event (50-unit batch estimate).

Tracking Hardware $28K

[#8] RFID/GPS tags and backend integration for inventory control (hardware + integration).

Spare Parts Initial Stock $20K

[#13] Initial spare-parts inventory for repairs (optics, bearings, electronics).

Specialized Diagnostics And Consultancy $20K

[#27] Budget for short-term external consultants for anomalous diagnostics (physicists, memetics specialists).

Medical Baseline $10K

[#18] Baseline health screens for 50 users and initial occupational health setup.

Storage Monitoring Setup $10K

[#22] Environmental/tamper sensors and surveillance setup at storage sites.

Data Archival Initial $10K

[#25] Initial secure archival, encryption and backup setup for logs and firmware snapshots.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $580K/yr

Staff Wages $180K/yr

[#14] Salaries+benefits for 2 full-time dedicated technicians/engineers to manage devices, repairs and field support.

Security Personnel $150K/yr

[#15] Contracted security/guards for prototype transfers, demonstrations and site monitoring (coverage 1–2 guards + overlap).

Logistics And Transport $70K/yr

[#16, #29] Controlled-distribution logistics, secure courier batches, and vehicle operating/depreciation costs for field teams.

Auditing And Compliance $50K/yr

[#21] Annual audits, compliance reviews and documentation management (0.5–1 FTE or external auditors).

Secure Software And Firmware Patch $30K/yr

[#9] Ongoing patching, signed-release management and QA for firmware/software.

Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr

[#19] Annual legal/PR retainer and cover-story maintenance costs.

Research And Monitoring $15K/yr

[#3, #27] Ongoing monitoring, periodic testing campaigns and modest recurring research activities / small studies.

Cybersecurity Monitoring $15K/yr

[#10] Hosting, SOC monitoring and endpoint protection subscriptions.

Insurance And Liability $15K/yr

[#20] Property/liability insurance premiums for devices and field operations.

Medical Monitoring $10K/yr

[#18] Ongoing medical monitoring, post-incident exams and occupational health on-call services.

Tracking Telemetry Services $8K/yr

[#8] Ongoing GPS/data plans and remote telemetry costs for tracked high-value units.

Maintenance And Calibration $8K/yr

[#13] Annual calibration services for field units (estimated $50–$250/unit/yr aggregated).

Storage Monitoring Service $4K/yr

[#22] Recurring monitoring service fees for storage site sensors and tamper alerts.

Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr

[#28] Field consumables, batteries, calibration media and small replaceable parts (~$50/unit/yr median).

Data Archival And Backups $2K/yr

[#25] Ongoing encrypted backup and archival storage costs.

Replacement Units $2K/yr

[#26] Budget for replacements at ~3% replacement rate (~1.5 units/yr at $1,000/unit baseline).

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $580K/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, training, maintenance and no major anomalies or containment incidents.

routine maintenance scheduled training normal replacements

🚨 Minor Incident $624K/yr

8.0% probability / year +$44K vs baseline

Localized device malfunction or small field incident requiring replacements, medical treatment and consultant troubleshooting.

device malfunctions minor detonation/thermal incident short-term external consultancy

🚨 Major Breach $1.3M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$695K vs baseline

Significant anomalous failure (e.g., prototype detonation, large-scale malfunction) requiring major containment upgrades, large-scale repairs, legal/PR response and extended medical care.

prototype detonation or severe anomalous behavior widespread equipment failure containment retrofit required

👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Technician / Engineer	2	[#14] Two full-time technicians/engineers covered under staff_wages to manage repairs, calibration and field support.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#15] Two contracted guards for prototype transfers, demonstrations and secure storage coverage (shift overlap implied).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates draw from explicit analyst line-items and ranges but the object's anomalous properties (documented runes, orichalcum core, thaumaturgic processes and a recorded prototype detonation) introduce material uncertainty in required security, testing and retrofit costs, hence medium confidence.

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