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SCP-7490 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7490
Expected annual
$4.7M
One-time setup
$26.4M
Annual recurring
$4.2M
Personnel
14.2
Initial capital costs are dominated by SRA procurement and specialized containment construction (~$26.4M one-time); ongoing annual operations (security, research, SRA maintenance, energy, monitoring) are estimated at ~$4.24M/yr, with contingency reserves and R&D driving variability.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $26.4M
Equipment $11.4M
[#2, #3, #4, #8, #9, #12, #20, #22] Corner SRAs (4 units), mobile SRA dolly, redundant/spare SRAs, secure observation hardware, sensor network initial purchase, robotic manipulators, initial secure servers, and termination/capture hardware procurement.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.6M
[#16, #24] Testing-Block 6 modifications, hardened test instrumentation and initiation/startup costs for an advanced mitigation research program.
Facilities $5.4M
[#1, #10, #26, #27] Dedicated Type-II containment cell construction, HVAC/power conditioning installation, corridor/route hardening for dolly transport and a spare containment cell.
Emergency Contingency Reserve $3.0M
[#19] One-time contingency reserve allocation for incident response, rapid repairs, emergency SRA swaps and other crisis expenditures.
Long Term Decommissioning $1.0M
[#30] One-time decommissioning/disposal planning and estimated end-of-life execution budget.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.5M/yr
[#6, #15, #14] Salaries and employment overhead for dedicated containment security team (8–12 FTE), research staff (PI, assistant, technicians) and medical/psychological monitoring (including part-time psychologist).
Research And Monitoring $800K/yr
[#9, #20, #24] Continuous sensor monitoring/data archival, secure analysis compute maintenance and recurring annual budgets for advanced mitigation R&D.
Sra Maintenance $500K/yr
[#5, #4] Annual maintenance, calibration, vendor support, spares and SLA coverage for SRAs and redundant deployment units.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#21] Legal counsel, cover-story operations, indemnities and misinformation/PR budget.
Administrative Overhead $200K/yr
[#28] Program management, clearance processing, procurement compliance and audit-related administrative costs.
Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr
[#10] Ongoing HVAC, generator/UPS servicing, environmental control maintenance and routine facility upkeep.
Insurance Premiums $150K/yr
[#25] Contractor insurance, actuarial modeling and indemnity/reserve premiums for off-site liabilities.
Breach Drills Training $150K/yr
[#18] Containment breach drills, tabletop exercises, training for on-site guards, researchers and medical staff and associated overtime.
Energy Consumption $100K/yr
[#11] Ongoing electricity costs for continuous SRA and environmental control operation (UPS/UPS cycling, battery replacements reflected elsewhere).
Specialized Termination Maintenance $100K/yr
[#22] Storage, maintenance and training costs for termination/capture hardware and ordnance on standby.
Unexpected Collateral Allowance $100K/yr
[#29] Small discretionary fund for expedited parts shipping, specialists retainers and minor unplanned repairs.
Supplies And Consumables $75K/yr
[#13, #17] Grade-B meals provisioning, robotic delivery consumables, PPE, decontamination consumables and routine replacement filters/supplies.
Robotics Maintenance $60K/yr
[#12] Maintenance, repair contracts and consumables for robotic manipulators and remote-handling systems.
Secure Comms $50K/yr
[#8] Annual secure-conferencing, encrypted archival storage and communications maintenance for remote observation suite.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#7] Per-transport operational security costs (three-guard transports) and routine transport readiness; assumes regular/ad-hoc transports (order-of-magnitude weekly/biweekly cadence averaged).
Psychological Interventions $30K/yr
[#23] Ongoing pharmaceutical, therapy and behavioral-stabilization program costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.2M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine maintenance, scheduled testing, and no major incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_tests no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $4.7M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure or small containment incident requiring rapid SRA swap, repairs and limited medical response.
single_SRA_failure localized_repair limited_medical_response
🚨 Major Breach $7.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant radius escalation or multi-system failure requiring contingency reserve, site repairs, extended medical treatment and operational disruption.
site_wide_radius_expansion multiple_system_failures extended_repairs
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $19.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Rare catastrophic event causing widespread infrastructure damage, public exposure and major legal/crisis response.
site_scale_collapse public_exposure mass_casualties
👥 Personnel 14.2 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#6] 24/7 adjacent containment coverage; rotation across three shifts (8–12 FTE range; 10 assumed).
Research Scientist 2 [#15] PI and assistant researcher dedicated to SCP-7490 analysis and testing oversight.
Technician 2 [#15] Supporting technicians for instrumentation, sensors and tests.
Psychologist / Medical Officer 0.2 [#14] Weekly psychologist sessions roughly 0.2 FTE; additional on-call medical monitoring included in medical budget.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing an informed estimate, but the anomalous and unpredictable nature of SCP-7490 (variable radius, potential site-wide escalation) creates wide uncertainty ranges for hardware counts, reserve sizing and scenario probabilities.
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