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SCP-7496 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7496
Expected annual
$8.0M
One-time setup
$11.3M
Annual recurring
$7.5M
Personnel
35
Initial one-time capital/setup is estimated at ~$11.25M driven by property acquisition, remediation, quarantine and surveillance infrastructure. Annual recurring operations are estimated at ~$7.525M/yr, driven by staff wages, continuous surveillance/monitoring, and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $11.3M
Facilities $9.5M
[#1, #2, #4, #11, #14, #30] Purchase of Provisional Site (assumed purchase rather than lease), optional car-plant parcel purchase, one-time checkpoint construction, quarantine/bio-processing facility setup, environmental remediation contingency, and long-term decommissioning/legacy reserve.
Equipment $1.5M
[#6, #8, #13, #24, #26] Initial surveillance tower/camera/thermal array, long-endurance UAV procurement, mobile capture/transport vehicles & crates, one-time encrypted/lone-operator communications gear, and generator/solar battery hardware for remote sensors.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#18] Research program lab setup for behavioral/legal-cognitive testing and small experiment staging (portable EEGs, recording gear, staging infrastructure).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.5M/yr
Staff Wages $3.5M/yr
[#17, #15] Core personnel salaries & benefits for onsite teams (security, field ops, drone pilots, vets, researchers, admin) plus incremental single-operator staffing/hazard-pay implied by single-operator field protocol.
Cover Story And Legal $1.6M/yr
[#20, #21, #22, #27, #28, #29] NLRB embed/legal cover operations, media censorship & takedown campaigns, witness handling/relocation/support, recurring IT security & cover infrastructure hosting/ops, internal legal/ethical oversight, and community relations / discrete local mitigation payments.
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#7, #9, #10, #19] Surveillance operations (24/7 monitoring, analysts, data processing), drone flight operations, secure data hosting/processing/storage recurring costs, and recurring research operations (behavioral scientists, travel, supplies).
Logistics And Transport $750K/yr
[#12, #25] Veterinary capture/animal relocation operations (capture teams, transport, crates, feed) and emergency incident/rapid-redeployment reserve used for urgent transport, redeployment and incident logistics.
Facilities Maintenance $440K/yr
[#3, #5, #26, #24] Ongoing site occupancy/utility costs if leased (assumed 0 in baseline purchase), checkpoint operation & maintenance (staff/fuel/repairs), recurring fuel/power logistics for remote sensors, and recurring communications licensing/support.
Supplies And Consumables $155K/yr
[#16, #23] Psychological screening/counseling program costs and recurring quarantine follow-up testing (lab reagents, PPE, supplies).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.5M/yr
75.0% probability / year
Normal year with purchased sites, continuous monitoring and routine operations; no major public exposure or large-scale incidents.
steady_surveillance routine_animal_relocations ongoing_legal/cover_work
🚨 Minor Incident $8.7M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Localized incident requiring elevated response: small public-facing media leak, group animal movement, or limited legal challenge causing increased deployments, amnestics, and media suppression expenses.
media_leak localized_mass_movement small_breach_response
🚨 Major Breach $12.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant public exposure or large-scale outbreak (mass animal/human events) requiring litigation reserves, extensive remediation, large-scale relocations and heavy media/legal suppression.
high_profile_publicity large_scale_organism_movement regulatory/EPA_action
👥 Personnel 35 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 17 [#17, #5] Frontline security and checkpoint operators required for 24/7 perimeter control and single-operator field protocol (staffing redundancy & hazard pay included in salaries).
Research Scientist 6 [#17, #19, #18] Behavioral scientists, legal/linguistic specialists for research operations and initial lab setup support.
Drone Pilot / UAS Operator 3 [#8, #9, #7] Operators for long-range persistent aerial surveillance and routine drone patrols/incident response.
Veterinary Staff / Animal Handler 2 [#11, #12, #13] Veterinarians and animal-capture technicians for quarantine intake, transport and relocation operations.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#6, #26, #4] Responsible for surveillance tower maintenance, power systems (generators/solar), and checkpoint/physical infrastructure upkeep.
Administrative Staff 3 [#17, #21, #29] Admin, records, and media/legal coordination staff involved in cover-story maintenance, takedowns and community liaison.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#17] Senior management and liaison with Foundation command and legal for site-level decisions.
Medical Officer 1 [#16, #23] Medical/psychological support for lone-operator health checks, counseling and clinical testing oversight.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide many line-item ranges and clear cost drivers, allowing a reasoned mid-range estimate; however wide ranges on property/remediation and incident severity produce moderate uncertainty.
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