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SCP-7503 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7503
Expected annual
$4.9M
One-time setup
$13.0M
Annual recurring
$4.5M
Personnel
10
Initial containment buildout and specialized handling equipment require multi-million-dollar one-time investments (~$13.0M), while steady-state annual operations (security, intelligence liaison, R&D, amnestic supplies, and logistics) run roughly $4.5M/yr; episodic contingencies (recovery of SCP-7503-2, mass exposures, diplomatic fallout) can add millions to tens of millions in a given year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $13.0M
Facilities $6.6M
[#1, #15] Containment cell refurbishment (#1) and specialized 6m hangar/outfitting for 7503-2 (#15).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.9M
[#12, #17] Forensic/archaeological instrumentation and lab setup (#12) and destructive-material-testing remote chambers & infrastructure (#17).
Equipment $2.8M
[#2, #3, #5, #16, #20, #21, #22, #11] Inner vault/inner crate (#2), initial access control hardware (#3 initial portion), guard equipment initial (#5 initial portion), robotic/remote handling hardware (#16), generator/UPS (#20 initial), CCTV/data recording initial (#21 initial), transport/vehicle procurement (#22 initial), mobile response vehicle/equipment (#11 initial).
Amnestic Initial Stockpile $600K
[#9] One-time build of amnestic/pharmacy buffer stockpile for emergency use and mass-exposure buffer.
Archives Initial $62K
[#27] Initial secure archival and redundancy set-up for records and continuity planning.
Detention Initial Transfer $30K
[#10] Initial intake/transfer costs per detainee (one-time intake/transfer estimate).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.5M/yr
Intelligence Baseline $1.2M/yr
[#13] Intelligence/liaison monitoring budget for Horizon Initiative / SCP-7503-2 tracking (baseline HUMINT/SIGINT/covert monitoring).
Staff Wages $800K/yr
[#4, #8] Security staffing (6–8 guards + supervisor) and on-site medical/psychiatric staff salaries (1–2 FTE).
Research And Monitoring $760K/yr
[#12, #30] Ongoing forensic/archaeological studies and multi-year R&D into countermeasures/neutralization programs.
Cover Story And Legal $650K/yr
[#18, #25, #19] Baseline insurance/cover-up/legal budgets and cover-research/front-company funding; includes routine legal/ethics counsel costs.
Logistics And Transport $310K/yr
[#11, #22] Mobile response unit operational costs and routine secure transfer/convoy costs (estimated average transfers per year).
Supplies And Consumables $195K/yr
[#5, #9] Guard consumables/ammo and annual amnestic replenishment/medical consumables.
Opportunity Costs $175K/yr
[#28] Administrative overhead and lost productivity attributable to exclusion policy and reassignment/training of replacement staff.
Recruitment Premium $125K/yr
[#7] Hiring premiums, sign-on bonuses and retention adjustments due to restrictive (non-Catholic) hiring pool.
Facilities Maintenance $120K/yr
[#3, #20, #21, #27] Access/exclusion alarm maintenance, HVAC/power/UPS fuel, CCTV hardware maintenance and archive upkeep.
Vetting Ongoing $50K/yr
[#6] Ongoing religious-affiliation background checks and HR monitoring to exclude Catholics from working near SCP-7503.
Training And Drills $50K/yr
[#23] Regular security, medical, and rapid-response drills and instructor fees.
Psychological Support $30K/yr
[#24] Counseling, debriefing, and psychological screening for staff affected by indirect effects or incidents.
Archives Maintenance $30K/yr
[#27] Ongoing secure records storage, redundancy, and continuity planning maintenance.
Detention Reserved Budget $0/yr
[#10] Per-detainee annual costs estimated at $200k–$500k/yr; baseline recurring budget assumes no long-term detainees—incident scenarios include detainee costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.5M/yr
91.5% probability / year
Normal year with steady-state containment, monitoring, and no major incidents.
routine_operations no_breach no_major_GOI_activity
🚨 Minor Incident $5.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$670K vs baseline
Localized exposure/breach resulting in small emergency response, one long-term detainee and limited legal/cover expenditures.
single_detainee_long-term emergency_amnestic_deployment localized_coverup_costs
🚨 Major Recovery $17.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$13.0M vs baseline
Active operation to recover/seize SCP-7503-2 or a heavy armed engagement requiring quasi-military assets and contingency spending.
7503-2_recovery_op large_scale_MTF_and_intel_ops heavy_equipment_and_air_support
🚨 Mass Exposure $17.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$13.0M vs baseline
Large-scale public exposure causing mass amnestic deployment, mass detentions, and major PR/legal operations.
mass_public_exposure large-scale_amnestic_deployment mass_detentions
🚨 Diplomatic Incident $7.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Serious incident implicating the Vatican or international actors requiring high-level diplomacy, settlements, and covert remediation.
Vatican_exposure international_diplomatic_fallout high-level_settlements
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#4] 6–8 armed non-Catholic guards plus 1 supervisor; modeled as 7 guards + 1 supervisor = 8 total (salaries included in staff_wages).
Medical Officer 2 [#8] 1–2 FTE medical/psychiatric staff for amnestic administration and two-week observation; modeled as 2 FTE (salaries included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are wide-range and contingent on GOI interactions (Horizon Initiative) and rare high-cost operations; steady-state items (security, intelligence, R&D, amnestic supply) are better grounded while incident costs retain high uncertainty.
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