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SCP-7517 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7517
Expected annual
$139.2M
One-time setup
$774.2M
Annual recurring
$123.0M
Personnel
300
Initial capital expenditure is large (hundreds of millions) driven primarily by SRA hardware fabrication, hardened containment construction, and redundancy/decommissioning reserves. Recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages, insurance/indemnity reserves, ongoing research/monitoring, and facilities maintenance (~$120M–$130M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $774.2M
Equipment $234.0M
[#2, #4, #11, #13, #14, #25] SRA hardware fabrication and integration, UPS/battery/flywheel procurement (one-time), instrumentation and diagnostics one-time purchase, spares inventory one-time stockpile, secure comms hardware one-time, procurement/logistics one-time costs for sensitive components.
Facilities $210.0M
[#1, #3, #7, #10, #27] Containment chamber/foundation, primary grid-tie/generator installation (one-time), dormitory/housing buildout, HVAC/thermal systems one-time install, land acquisition/one-time site works.
Decommissioning $200.0M
[#21] One-time reserve for engineered dismantling/safe shutdown capability (upper-bound decommissioning estimate).
Contingent Liability Reserve $50.0M
[#28] Contingency reserve for unpredictable ontokinetic side-effects / emergent remediation (recommended one-time reserve).
Containment Response Fund $30.0M
[#20] One-time reserve fund for containment-breach response (helicopters/rapid-response reserve draw capability).
Offsite Redundancy $20.0M
[#30] One-time hardened remote control rooms / mirrored datacenter hardware for geographic redundancy.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10.0M
[#12] Initial research ramp-up, calibration, simulation and lab setup for ontokinetic research specific to the SRA.
Perimeter Defense Capex $10.0M
[#9] One-time perimeter hardening: fencing, sensors, vehicle barriers, EMP/EMI hardening hardware.
Security Capex $3.0M
[#8] One-time purchase of weapons, vehicles, and security equipment for internal armed forces and checkpoints.
Medical Facility Setup $3.0M
[#15] One-time buildout of on-site clinic/trauma capacity and quarantine/isolation rooms.
Waste Management Setup $2.0M
[#23] One-time setup for hazardous waste handling and disposal infrastructure.
Legal Setup $1.0M
[#18] One-time legal/compliance and cover-story setup (contracts, NDAs, initial legal retainer).
Vetting Setup $900K
[#17] One-time pre-hire background/vetting setup costs (tools, processes, initial batch investigations).
Psychological Program Setup $300K
[#16] One-time setup for ongoing psychological care program and monitoring systems.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $123.0M/yr
Staff Wages $30.0M/yr
[#5, #6, #8] Salaries, benefits and hazard pay for continuous control room staffing and site personnel (control room operators, researchers, security, maintenance, medical, admin).
Facilities Maintenance $21.0M/yr
[#3, #4, #10, #13, #9] Energy/fuel usage and grid charges, UPS/battery replacements and maintenance, HVAC/thermal system electricity & maintenance, preventative/corrective maintenance contracts, perimeter sensor maintenance.
Insurance And Indemnity $20.0M/yr
[#22] Internal indemnity reserves / equivalent set-asides for anomalous liabilities (annual reserve estimate).
Supplies And Consumables $18.0M/yr
[#7] On-site housing operations: food provisioning, utilities, housekeeping and life-support consumables for quarantined staff (example mid-scale site estimate).
Research And Monitoring $16.0M/yr
[#11, #12] Ongoing specialist technical research budget (experiments, modeling, ontokinetic research) and recurring instrumentation/data operations and storage.
Contingent Liability Reserve $5.0M/yr
[#28] Annual set-aside for emergent contingent scientific liabilities and remediation.
Logistics And Transport $2.3M/yr
[#20, #25] Maintenance of rapid-response units and airborne assets, recurring secure transport and escort costs for sensitive parts.
Cover Story And Legal $2.0M/yr
[#18, #19] Recurring legal, compliance, cover-story and public-relations/disinformation operations and associated retainer costs.
Medical Operations $2.0M/yr
[#15] Recurring medical staff, supplies and pharmaceuticals for on-site clinic and emergency response.
Psych Care $1.5M/yr
[#16] Ongoing psychological care, monitoring programs and personnel surveillance to mitigate insider risk.
Incident Investigations $1.0M/yr
[#24] Regular incident investigations, audits and red-team penetration testing.
Replacement Staffing $1.0M/yr
[#26] Annual reserve for replacement hiring, severance, disciplinary costs and sealed legal settlements.
Offsite Redundancy $1.0M/yr
[#30] Recurring sync/maintenance costs for mirrored control rooms and data centers.
Security Training $500K/yr
[#8] Annual training and certification budget for armed/internal security teams.
Compliance And Oversight $500K/yr
[#29] Recurring costs for higher-authority oversight reporting, inspections and liaison.
Vetting Budget $300K/yr
[#17] Ongoing periodic reinvestigations, polygraphs and counter-intel budgets.
Waste Management $300K/yr
[#23] Recurring hazardous-materials handling and disposal costs.
Secure Comms Maintenance $300K/yr
[#14] Recurring support and maintenance for classified/air-gapped communications and secure archives.
Long Term Monitoring $250K/yr
[#27] Ongoing environmental and social monitoring of the 300 m zone and neighbor compensation monitoring budgets (recurring portion).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $123.0M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with standard operations and no major incidents.
steady_operations regular_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $132.9M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Localized equipment failure, small sabotage attempt, or temporary power outage requiring repairs, PR and limited legal response.
localized_power_loss equipment_failure insider_disturbance
🚨 Major Breach $623.0M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline
Containment breach or catastrophic failure requiring large-scale emergency response, possible decommissioning, rebuilding, and major legal/compensation payouts.
major_containment_breach mass_sabotage catastrophic_hume_event
👥 Personnel 300 total
Role Count Notes
Control Room Operators 40 [#5] Continuous 24/7 control-room staffing (40 assigned operators to ensure minimum 10 present plus backups).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 100 [#8] Armed/internal security force sized for continuous coverage and internal lockdown capability.
Research Scientist 70 [#6, #12] Ontokinetics researchers, modeling and calibration staff required for ongoing SRA stability and experiments.
Engineer / Maintenance 40 [#6, #10, #13] Facility engineers, SRA technical maintenance, HVAC and power plant operators.
Medical Officer 10 [#15] On-site clinic staff trained for ontokinetic exposures and trauma response.
Administrative Staff / Logistics 25 [#6, #29, #18] Admin, compliance, procurement, cover-story liaison and oversight coordination.
Culinary / Support Staff 15 [#7] Housing, catering, life-support and housekeeping personnel for quarantined staff.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing mid-point estimates, but many items (SRA hardware, decommissioning, contingent liabilities, insurance) have extreme uncertainty due to classified design, site variability, and anomalous risk, so confidence is moderate.
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