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SCP-7523 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7523
Expected annual
$335K
One-time setup
$5.8M
Annual recurring
$323K
Personnel
1.5
One-time setup and legal/containment suppression dominate near-term expenses (≈ $5.8M), while steady-state annual operations are modest (~$323k/year) driven by staff wages, monitoring, site overhead, and occasional production costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.8M
Endowment For Long Term Funding $5.0M
[#24] Long-term endowment to guarantee indefinite containment/production funding (present-value fund).
Third Party Liability Reserve $250K
[#23] Recommended reserve for third-party liabilities/settlements in case of civilian exposure or legal challenges.
Equipment $153K
[#5, #11] Surveillance/tamper-hardware purchase+install (#5) and small-batch bottling/sterile packaging line purchase & installation (#11).
Legal Coverup And Corporate Dissolution $125K
[#15] Legal fees for corporate dissolution, IP/brand management, NDA/gag orders and buyouts.
Breach Immediate Response Fund $100K
[#18] One-time immediate-response fund to be available for emergency containment/rapid response if bottle is compromised.
Public Relations And Misinformation $50K
[#17] One-time PR/cover-story buys, fabricated press statements, and minimal buyouts to suppress public attention.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $35K
[#9] Initial comprehensive GC-MS/HPLC/isotope/stability forensic baseline analysis.
Alderton Settlement And Relocation $15K
[#14] One-time relocation/settlement/confidentiality buyout for Dr. Charles Alderton.
Data Seizure And Sanitization $15K
[#16] Digital forensics, secure destruction of sensitive physical records, and related recovery actions.
Facilities $5K
[#1] Chromium-steel capsule fabrication and certified seals for a 12 fl. oz. bottle.
Hazardous Waste Disposal Per Event $3K
[#19] Certified incineration/neutralization per disposal event (disposal of beverage + contaminated packaging/PPE).
Records Archive Setup $3K
[#22] One-time setup for off-site digital redundancy and climate-controlled archival storage.
Transport And Chain Of Custody $2K
[#2] Single armored courier transport to Site-19 with chain-of-custody documentation and hazard-safe packaging.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $323K/yr
Staff Wages $176K/yr
[#7, #8, #14] Security periodic-check FTE equivalency (#7), inventory/administration FTE (#8), and Dr. Alderton annual salary/benefits (#14).
Facilities Maintenance $43K/yr
[#3, #4, #20] Low-priority storage allocation/space overhead (#3), environmental controls and power consumption for storage footprint (#4), and site-level overhead allocation (#20).
Research And Monitoring $42K/yr
[#6, #10, #13, #21] Continuous/logged monitoring and alarm response staffing/monitoring contracts (#6), periodic re-analysis/sample integrity checks (#10), QA/food-safety testing and third-party audits (#13), and instrumentation calibration/replacement cycle (#21).
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#12] Ongoing production operating costs for the beneficial variant: raw materials, carbonation gas, bottles/cans, labeling, operator consumables and QA disposables.
Breach Response Drills $30K/yr
[#18] Annual tabletop exercises, drills, emergency consumables, and on-call rapid-response retainer costs.
Records And Archive Storage $2K/yr
[#22] Ongoing off-site digital redundancy and climate-controlled archival storage costs per year.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $323K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year: routine monitoring, maintenance, optional low-volume production, and payroll only.
no breach routine operations no large PR/legal events
🚨 Minor Incident $398K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Small containment incident or localized exposure requiring emergency response, limited PR/legal actions, and single-event disposal or remediation.
localized breach single disposal event targeted PR/legal mitigation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $1.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Major public exposure or large-scale leak requiring extensive legal settlements, broad PR campaign, large-scale containment operations, and potential large liability payouts.
public exposure civil litigation mass recall or large liability claims
👥 Personnel 1.5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 Dr. Charles Alderton (on-staff, primary scientist responsible for beneficial variant); salary included in staff_wages. (1.0 FTE)
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.2 Periodic physical checks and alarm response equivalency (≈0.1–0.25 FTE) funded from staff_wages.
Administrative Staff 0.1 Inventory control, records, and chain-of-custody administration (≈0.05–0.15 FTE) included in staff_wages.
Lab Technician / Production Operator 0.2 Part-time operator support for small-batch production and QA bench duties; labor partially reflected in supplies_and_consumables and staff_wages estimates.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item ranges are provided in notes, but many large one-time choices (size of contingency reserve, endowment size, selected midpoints) are discretionary; core recurring costs (storage, monitoring, salary) are well-defined, hence medium confidence.
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