SCP-7560 — SCP-7560 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7560 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-7560

Expected annual

$701K

One-time setup

$733K

Annual recurring

$668K

Personnel

One-time setup and contingency reserves dominate up-front costs (~$733k), while recurring costs are driven by staff wages, per-mission logistics/excavation, and insurance (~$668.5k/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $733K

Emergency Recovery Reserve $500K

[#11] Emergency recovery & replacement reserve (recommended ~$500,000 one-time fund)

Equipment $158K

[#2, #3, #10, #16, #18] CCTV/install and access control ($12,000), handling & transport kit ($12,000), propagation R&D equipment portion ($120,000), data/storage setup ($12,000), field PPE kit ($2,000)

Initial Research And Lab Setup $40K

[#9] Initial software development / ML/GIS pipeline and research tooling ($40,000 one-time)

Facilities $25K

[#8] Vault/cell setup for secure long-term storage ($25,000 one-time)

Training Initial $10K

[#15] Initial training and SOP development ($10,000 one-time)

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $668K/yr

Staff Wages $380K/yr

[#4, #9, #10, #17] Horticulturist/caretaker ($50,000/yr) [#4]; research & engineering staff for transcription/GIS ($150,000/yr) [#9]; propagation/backup R&D staff ($100,000/yr) [#10]; incremental site security guards (2 FTE, $80,000/yr) [#17]

Insurance And Incident Fund $100K/yr

[#19] Insurance / risk pool and incident response fund (~$100,000/yr)

Logistics And Transport $99K/yr

[#5, #6, #12] MTF deployments (~$8,000/mission), excavation/retrieval support (~$20,000 typical/site), permitting/land access (~$5,000/mission); baseline assumption 3 missions/yr -> 3*(8k+20k+5k) = $99,000/yr

Sample Reception And Analysis $30K/yr

[#7] Sample reception, instrumentation and initial analysis (~$10,000 per recovered item; baseline ~3 items/yr -> $30,000/yr)

Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr

[#13] Cover/disclosure mitigation and local PR/compensation (budget depends on tempo; baseline ~$20,000/yr)

Biosecurity And Welfare $10K/yr

[#14] Biosecurity, ethics review and welfare compliance (~$10,000/yr)

Research And Monitoring $9K/yr

[#9, #16] Cloud/storage and hosting for audio logs, ML/GIS ($5,000/yr) [#9]; data hosting/maintenance ($4,000/yr) [#16]

Containment Monitoring Maintenance $6K/yr

[#2] Ongoing CCTV/sensor/lock monitoring and maintenance (~$6,000/yr)

Secure Long Term Storage $5K/yr

[#8] Secure long-term storage for recovered items (~$5,000/yr per moderate-security item; baseline assumes one stored item)

Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr

[#1] Dedicated greenhouse berth operations (electricity, soil/consumables, routine maintenance) ~$4,000/yr

Training And Sop Refreshers $3K/yr

[#15] Annual refresher training and SOP updates (~$3,000/yr)

Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr

[#1, #3, #18] Consumables: greenhouse soil replacement included in #1; handling kit replacements (~$1,000/yr) [#3]; PPE replenishment (~$1,500/yr) [#18]

Operational Savings Offsets $0/yr

[#20] Potential operational savings from replacing contractor GPR surveys; treated as explanatory (no guaranteed recurring offset included)

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $668K/yr

70.0% probability / year

Normal year with assumed baseline mission tempo (3 missions/yr), routine research, and no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $738K/yr

25.0% probability / year +$70K vs baseline

Extra unplanned recovery requiring one additional heavy excavation and associated analysis/PR.

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🚨 Major Breach $968K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Loss, theft, or destruction of SCP-7560 requiring emergency recovery, wide-area tasking, and extraordinary measures.

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👥 Personnel 6 total

Role	Count	Notes
Horticulturist / Caretaker	1	[#4] Full-time dedicated caretaker (~$50,000/yr)
Research Scientist / Engineer	2	[#9] Research and engineering staff for transcription/GIS (~$150,000 total/yr for 2 FTE)
Research Technician (propagation/backup R&D)	1	[#10] Propagation/cloning & backup contingency research staff (~$100,000/yr)
Security Officer / Guard	2	[#17] Incremental site security staffing (2 FTE, ~$80,000/yr)

📋 Confidence Notes

Line items and ranges are provided in analyst notes, enabling a reasoned baseline; main uncertainties are mission frequency, number/size of recovered items, and likelihood/scale of emergency recoveries which drive wide variance.

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