SCP-7570 Safe- ~ medium confidence
SCP-7570
Expected annual
$9.0M
One-time setup
$9.1M
Annual recurring
$8.7M
Personnel
31
Estimated one-time startup ≈ $9.08M driven by site acquisition, hardening, power infrastructure and lab setup; recurring operations ≈ $8.73M/year driven by salaries, multi-year R&D, energy/fuel and security.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.1M
Facilities $7.2M
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #22, #29] Site acquisition and buffer land, structural retrofit/hardening and sealed containment room, perimeter physical barriers and guardhouse/CCTV towers, on-site power generation capex, initial fuel storage/installation, initial contingency reserve top-up, and decommissioning/demolition contingency reserve.
Equipment $1.2M
[#6, #7, #13, #23, #26] Specialized sensors and instrumentation, secure data storage hardware, secure communications hardware, initial forensic/evidence-preservation purchase, and archival vault/hardware setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K
[#8, #17] Research lab buildout, experimental rigs, testbeds, computing clusters and initial research program administrative startup costs (program execution budget handled in recurring R&D).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $8.7M/yr
Staff Wages $3.0M/yr
[#9, #10, #11] Core research personnel salaries (Senior Researcher + specialists), technical/lab support salaries, and on-site security personnel salaries (guards, supervisors, chief).
Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr
[#17, #23] Multi-year R&D program tranche (amortized; $8M placeholder over ~5 years => ~$1.6M/yr) plus recurring forensics and ongoing scientific monitoring/analysis.
Mtf Readiness Ops $1.0M/yr
[#12] Mobile Task Force readiness, specialized gear, vehicles, ordnance, training cycles and deployment allowances.
Program Management And Overhead $935K/yr
[#30] Administrative overhead (HR, procurement, finance, internal audit) estimated at ~12% of direct recurring costs.
Energy Consumption $600K/yr
[#5, #18] Ongoing fuel/electricity costs: baseline fuel use (~$500k/yr) plus grid/utility fees (~$100k/yr); includes fuel delivery contracts and on-call replenishment.
Cover Story And Legal $465K/yr
[#14, #15, #16, #27, #28] Amnesticization operations, local community management/covert payments, legal/cover-story counsel, PR/misinformation content and O5 briefing/visit logistics.
Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr
[#2, #3, #4] Ongoing maintenance for hardened facility, perimeter systems, HVAC and on-site powerplant/switchgear upkeep.
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#24] Armored vehicle operations, secure containers, helicopter/rapid access time and secure shipping/handling.
Medical And Psychological $150K/yr
[#21] On-call medical staff, trauma counseling, occupational health and monitoring for privileged personnel.
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#8] Lab consumables, PPE, disposables and routine experimental supplies.
Secure Data Storage Maintenance $100K/yr
[#7] Maintenance, off-site redundancy, tape vaulting and encrypted air-gapped archival upkeep.
Ammunition And Equipment $100K/yr
[#19] Ammunition replenishment, weapons maintenance, vehicle fuel/maintenance and tactical gear replacement.
Training And Clearances $100K/yr
[#20] Specialized hazard training, re-clearance costs, psychological vetting and driving/armed training.
Contingency Topups $100K/yr
[#22] Annual top-ups to the contingency/reserve fund to replenish used emergency funds.
Secure Comms Maintenance $75K/yr
[#13] Encrypted radios, satellite uplink fees, SOC monitoring and cyber-defense maintenance.
Waste Disposal $50K/yr
[#25] Hazardous-material handling, contaminated PPE disposal and special-treatment waste services.
Secure Archival Maintenance $10K/yr
[#26] Ongoing vaulting, periodic forensic re-evaluation and archival media upkeep for recovered/destroyed journals.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $8.7M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady operations, routine maintenance, multi-year R&D tranches and no major incidents.
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🚨 Minor Incident $9.1M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Localized containment/equipment failure or short-term power spike requiring emergency response, repairs, temporary R&D acceleration and extra amnesticization/PR work.
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🚨 Major Breach $15.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$7.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or major uncontrolled power draw requiring site-wide emergency operations, demolition/decommissioning reserve drawdown, accelerated R&D and large-scale PR/legal response.
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👥 Personnel 31 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 7 [#9] Senior Researcher (Regan Morgan) plus ~6 specialists (temporal physics, EE, data science).
Technical Staff 6 [#10] Technicians, lab managers, instrument techs, IT and facilities support.
Security Officer / Site Security & Guards 18 [#11] On-site armed guard rotation (16+ supervisors/chief) to maintain minimum four guards on duty and QRF readiness.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are based on analyst mid-range assumptions and canonical staffing data (moderate confidence), but significant uncertainty remains around sustained power draw of SCP-7570 and scale/duration of the R&D 'erasure' program, which could change costs by multiples.
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