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SCP-7574 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7574
Expected annual
$17.9M
One-time setup
$194.3M
Annual recurring
$15.0M
Personnel
25
Estimated one-time setup costs are large due to hardened facilities, power infrastructure, and large contingency reserves; recurring annual costs are driven by specialized staff, emergency response readiness, and cover/operations budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $194.3M
Catastrophic Reserve $100.0M
[#28] Strategic reserve recommended for extreme / apocalyptic scenarios.
Containment Breach Reserve $50.0M
[#13] Large reserve for catastrophic containment events or wide-scale remediation.
Power Infrastructure $20.0M
[#2] Dedicated high-capacity power build (capacitance banks, UPS, backup generators/turbine, cooling, transformers) one-time construction.
Equipment $6.3M
[#5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #23, #24, #26] Dual-key vaults, secure comm hardware, robotic manipulators, sensors/diagnostics suite, data storage hardware, specialized containment modules, emergency destruction hardware, archival vault buildout.
Facilities $6.0M
[#1] Hardened launch pad, blast/fragmentation walls, remote-control booth and retrofit construction.
Insurance Reserve $5.0M
[#11] Insurance/liability reserve and hush-fund initial allocation.
Remediation Reserve $5.0M
[#14] One-time contingency reserve for environmental remediation and permitting-related mitigation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.0M
[#17] Initial research cluster, simulation clusters and lab instrumentation for modeling/control work.
Dedicated Aircraft $0
[#21] Option not purchased one-time; per-activation secure transport used under recurring logistics.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $15.0M/yr
Emergency Response $4.0M/yr
[#12] Maintenance, training and readiness of a rapid-reaction strike team (transport, equipment, deployment readiness).
Staff Wages $2.4M/yr
[#3, #4] Engineering/maintenance team (6–12 specialists) and 24/7 armed security staff (12–20 guards) fully-loaded wages.
Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr
[#17] Ongoing theoretical/experimental research, conferences, simulation time, modeling staff (not counted in staff_wages).
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#10] Legal/PR budgets, shell organizations, FOIA handling and counter-intelligence operations.
Power Operations $1.0M/yr
[#2] Energy costs, maintenance of power systems, UPS and generator upkeep.
Diplomatic Cover $1.0M/yr
[#22] Communications, liaison and contingency diplomatic/liaison budgets for international incidents.
Supplies And Consumables $500K/yr
[#15] Test materials, expendables, disposable payloads and per-test consumables.
Insurance Replenishment $500K/yr
[#11] Ongoing replenishment and reserve top-ups for liability/quiet settlements.
Lost Asset Fund $500K/yr
[#16] Annual budget for replacement of irretrievable assets lost to one-way displacement.
Medical Support $400K/yr
[#19] On-call medical team, psychological monitoring, life-insurance loadings for exposed staff.
Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr
[#1] Ongoing site upkeep, pad/structure inspections, blast-wall maintenance.
Outreach Suppression $300K/yr
[#25] Personnel vetting, ongoing monitoring, non-disclosure enforcement and counter-leak programs.
Environmental Monitoring $250K/yr
[#14] Baseline environmental monitoring, permitting-related surveillance and small remediation actions.
Cybersecurity $200K/yr
[#18] Ongoing cybersecurity, red-team exercises and audits; excludes large penetration-test events.
Specialized Containment Maintenance $200K/yr
[#23] Maintenance of quarantine bays, evidence vaults and containment modules for anomalous results.
Training And Sop $150K/yr
[#20] SOP development, drills, tabletop exercises and certification maintenance.
Audit Compliance $150K/yr
[#27] Internal inspections, oversight reporting, and administrative compliance costs.
Robotics Upkeep $125K/yr
[#7] Maintenance and calibration of robotic manipulators and remote payload handlers.
Emergency Destruction Readiness $125K/yr
[#24] Readiness costs for destruction/safe-scrubbing capabilities and related remote systems.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#21] Secure per-activation transport, contracted activation logistics when required (per-activation costs aggregated annually).
Sensors Calibration $88K/yr
[#8] Calibration, replacement sensors, telemetry operations and data capture costs.
Archival Maintenance $75K/yr
[#26] Off-site archival storage maintenance and climate/isotope-safe containment storage costs.
Secure Comms Ops $60K/yr
[#6] Operations, audits, air-gapped channel maintenance and anti-spoofing measures.
Data Storage Ops $60K/yr
[#9] Secure long-term storage, redundancy, classified access control operations.
Dual Key Maintenance $15K/yr
[#5] Vault/biometric system maintenance, logging/audit system upkeep.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $15.0M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with scheduled tests, regular operations, and no major incidents.
routine_operations no_incident
🚨 Minor Incident $17.0M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized misfire or unintended displacement requiring limited rapid response, cleanup, and small international cover actions.
small_misfire localized_contamination unplanned_asset_loss
🚨 Major Breach $40.0M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or large unplanned displacement causing multi-site remediation, international settlements, and major operational strain.
large_scale_misfire international_incident widespread_contamination
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $215.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Extreme temporal/spatial incident or cascading failure requiring catastrophic remediation, relocation operations, and strategic reserve deployment.
apocalyptic_scenario systemic_failure mass_displacement
👥 Personnel 25 total
Role Count Notes
Engineer / Maintenance 10 [#3] Specialists to maintain and calibrate device; counted within staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 15 [#4] 24/7 armed security and perimeter staff; counted within staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
SCP-7574 is an anomalous ontokinetic device with one-way displacement; estimates rely on broad ranges and expert judgment from analyst notes, so costs and probabilities are highly uncertain.
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