SCP-761 — SCP-761 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-761 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-761

Expected annual

$1.9M

One-time setup

$5.7M

Annual recurring

$1.9M

Personnel

Estimated one-time startup costs are approximately $5.65M driven primarily by construction of a suspended test chamber, structural contingencies and specialized equipment; recurring yearly operations are about $1.88M driven by staff wages (security, medical, research), cover/amnestic reserves, and ongoing maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.7M

Facilities $2.5M

[#1, #3, #7] Construction of suspended containment/test chamber (stage 1), rigging/crane installation structural work (installation portion of #3), and clearing/relocation of site infrastructure (#7).

Equipment $1.2M

[#2, #4, #5, #6, #8, #9, #14, #17, #18, #26] Heavy elevator/hoist and shaft outfitting (#2), remote handling systems (#4), high-speed diagnostics (#5), sensor/surveillance hardware (#6), sacrificial containment hardware (#8), rescue/extraction equipment (#9), initial ballistics/test inventory (#14), initial surveillance setup (#17), initial data storage/servers (#18), initial spare-parts stock (#26).

Administrative Overhead One Time $737K

[#28] One-time portion of administrative/procurement/project-management overhead (~15% applied pro rata to subtotal of one-time + recurring initial spend) per analyst note.

Decommissioning Contingency $625K

[#27] Contingency for permanent dismantling, demolition or covert disposal (one-time contingency reserve).

Site Repair Contingency $300K

[#19] Reserved fund for immediate site repair/emergency damage contingency (one-time fund seed).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $162K

[#24] Research program startup costs (experiment campaign set-up, modeling tools, materials).

Amnestic One Time Reserve $60K

[#16] One-time / incident emergency fund for recovery/initial cover-up actions (single-incident reserve).

Per Relocation Cost $15K

[#25] Per-move transport and secure movement cost (per-relocation one-time expense).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr

Staff Wages $940K/yr

[#10, #11, #12] Salaries/retainers for on-call medical staff and trauma personnel (#10), security staffing and access control (#11), and specialized research/technical staff (#12).

Administrative Overhead Recurring $245K/yr

[#28] Recurring portion of administrative/procurement/project-management overhead (~15% applied pro rata to subtotal of one-time + recurring spend) per analyst note.

Cover Story And Legal $188K/yr

[#16, #21] Ongoing amnestic/cover-up reserve and legal/administrative overhead for inter-agency cover, permits and municipal interactions.

Research And Monitoring $160K/yr

[#5, #6, #18, #24] Ongoing calibration/data storage and monitoring costs for diagnostics (#5), sensor maintenance (#6), data storage/cloud/processing maintenance (#18), and recurring research program budget (#24).

D Class Procurement $55K/yr

[#13] Costs to manage, house, cycle and medically maintain D-class test subjects and associated ethical/legal overhead.

Energy And Utilities $55K/yr

[#20] Power, HVAC, elevator and environmental control costs for the suspended chamber and support systems.

Site Repair Replenish $50K/yr

[#19] Annual replenishment allocation for site repair/emergency damage contingency fund.

Supplies And Consumables $42K/yr

[#8, #14, #26] Annual consumables: sacrificial panel/impact target replacement (#8), test projectile consumables (#14), spare parts replenishment (#26).

Training And Drills $40K/yr

[#9, #22] Regular rescue/extraction training, confined-space drills, SOP updates and certifications (note #9 equipment training + #22 training program).

Surveillance Monitoring $30K/yr

[#17] Ongoing monitoring costs for persons of interest (subscriptions, remote monitoring, maintenance).

Psychological Support $30K/yr

[#23] Counseling, staff support, amnestic/rehabilitation budgets for traumatic incidents.

Remote Handling Maintenance $20K/yr

[#4] Maintenance, spares and service contracts for robotic arms and remote handling rigs.

Facilities Maintenance $18K/yr

[#3] Periodic structural inspection and recertification of anchors, cables, harnesses, crane/r rigging inspections and related structural maintenance from #3.

Rigging Inspection $18K/yr

[#3] Recertification/inspection schedule for anchors, cables, harnesses and cranes (recurring portion of #3).

Ballistics Consumables $12K/yr

[#14] Consumables for ballistics/test projectile inventory (annual replacement).

Archival Storage $6K/yr

[#15] Secure non-anomalous documentation storage and backups.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Data Storage Maintenance $0/yr

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Spare Parts Replenishment $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr

96.3% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine testing and maintenance only.

routine_testing scheduled_maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$130K vs baseline

Localized damage from displaced object(s) requiring repairs, minor rescue, additional cover-up/amnestics and overtime.

localized_reappearance_damage small_rescue_operation limited_cover_action

🚨 Major Breach $2.7M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$770K vs baseline

Significant entombment, structural damage or equipment loss requiring large repairs, full rescue response and substantial legal/cover operations.

structural_damage multi-person_entombment major_repair_and_coverup

🚨 Decommissioning Event $2.9M/yr

0.2% probability / year +$970K vs baseline

Decision or forced action to permanently dismantle, remove or covertly destroy SCP-761 with associated demolition, remediation and high-level cover operations.

policy_decision_to_dismantle catastrophic_uncontainability

👥 Personnel 14 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#11] 24/7 coverage with two-person teams per shift (4–6 guards indicated; staffing set to 6 to cover shifts and attrition).
Research Scientist	1	[#12] Principal anomalous-object specialist / lead researcher.
Technician	2	[#12] Technicians for experimental rigging and remote systems.
Medical Officer / Paramedic	2	[#10] On-call medical staff/trauma personnel available for tests and rescue situations.
Data Analyst	1	[#12, #5, #18] Data processing, high-speed video and sensor analysis.
Rescue Specialist	2	[#9] Trained confined-space/rescue personnel for extraction and entombment response (on-call team).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing a structured estimate, but many costs depend heavily on existing site infrastructure, testing frequency and incident rates; contingency allocations and probabilities are judgement-based rather than empirical.

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