[#1, #2, #6, #7, #16, #26, #30] Road/access construction, field basecamp buildout, chamber stabilization, perimeter installation, Site-20 vault build/upgrade, spoil handling, and final decommissioning/backfill.

[#28] Initial contingency/emergency reserve (25–40% recommendation applied to aggregated startup budget as a lump reserve).

[#12, #13, #17, #18, #23] Initial wet-lab (BSL-2) buildout and cold-chain freezers, initial laboratory analysis program funding, PPE and field consumables initial buy, and initial long-term sample storage (LN2 tanks/cryostorage).

[#10] Upfront local-government cover arrangements, permits, legal fees, and initial discreet payments to establish plausible archaeological cover.

[#3, #5, #8, #27] Power genset & fuel-storage equipment purchase, heavy-excavation equipment purchase option (mini-excavators/rock drills), CCTV/sensor installation, and initial IT/security hardware.

[#11] Initial satellite imagery alteration/GEO-intel setup and purchase/creation of baseline imagery suppression assets.

[#19] Initial specialist conservator teams and long-duration stabilization/treatment costs carried out during first exposure.

[#14] Custom climate-controlled crates, packing/crating and initial artifact shipment(s) to Site-20 (per-shipment estimates aggregated for initial operations).

[#15] Covert export/import logistics, clandestine customs handling, and associated upfront broker/bribe costs for initial transfer operations.

[#21] Secure database and archival setup, restricted-access systems, and initial secure backups for chain-of-custody.

[#22] Initial deployment and installation of environmental sensors (air, humidity, CO2, ground motion) at site/near-site.

[#17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #29] Ongoing laboratory analyses (radiocarbon, aDNA, proteomics), lab maintenance and LN2/fuel, conservator monitoring, academic consulting, secure data management operations, environmental monitoring ops, sample storage contracts, and dedicated multi-year research program salaries/field seasons.

[#3, #4, #5, #14, #15] Helicopter/airlift charter hours and heavy-lift ops, diesel fuel/resupply for generators, recurring heavy-equipment rental (if not purchased), and recurring artifact transfer/transport logistics.

[#28] Annual reserve for emergency containment, surge response, legal crisis management, or payments to limit exposure (ongoing reserve to replenish/use as needed).

[#10, #11, #24] Ongoing payments/liaison to local authorities, satellite imagery refresh/alteration operations, and PR/cover funding to sustain the false archaeological project.

[#9, #2] Security personnel wages/rotations and minimal on-site managerial/camp staff (coverage for remote postings, hazard pay, and rotation costs).

[#1, #7, #16, #8] Road/access seasonal maintenance, perimeter upkeep, Site-20 vault utilities/maintenance, and basic CCTV connectivity upkeep.

[#25] Medevac contracts, field medic support, evacuation insurance and trauma/altitude supplies.

[#8, #27] Recurring secure-communications, encrypted device management, VPN and connectivity fees, and IT security operations training.

[#12, #13] PPE resupply, decontamination consumables, sterile sampling kits, and small field conservation consumables.