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SCP-7647 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7647
Expected annual
$52.0M
One-time setup
$251.8M
Annual recurring
$49.8M
Personnel
50
Initial capital expenditures are dominated by contingency construction and capital equipment (~$252M one-time). Annual baseline operating costs are roughly $49.78M/yr, driven primarily by MTF personnel wages, large contingency/reserve lines, airborne contracts, and vehicle/equipment sustainment.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $251.8M
Facilities $200.0M
[#21] Engineering and construction costs for a specialized hardened containment or exclusion zone (contingency/worst-case).
Equipment $39.2M
[#1, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #13, #16, #18] One-time capital purchases and buildouts: monitoring platform/software (#1), mechanized vehicles/APCs (#4), optional standby helicopter purchase (#6), regional sensor suite (#7), long-range robotics/UAV procurement (#8), seismic/fiber node deployment (#9), mobile lab trailers (#10), heavy-equipment pool purchases (#13), one-time cover/PR infrastructure (#16), and initial archive infrastructure (#18).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $7.5M
[#11, #12, #17] Initial secure field test site and lab buildout and experimental infrastructure: central research site/lab (#11), fog-manipulation prototype infrastructure (#12), and amnestic R&D/production capability (optional) (#17).
Property Acquisition Buyout $5.0M
[#15] Initial reserve / potential small-town buyout / property acquisition (lower-bound example; large-scale buyouts could be far larger).
Watchfloor Training Onboarding $100K
[#2] One-time initial training and onboarding costs for 24/7 watchfloor staff, dispatchers and on-call commanders.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $49.8M/yr
Contingency Escalation Reserve $20.0M/yr
[#25] Standing reserve to enable occasional national-level escalation (military call-outs, strategic airlift and heavy ordnance) when required.
Civilian Compensation Reserve $10.0M/yr
[#15] Standing reserve for civilian compensation, property acquisition, buyouts and long-term relocation needs.
Staff Wages $5.9M/yr
[#2, #3, #11] Recurring salaries, benefits and overhead for watchfloor staff (~8 FTE), MTF Eta-5 mechanized platoon (~35 personnel), and core research team (~7 FTE).
Insurance And Liability Reserve $3.5M/yr
[#23] Annual reserve for lawsuits, claims, asset write-offs and legal liabilities.
Airborne Assets Contracts $2.0M/yr
[#6] Contractor access to helicopter/UAV sorties, maintenance and sortie-hour costs when not owning airframes outright.
Vehicle Maintenance Fuel Ordnance $1.6M/yr
[#5] Annual sustainment for mechanized vehicles: maintenance, spare parts, fuel and ordnance resupply.
Cover Story And Legal $1.5M/yr
[#16] Standing PR/legal/liaison budget for cover stories, simulated relief, legal settlements and liaison with local governments.
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#7, #9, #18, #12, #22] Ongoing sensor/network maintenance and calibration, ground sensor upkeep, archive storage and processing, fog-manipulation operations testing, and environmental/public-health monitoring programs.
Evacuation Fund $1.0M/yr
[#14] Ready annual fund to support rapid evacuations, sheltering and short-term humanitarian response.
Incident Response Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#20] Rapid-deployment contingency fund to cover emergent contractor mobilization, emergency procurement, overtime and hazardous-material cleanup; replenished as used.
Logistics And Transport $750K/yr
[#24, #14] Routine transport, tactical mobility support, and logistics for deployments; complements evacuation fund and vehicle sustainment.
Supplies And Consumables $475K/yr
[#10, #24] Mobile lab consumables, cold-chain supplies and general field consumables (PPE, meals, small consumables).
Heavy Equipment Maintenance $400K/yr
[#13] Maintenance and readiness costs for cranes, excavators and demolition equipment (if owned or pre-contracted).
Robotics Uav Operations $250K/yr
[#8] Operations, repair and upkeep for long-range de-icing drones, tethered platforms and sensor pods.
Data Subscriptions $200K/yr
[#1] NOAA/commercial satellite/radar and other data feed subscriptions and integrations for the monitoring/early-warning platform.
Psychological Care $70K/yr
[#19] Ongoing psychological care, debriefing and retention support for operatives (platoon-level and watchfloor clinicians).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Amnestic Per Incident Fund $0/yr
[#17] Per-incident amnestic deployment costs (set to zero here under assumption amnestics are not routinely used; leave budget line if policy changes).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $49.8M/yr
77.5% probability / year
Uneventful year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, preparedness and maintenance only.
no_manifestations routine_maintenance no_large_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $52.8M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
One or a small number of typical manifestations requiring platoon deployment, local evacuation, remediation and limited contractor support.
single_manifestation local_evacuations moderate_remediation
🚨 Major Incident $79.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline
Clustered or high-impact manifestation requiring heavy demolition, large buyouts or extended operations and contractor mobilization.
clustered_manifestations extended_demolition large_property_compensation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $249.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Extremely rare, high-severity event requiring national military assets, strategic escalation and multi-region response.
multi-site_manifestations national_escalation strategic_air_and_heavy_ordinance
👥 Personnel 50 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 35 MTF Eta-5 mechanized platoon maintained at high readiness; includes medics/mechanics/EOD within platoon. Mapped to #3.
Watchfloor Analyst / Dispatcher 8 24/7 monitoring staff for the early-warning system and dispatch; mapped to #2.
Research Scientist 7 Central research program (biology, behavior, climatology, engineering); mapped to #11.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of wide ranges provided by analyst notes; many costs are scenario-dependent (per-incident scaling, political decisions, choice to use amnestics) so uncertainty remains significant but the main cost drivers (personnel, contingency reserves, vehicle/airborne sustainment) are well-identified.
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