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SCP-7685 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7685
Expected annual
$7.3M
One-time setup
$13.3M
Annual recurring
$7.1M
Personnel
34
Initial capital/setup costs are approximately $13.34M driven by facility buildout, lab upgrades, specialized equipment and a contingency reserve; recurring annual costs are about $7.11M driven primarily by staff wages, ongoing research/monitoring, and consumables.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $13.3M
Facilities $5.1M
[#1, #15] Secure containment/treatment wing and security installation (structural work, perimeter controls, access control).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.5M
[#2, #9, #19] BSL-2/3-like laboratory upgrade, diagnostic assay development (R&D capital), vivarium setup for animal-model work.
Equipment $2.1M
[#3, #10, #24] Cold-chain freezers, experimental sequencing/imaging platforms, microfluidics and wearable device units.
Contingency Reserve $1.2M
[#25] Contingency/catastrophic-response reserve fund.
Emergency Vehicles $400K
[#6] Purchase/fit-out of 1–3 dedicated ambulances/rapid-response vans.
Sample Collection Kits $270K
[#5] Initial purchase/distribution of custom sealed evidence/sample collection kits for staff (200–500 kits program).
Knowledge Backup Setup $200K
[#13] Initial digitization, offsite encrypted backups and storage hardware for knowledge preservation.
Legal Pr Setup $200K
[#16] Initial legal/PR/cover-story setup costs and retainers.
Power Infrastructure $162K
[#4] Backup generators, UPS, ATS and redundancy hardware to protect freezers/HVAC.
Lims Setup $125K
[#12] LIMS/custom sample-tracking software purchase/customization and initial training.
Policy Development $62K
[#14] Development of chain-of-knowledge redundancy policies, SOPs and initial training materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.1M/yr
Staff Wages $3.4M/yr
[#7, #8, #13, #15, #23] Salaries and benefits for clinicians, research staff, added data/archival staff, security guards and hazard pay/retention bonuses.
Research And Monitoring $2.0M/yr
[#10, #12, #13, #17, #18, #19, #24, #27] Equipment maintenance contracts, LIMS support, data curation/backups staff time, ethical oversight, psychological support programs, vivarium operations, wearable telemetry fees, and long-term reconstruction program.
Supplies And Consumables $515K/yr
[#5, #9, #11, #21] Replacement sample-collection kit consumables, routine diagnostic testing supplies, sequencing/reagent disposables, and hazardous waste disposal.
Administration Overhead $400K/yr
[#26] Program management, administration, procurement, HR and routine overhead.
Cover Story And Legal $325K/yr
[#16] Ongoing legal/PR retainers, incident response and cover-story maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $275K/yr
[#6, #20] Vehicle staffing/maintenance and secure cold-chain/armored couriering contracts.
Facilities Maintenance $118K/yr
[#4, #22] Maintenance for backup power/environmental redundancy and ongoing energy costs for HVAC/freezers.
Training And Drills $50K/yr
[#14] Ongoing cross-training, SOP revalidation and periodic drills to mitigate knowledge loss impact.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.1M/yr
84.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, periodic isolated events handled within standard procedures.
routine containment no large-scale events
🚨 Minor Incident $7.6M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
One or a few localized SCP-7685 events requiring emergency response, additional sample recovery and short-term research surge.
isolated hemorrhagic events localized staff knowledge loss requiring reconstruction
🚨 Major Incident $9.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant multi-person event or cluster that triggers large-scale emergency treatment, intensive research push, legal/PR response and extensive reconstruction of lost knowledge.
cluster outbreak affecting multiple key staff evidence degradation requiring accelerated R&D
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $17.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Widespread mass-affecting events or systemic failures (storage degradation, mass memory loss) requiring contingency reserve activation and major long-term reconstruction.
mass events loss of large portions of stored samples or core personnel knowledge
👥 Personnel 34 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 6 [#8, #10, #27] PI-level and senior researchers running memory-conservation research and assays.
Lab Technician 5 [#8, #10, #11] Laboratory staff for sample processing, sequencing, imaging and consumables handling.
Clinical Staff (Physician / Nurse) 4 [#7, #6] Full-time clinicians and ER nurses to attend events and supervise medical stabilization.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#15] Guards and monitoring staff for wing perimeter, sample transport escorts and access control.
Emergency Medical Technician / Medic 2 [#6] On-call medics/vehicle crews for rapid response and sealed transport of specimens.
Administrative Staff 3 [#26] Program admin, procurement and HR to run the program.
Project Director / Program Manager 1 [#26] Program lead overseeing containment, research and budgets.
IT / LIMS Administrator 1 [#12] LIMS and data infrastructure support and access control auditing.
Veterinary / Vivarium Staff 1 [#19] Vivarium operations and veterinary oversight for animal-model research.
Data Curation / Archivist 2 [#13] Knowledge preservation, digitization and ongoing backups/curation staff.
Psychological Counselor / Medical Officer 1 [#18] Counseling and rehabilitation services for affected personnel.
📋 Confidence Notes
Mid-level confidence: analyst notes provide ranges and clear line items, but many estimates are broad and depend on build-vs-retrofit choices, staffing mixes and uncertain event frequency; midpoints and judgment were used to produce a consolidated estimate.
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