SCP-774 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-774
Expected annual
$5.5M
One-time setup
$5.3M
Annual recurring
$5.1M
Personnel
28
Initial one-time setup is approximately $5.29M driven by facility buildout, medical and diagnostic equipment, lab setup and contingency reserves. Baseline annual operations are ~ $5.12M/yr, dominated by long-term subject care staffing, per-subject life-support costs, security, and ongoing R&D/diagnostics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.3M
Equipment $1.6M
[#1, #6, #7, #12, #11, #20, #24, #26] Purchase of sealed hazardous barrels, specialized hospital beds and hoists, ventilators/infusion pumps and backup power, imaging hardware (CT/X-ray/endoscope towers), 3D-printing workstation, audio/playback systems, environmental sensors, and cryo-freezer for sample archiving.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.6M
[#4, #13] BSL-2+ decontamination infrastructure (autoclaves, decon showers/passes) and diagnostic lab instrumentation and lab buildout (ICP‑MS, GC/LC‑MS, SEM, benches, cryo storage setup).
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#23] Containment breach remediation / emergency cleanup reserve (set-aside contingency fund).
Facilities $300K
[#2] Climate-controlled secondary containment / hazardous storage room or small modular building retrofit costs (spill containment, ventilation scrubbers, access control).
Catastrophic Modeling And Stockpile $300K
[#30] Worst-case scenario modeling and purchase of stockpiled emergency equipment (portable decon, negative-pressure tents) and initial planning studies.
Facility Hardening $150K
[#19] Physical hardening (perimeter fencing, CCTV, intrusion detection) and secure access infrastructure retrofit (one-time).
Wastewater Treatment System $150K
[#17] Holding tanks and on-site neutralization system for effluent from showers, sinks and labs (one-time installation).
Sop Development $125K
[#21] Initial SOP development, Procedure 17-A documentation, training course authoring and initial exercises.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.1M/yr
Staff Wages $2.0M/yr
[#9, #15, #19] Nurses/respiratory therapists/attendants for round-the-clock care, research scientists/technicians, and security personnel payroll (secrecy/clearance premiums excluded here).
Per Subject Maintenance $1.0M/yr
[#25] Ongoing per-subject life-support, nursing, imaging, implants and periodic major surgeries (baseline planning uses ~$1M/yr per long-term subject).
Research And Monitoring $660K/yr
[#13, #14, #15, #16, #27] Annual R&D and neutralization program funding, instrument service/calibration contracts, animal-study program costs and routine diagnostic testing and analysis.
Supplies And Consumables $355K/yr
[#5, #8, #14, #17, #24, #26, #6] PPE, life-support consumables (oxygen, circuits, IV/TPN supplies, meds), research/diagnostic disposables and reagents, treatment chemicals for effluent, monitoring consumables and surface swabs, cryo/LN2 and small ward operation supplies (linens, disposables).
Retention Premium $300K/yr
[#29] Salary/clearance premiums and retention bonuses to reduce leakage risk (10–30% premium applied to key payroll).
Facilities Maintenance $243K/yr
[#2, #4, #12, #8] Annual HVAC/energy and maintenance, autoclave/service contracts, imaging service contracts (10–15% of purchase), and general building upkeep/electricity for life support and climate control.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#22, #28] Legal retainer, cover-story operations, record fabrication, and public-facing administrative costs to maintain secrecy.
Specialist Surgeries $200K/yr
[#10] Cost of periodic major spinal/craniofacial surgeries, OR costs, implants and anesthesia (per-event costs aggregated to annual expected expense).
Logistics And Transport $55K/yr
[#18, #3] Secure transport costs (sealed crates, vehicles, escorts, decon) and hazardous waste disposal contract fees for removed barrels/materials.
Orthopedics Vendor Supplies $50K/yr
[#11] Recurring vendor costs for custom implants, external braces and biomaterials and spare parts for 3D-printed scaffolds.
Psychological Support $30K/yr
[#20] Staff counseling, behavioral oversight programs and resilience training (recurring).
Training And Drills $30K/yr
[#21, #30] Annual refresher training, containment drills and periodic exercises to validate SOPs and mitigation plans.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.1M/yr
86.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; containment and research proceed as planned.
routine operations scheduled surgeries and transfers
🚨 Minor Incident $5.6M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized contamination, small accidental exposure, or equipment failure requiring cleanup, extra medical care and regulatory/legal actions.
barrel leak or small release localized staff exposure minor equipment failure
🚨 Major Breach $15.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant accidental release or multiple-exposure event requiring large-scale remediation, medical evacuations, contingency activation and major legal/PR response.
facility breach widespread contamination large medical evacuation
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $10.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Successful neutralization/therapeutic discovery that requires rapid scale-up of R&D, clinical testing and manufacturing infrastructure.
promising therapeutic leads need for drug-discovery scale-up expanded clinical trials
👥 Personnel 28 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#19] On-site guards for 24/7 coverage, higher pay for cleared personnel and rotations.
Nurse / Respiratory Therapist 6 [#9] Clinical staff providing round-the-clock life-support care for long-term subjects (shift coverage).
Research Scientist 3 [#15] Senior scientist(s) and research staff conducting biochemical and neutralization studies.
Technician / Lab Technician 2 [#13, #14] Lab technicians to run diagnostic instruments, sample prep and routine testing.
Physician / On-call Specialist 2 [#9, #10] Surgical specialists and attending physicians for Procedure 17-A and periodic operations.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#2, #12] Facilities and equipment maintenance (HVAC, imaging service coordination, backup power).
Administrative Staff 1 [#21, #22] Administrative, compliance and cover-story coordination.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#19, #22] Program oversight and liaison with Foundation/legal authorities.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed containment and clinical procedures, allowing reasonable cost categorization, but per-item ranges are broad (medical and R&D costs highly variable) and depend on number of long-term subjects and chosen facility option; this produces a medium confidence level.
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