SCP-7744 — SCP-7744 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7744 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-7744

Expected annual

$2.9M

One-time setup

$3.5M

Annual recurring

$2.9M

Personnel

Upfront build-out and containment retrofits are roughly $3.46M; major drivers are property purchase/retrofit, wet-lab setup, high-end electrophysiology and compute hardware, and contingency reserves. Annual operations are roughly $2.89M/year driven by staff wages, long-term research program funding, data/compute operations, and consumables.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.5M

Facilities $762K

[#1, #2, #3] Property purchase/title/legal cover-up, structural retrofit and containment build-out.

Legal Reserve $500K

[#26] One-time reserve fund for potential litigation/contingency settlements.

Emergency Escalation Reserve $500K

[#27] One-time reserve to purchase/mobilize mobile containment assets or rapid transport capability.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $475K

[#12] On-site wet lab and BSL compliance (wet bench, biosafety cabinet, microscopes, cold storage, BSL adjustments).

Electrophysiology Hardware $350K

[#9] High-channel EEG/MEA/Neuropixels-equivalent rigs, amplifiers, specialized probes and insertion hardware.

Servers And Storage $150K

[#11] Initial on-site servers, on-prem storage and compute hardware for data capture and processing.

Hvac Install $120K

[#8] Precision environmental control installation, redundant HVAC and filtration upgrades.

Backup Power Hardware $100K

[#6] UPS and backup generator hardware sized for monitoring/HVAC load.

Waste Treatment System $88K

[#4] On-site sterilization/holding tank/autoclave/incinerator purchase and installation.

Shielding And Mitigation $81K

[#19] Faraday cage installation, EM filters, soundproofing and sensory mitigation installation.

Secure It Setup $60K

[#18] Encrypted archival vault set-up, secure communications baseline, classified documentation infrastructure.

Data Archival Vault $60K

[#22] Initial off-site/physical vault and archival infrastructure for long-term dataset preservation.

Plumbing Installation $48K

[#4] One-time dedicated plumbing loop and isolation installation.

Initial Spares Stockpile $40K

[#30] Initial critical spares stockpile (electrodes, filters, seals, pump parts).

Surveillance Install $35K

[#10] CCTV, motion, environmental sensors, alarm integration and on-site consoles.

Electrical Isolation $30K

[#5] Dedicated metering, isolation transformers, lockable panels and tamper protection.

Cryostorage Hardware $30K

[#23] Ultra-low freezers, LN2 systems and sample-tracking set-up.

Training Rollout $30K

[#20] Initial SOP development, personnel training and rollout costs.

Equipment $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.9M/yr

Staff Wages $1.2M/yr

[#13, #14] Research staff salaries and on-site security & monitoring staff wages (neuroscientists, computational lead, lab techs, guards, monitoring technicians).

Long Term Research Program $750K/yr

[#24] Dedicated multi-year R&D program budget to attempt replication and extended experiments.

Research And Monitoring $232K/yr

[#7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #21, #22] Energy and utility costs, instrument maintenance/calibration, ongoing data capture/compute/archival ops, wet-lab consumables included here.

Supplies And Consumables $190K/yr

[#16, #30] Electrodes, sterile disposables, tissue media, reagents, PPE and annual spares replenishment.

Administrative Overhead $125K/yr

[#29] Program management, HR, procurement and internal audits for a classified site.

Emergency Response Retainer $100K/yr

[#15] On-call contractor/hazmat/medical retainer for spikes or surgical interventions.

Cover Story And Legal $80K/yr

[#18, #26] Ongoing secure-communications/PR/legal retainer and cover-story maintenance.

Neighbor Mitigation $36K/yr

[#25] Payments, property upkeep, noise/smell mitigation and community management.

Facilities Maintenance $35K/yr

[#6, #8] Routine generator/HVAC maintenance, periodic facility inspections.

Psychological Program $30K/yr

[#28] Regular psychological screening, employee assistance program and occupational health surveillance.

Biohazard Disposal $24K/yr

[#4, #17] Regular hazardous-waste pickup, incineration/chemical neutralization contracts and autoclave consumables.

Training And Drills $15K/yr

[#20] Annual drills, audits and refresher training to maintain readiness.

Backup Power Fuel Maintenance $11K/yr

[#6] Annual fuel and generator maintenance costs.

Containment Spares Replenishment $10K/yr

[#30] Annual replenishment of containment consumables and spare parts.

Cryostorage Maintenance $6K/yr

[#23] LN2 refills and maintenance for cryostorage/sample bank.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.9M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, research, and maintenance.

routine_operations

🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Localized activity spike or small containment/medical event requiring on-call response, limited repairs, and PR/legal work.

activity_spike localized_contamination on-call_medical_response

🚨 Major Breach $3.9M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Significant containment breach or escalation requiring emergency mobilization, deployment of mobile containment, large remediation and legal settlements.

breach mobile_containment_mobilization large_legal_liability

👥 Personnel 17 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Neuroscientist	2	[#13] Senior neuroscientists for experimental design and oversight.
Computational Scientist / Lead	1	[#13] Computational lead for data analysis and ML.
Lab Technician	3	[#12, #13] Wet-lab technicians for assays, sampling and routine maintenance.
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[#6, #5, #21] Electrical/maintenance engineer for generators, electrical isolation and instrument servicing.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	5	[#14] Armed guards for 24/7 physical security (multi-shift staffing).
Monitoring Technician	3	[#10, #14] Operators for continuous surveillance, alarms and data pipelines.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#29] On-site management and classified program oversight.
Administrative Staff	1	[#29] HR/procurement and accounting under secrecy constraints.

📋 Confidence Notes

Many line items are wide ranges and key drivers are uncertain (notably continuous power draw and chosen research scale); contingency/reserve choices strongly affect totals, so estimates are low-confidence.

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