SCP-7804 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7804
Expected annual
$4.2M
One-time setup
$7.0M
Annual recurring
$4.0M
Personnel
27
Initial setup and acquisition costs are dominated by land/legal setup, field infrastructure, sensor/drone/robotics procurement and contingency/reserve funds (~$7.0M one-time). Ongoing annual operations including staffed field teams, monitoring (satellite, drones, longwave), logistics (helicopter/vehicles), and overhead are the main recurring drivers (~$4.02M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.0M
Suppression Rnd Seed $2.0M
[#25] Seed funding for speculative containment/suppression R&D should active neutralization be pursued (experimental hardware, memetic safing prototypes).
Equipment $1.1M
[#2, #3, #4, #7, #8, #9, #16, #17, #27, #30] Perimeter sensors and installation, satellite integration hardware, drone fleet procurement, power/solar/Vsat hardware, longwave/RF monitoring hardware, remote inspection robotics purchase, secure sample containers, evidence-archive servers and initial storage hardware, vehicle fleet procurement (trucks/ATVs), and initial redaction/workflow tooling.
Emergency Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#21] One-time contingency reserve for unexpected urgent actions (tower collapse response, mass exposure response) to be seeded at program start.
Structural Stabilization Reserve $1.0M
[#9] Reserve for potential full structural stabilization or contractor stabilization work if tower requires active physical stabilization (separate from robotics purchase).
Land Legal Setup $500K
[#1] One-time title searches, closing/legal fees and initial establishment of long-term easements or equivalent legal control to deny public access to the 5 km perimeter.
Environmental Remediation Reserve $500K
[#23] Seed reserve for potential environmental remediation if monitoring detects contamination requiring remediation beyond routine measures.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $390K
[#12, #13, #14, #24] Secure lab buildout and initial forensic/materials analyses, initial controlled excavation/exhumation campaign costs, secure playback/redaction room and software, and archaeological conservation/provenance analysis.
Facilities $300K
[#6] Prefabricated secure remote field outpost construction, septic, access-road improvements and basic site infrastructure.
Episodic Biohazard Campaign $100K
[#19] Budget for one-off contracted biohazard remediation/cleanup campaigns (excavation/removal/incineration) if required.
Ppe Initial $30K
[#18] Initial procurement of level A/B suits, decon equipment and starter PPE kits for field teams.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#10, #11, #14] Salaries/benefits for hazard-aware field teams (operators, signal techs, hazmat), security personnel for rapid response and checkpoints, and memetic research/analysis staff (fully-burdened FTE costs aggregated).
Research And Monitoring $630K/yr
[#3, #4, #8, #12, #23, #29, #17, #30, #9] Daily satellite imagery subscriptions and processing, drone flight operations and pilots, longwave/RF monitoring telemetry and analysis, ongoing forensic follow-up experiments and reagents, environmental monitoring programs, training/drills and tabletop exercises, evidence archival/storage management, ongoing redaction/filtering operations, and contracted robotics inspection operations.
Logistics And Transport $400K/yr
[#5, #16, #27] Helicopter/airlift charter hours for rapid insertion/extraction, secure sample/chain-of-custody transport costs, and ongoing vehicle fuel/maintenance/replacement operations for ground patrols and logistics.
Administrative Overhead $300K/yr
[#28] Program management, finance, procurement, safety officers and internal auditing overhead.
Facilities Maintenance $270K/yr
[#6, #1, #2, #7] Ongoing outpost utilities/upkeep, recurring easement/tax/compensation payments to landowners, sensor maintenance and comms uplink upkeep, and power system fuel/repairs/satellite fees.
Suppression Rnd $250K/yr
[#25] Ongoing R&D line for containment/suppression if program elects to continue experimental development beyond seed-phase.
Supplies And Consumables $170K/yr
[#18, #19, #15] Consumable PPE replacement, baseline biohazard/hazardous-materials disposal contracts, and recurring psychological/medical monitoring and recordkeeping for exposed personnel.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#20, #22] Cover story/shell-company maintenance, minimal PR/incident-response retainer and domain/phone costs, and insurance/legal counsel budgets for covert interactions and liability mitigation.
Community Relations $75K/yr
[#26] Payments/indemnities to local authorities, quiet payments to emergency services, and local stakeholder management to reduce interference.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.0M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Uneventful year with routine monitoring, scheduled maintenance, and no major incidents or remediation campaigns.
no public exposure routine sensor/drone ops standard maintenance and analyses
🚨 Minor Incident $4.6M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Localized incident (e.g., discovery of hazardous material, small contamination, limited structural failure) requiring excavation campaign, increased biohazard disposal, extra PR/legal and overtime.
localized contamination discovered small structural repair required minor public or media attention
🚨 Major Breach $9.0M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or major public exposure requiring large-scale remediation, emergency response, mass medical monitoring, legal settlements and multi-agency response.
tower collapse or mass exposure widespread contamination large-scale memetic dissemination
👥 Personnel 27 total
Role Count Notes
Hazard-aware Field Team (Operators / Signal Techs / Hazmat) 9 [#10] Core field operators and technical specialists for inspections, sampling, drone ops and decontamination.
Memetic Researcher / Analyst 4 [#14] Dedicated memetics containment and redaction team members.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#11] On-site rapid response guards and perimeter checkpoint staff.
Research Scientist / Forensics 3 [#12, #24] Laboratory analysts for materials, biological, and archaeological study.
Engineer / Maintenance (Sensors, Power, Robotics) 2 [#2, #7, #9] Technicians for sensor networks, power systems, robotics maintenance and repairs.
Administrative Staff / Program Management 2 [#28] Admin, procurement, and program oversight roles.
Medical Officer / Psychologist 1 [#15] Personnel responsible for psychological evaluation and medical monitoring of exposed staff.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges and a number of high-uncertainty contingencies (unknown hazard severity, potential for large remediation or suppression programs, local land-value variability). Many items are speculative (suppression R&D, structural remediation), so cost precision is limited.
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