SCP-7817 — SCP-7817 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7817 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-7817

Expected annual

$3.1M

One-time setup

$960K

Annual recurring

$3.0M

Personnel

One-time setup and equipment costs are estimated at roughly $960,000, with recurring annual operations around $3,027,000. The largest recurring drivers are staff wages, ongoing containment/research programs, and a large incident reserve/legal/amnestic budget.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $960K

Initial Research And Lab Setup $325K

[#8] Specialized detection research initial equipment & pilot studies (~$325k).

Facilities $315K

[#1, #22, #26] Containment chamber construction (~$250k), quarantine room outfitting (~$15k), and decommissioning/decontingency budgeting (~$50k).

Equipment $309K

[#2, #4, #6, #7, #11, #13, #20] HVAC installation (~$40k), surgical kit outlay (~$10k), microchip readers (~$1.5k), CCTV installation (~$32.5k), vehicles (2 × ~$95k), social-media dev/deployment (~$100k), secure servers/software one-time (~$30k).

Personnel Vetting $11K

[#19] Initial background checks/security vetting (~$6k–$16k; base ~$11k).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.0M/yr

Research And Monitoring $920K/yr

[#8, #9, #13] Ongoing specialized detection experiments/staff (~$300k/yr), containment research/prototyping fund (~$500k/yr), and social-media monitoring ops (~$120k/yr).

Staff Wages $780K/yr

[#3, #10] Animal husbandry staff (4 FTE ~ $220k) and security staffing (guards + field agents combined ~ $560k).

Incident Reserve Fund $500K/yr

[#24] Annual allocation to incident/liability reserve (~$200k–$1M; base ~$500k).

Cover Story And Legal $275K/yr

[#14, #18] Content removal/legal takedowns (~$125k/yr) and legal/covert operations/cover-story budgets (~$150k/yr).

Facilities Maintenance $159K/yr

[#2, #27] HVAC/ environmental operation (~$9k/yr) and pro rata Site-104 overhead allocation (~$150k/yr).

Class A Amnestic $100K/yr

[#15] Procurement and administration of Class A amnestics (~$50k–$150k/yr; base ~$100k).

Veterinary Care $80K/yr

[#4] Routine veterinary care, vaccinations, emergency procedures (~$40k–$120k/yr; base ~$80k).

Logistics And Transport $60K/yr

[#11, #12] Field vehicle maintenance/operation (~$15k/yr) and helicopter/air support contingency (~$45k/yr).

Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr

[#21, #23] Waste management and biosecurity supplies (~$7.5k/yr) plus behavioral enrichment and contraception supplies (~$22.5k/yr).

Amnestic Followup $30K/yr

[#16] Ambulatory transport, monitoring, and documentation after administration (~$10k–$50k/yr; base ~$30k).

Public Relations $30K/yr

[#25] PR retainers and international coordination (~$10k–$50k/yr; base ~$30k).

Cctv Storage And Monitoring $18K/yr

[#7] Video storage, monitoring station staffing, and maintenance (~$6k–$36k/yr; base ~$18k).

Training And Clearance $15K/yr

[#19] Annual training costs for ~20 personnel (~$6k–$30k/yr; base ~$15k).

Data Management $12K/yr

[#20] Hosting and maintenance for secure databases and incident logs (~$5k–$20k/yr; base ~$12k).

Daily Counting $8K/yr

[#5] Labor/time cost for daily counts (~250 staff-hours/yr at $25–$45/hr; base ~$8.5k/yr).

Civilian Restitution $5K/yr

[#17] Replacement of small stolen items, hush payments as needed (~$1k–$25k/yr; base ~$5k).

Microchips And Implantation $4K/yr

[#6] Consumable microchips and implantation labor (~$2,250–$6,750/yr; base ~$4.5k).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.0M/yr

74.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, scheduled research activity, and no major containment incidents.

no_major_breach planned_research_activity routine_medical_and_admin_ops

🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr

20.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Single localized breach discovered via social-media or CCTV, requiring targeted amnestics, takedowns, and a brief field response.

single_household_breach public_social_media_report small_field_recovery

🚨 Major Breach $4.0M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Multiple instances escape or a sustained exposure event requiring extended field recovery, helicopter support, heavy PR/legal response, and large amnestic deployment.

multiple_escape_events widespread_social_media_exposure extended_recovery_operations

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $8.0M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Major loss of custody (e.g., insider-assisted removal/defection) or an event causing mass exposure requiring extensive global legal, recovery, and remediation efforts.

insider_defection large_scale_exposure international_incident

👥 Personnel 12 total

Role	Count	Notes
Animal Caretaker / Technician	4	[#3] 3–5 FTE recommended for 24/7 coverage; base-case 4 FTE (included in staff_wages).
Site Security Officer	4	[#10] Site guards for perimeter and gate; assumed 4 FTE (part of security staffing in staff_wages).
Rapid Response Agent / Field Agent	4	[#10] On-call field agents for recovery/investigation; assumed 4 FTE rotation (included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are derived from wide ranges in analyst notes and hinge on uncertain breach frequency, the success of research efforts, and unpredictable human factors (insider risk/defection). Many line items are incident-driven and variable, reducing confidence.

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