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SCP-7850 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7850
Expected annual
$1.7M
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$1.7M
Personnel
15
Initial capital costs are roughly $1.38M driven by equipment, contingency funds and optional R&D; ongoing annual operations are ~ $1.65M/yr driven mainly by security staffing, research wages, insurance and administrative overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M
Research And Development $500K
[#20] Optional countermeasure R&D program (neuromodulation, pharmacology, shielding research) — program/startup cost (scope-dependent).
Insurance Contingency Fund $250K
[#21] Optional one-time contingency reserve (fund to cover accidental disclosure or major replacement events).
Equipment $212K
[#3, #4, #5, #6] Cameras/installation, SDR hardware, initial servers & air-gapped backups, remote manipulators (hardware).
Civilian Broadcast Mitigation $140K
[#11] Initial regional remediation, reimbursements, legal cover and engineering work to adjust local receiving equipment.
Emergency Response Setup $115K
[#16] One-time emergency setup (vehicles, PPE, temporary holding areas, rapid-team equipment).
Power And Communications Initial $30K
[#14] Initial grid hookup, UPS/generator purchase & installation, covert comms link setup.
Field Experiments Initial $25K
[#24] Initial small-scale field experiment setup (cat trials, proxy tests, staging).
Permits And Environmental Assessments Initial $22K
[#13] Initial permits, NEPA/environmental assessments, land-use liaison costs for USFS coordination.
Electromagnetic Shielding $22K
[#2] Faraday/mesh lining and professional installation/testing (one-time installation portion).
Facilities $20K
[#1] Containment enclosure construction (field shelter, mounts, seals, hatch).
Legal One Time Incident Fees $20K
[#12] One-off legal fees in the event of an incident (court/legal response, emergency counsel).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $18K
[#4] Initial SDR software/integration, configuration and initial tooling for automated capture and analysis.
Conservation And Stabilization Initial $8K
[#19] Initial museum-quality stabilization of the TV artifact (supports, humidity/physical stabilization).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.0M/yr
[#7, #8, #9] Security contractors for 24/7 perimeter (6 guards rotating), remote monitoring/operators (2–4 FTEs), research staff wages (signal analysts/cryptographers/linguists — wage portion).
Administrative Overhead $216K/yr
[#23] Project management, auditing, recordkeeping and admin overhead estimated at ~15% of recurring operational budget.
Insurance And Indemnities $112K/yr
[#21] Annual insurance/indemnity/contingency legal fund to cover accidental disclosure or civil suits (mid-range estimate).
Research And Monitoring $98K/yr
[#4, #9, #11, #24] Ongoing data storage/processing, software licences and compute time for research, civilian broadcast monitoring/renewals, recurring field experiment costs.
Cover Story And Legal $85K/yr
[#12] Legal, FOIA responses, PR cover costs and liaison; annual legal/PR retainer and community-facing work.
Facilities Maintenance $48K/yr
[#2, #3, #5, #6, #14, #16, #19, #13] Annual RF inspection/testing, camera maintenance/parts, offsite backup maintenance, remote manipulator upkeep, power/generator fuel & maintenance, emergency readiness training, conservation monitoring, permits compliance.
Logistics And Transport $25K/yr
[#15] Vehicle costs, fuel, mileage, travel and occasional accommodations for site staff and response teams.
Personnel Medical And Psych Monitoring $20K/yr
[#17] Ongoing psychological screening, counseling and cognitive monitoring for personnel working near the object.
Community Relations $15K/yr
[#22] Small community relations payments, local reimbursements and hush costs to stakeholders.
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#18] Batteries, consumables for sensors/robots/generators, spare parts and small repairs.
Veterinary And Animal Specialists $10K/yr
[#10] Retainer and ad-hoc veterinary/ethology visits for SCP-7850-B and animal-behavior consultation.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.7M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with scheduled maintenance, staffing and routine research operations.
no incidents routine maintenance scheduled research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $1.7M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring emergency response, legal action, limited remediation and PR work (e.g., small civilian exposure, equipment failure, short broadcast leak).
localized civilian exposure equipment failure limited breach requiring targeted response
🚨 Major Breach $3.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Severe containment event (radiation emission, launch/demanifestation, mass exposure) requiring large-scale response, environmental remediation and significant legal/cover operations.
gamma emission / hazardous release object launch/demanifestation mass public exposure
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 Contract perimeter guards providing 24/7 coverage (rotating team).
Research Scientist 4 Signal analysts, cryptographers and linguists assigned to SCP-7850 research (FTE equivalents).
Remote Monitoring / Site Watch 3 Operators who maintain automated feed monitoring, review captures and operate remote manipulators.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 Responsible for remote manipulators, robotics upkeep and site equipment maintenance.
Administrative Staff 1 Project management, records, liaison and compliance admin.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed cost line items and reasonable ranges for most categories, enabling mid-confidence estimates; uncertainty remains due to anomalous behavior, R&D optionality and low-frequency high-impact incidents.
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