SCP-7875 — SCP-7875 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7875 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-7875

Expected annual

$10.7M

One-time setup

$118.9M

Annual recurring

$7.9M

Personnel

One-time capital and R&D costs dominate (mobile SRA acquisition, genomic-annihilation development and contingency reserves ~ $119M), while recurring staff, SRA/RPMD operations, insurance and monitoring drive an annual budget of roughly $7.9M.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $118.9M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $50.0M

[#16] Genomic-annihilation capability development / SRA retrofit R&D and validation: large-scale, high-biosafety R&D estimate (order tens of millions).

Mobile Sra Capex $50.0M

[#4] Development/purchase/retrofitting of 1–2 mobile SRAs; conservative single-unit capex estimate used here.

Opportunity Cost Reserve $10.0M

[#30] Strategic/legal risk premium / escrow reserved against geopolitical/ecological liabilities.

Contingency Fund Seed $5.0M

[#28] Seed for emergency contingency/insurance fund to cover large-scale mobilization/cleanup/legal exposure.

Facilities $1.7M

[#3, #7, #11, #26] Generator/UPS & wing infrastructure ($200k), NPIU suite conversion ($500k), high-temp containment chamber structural work ($500k), facility fortifications/decontamination airlocks ($500k); combined estimate.

Equipment $1.4M

[#1, #9, #14, #15, #22, #25] ULT freezers purchase/install ($70,000), RPMD pool purchase/retrofit ($1,000,000), UVC mobile arrays ($50,000), UV safety/monitoring initial systems ($15,000), autoclave purchase ($100,000), initial software/monitoring systems ($200,000).

Resumption Ramp Up $500K

[#27] Small-to-moderate resumption/ramp-up of testing (assays, reagents, partial BSL upgrades); placeholder for restart capital.

Secure Transport Capex $200K

[#24] Armored/modified vehicle purchase and transport hardware (~$100k–$500k range).

Dia149 Initial Purchase $25K

[#13] Initial DIA-149 stockpile purchase/synthesis and secure storage (~$5k–$50k range; mid estimate used).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.9M/yr

Staff Wages $3.8M/yr

[#18, #19] High-level scientific personnel and containment operations staff salaries (senior scientists, engineers, containment techs, security rotations).

Sra Operations Maintenance $1.0M/yr

[#5] Trained crew, calibration, anomalous safety specialists, readiness and maintenance for mobile SRA operations (per-year for baseline SRA readiness).

Insurance Topups $1.0M/yr

[#28] Annual top-ups to contingency/insurance fund to maintain readiness for catastrophic responses.

Research And Monitoring $500K/yr

[#17] Ecological risk assessment and monitoring baseline funding (scaled-up monitoring would be far higher if genomic interventions are attempted).

Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr

[#23] Legal, ethics, redaction, PR and cover-up contingencies (baseline legal/ethics budget; public exposure would increase costs).

Sra Deployment Per Event Budget $200K/yr

[#6] Budgeted annual expectation for contingency SRA rapid-deployments (per-event costs annualized based on low-frequency deployments).

Rpmd Maintenance Consumables $200K/yr

[#10] RPMD consumables, fuel/propane for incineration toolheads, spare parts, batteries, software/operator support.

Training Drills Certification $150K/yr

[#20] Regular drills for Protocol Asclepius, RPMD operation, SRA deployment and NPIU certification.

Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr

[#21] PPE, disposable suits, consumable disinfectants and routine pathology consumables.

Secure Transport Ops $100K/yr

[#24] Recurring transport costs, charters, armored convoy operations and vehicle O&M.

Facilities Maintenance $75K/yr

[#3, #22, #26] Backup generator/UPS fuel & testing, autoclave/sterilizer O&M, ongoing maintenance of fortified rooms and airlocks.

Recordkeeping Archiving $75K/yr

[#29] Classified record maintenance, FOIA response handling and redaction workload staffing.

Npiu Operations Upkeep $50K/yr

[#8] HEPA filter replacement, negative-pressure monitoring, decontamination cycles and consumables for isolation suites.

Software Support And Licensing $50K/yr

[#25] Ongoing support, licensing, telemetry, monitoring and secure-comms maintenance.

Resumption Research Ongoing Support $50K/yr

[#27] Ongoing small-scale research support if testing resumes (sequencing runs, reagents, assays).

Cremains Disposal Hazard Waste Contracts $20K/yr

[#12] Per-incident ash collection and hazardous-waste disposal contracts (annualized based on expected frequency).

Ult Freezer Maintenance Energy $12K/yr

[#2] Electricity, annual service contracts, compressor replacement and validation for ULT freezers (assumes ~3 units).

Dia149 Replacement $5K/yr

[#13] Ongoing replacement and shelf-life management for DIA-149 stockpile.

Uv Bulb Replacement Energy $5K/yr

[#14] UVC lamp replacements and energy for mobile arrays.

Uv Safety Audits $2K/yr

[#15] Annual audits, calibration and PPE for UV systems.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Opportunity Cost Recurring $0/yr

[#30] Strategic risk premium not budgeted as recurring line-item in baseline (captured as one-time reserve).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.9M/yr

75.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, one owned mobile SRA maintained, containment procedures enacted as needed.

no deployable incidents routine maintenance and monitoring

🚨 Minor Incident $8.4M/yr

20.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Localized containment event requiring SRA deployment, RPMD-intensive incineration, extra legal/transport and overtime.

single-site containment breach airlift/rapid SRA deployment

🚨 Genomic Annihilation Attempt $61.9M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$54.0M vs baseline

Decision/year in which a genomic-annihilation campaign (or major SRA retrofit R&D) is undertaken, incurring large one-time R&D/capex and escalated multi-year monitoring/liability costs.

initiation of genomic-annihilation R&D major SRA retrofit and large-scale environmental monitoring

👥 Personnel 45 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	8	[#18] Senior/pathology researchers and bioinformatics staff supervising experiments and genomic analyses.
SRA Engineer / Applied Ontokinetics Engineer	3	[#5, #16] Engineers for SRA maintenance, retrofit and genomic targeting system integration.
Drone Pilot / RPMD Operator	4	[#10, #20] Operators for RPMD fleets and incineration procedures; also involved in drills/certification.
Security Officer / Containment Technician	25	[#19] Security guards, containment technicians, hazardous-waste techs providing 24/7 coverage and NPIU operations.
Medical Officer	2	[#18, #8] Medical oversight for infected personnel, quarantine supervision and clinical protocols.
Administrative Staff	3	[#23, #29] Administrative, legal liaison and records staff handling logistics, redaction, FOIA and coordination.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates rely on wide-ranging, order-of-magnitude analyst ranges for anomalous assets and speculative R&D; many costs (mobile SRA pricing, genomic R&D, contingency sizing) are highly uncertain.

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