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SCP-7905 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7905
Expected annual
$33.5M
One-time setup
$169.6M
Annual recurring
$32.9M
Personnel
297
Initial capital requirements are dominated by land acquisition, construction of hardened facilities, research lab fit-outs, and large contingency/catastrophic reserves (~$170M one-time). Annual recurring operations are driven by security staffing, research programs, and contingency readiness (~$33M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $169.6M
Catastrophic Reserve $100.0M
[#35] Worst-case / XK-class insurance / replacement reserve (conservative reserve fund for catastrophic response).
Contingency Reserve $20.0M
[#24] Establishment of a contingency/emergency stockpile and reserve fund for major breach response (initial seed).
Facilities $19.8M
[#1, #2, #3, #10, #11] Land acquisition/lease (3.5M), site preparation and access (1.25M), perimeter fence installation (0.5M), on-site compound construction (5.0M), off-site high-security containment retrofit/build (9.5M).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $18.6M
[#12, #15, #16, #27, #30] Decontamination/BSL lab fit-out (2.5M), reverse-engineering lab and instrumentation fit (7.0M), alloy/material analysis setup (0.6M), specialized instrumentation purchases (3.5M), initial vaccine/countermeasure project seed (5.0M).
Equipment $9.1M
[#4, #5, #7, #8, #9, #13, #19, #21, #29] Surveillance and sensor installation (1.4M), power microgrid & installation (1.05M), initial guard equipment and PPE (1.4M), mobile response vehicles/equipment (2.5M), air support purchase (0 - opting to lease rather than purchase), field expedition kit (0.65M), logistics fleet vehicles (1.375M), communications infrastructure (0.4M), initial translation system (0.3M).
Cover Story Setup $1.5M
[#22] Initial legal/cover payments, false-front setup, and one-time retention/payouts estimated at 1.5M.
Archive Setup $625K
[#34] Initial archive/cold storage and secure off-site repository setup.
Air Support Purchase $0
[#9] Purchase option available (6M–20M) but operation assumes leasing; set to 0 here.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $32.9M/yr
Staff Wages $16.2M/yr
[#6, #8, #11, #14, #15] Annual fully-burdened salaries: perimeter security (~200 guards), mobile response team wages, research staff, translation/liaison staff, and containment facility staffing (aggregated).
Research And Monitoring $3.4M/yr
[#4, #12, #15, #16, #26, #27, #30] Surveillance operations & storage (video/monitoring), lab consumables, reverse-engineering program recurring costs, alloy follow-ups, specimen care, specialized instrument calibration/consumables, and ongoing R&D project expenditures.
Staff Housing And Allowances $2.2M/yr
[#20] Housing, per diems, local hires and retention allowances for on-site personnel (~200 staff/support).
Emergency Drills $2.0M/yr
[#24] Annual drills, munitions for exercises, reserve MTF standby costs and international coordination readiness.
Amnestic Expenses $1.8M/yr
[#17] Purchase/production of specialized amnestic doses (~1,000,000) plus R&D and delivery systems (~750,000 aggregated).
Offsite Containment Operations $1.5M/yr
[#11] Operational costs for off-site high-security containment excluding core staffing (food, utilities, medical consumables, monitoring).
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#22, #33] Ongoing local payments, legal retainers, PR retainer and baseline incident suppression budget.
Air Support Ops $1.0M/yr
[#9] Helicopter lease, pilots, maintenance and fuel (leasing assumed rather than purchase).
Facilities Maintenance $730K/yr
[#2, #3, #5, #10] Site/road/compound maintenance, fence repairs and grounding safety checks, microgrid/fuel maintenance and routine utilities/upkeep.
Personnel Vetting $500K/yr
[#28] Background checks, polygraphs, CI operations, and insider-threat monitoring.
Logistics And Transport $400K/yr
[#19] Fuel, maintenance, drivers and routine vehicle upkeep for patrol and supply fleet.
Guard Equipment Maintenance $350K/yr
[#7] Replacement cycles for weapons, ammunition, armor, NVGs, radios, and vehicle maintenance specific to guard equipment.
Mobile Response Operations $300K/yr
[#8] Training, readiness exercises, breaching tools upkeep, and specialized equipment sustainment for rapid-response teams (non-salary costs).
Psych Support $250K/yr
[#23] Ongoing psychological screening, counseling, and retention incentive programs.
Waste Handling $250K/yr
[#32] Hazardous biological/anomalous waste disposal, incineration contracts and transport permits.
Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr
[#31] Routine consumables, PPE, medical supplies, batteries, sedatives and mission consumables.
Forensic Autopsy $200K/yr
[#18] Forensic autopsy, hazardous remains storage and disposal, and specialist pathology costs.
Communications And Storage $200K/yr
[#21] Encrypted communications, bandwidth, hardened servers, backups, and secure offsite mirroring costs.
Ecological Monitoring $200K/yr
[#25] Long-term ecological monitoring, mitigation and remediation projects.
Translation And Ai Maintenance $150K/yr
[#14, #29] Ongoing linguistics, AI-assisted translation maintenance, corpora updates and archive maintenance.
Archive Maintenance $125K/yr
[#34] Long-term preservation, cold storage electricity and curation staff/time for archives and specimens.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $32.9M/yr
86.9% probability / year
Routine year with no major containment incidents; normal research, maintenance, and operations.
no breach normal operations scheduled exercises
🚨 Minor Incident $34.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Localized breach or hostile encounter requiring targeted response, limited repairs and PR work.
single perimeter breach medical evacuation localized infrastructure repairs
🚨 Major Breach $42.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant breach requiring large-scale MTF deployment, extended containment operations and expensive repairs/replacements.
sustained multi-team breach capture/recapture operations major facility damage
🚨 Political Exposure $37.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Local political/legal exposure requiring large cover payments, legal defense and expedited asset relocation.
investigation by local authorities leak to media large civil incident
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $232.9M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
XK-class event or mass breach requiring full catastrophic response, international coordination, and large-scale reconstruction.
XK-class containment failure mass casualties loss of critical infrastructure
👥 Personnel 297 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 200 [#6] Perimeter guards (approx. 180–220) providing 24/7 coverage; headcount used for wage estimates.
Mobile Response / Special Containment Task Force 20 [#8] Dedicated rapid-response team members (on-call 24/7) included in recurring staff wages.
Research Scientist 25 [#15, #12, #27] Scientists and engineers for reverse-engineering, xenobiology and instrumentation work.
Medical Officer 8 [#10, #12, #18] On-site medics, clinicians and pathology support for wounded and autopsies.
Engineer / Maintenance 10 [#5, #2, #19] Power, microgrid, vehicles, facilities and instrument maintenance staff.
Administrative Staff 15 [#10, #21, #22] Command center, logistics, HR, and site administration.
Security / Counterintelligence Officers 4 [#28] Personnel vetting, CI and insider-threat monitoring staff.
Linguist / Cultural Liaison 5 [#14, #29] Translation, cultural analysis and liaison personnel for Vorian interaction.
Drivers / Logistics Crew 10 [#19] Vehicle operators and supply-chain support for remote operations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many costs are driven by unknown anomalous behaviors, optional capabilities (air support, vaccine R&D), and large-tail risks (XK-class). Analyst ranges are wide and contingency reserves are substantial to cover unknowns.
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