SCP-7992 — SCP-7992 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7992 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-7992

Expected annual

$2.2M

One-time setup

$11.0M

Annual recurring

$2.2M

Personnel

First-year setup is capital-intensive due to multiple SRAs, containment cell construction, redundancy reserves and backup power; ongoing annual costs are dominated by staff wages and SRA/monitoring maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $11.0M

Equipment $2.0M

[#2] Primary Scranton Reality Anchor (SRA) procurement (midrange estimate).

Sra Backup $2.0M

[#4] Ready-to-deploy spare SRA unit for redundancy.

Contingency Reserve $2.0M

[#19] Containment breach contingency fund / emergency expenditures reserve (recommended ~$2M).

Indemnity Reserve $2.0M

[#26] Insurance-like indemnity/liability reserve (recommended ~$2M minimum).

Relocation Full Execution $1.2M

[#30] Optional full relocation/execution cost (one-off if relocation chosen; planning captured in facilities).

Facilities $875K

[#1, #3, #30] Containment cell construction, SRA civil works (excavation/foundation/isolation) and relocation planning.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K

[#15] Secure adjacent lab setup and instrumentation (wet/dry lab buildout).

Incident Readiness Kit $150K

[#18] MTF-style readiness kit purchase (vehicles/comms/non-lethal tools/hazard suits one-time kit cost).

Monitoring Setup $138K

[#8] 24/7 monitoring suite setup, consoles and systems integration (one-time).

Ups Generator One Time $125K

[#6] UPS and emergency generator purchase and installation (one-time portion).

Sra Technician Training $50K

[#13] One-time specialized training and clearance costs for SRA technicians.

Armed Guard Gear $40K

[#11] Initial purchase of weapons, tactical gear and ballistic protection for entry teams.

Cctv And Audio Hardware And Filter Dev $38K

[#9] High-resolution CCTV/audio hardware and custom audio-filter development (one-time hardware + dev).

Signage And Access Systems One Time $20K

[#23] One-time signage, SOP documentation and access-control system integration.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.2M/yr

Staff Wages $1.3M/yr

[#10, #12, #13, #14] Security guards (6), SRA technicians (3), research lead/PI + researchers + RAs, animal handler payroll and benefits.

Research And Monitoring $254K/yr

[#5, #8, #9, #22, #24, #27] SRA maintenance contract, IT/operations support, recording/storage, records/FOIA handling, archival storage and ongoing collaboration grants.

Incident Response Readiness $200K/yr

[#18] Annual MTF readiness, training exercises and personnel availability costs.

Supplies And Consumables $115K/yr

[#15, #16, #25] Lab consumables, PPE, sample storage and hazardous waste disposal.

Cover Story And Legal $75K/yr

[#21] Cover story, PR, legal obfuscation and liaison with local authorities.

Site Overhead Allocation $75K/yr

[#29] Pro-rated site overhead, utilities, cleaning and administrative support.

Casualty Management Forensics $50K/yr

[#20] Baseline annual budget for recovery, forensics, decontamination and disposal per incidents.

Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr

[#6, #23] Generator/fuel maintenance and access-control / sign upkeep.

Armed Guard Training And Ammo $20K/yr

[#11] Annual weapons qualification, ammunition and recurrent tactical training costs.

Memetic Training And Counseling $20K/yr

[#17] Ongoing memetic hazard training, psychological screening and counseling.

Electricity $18K/yr

[#7] Electricity costs for SRA and cell systems (power draw ~10–20 kW average).

Logistics And Transport $10K/yr

[#18, #19] Low-level annual logistics, emergency transport and small contracting allowances.

Turnover And Clearance $10K/yr

[#28] Background reinvestigation, clearance and periodic psych evaluations.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.2M/yr

90.3% probability / year

Uneventful year with routine maintenance, staffing and monitoring; no containment incidents.

normal operations scheduled maintenance no breaches

🚨 Minor Incident $2.3M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Localized non-breach incident (device fault, small structural damage, limited biohazard cleanup) requiring repairs and short-term increased staffing.

equipment failure small-scale contamination temporary lockdown

🚨 Major Breach $3.7M/yr

1.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Significant containment breach requiring emergency SRA replacement or major repairs, external contracting, extended incident response and public cover operations.

SRA failure cell structural compromise multi-unit breach response

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $7.2M/yr

0.2% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Major catastrophic event with large liability, reconstruction, relocation or indemnity payments and full-scale public/legal response.

facility-wide breach significant public exposure costly legal/relocation demands

👥 Personnel 15 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#10] Two guards per shift, three shifts; staffing to secure cell area and accompany entries.
SRA Technician	3	[#13] Technicians to cover shifts, maintenance and emergency callouts.
Research Lead / PI	1	[#14] Senior researcher overseeing monitoring and research decisions.
Researcher	2	[#14] Primary research staff for biological/memetic study.
Research Assistant	2	[#14] Support staff for experiments, sample handling and data.
Trained Animal Handler	1	[#12] Single full-time handler (on-call for authorized entries).

📋 Confidence Notes

Notes provide detailed item-level estimates but many costs (SRA pricing, contingency/reserve sizing, breach frequency) are uncertain; midrange figures used where ranges were wide, producing moderate confidence.

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