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SCP-8030 Physical ~ medium confidence
SCP-8030
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$3.5M
Annual recurring
$2.0M
Personnel
27
One-time setup is approximately $3,485,000 driven primarily by vault construction, contingency reserve and specialized steam-handling equipment; annual recurring operations are about $1,984,500/year driven by staff wages, insurance, legal/cover operations and ongoing monitoring/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.5M
Contingency Reserve $1.1M
[#20] Contingency / liability reserve for accidental damage, third-party claims, and major containment failures.
Equipment $675K
[#2, #4, #5, #6, #7] Pressure-rated condensers/heat exchangers, remote robotic manipulators, sensor suite, power backup infrastructure hardware, and inert-gas / alternative suppression hardware.
Facilities $645K
[#1, #8] Reinforced vault construction and structural/pressure-relief engineering and installation (vault, sealed drains, pressure-relief vents, antechamber, safety interlocks).
Legal Initial $300K
[#14] Initial legal/cover-story setup costs, retainers, media monitoring and initial denial operations/placebo company fabrication.
Decommissioning Budget $275K
[#23] Budget for future decommissioning, remote dismantling, hazardous-waste disposal and consultant fees if neutralization required.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#16] Controlled-experiment program initial equipment and lab buildout (calorimetry, spectrometry, high-speed imaging fixtures, safety overhead for experiments).
Hvac Setup $150K
[#3] Industrial HVAC, dehumidifiers, dedicated potable/non-potable feeds, drains and initial wastewater/holding tank setup.
Transport And Crating $70K
[#11] Secure transport, climate-controlled custom crate, lift/rigging and route security.
It Infrastructure Initial $38K
[#18] Secure servers, encrypted classified storage, initial classified access management hardware and installation.
Conservation Initial $25K
[#12] Initial artifact conservation and preservation treatments for wood/leather components, pest mitigation and microclimate setup.
Ppe Initial $20K
[#13] Initial heat-resistant suits, thermal PPE, respirators, decon showers and initial don/doff training equipment.
Emergency Setup $12K
[#17] Initial emergency/medical preparedness set-up (agreements, stockpile of burn supplies, EMT training startup costs).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#9, #10] Salaries and benefits for research team and security personnel (senior researcher, mid-level researchers, technicians, and rotating guard staff).
Insurance And Underwriting $250K/yr
[#21] Insurance premiums or internal self-insurance allocation for anomalous asset liability (where obtainable).
Research And Monitoring $198K/yr
[#5, #12, #16, #22, #18] Sensor calibration/maintenance, periodic conservation inspections, controlled-experiment operations, long-term monitoring and IT/security audits.
Cover Story And Legal $125K/yr
[#14] Ongoing legal counsel, media monitoring and active cover/denial operations.
Facilities Maintenance $123K/yr
[#3, #6, #7, #19, #4] Ongoing HVAC energy & service, generator fuel & testing, suppression inspections, spare parts and robot maintenance.
Theological Consultancy $80K/yr
[#15] Annual retainer/project consultancy for theological, anthropological and occult risk assessment.
Public Safety Contingency Fund $80K/yr
[#25] Annual reserved funds for potential public-safety responses (evacuation support, remediation) per incident planning.
Supplies And Consumables $41K/yr
[#13, #16] PPE consumables and experiment consumables/replaceable test fixtures.
Emergency Response And Medical $25K/yr
[#17] Ongoing agreements with burn units, ambulance on-call retainer, drills and medical supplies restocking.
Staff Psychological Support $12K/yr
[#24] Counseling, ideological monitoring, and counter-radicalization programs for personnel.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.0M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, monitoring and scheduled maintenance only.
no incidents routine maintenance scheduled experiments
🚨 Minor Incident $2.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized steam overpressure or equipment failure causing limited facility damage, medical treatment for personnel and small public exposure requiring response.
steam pulse overpressure localized equipment failure short public exposure / small evacuation
🚨 Major Breach $4.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Major containment breach or sudden large steam/pressure event causing extensive facility damage, prolonged public infrastructure impact, litigation and potential decommissioning action.
catastrophic steam release structural failure large public impact / prolonged remediation
👥 Personnel 27 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Senior) 1 [#9] Senior anomalous researcher (oversight and protocol lead).
Research Scientist (Mid-level) 2 [#9] Mid-level researchers for experiments and monitoring.
Technician 2 [#9] Lab/maintenance technicians supporting experiments and equipment.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 15 [#10] Rotating guard staff to provide 24/7 vault perimeter and access control.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#9] Site leadership and executive oversight included in staffing budget.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#6, #19] Engineers/maintenance staff responsible for power, HVAC, steam systems and spare-parts upkeep.
IT Specialist 1 [#18] IT/security specialist for classified storage, encrypted logging and audits.
Conservator / Preservation Specialist 1 [#12] Artifact conservator handling wood/leather preservation and inspections.
Medical Officer / EMT 1 [#17] On-call medical staff / EMT for burn care and drills.
Administrative Staff 1 [#14] Administrative support for scheduling, cover operations and procurement.
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment hardware and staffing needs are well-scoped and many line items provide explicit ranges, but wide ranges and uncertainty about the object's steam-production profile, ritual/theological risk, and insurance availability reduce precision.
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