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SCP-8141 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-8141
Expected annual
$7.3M
One-time setup
$11.7M
Annual recurring
$7.2M
Personnel
19
One-time startup costs are dominated by research buildout, reagent stockpiling, and contingency reserves (~$11.7M). Recurring annual costs (~$7.16M/year) are driven by emergency/tactical readiness, protocol GYRUS operational allocation, lab operations and specialist staff wages.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $11.7M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4.1M
[#5, #6] Laboratory outfitting (cleanrooms, microscopes, vibration isolation, etc.) ($2,375,000) and initial reagent acquisition/stockpile (vim harenae / analogs) ($1,750,000).
Containment Escalation Contingency $2.8M
[#20] One-time contingency reserve for capture, containment construction, or neutralization escalation.
Inhibition Rnd And Initial Production $1.9M
[#8] One-time R&D for specialized inhibition/neutralization devices ($1,750,000) plus initial per-unit production/pilot units ($175,000).
Equipment $825K
[#9, #10, #18] On-site monitoring and telemetry hardware install ($250,000), hardened data-storage/hardware ($400,000), and armored/secure vehicle purchase ($175,000).
Facilities $650K
[#4, #7, #25] Secure living/quarters fit-out ($175,000), high-security vault construction ($325,000), and long-term archival setup ($150,000).
Recruitment Program Setup $600K
[#15] One-time setup costs for recruitment, apprenticeships, scholarships and succession program.
Legal Contingency Fund $500K
[#16] One-time contingency fund for major cover operations / legal contingency.
Training Curriculum Development $200K
[#14] One-time development of training, simulations, and tabletop curricula.
Public Cover Relocation Package $125K
[#22] One-time relocation/cover package for subject and family if required.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.2M/yr
Research And Monitoring $2.9M/yr
[#5, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #14, #15, #24, #25] Lab maintenance/calibration ($200,000), testing & maintenance of inhibition R&D systems ($125,000), telemetry/data logging maintenance ($62,500), compute/analysis operations ($250,000), medical surveillance and emergency care ($80,000), psychological support & wellbeing programs ($30,000), recurring training exercises ($125,000), ongoing recruitment/succession program ($250,000), data reconciliation/tangent-timeline remediation allocations ($1,750,000), and archival maintenance ($60,000).
Staff Wages $2.1M/yr
[#1, #2, #3] Chief/senior researcher salary & benefits ($275,000), dedicated security detail wages & overhead for 6–10 guards ($550,000), and rapid-response / tactical team standby & personnel costs ($1,250,000).
Protocol Gyrus Operational Budget $1.0M/yr
[#13] Per-year operational allocation for cross-site coordination, contingency GYRUS activations and program-level readiness tied to SCP-8141 (per-person share).
Cover Story And Legal $302K/yr
[#16, #21, #22, #23] Baseline legal/cover-story budget ($125,000), declassification/access-control & audit trail management ($30,000), public-facing identity & benefits ongoing support ($60,000), and investigation/audit exercises ($87,500).
Supplies And Consumables $300K/yr
[#6] Recurring reagent resupply, authentication and QC for vim harenae / analogs ($300,000/year).
Covert Procurement Premium $300K/yr
[#17] Premiums and NDA/contractor surcharges for covert procurement and contractors (+20–50% premium).
Facilities Maintenance $128K/yr
[#4, #7, #19] Utilities and upkeep for secure living/quarters ($20,000/year), vault operations ($47,500/year), and specialized utilities/energy for cleanrooms/particle control ($60,000/year).
Logistics And Transport $125K/yr
[#18] Secure airlift retainer / rapid redeployment ops and vehicle operations ($125,000/year).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.2M/yr
80.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major tangent activations beyond expected exercises; only recurring costs incurred.
no major tangents routine training and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $7.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized tangent/thaumaturgical incident requiring limited GYRUS activation, reagent consumption, and emergency response deployment.
single tangent event emergency tactical activation reagent resupply
🚨 Major Breach $9.2M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Sustained tangent reality breach requiring multi-site coordination, extended remediation, and replacement of specialized equipment/reagents.
multi-day tangent cross-site GYRUS mobilization equipment/reagent replacement
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $13.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Severe or multiple concurrent tangent breaches causing facility damage, major containment escalation, and invocation of neutralization/containment contingency.
prolonged / concurrent tangents facility damage containment escalation / neutralization
👥 Personnel 19 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Chief of Applied Occultism 1 [#1] Senior researcher / mission-critical thaumaturge (salary & benefits included in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#2] Dedicated protective detail (rotational guards/specialists); count chosen within 6–10 range and included in staff_wages.
On-site Emergency / Tactical Team Member 10 [#3] Rapid-response and specialized tactical team personnel (Sampi-5243 support); staffing implied by recurring emergency readiness costs.
📋 Confidence Notes
High uncertainty around reagent availability/cost (vim harenae), true scale/funding of Protocol GYRUS activations, and whether aggressive inhibition R&D or containment escalation will be pursued; many costs are program-level allocations rather than site-specific and therefore imprecise.
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