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SCP-8390 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8390
Expected annual
$5.1M
One-time setup
$38.2M
Annual recurring
$4.8M
Personnel
15
One-time capital costs are dominated by specialized EVA suit procurement, retrofit of a hardened test chamber, and robotics/physics R&D (~$38.2M). Recurring annual costs for staffing, suit maintenance, consumables, and R&D total roughly $4.8M/yr, with incident risk scenarios increasing expected annual spend to ~$5.13M.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $38.2M
Equipment $30.4M
[#2, #3, #6, #14, #15, #21] Covers certified physical power-interlock and E-stop hardware, Faraday/EMI shielding installation, procurement of reinforced EVA suits (minimum two), high-bandwidth A/V recording systems and secure servers, instrumentation/telemetry integration hardware, and vehicle/transport upgrades.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.7M
[#17, #18] One-time R&D and collaboration contracts: robotic/automated proxy development and initial fundamental physics/particle-energy research collaboration/setup.
Facilities $2.0M
[#1, #4, #5, #10, #11, #16] Includes hardened storage locker upgrade, dedicated/retrofitted test chamber construction, site power infrastructure installation, decontamination/quarantine suite build-out, autopsy/morgue facility upgrades, and on-site simulator facility setup costs.
Contingency Set Aside $1.0M
[#20] One-time contingency/reserve set-aside to cover major unknowns, rapid procurement, or site expansion following anomalous behavior.
Astronaut Training $1.0M
[#7] One-time advanced astronaut training costs (estimate uses a modest program for multiple operators).
Initial Medical Equipment $125K
[#9] Initial medical equipment purchase for on-site emergency/trauma/hyperbaric support.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.8M/yr
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#9, #12, #13] Recurring staffing for security team, supervising Level 4 researchers, on-site medical standby, engineers, and administrative/site leadership (salaries, hazard pay, shift coverage).
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#3, #14, #15, #16, #18, #23, #24, #25] Ongoing costs for RF/EMI monitoring, secure data storage/analysis, telemetry & instrumentation maintenance, simulator contract time, continued physics collaboration, astrophysics/exoplanet modeling team, containment-engineering R&D, and public/satellite anomaly monitoring.
Supplies And Consumables $765K/yr
[#6, #10, #22] Consumables including suit maintenance/consumables (O2, scrubbers, batteries, filters), decon supplies and waste processing, and general per-test consumables.
Special Materials Per Test $410K/yr
[#26] Consumable/single-use special materials and sacrificial instrumentation provisioned per test (baseline assumes multiple tests per year).
Insurance And Contingency Reserve $300K/yr
[#27] Annual contingency/reserve (10–30% style set-aside) to cover unforeseen anomalous costs, escalations, or emergency expansions.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#19] Ongoing legal, oversight, inter-agency liaison, and cover-story/PR costs.
Facilities Maintenance $100K/yr
[#3, #5, #4, #10] Annual maintenance for test chamber, UPS/generator fuel & maintenance, EMI/Faraday system upkeep, and decontamination suite upkeep.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#21] Annual secure transport and logistics (armored courier moves between storage and test facilities, equipment transfers) under a low-tempo baseline.
Psychological Monitoring $30K/yr
[#8] Recurring psychological screening and continuous monitoring/counseling for operators.
Per Fatality Handling Cost $25K/yr
[#11] Expected annualized expense for occasional autopsy, specialized handling, and mortuary/legal processing averaged across years.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.8M/yr
86.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with scheduled tests and routine maintenance; no major incidents.
routine testing scheduled maintenance normal staffing
🚨 Minor Incident $5.1M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Isolated suit failure or medical emergency requiring accelerated medical response, limited equipment replacement, and a small containment review.
suit breach/failure single-operator fatality or serious injury localized contamination scare
🚨 Major Breach $7.3M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment incident (AO-8390-like contamination event) requiring site lockdown, mass medical response, extended cleanup, and public suppression operations.
widespread contamination multi-person exposure extended site lockdown
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $14.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Severe anomalous escalation requiring cross-site mobilization, major capital purchases, replacement of personnel, and large-scale remediation / legal actions.
systemic anomalous escalation public exposure multi-site incidents
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#12] Dedicated security staff for site control, escort, and test-time supervision; coverage for shifts.
Research Scientist 4 [#13, #23] Level 4 supervising researchers and data/astrophysics analysts responsible for target selection, test supervision, and analysis.
Medical Officer 2 [#9, #11] On-site emergency physician and critical-care nurse/med tech for standby during tests and post-op care.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#5, #24] Technicians and engineers for power systems, UPS/generator maintenance, chamber systems and containment-engineering R&D support.
Administrative Staff 2 [#19] Administrative, legal liaison, and cover-story coordination support.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#13, #19] Program oversight, approvals, and inter-agency liaison responsibilities.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing reasonable mid-range estimates. Significant uncertainty remains around event frequency, suit procurement choices, and R&D scope, so totals use conservative midpoints and program assumptions.
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