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SCP-8418 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8418
Expected annual
$5.8M
One-time setup
$3.6M
Annual recurring
$5.7M
Personnel
33
Initial capital costs are dominated by property acquisition and site hardening (~$3.6M one-time); ongoing annual operations are dominated by staff wages, contingency/reserve and MTF readiness (~$5.71M/year). Main drivers are payroll (research/security/medical/MTF standby), amnestic provisioning/medical response, and a large recurring contingency/reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.6M
Facilities $2.0M
[#1, #2, #3] Property purchase/long-term control, immediate physical securing/hardening, and Outpost L-1312 buildout (purchase/boarding/reinforcement/modular outpost).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $612K
[#7, #18, #19] Headset R&D (prototyping/testing), controlled sample vault/test-room buildout, and safe testing chamber(s) (vibro-isolated booths) instrumentation/booth construction.
Demolition Remediation $550K
[#28] Demolition/remediation end-of-life option (hazmat disposal, demolition, secure transport).
Equipment $412K
[#5, #6, #7, #15, #17, #18, #23, #25] Generator/UPS and installation, remote/local surveillance hardware, headset inventory/spares, secure interview room fit-out, non-auditory communications hardware, safe shipping/storage hardware, initial transport fleet purchase, and IT/hardware setup.
Legal Setup $30K
[#21] One-time legal/cover-story/setup costs (shell company/title transfer, initial legal retainer).
Utilities Connection $6K
[#4] Initial meter hookup and startup fees for utilities to site.
Amnestic Facility $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.7M/yr
Staff Wages $2.1M/yr
[#9, #10, #12, #20, #15] Salaries, benefits and overhead for research staff, on-site security guards, medical/EMT staff, audio/anomaly research personnel, and interview/debriefing staff (composite payroll total).
Contingency Reserve $1.1M/yr
[#27] Annual-held contingency/reserve fund for severe incidents, mass amnestic operations, legal settlements and emergency relocation; budgeted as recurring reserve.
Mtf Eta11 Standby $350K/yr
[#11] ETA-11 readiness/standby overhead (training, equipment upkeep, ready splinter team maintenance).
Amnestic Contracting $300K/yr
[#26] If contracting manufacture/sterile compounding rather than building an onsite facility: ongoing contract costs (alternative to one-time facility capex).
Psych Care $300K/yr
[#14] Psychiatric treatment, inpatient stays, long-term therapy and reintegration support for affected individuals.
Amnestic Program $275K/yr
[#13] Ongoing amnestic provisioning, administration, aftercare and inventory for Class E/Class B doses (budgeted per-subject and scaled for expected rescues).
Medical Staff $225K/yr
[#12] On-call medics/EMT/clinical psychologists staffing and baseline emergency readiness costs.
Insurance Overhead $175K/yr
[#29] Internal insurance allocations and overhead for equipment loss, worker injuries and inter-departmental charging.
Civilian Reintegration Reserve $150K/yr
[#22] Annual reserve for relocation, falsified records, stipends and non-amnestic hush payments per civilian case.
Medical Incident Consumables $138K/yr
[#12] Per-incident consumables/transport averaged into annual expected cost (based on typical incident volume assumptions).
Interview And Debriefing $125K/yr
[#15] Ongoing staffing and operational cost for secure interview/debriefing infrastructure and staff time.
Cover Story And Legal $115K/yr
[#21] Ongoing legal/PR/municipal mitigation, permit management, shell-entity taxes and PR suppression efforts.
Research And Monitoring $100K/yr
[#6, #20, #19] Non-payroll research consumables, computing, cloud storage overage and monitoring research costs not included in staff wages.
Logistics And Transport $75K/yr
[#23] Vehicle fuel, maintenance, insurance and operational logistics for rotations and patient/MTF transport.
Emergency Drills $35K/yr
[#24] Regular tabletop and live drills with MTF, medics and outpost staff.
Psych Resiliency $35K/yr
[#30] Staff resiliency programs, counseling, rotation costs to mitigate burnout.
Instrument Maintenance $30K/yr
[#19] Annual maintenance/calibration for vibro-isolated booths and physiological monitoring equipment.
It Maintenance $18K/yr
[#25] Ongoing secure data storage, encryption, backups and IT upkeep.
Facilities Maintenance $16K/yr
[#4] Continuous utilities (electricity for speakers/surveillance, water, waste) and basic building maintenance.
Surveillance Maintenance $15K/yr
[#6] Cloud storage, routine maintenance, replacement parts for CCTV/LIDAR/IR/seismic systems.
Headset Replacement $12K/yr
[#7] Annual replacement/production of vibration-blocking headset units and spares.
Headset Maintenance $12K/yr
[#8] Calibration, QA, testing and repair labour/parts for headsets.
Sign Language Training $6K/yr
[#16] Recurring refresher training, interpreter coverage and drills for silent communications.
Redundant Power Maintenance $3K/yr
[#5] Fuel and maintenance for backup generator/UPS systems.
Non Auditory Comm Maintenance $3K/yr
[#17] Maintenance and replacements for tablets, LED panels, gesture gloves and ruggedized visual comms.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.7M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; regular operations, staffing, monitoring and reserves only.
no intrusion routine operations scheduled research
🚨 Minor Incident $5.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Single trespass or small exposure requiring MTF response, limited medical/amnestic administration and local legal/PR action.
single trespasser or small group one MTF splinter deployment several amnestic/medical consumables
🚨 Major Breach $7.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Larger mass-exposure event or equipment failure leading to many affected persons requiring mass amnestics, multiple MTF deployments and significant medical/legal costs.
mass trespass or server failure hardware failure disabling headsets multiple simultaneous casualties
🚨 Political Exposure $9.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Containment failure becomes public / cover compromised requiring demolition, large-scale legal settlements, relocation and major PR/legal operations.
public disclosure large-scale casualties failed cover-story, litigation
👥 Personnel 33 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 6 [#9] Outpost L-1312 continuous monitoring researchers (multi-shift coverage).
Security Officer / MTF Agent (on-site guards) 7 [#10] On-site security guards to staff 24/7 (2 per shift minimum).
MTF Agent / ETA-11 (standby splinter) 6 [#11] Splinter team maintained on high readiness for rapid deployment.
Medical Officer 3 [#12] On-call medics/EMT/clinical staff for immediate response and stabilization.
Audio Engineer / Anomaly Researcher 4 [#20] Specialists for audio engineering and anomaly research (included in staff budget).
Interviewer / Forensic Psychologist 2 [#15] Staff for interviews, debriefs and forensic documentation.
Engineer / Maintenance Technician 2 [#5, #6, #19] Technicians for generator, surveillance and vibro-isolated chamber maintenance.
Site Director / Head Researcher 1 [#9] Lead researcher responsible for operations and reporting.
Administrative Staff / Logistics 2 [#21, #23] Administrative/cover-story support, transport coordination and records management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges; however the anomaly's behavior, exposure frequency, and decision between building amnestic capacity vs contracting introduce significant uncertainty, so estimates are midpoint-based and moderately uncertain.
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