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SCP-8496 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8496
Expected annual
$32.4M
One-time setup
$193.8M
Annual recurring
$28.1M
Personnel
20
Upfront one-time capital and contingency reserves dominate costs (~$194M), driven by a large containment reserve and mapping program; annual operations run tens of millions (~$28.1M/yr) led by security, specialist research, global response, and monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $193.8M
Containment Breach Reserve Fund $100.0M
[#14] Containment breach reserve/emergency war chest recommended ($100,000,000 one-time capital reserve).
Containment Failure Fallout Fund $50.0M
[#30] Containment-failure legal/political fallout fund / reparations reserve (one-time $50,000,000).
Mapping Program Initial $20.0M
[#7] Initial global SCP-8496-B mapping: satellite data acquisition, ML development, database and analyst onboarding (one-time $20,000,000).
Facilities $13.6M
[#1, #3, #25, #15, #23] Site 92 cell/locker retrofit (#1, $500k), UPS/generator integration (#3, $50k), regional hub build-outs (#25, $3M), asset relocation baseline (#15, $10M), initial waste infrastructure (#23, $50k).
Equipment $5.2M
[#2, #8, #21, #16, #17] Security equipment one-time (#2, $16k), sensor packages and installation (#8, $2.5M), vehicles/rapid-deploy kits (#21, $2M), data/communications infrastructure (#16, $200k), lunar comms/coordination setup (#17, $500k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0M
[#6, #10] Lab build-out and instrumentation for anomalous biological/thaum work (#6, $2,000,000) and initial amnestic R&D one-time setup (#10, $1,000,000).
Legal Cover One Time $1.0M
[#11] One-time setup for legal shells/cover infrastructure and initial PR/records capabilities ($1,000,000).
Liaison Setup One Time $1.0M
[#12] One-time establishment of MOUs, secure channels and initial government/military liaison arrangements ($1,000,000).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $28.1M/yr
Research And Monitoring $7.4M/yr
[#7, #8, #4, #17, #18, #26, #24] Ongoing mapping/imagery updates and analyst costs (~$2,000,000/yr; #7), field sensor maintenance/bandwidth (~$200k/yr; #8), control mechanism inspections and annual replacement (~$80k/yr; #4), lunar/site-377 monitoring (~$200k/yr; #17), thaumaturgical procurement (~$500k/yr; #18), long-term research program annualized (~$4,000,000/yr; #26), public/social-media monitoring (~$400k/yr; #24).
Logistics And Transport $6.0M/yr
[#9, #21, #27] Rapid-response MTF incident operations (travel, agents, per-incident avg ~$10k; budgeted ~500 incidents → ~$5,000,000/yr; #9), vehicles/fleet maintenance and replacement (~$500k/yr; #21), contingency travel/charters (~$500k/yr; #27).
Public Health Mitigation $5.0M/yr
[#29] Reserve for evacuation assistance, temporary housing, medical response and mass amnestic logistics in populated relocations (~$5,000,000/yr; #29).
Supplies And Consumables $3.2M/yr
[#6, #10, #22, #23] Lab consumables and instrument maintenance (~$200k/yr; #6), amnestic stockpile resupply (~$2,000,000/yr; #10), public forensics/cleanup aggregate (~$1,000,000/yr; #22), ongoing bio-waste disposal (~$20k/yr; #23).
Staff Wages $2.4M/yr
[#2, #5, #28] Security staff salaries and benefits (~$780k/yr; #2), senior researcher team + postdocs/techs (~$1.5M/yr; #5), administrative salaries/overhead (~$150k/yr; #28).
Liaison And Government Relations $2.0M/yr
[#12] Ongoing liaison officers, legal/regulatory work, classified communications and joint exercises with national governments/military (~$2,000,000/yr; #12).
Facilities Maintenance $625K/yr
[#3, #25] UPS/generator and HVAC/electrical maintenance (~$25k/yr; #3) and regional hubs maintenance/staffing & upkeep (~$600k/yr; #25).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#11] Ongoing legal/cover operations, retainers, PR mitigation and public-records management (~$500k/yr; #11).
Nuclear Contingency Exercises $500K/yr
[#13] Annual nuclear contingency tabletop/field exercises and legal/regulatory review (~$500k/yr; #13).
Training And Simulations $300K/yr
[#20] Regular on-site training, simulators and instruction for staff & MTFs (~$300k/yr; #20).
Data Security Maintenance $100K/yr
[#16] Maintenance, audits and operations for hardened/isolated communications and classified servers (~$100k/yr; #16).
Background Screening $50K/yr
[#19] Personnel background screening, polygraphs and ongoing vetting (~$50k/yr; #19).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $28.1M/yr
54.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major containment failures; ongoing monitoring, responses, maintenance, and research as budgeted.
steady incident rate routine maintenance normal research tempo
🚨 Minor Incident $29.5M/yr
40.0% probability / year +$1.4M vs baseline
Increased sighting/incident clusters requiring extra rapid-response, PR/legal work and temporary surge staffing.
clustered sightings localized public exposures higher-than-expected incident frequency
🚨 Major Breach $53.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Localized containment failure or sustained activation requiring large-scale amnesticization, evacuations and emergency field operations.
failed containment regional activation mass public exposure
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $528.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline
Large-scale activation escalating toward K-class scenarios or requiring use of reserves and international crisis-level responses.
uncontrolled activation planet-scale propagation risk international political escalation
👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#2] Rotating armed guarding staffing estimate (3 shifts plus floaters; ~8 personnel assigned to Cell 77a).
Research Scientist 6 [#5] Senior research team (Level 4+ researchers) engaged in thaum/teleportation/fungal research.
Technician / Lab Staff 4 [#5, #6] Postdocs/technicians supporting lab work and instrument operation (aggregate ~$300k/yr).
Administrative Staff 2 [#28] Administrative and recordkeeping staff for authorizations and oversight (~$150k/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are drawn directly from analyst line-items; many large one-time contingencies and probabilities (especially for major/catastrophic breaches and global mapping scope) are highly uncertain, so overall confidence is medium.
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