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SCP-8572 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8572
Expected annual
$2.8M
One-time setup
$68.1M
Annual recurring
$2.3M
Personnel
13
One-time capital and contingency expenditures dominate total costs (primarily a recommended contingency reserve and potential covert recovery expenses), while recurring annual costs (~$2.26M/yr) are driven by personnel, HUMINT/retainers, and monitoring subscriptions.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $68.1M
Contingency Reserve $50.0M
[#17] Recommended minimum contingency / emergency response reserve for worst-case reactivation/fallout.
Covert Recovery $10.0M
[#6] Covert extraction/black-ops costs (operators, false identities, safehouses, local bribes, exfiltration).
Legal Diplomatic Acquisition $2.0M
[#5] One-time negotiation/diplomatic/legal costs to acquire remnants through official channels.
Insurance Settlement Fund $2.0M
[#18] Internal fund for hush payments, settlements, exfiltration of discovered insiders.
Facilities $1.5M
[#8] Containment chamber construction at Site-120 (physical room, specialized fittings).
Equipment $1.2M
[#10, #21] Specialized lab instrumentation (mass spec, SEM, XRF, cryo/conservation) and sensor network setup ($20k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#12a, #20a] Initial climate/research modeling ($200k) and initial archival/historical project ($100k).
Transport Per Extraction $300K
[#7] Secure transport to Site-120 per extraction (specialized crates, armed escort, charter flight).
Ritual Deactivation $250K
[#13] One-off high-level ritual deactivation costs (materials, expert fees, safety contingencies).
Non Intrusive Site Survey $200K
[#4] Professional archaeological/geophysical survey (GPR, seismic, magnetometry) if permitted.
Decommissioning Disposal $200K
[#22] Hazardous material disposal and environmental remediation if parts are dismantled.
Startup Cover Establishment $100K
[#16a] Initial PR/cover story startup costs (front companies, initial legal retainer establishment).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.3M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#1, #11] Core on-site team payroll (Senior PI, researchers, conservators, occult specialists, security, technician/admin = $1,100,000/yr) plus analyst salary portion from #1 (~$85,000).
Research And Monitoring $380K/yr
[#1, #2, #3, #12b, #20b] Analyst data feeds portion (~$5k/yr from #1), commercial satellite & imagery subscription ($50k/yr), HUMINT/liaison retainer ($200k/yr), ongoing research experiments ($100k/yr), historian/translation support ($25k/yr).
Minimal Do Nothing Posture $350K/yr
[#23] Minimal 'do-nothing' baseline posture cost if left in situ (monitoring + HUMINT + analyst + imagery).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#16b] Annual PR/cover story and legal defense retainer ($200k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $115K/yr
[#9, #15, #21] Power/utilities for containment chamber ($50k/yr), annual containment maintenance and upgrades ($60k/yr), sensor network maintenance ($5k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#14] Ongoing conservation, archival treatment & consumables.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
[#19] Per-mission travel/lodging/logistics cost specified as $100,000 per deployment; annual frequency variable and not assumed in baseline (cost shown as per-mission figure).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.3M/yr
96.5% probability / year
Uneventful year with continued monitoring, staffing, and routine maintenance; no recovery or major incidents.
no_recovery_attempt in_situ_monitoring routine_maintenance
🚨 Active Recovery Diplomatic $7.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.5M vs baseline
Authorized/diplomatic recovery/acquisition and transfer to Site-120 (non-covert).
successful_diplomatic_negotiation permit_authorization funded_acquisition
🚨 Covert Extraction And Containment $15.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$13.1M vs baseline
Clandestine extraction requiring black-ops, followed by containment at Site-120.
covert_recovery_execution rapid_exfiltration on-site_ops
🚨 Catastrophic Reactivation $57.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$55.2M vs baseline
Unexpected reactivation with regional weather effects requiring major emergency response and deployment of contingency reserves.
entity_reactivation regional_weather_emergency international_humanitarian_response
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Senior PI 1 [#11] Principal investigator / project lead required on-site.
Research Scientist 2 [#11] Two researchers for materials/experimental work.
Conservator / Preservation Specialist 2 [#11] Two conservators for artifact treatment and archival work.
Occult/Ritual Specialist 2 [#11] Two ritual/occult specialists for safe handling and analysis.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#11] Security detail to guard containment and personnel.
Technician / Lab Tech (incl. admin) 1 [#11] Technician / admin support for lab operations (noted as 1 technician/admin).
Case Analyst / Intelligence Analyst (0.5-1.0 FTE) 1 [#1] Analyst for file maintenance, intel tracking and data feeds (0.5–1.0 FTE reflected as 1 headcount for staffing estimates).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and cost magnitudes are reasonably well-specified in analyst notes (salaries, subscriptions, listed capital costs), but major uncertainties remain about event frequencies, political feasibility, and scale of emergency response; contingency and covert-op costs are order-of-magnitude estimates.
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