SCP-8585 — SCP-8585 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-8585 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-8585

Expected annual

$323K

One-time setup

$884K

Annual recurring

$277K

Personnel

3.25

Initial one-time setup and contingency reserve drive up first-year costs (~$883.5k one-time), while ongoing annual costs are dominated by personnel wages, facility overhead, and recurring monitoring/subscription services (~$277.4k/year).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $884K

Contingency Reserve $375K

[#19] Emergency/contingency reserve (conservative midpoint of $250k-$500k).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K

[#8] Dreamscape analysis and specialized research initial program cost.

Remains Vault Setup $150K

[#11] Conservative one-time secure storage / containment vault setup (conservative estimate).

Anomalous Autopsy And Analysis $75K

[#10] Secure anomalous autopsy, toxicology, tissue analysis, containment precautions (mid $75k).

Forensic Investigation $38K

[#13] Forensic investigation & cause-of-death team (midpoint $25k-$50k).

Archival Research $30K

[#9] Historical/archival research, translations, travel, digitization (midpoint of $20k-$40k).

Specialized Monitoring Equipment $22K

[#18] High-speed cameras, spectrometers, photometers (midpoint $15k-$30k).

Sample Biobanking Initial $10K

[#12] Initial biobanking / cryostorage setup and cataloguing.

Legal Cover Story One Time $10K

[#14] One-time legal work to establish cover story and records.

Public Relations One Time $10K

[#15] Immediate PR/FOIA response work after death announcement.

Archives Initial $5K

[#16] Initial secure archival and redaction setup.

Personnel Training And Ppe Initial $5K

[#17] Initial training and PPE purchase for medics/escorts/autopsy teams.

Decommissioning And Device Retrieval $2K

[#20] Recovery and secure disposal of GPS tracker and related hardware.

Equipment $2K

[#4] Ruggedized GPS device $1,000; installation & tamper hardening $500.

Facilities $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $277K/yr

Staff Wages $170K/yr

[#6, #7] Active monitoring analyst (0.25 FTE ~ $20k) and Department of Anomalous Ambassadors personnel (1 FTE project manager + 2 part-time ambassadors combined ~$150k).

Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr

[#2] Proportionate Site-58 overhead allocation (utilities, admin time, exam room reservation, basic supplies).

Cover Story And Legal $25K/yr

[#14] Ongoing legal/liaison payments and cover maintenance.

Medical Clinical Exams $24K/yr

[#1] Monthly clinical exams at Site-58 (physician, nurse tech, lab panels, imaging as needed) ~$2,000/visit -> ~$24k/year.

Gps Subscription And Monitoring $7K/yr

[#5] Satellite uplink/data plan (mid $1.2k-$2.4k) plus geofence/software/server (~$5k/year) -> ~$6.8k/year.

Remains Storage Maintenance $5K/yr

[#11] Climate control, monitoring, alarm/guarding maintenance for remains storage (~$5k/yr).

Public Relations And Foia $5K/yr

[#15] Ongoing FOIA/media monitoring and proactive misinformation (~$5k/yr).

Escort Transport $4K/yr

[#3] Secure transport/escort for monthly visits (~$300/visit -> ~$3.6k/year).

Sample Biobanking Storage $2K/yr

[#12] Ongoing cryostorage & cataloging retest costs (~$2k/yr).

Archives Maintenance $2K/yr

[#16] Secure hosting/backups & periodic audits (~$2k/yr).

Personnel Training And Ppe $2K/yr

[#17] Refresher training and PPE replacement (~$2k/yr).

Specialized Monitoring Maintenance $2K/yr

[#18] Calibration & maintenance for photometric/optical/EM sensors (~$2k/yr).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Research And Monitoring $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $277K/yr

85.0% probability / year

Normal year with passive monitoring, monthly exams, routine maintenance, and no major incidents or escalations.

routine_monitoring monthly_clinical_exams no_incident_response

🚨 Minor Incident $377K/yr

10.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Localized incident (e.g., boundary exit requiring targeted task force, brief containment response) with limited additional costs.

boundary_violation short_task_force_deployment limited_containment_repair

🚨 Research Scaleup $477K/yr

3.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Prolonged or expanded dreamscape research program requiring additional personnel, lab time, and experiments.

extended_dreamscape_study additional_specialist_hires expanded_experimental_runs

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $1.8M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Severe adverse outcome (e.g., remains exhibit active hazard or memetic spread) requiring high-risk containment construction and large-scale emergency operations.

anomalous_remains_activation memetic_or_dreamscape_contagion dedicated_high-risk_vault_construction

👥 Personnel 3.25 total

Role	Count	Notes
Active Monitoring Analyst	0.25	[#6] 0.25 FTE equivalent receiving/trIaging geofence alerts (~$20k fully loaded).
Project Manager / Liaison	1	[#7] 1 FTE project lead within Department of Anomalous Ambassadors.
Anomalous Ambassadors (part-time)	2	[#7] Two part-time ambassadors handling city relations, interviews, and diplomacy (combined in personnel cost estimate).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates for most costs (medical, personnel, monitoring, research), but several items (contingency reserve, vault needs, scale of dreamscape risk) are uncertain due to anomalous behavior and conditional escalation scenarios; this yields medium confidence.

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