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SCP-8586 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8586
Expected annual
$2.7M
One-time setup
$5.5M
Annual recurring
$2.5M
Personnel
16
First-year capital expenses (renovations, morgue/containment equipment, R&D capitalization and contingency reserves) are roughly $5.5M; ongoing annual operating costs (staff, maintenance, monitoring, and research operations) are roughly $2.49M driven mainly by salaries, sustained R&D and security.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.5M
Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#22] Capital reserve for catastrophic emergency mobilization, quarantines, large-scale containment response (institutional risk capital).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.5M
[#9] Initial capitalization for analytical chemistry/materials research lab buildout, instrumentation time-purchase and startup costs for multi-disciplinary studies of the electrum coin and transfer mechanics.
Equipment $1.0M
[#4, #6, #7, #8, #11] Purchase/installation of morgue refrigerated lockers, CCTV/biometric systems, an armored transport vehicle and containment kits, portable spectroscopy/CT procurement (modest CT), and onsite incinerator equipment.
Facilities $450K
[#3, #10] Construction and fit-out of a sealed containment/living suite with negative-pressure areas, associated renovation for animal facility upgrades and restricted-access modifications.
Exposure Contingency Fund $200K
[#12] On-demand reserve for initial cover-up/exposure incidents (amnestic campaigns, emergency legal/PR actions) held ready per incident.
Amnestics Stockpile $125K
[#20] One-time establishment of amnestic stockpile, QC, and secure storage program.
Records Database Build $80K
[#15] Secure database build, encrypted hosting and chain-of-custody system one-time development and deployment costs.
Training Curriculum Dev $50K
[#16] Initial Gravewatch protocol curriculum development and initial training course materials.
Monitoring Integration $35K
[#18] One-time technical integration costs for rapid-notify systems and data feeds from hospitals/morgues/cemeteries.
Archival Work $25K
[#23] One-time archival/legal reconciliation work related to SCP-███ coin records and custody.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.5M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#2, #5, #10, #13, #15, #18, #23] Salaries and benefits for pathology/forensics teams, 24/7 security staffing and overtime, additional animal-care staff, one senior deputy (personnel redundancy), liaison personnel, and curator/records personnel.
Research And Monitoring $800K/yr
[#8, #9, #17, #18, #16] Ongoing analytical-chemistry and materials R&D ops, imaging/analysis per-study costs, containment/host-longevity research seed funding, monitoring/liaison program ops and associated research coordination (includes recurring small imaging/telemetry costs).
Cover Story And Legal $165K/yr
[#12, #21, #25] Annual legal retainer for cover-up/advisory, PR crisis retainer budget, and human-subjects / ethics board administrative overhead budgeting.
Facilities Maintenance $85K/yr
[#4, #6, #11, #24] Morgue/refrigeration energy and maintenance, surveillance/monitoring system maintenance, incinerator/regulated disposal budget, and incremental utilities/containment HVAC upkeep.
Medical Evaluations $60K/yr
[#1] Monthly comprehensive medical evaluations for Dr. Cairns (clinician time, labs, imaging slots) as baseline; excludes post-transference event surges.
Records Management $50K/yr
[#15, #23] Ongoing secure hosting, backups, and personnel time to manage the biometric/identity database and archival custody logs.
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#2, #11, #19, #20] Pathology consumables and per-event processing, regulated biohazard disposal consumables, PPE and medical supply stockpile usage, and per-event amnestic administration consumables.
Psychological Support $20K/yr
[#14] Ongoing counseling contracts and per-event crisis counseling for Dr. Cairns and staff.
Refresher Training $20K/yr
[#16] Recurrent Gravewatch protocol refresher courses and drills.
Logistics And Transport $18K/yr
[#7] Vehicle maintenance, fuel, and periodic field-kit replenishment for rapid transport/containment vehicle and field responses.
Amnestics Program $10K/yr
[#20] Ongoing QC, small-scale per-dose production readiness and storage upkeep for amnestic stockpile.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.5M/yr
50.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monthly medicals, staffed containment, ongoing monitoring and planned R&D at the above levels; no major public exposures or emergency mobilizations.
no public exposure only routine transfers handled internally steady R&D progress
🚨 Minor Incident $2.5M/yr
35.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
One or more contained transference events requiring forensic response, short-term follow-up medical diagnostics, overtime pay and consumables but no public exposure.
internal transference(s) mortuary remediation pathology overtime
🚨 Major Breach $3.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$700K vs baseline
Public exposure of a transference event or multiple simultaneous events requiring emergency amnestics, legal/PR mobilization, and broader containment actions.
public discovery mass amnestic deployment legal/PR crisis
🚨 Research Scale Up $4.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Decision to aggressively pursue host-longevity remediation/containment research triggers significant additional R&D funding and equipment procurement for a year.
policy decision to scale remediation research successful funding allocation large capitalized experiments
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#5] 24/7 coverage with rotating shifts to secure Cairns, morgue and rapid response capability.
Pathologist / Mortuary Technician 3 [#2] Forensic/pathology FTEs and mortuary technicians for rapid post-transfer documentation, sampling and processing.
Deputy / Administrative (personnel redundancy) 1 [#13] Senior deputy to cover Director-of-Personnel duties during transference events.
Liaison Officer (hospital/morgue) 1 [#18] Personnel to manage external death-source monitoring and rapid-notify channels.
Animal Caretaker 2 [#10] Additional animal facility staff to manage protected colonies and adjust protocols.
Curator / Records Manager 1 [#15, #23] Manage biometric/host records, secure database operations and archival reconciliation.
📋 Confidence Notes
Cost ranges in analyst notes are broad and many items (R&D outcomes, incident frequency, chosen security posture) are highly policy-dependent; facility/equipment pricing is moderately well-defined but contingency/reserve sizing and probability estimates are judgment calls.
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