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SCP-8594 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-8594
Expected annual
$22.9M
One-time setup
$18.9M
Annual recurring
$22.3M
Personnel
32
Initial capital buildout and emergency reserve dominate one-time costs (~$18.9M). Recurring costs are driven by medical care (ICU and long-term custodial), research, and personnel/security, producing an estimated baseline annual spend of ~$22.3M.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $18.9M
Emergency Reserve $10.0M
[#22] One-time contingency reserve for mass incidents, public leaks, or surge operations (chosen conservatively at $10M within $5M–$50M range).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.5M
[#10, #11] Research program lab buildout and instrumentation including sequencing capability and core lab infrastructure (selected midpoint: $2,500,000).
Facilities $2.4M
[#7, #17, #14] Secure medical ward setup, training/simulation center construction, and autopsy suite fit-out (wards: $1,250,000; training center: $650,000; autopsy suite structural work: $525,000).
Coverup Contingency Fund $2.0M
[#13] One-time contingency pool for large-scale cover-up or legal/PR reconstruction ($1M–$5M range; chosen $2M).
Equipment $1.6M
[#1, #4, #18, #14, #3] Secure database servers/dev/encryption ($400,000), initial vehicle fleet and field gear ($500,000), biobank freezers/inventory systems ($300,000), forensic/autopsy equipment ($250,000), and field-team equipment ($100,000).
Amnestic Training And Certification Initial $400K
[#6] Initial amnestic administration and medical training for ~30 staff (midpoint estimate of $240k–$600k range).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $22.3M/yr
Mental Health And Outpatient Support $4.0M/yr
[#15] Ongoing psychiatric and outpatient program costs for affected individuals (program-level estimate; serving large cohorts can be $2M–$10M/yr).
Research And Monitoring $3.0M/yr
[#10] Annual budget for multidisciplinary research into etiology, animal models, clinical trial prep and core research operations (chosen midpoint $3.0M/year).
Long Term Custodial Maintenance $3.0M/yr
[#9] Ongoing maintenance costs for Stage VIII patients kept alive under Foundation policy (aggregate program-level estimate; per-patient $200k–$3.5M+).
Staff Wages $2.7M/yr
[#2, #3, #21, #24] Salaries & benefits for epidemiology/data-intel team (~$825k), field-team personnel (~$300k), oversight/ethics board (~$400k), security wages (~$1,000k), and minimal administrative staff (~$150k).
Facilities Maintenance $2.4M/yr
[#7, #17, #4, #18] Annual operational costs for secure wards ($2.0M), training center operations ($250k), vehicle upkeep (~$30k), and biobank maintenance/power ($125k).
Intensive Care And Advanced Support $2.0M/yr
[#8] Aggregated annual ICU and advanced-life-support costs for SCP-8594-2 cases (aggregate estimate; per-patient costs vary widely $90k–$3.65M).
International Coordination And Liaisons $1.0M/yr
[#23] Liaison officers, local retainers, travel and influence operations for cross-border cases ($300k–$2M/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $900K/yr
[#13] Legal & PR retainers, routine covert payments, and annual contingency replenishment for cover operations (base retainer + modest annual contingency).
Neuroimaging And Diagnostics $600K/yr
[#12] Annual throughput of MRI/fMRI/PET/EEG diagnostics and interpretation for affected cohorts (aggregate of per-scan costs).
Forensic Operations $400K/yr
[#14] Annual autopsy, histology, sample processing and secure sample archiving operations (per-autopsy $2k–$15k; suite ops $200k–$600k).
Hotline And Outreach $400K/yr
[#16] 24/7 hotline, counseling center staffing, training and IT for community triage and cover-story routing ($200k–$600k range).
Emergency Air Ambulance Standby $400K/yr
[#19] Annual standby/contract costs for medevac coverage (charter per flight $10k–$30k; standby contracts $200k–$1M).
Genomic Bioinformatics $350K/yr
[#11] Analysis, pipeline maintenance and staff for whole-genome cohorts and family studies (bioinformatics staffing and compute).
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#3, #19, #4] Routine field operations, ground transport, per-diem and operational travel; excludes air-ambulance standby (separately budgeted).
Communications Monitoring $300K/yr
[#25] Automated media monitoring, takedown teams and rapid-response disinformation capability ($100k–$500k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $250K/yr
[#5] Annual purchase and replacement of amnestic agents, sedatives, consumables and controlled-storage costs (mid-range program estimate $100k–$400k).
Telecommunications Data Purchase $200K/yr
[#20] Data brokering, cell-tower/meta purchases and legal procurement for geolocation work (scale-dependent $50k–$500k/yr).
Database Maintenance $100K/yr
[#1] Ongoing secure database hosting, dev, encryption and compliance maintenance ($50k–$150k/yr).
Training Refresher $50K/yr
[#6] Recurring refresher courses and simulation exercises (~$50k/yr estimated).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $22.3M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal operational year: ongoing surveillance, routine research, regular clinical caseload and maintenance without major incidents.
steady_case_load no_public_exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $23.3M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized cluster or difficult-to-locate subject requiring expanded field ops and increased legal/PR action.
local_cluster public_autopsy_or_investigation
🚨 Major Breach $38.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$16.0M vs baseline
Significant outbreak or widely publicized leak requiring mass amnesticization, large-scale hospital surge, and emergency reserve deployment.
mass_exposure large_public_leak
🚨 Catastrophic Long Term Maintenance $37.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Policy decision or circumstance results in indefinite maintenance of multiple Stage VIII patients, greatly increasing annual custodial expenditures.
indefinite_stage_viii_maintenance policy_shift_or_high-profile_case
👥 Personnel 32 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Epidemiologist 1 [#2] Senior PI / epidemiologist from the data-intel team (approx. $160k/year).
Data Scientist 2 [#2] Data scientists supporting surveillance and analytics (approx. $120k each).
Case Officer / Field Investigator 6 [#2, #3] Case officers and field operatives conducting recoveries and amnesticization; includes field-team personnel budgeted in staff_wages.
Legal Liaison / Counsel 1 [#2, #13] Legal liaison embedded in the epidemiology/operations team (approx. $110k/year).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 17 [#24] Guards and transit security for wards and transfers (security wages aggregated under staff_wages).
Site Director / Ethics & Oversight Board 3 [#21] Oversight board members and counsel responsible for containment ethics and euthanasia/life-support decisions.
Administrative Staff 2 [#2] Administrative support for case tracking, personnel and logistics (included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
The SCP is uncontained with unknown vector and highly variable per-patient medical costs; many cost ranges depend on caseload, policy choices (indefinite maintenance), and uncertain incident frequencies, so estimates use midpoints and program assumptions.
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