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SCP-8703 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-8703
Expected annual
$32.7M
One-time setup
$581.3M
Annual recurring
$29.8M
Personnel
91
Initial one-time capital is approximately $581.3M driven by subterranean facility construction, a large long-term trust, and contingency/reserve funds; recurring annual costs are about $29.83M dominated by staff wages, energy/HVAC maintenance, research consumables, and periodic expeditionary procurement.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $581.3M
Facilities $210.0M
[#1, #2] Hardened subterranean facility construction and the custom sealed Dreamer chamber/furnishings (includes blast resistance, airlocks, EM shielding, environmental isolation and ritual integration).
Long Term Trust Principal $200.0M
[#18] Principal for a long-term financial trust to guarantee century-level operations (~$200M principal chosen as a conservative perpetual fund).
Catastrophic Reserve Fund $50.0M
[#25] Catastrophic incident reserve fund held liquid for rebuilds, emergency procurement and mass amnestics.
Caretaker Endowment Setup $30.0M
[#7] Initial endowment / seed fund to underwrite multi-decade caretaking obligations (century-scale succession planning seed).
Decommissioning Fund $25.0M
[#27] End-of-life / decommissioning and remediation fund (safe neutralization, site remediation, long-term monitoring).
Equipment $23.0M
[#3, #4] Initial high-capacity HVAC/miasma scrubbers and continuous power generation / UPS / generator install (hardware, ducting, sensors, UPS).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $20.0M
[#5, #11] Greenhouse / xenobotany cultivation CAPEX and laboratory build-out / specialized instrumentation (wet labs, mass specs, EEG/MEG arrays, cryo, imaging clusters).
Legal Indemnity Contingency $10.0M
[#17] Initial contingency funds for indemnities, payments, or one-time government placation/bribes.
Expedition Initial Mission $5.0M
[#22] One-time initial expedition/recovery mission (if first-time recovery of Leng is required).
Response Team Capex $3.0M
[#9] Equipment and vehicle fleet for the special response & breach containment team (mobile air scrubbing units, vehicles, hazmat gear).
Data Center Capex $2.0M
[#19] High-security data center and air-gapped backup hardware procurement.
Secure Transport Capex $1.5M
[#16] Armored/secure vehicles and climate-controlled containers for initial fleet procurement.
Caretaker Training Initial $1.0M
[#7] Initial selection and training of the Caretaker (security, ritual training, medical oversight setup).
Ppe Initial $300K
[#13] Initial stock of high-grade respirators, suits, decon supplies and disposable filters.
Containment Redundancy Censers $300K
[#21] Manufacture and storage of duplicate / backup censers and ritual re-activation protocols.
Silver Censer Manufacture $200K
[#6] Commissioning and ritualization of the Silver Censer (materials, artisans, ritual activation).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $29.8M/yr
Staff Wages $9.4M/yr
[#8, #10, #12, #7] Salaries for security personnel, research scientists and technicians, medical staff, engineers and administrative staff; includes the Caretaker stipend.
Catastrophic Reserve Replenishment $5.0M/yr
[#25] Periodic replenishment target for catastrophic reserve after usage or to maintain liquidity target.
Facilities Maintenance $4.4M/yr
[#3, #4, #20, #19] HVAC and scrubber maintenance/filters, fuel/electricity for continuous power, generator maintenance and spare parts, facility upkeep and data center operations.
Research And Monitoring $3.9M/yr
[#10, #11, #23, #24] Lab consumables, equipment amortization and calibration, red-team memetic testing, cultural/ritual liaison and ongoing monitoring research.
Logistics And Transport $2.5M/yr
[#16, #22] Secure transport operations, fleet fuel/crew, and annualized expeditionary procurement costs for Leng recovery when needed.
Cover Story And Legal $1.7M/yr
[#14, #15, #17] Amnestic program costs, front company and PR/cover operations, and annual replenishment for legal/indemnity contingencies.
Administrative Overhead $1.5M/yr
[#26] Insurance, taxes, accounting, HR, internal audits and general administrative overhead.
Supplies And Consumables $900K/yr
[#5, #13] Incense cultivation/operational consumables (on-site cultivation ops baseline) and PPE replacement / disposable filters.
Response Team Ops $500K/yr
[#9] Annual training, drills, and operational readiness for the breach containment / rapid-response team.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $29.8M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with on-site cultivation meeting incense needs and no significant containment incidents.
steady_cultivation no_breach routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $32.3M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Localized miasma release or caretaker incapacitation requiring emergency response, limited amnestic use and temporary repair.
localized_miasma_release caretaker_incapacitation small_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $150.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$120.2M vs baseline
Full containment breach with widespread miasma release, facility damage, mass amnestics, evacuation and major rebuild.
full_containment_failure widespread_exposure facility_destruction
🚨 Supply Disruption $49.8M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
On-site cultivation fails or Leng becomes unobtainable, requiring expensive expeditionary recovery efforts or high-cost procurement.
leng_supply_failure failed_cultivation expeditionary_recovery_required
👥 Personnel 91 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 40 [#8] 24/7 on-site armed security and rapid response staffing (rotational shifts).
Research Scientist 20 [#10] Senior and mid-level scientists (neurology, memetics, xenobotany, theology/anthropology).
Research Technician 15 [#10, #11] Lab technicians and instrumentation specialists supporting experiments and monitoring.
Medical Officer 6 [#12] Medical and psychiatric staff for Caretaker and facility health monitoring.
Engineer / Maintenance 5 [#3, #4, #20] HVAC, power, generator and facility maintenance staff.
Administrative Staff 4 [#26, #15] HR, finance, legal liaison and front-company administrative roles.
Caretaker 1 [#7] The singular (or rotating/successor) Caretaker who tends the Censer (supported by stipend, training and succession planning).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to large ranges in the source notes, significant fiction-driven unknowns (availability and biological behavior of Leng, century-scale caretaker needs, and breach dynamics), and multiple subjective choices (endowment sizing, expedition frequency).
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