SCP-8722 — SCP-8722 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-8722 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-8722

Expected annual

$3.4M

One-time setup

$9.3M

Annual recurring

$3.2M

Personnel

Estimated upfront implementation and contingency reserve costs are approximately $9.26M, driven by vault construction, lab/medical/BSL setup and a conservative termination reserve; recurring annual operations are ~ $3.19M, driven by staff wages, ongoing research, security and contingency reserves.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.3M

Long Term Termination Operation $5.0M

[#26] Contingent one-time cost to neutralize/relocate the other-dimensional tree hub (lower-bound chosen).

Facilities $750K

[#1] Secure containment vault construction (government-lab grade estimate used).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K

[#8, #13, #24] Initial medical/BLS lab buildout and initial analytical/R&D equipment for toxicology, mass spec and data-corruption R&D.

Legal Indemnity Reserve $500K

[#16] Initial contingency for payouts, litigation defense and indemnities (one-time reserve portion).

Remote Manipulators And Drones $350K

[#4] Rugged remote manipulator system and initial set of specialized drones for remote sampling.

Site Acquisition $250K

[#2] Land purchase/lease, short-term seizures, evacuation/resettlement compensation and temporary perimeter control initial payout.

Transport Heavy Lift Per Operation Budget $250K

[#17] Budgeted heavy-lift/transport per major recovery operation (crane/flatbed/helicopter)—per-operation reserve.

Sensing Suite $200K

[#5] Multimodal non-visual sensors (thermal, SWIR, LIDAR, radar, seismic, chemical sniffers) redundancy.

Decommissioning $200K

[#28] Site remediation, hazardous waste disposal and legal closure one-time estimate.

Mechanical Sealing Gear $175K

[#3] Industrial plug, hydraulic sluice, cranes and ancillary materials for forcible portal isolation.

Initial Training And Sop Development $150K

[#11] Development of memetic containment protocols, curriculum and initial large-scale drills.

Fail Safes Initial $150K

[#20] Auto-seal mechanisms, emergency suppression systems and initial suppression hardware.

Sampling Incident Response Reserve $150K

[#22] One-time reserve for medical evacuations, cleanup and emergency containment replenishment.

Generator And Ups Initial $125K

[#18] Initial purchase and installation of generators/UPS for 72+ hour uptime.

Secure Storage $100K

[#14] Cryostorage and inert-gas cabinets for sample archiving initial purchase/install.

Communications Cover Story Initial $100K

[#15] Initial PR/cover-story/coordination budget (fake construction/utility work; local government coordination).

Ppe Initial $60K

[#7] Initial specialized PPE kits (helmet-mounted shielding, sound-masking, smell filters, emergency drug kits) for ~20 staff.

Environmental Mitigation Initial $60K

[#19] Initial HVAC filtration, scent-neutralization and fog-control system installation.

Hardened Data Acquisition $50K

[#6] Air-gapped servers, tamper-proof logging and forensic storage initial purchase.

Cultural Preservation Initial $40K

[#29] Initial museum-grade curation and archiving of rescued artifacts or wings.

Equipment $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr

Staff Wages $1.5M/yr

[#9, #10, #27] Salaries for psychiatrists/neurologists, security/tactical teams, and facility administration/custodial staff (aggregate wages).

Research And Monitoring $475K/yr

[#13, #23, #24] Ongoing toxicology/pharmacology experiments, active safe-interaction/therapeutics research, and continued data-corruption/image-forensics R&D.

Insurance Contingency Reserve $250K/yr

[#25] Annual reserve contribution for insurance/contingency/escalation fund to cover unforeseen large events.

Psychological Support $150K/yr

[#12] Ongoing counseling, rotation programs, long-term care and mental-health management for exposure risks.

Specialist Contractor Fees $150K/yr

[#21] Annual contract budget for xenobotanists, memeticists and outside subject-matter experts.

Cover Story And Legal $140K/yr

[#15, #16] Ongoing PR/cover operations and legal/indemnity costs (smaller ongoing budget for claims/coordination).

Supplies And Consumables $125K/yr

[#7, #14, #19, #30] PPE replacement, cryostorage maintenance, HVAC/filtration consumables, and miscellaneous operational consumables.

Temporary Site Security $100K/yr

[#2] Continued temporary on-site security costs until permanent facility control established.

Facilities Maintenance $75K/yr

[#1, #18, #20] Vault and structural maintenance, generator/UPS upkeep, and fail-safe system maintenance.

Logistics And Transport $70K/yr

[#17, #2] Recurring transport and permitting costs (occasional small recoveries assumed) and short-term logistics related to site control.

Training Refreshers $50K/yr

[#11] Annual SOP refreshers and drills for memetic containment and no-look procedures.

Sampling Incident Fund Replenishment $50K/yr

[#22] Annual replenishment/reserve contribution for sampling incidents and emergency responses.

Sensing Maintenance $20K/yr

[#5] Calibration and maintenance for multisensor suite.

Robotic And Drone Maintenance $15K/yr

[#4] Annual maintenance/calibration for manipulators and drones.

Data Storage Operations $10K/yr

[#6] Off-site backup rotations, air-gap verification and forensic logging operations.

Cultural Preservation Maintenance $10K/yr

[#29] Ongoing curation and archival maintenance for preserved artifacts.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr

74.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with standard monitoring, research, and no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr

20.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Small containment incident or sampling accident requiring medical evacuation, limited repairs and legal/PR activity.

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🚨 Major Breach $5.2M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Significant containment breach with casualties, extended tactical response, major repairs and litigation.

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🚨 Neutralization Operation $8.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Decision to execute long-term termination/neutralization or large cross-dimensional operation (major expedition).

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👥 Personnel 19 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	10	Rotational armed guards and tactical response teams; salaries aggregated into staff_wages.
Research Scientist	3	Primary researchers conducting experiments and analysis; salaries included in staff_wages.
Psych/Neurology	2	Psychiatrists/neurologists for screening and treatment; corresponds to note #9 salary estimates (included in staff_wages).
Medical Officer	1	On-site medical support for triage and quarantine; wages included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance	1	Facility and equipment maintenance staff; wages included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff	2	HR, compliance and administrative support; wages included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges but many anomaly-specific outcomes (breach frequency, termination cost) are highly uncertain; costs are midpoint-driven and contingent reserves are large to cover tail risk.

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