SCP-875 — SCP-875 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-875 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-875

Expected annual

$11.0M

One-time setup

$23.5M

Annual recurring

$10.8M

Personnel

Upfront capital expenditures are approximately $23.5M driven by site stabilization, specialized containment/engineering repairs and a conditional off-site upgrade; recurring annual costs are roughly $10.85M driven primarily by staffing, contingency/rapid-response funds and cover/opsec operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $23.5M

Offsite Site Upgrade $12.5M

[#27] Conditional build-out at Site ██ (range provided in notes; midpoint used here).

Facilities $5.0M

[#1] Site stabilization, above-ground support construction, geotechnical surveys, roads and blast-proof portals.

Equipment $4.5M

[#2, #5, #7, #8, #9, #11, #14, #15, #19, #22, #24, #25] Initial hardware and systems: perimeter fencing/gates, robotic/drones fleet, reactor monitoring instrumentation, armored vehicles, surveillance network, communications tooling, acid-resistant suits, subdual equipment, autopsy tools, OR setup and stasis/chamber repair tooling.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#18] Secure wet lab buildout and initial analysis equipment for SCP-875-2 and SCP-875-1 biology.

Local Liaison Setup $500K

[#16] Initial engagement/hush fund/legal/landowner compensation setup.

Rapid Response Contract Setup $250K

[#21] One-time setup for airlift/evacuation/contracting standby relationships.

Utilities Infrastructure $200K

[#23] Borehole/water treatment, septic/HVAC setup and desert utilities build.

Hazmat Training Program $100K

[#20] Initial hazmat training program and SOP creation.

Medical Stockpile $25K

[#6] Initial alkali/antitoxin/medical stockpile and PPE.

Capex Illustrative Range $0

[#30] Illustrative CAPEX range summary (non-additive; note provided in analyst notes).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.8M/yr

Staff Wages $4.8M/yr

[#3, #4, #5] Security guards (36 @ $60k loaded), reactor technicians (18 @ $95k loaded), medical staff (~9 + trauma coverage).

Administrative Overhead $1.5M/yr

[#28] Misc admin overhead and contingency (payroll, HR, insurance analogue, unplanned repairs).

Specimen Containment Operations $1.0M/yr

[#12] Operations and staffing if SCP-875-3 specimens are contained on-site (optional but budgeted).

Rapid Response Fund $1.0M/yr

[#21] Retained contingency fund for emergency airlift, HAZMAT teams, EOD and reinforcement deployments.

Cover Story And Legal $700K/yr

[#15, #16] Satellite-image alteration/tooling operations and local government liaison/legal/PR ongoing costs.

Research And Monitoring $300K/yr

[#18] Ongoing research budget, testing, consumables for SCP-875-2 and biological analysis.

Logistics And Transport $250K/yr

[#13] Annual contingency for specimen transport/heavy-lift operations.

Vehicle Maintenance And Fuel $200K/yr

[#14] Fuel, spares and maintenance for armored vehicles, utility trucks and ATVs.

Supplies And Consumables $160K/yr

[#5, #6, #7] Medical consumables ($50k/yr), replenishment of alkali/antitoxins ($50k/yr), suit replacements/maintenance (~$60k/yr).

Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr

[#11] Cryogenic stasis units preventative maintenance and engineering servicing.

Perimeter Security $150K/yr

[#2] Perimeter upkeep, gates, camouflaging, remote roadblocks maintenance.

Robots And Drones $100K/yr

[#8] Maintenance, spares and support for robotic mapping and drone fleet.

Subdual Equipment $100K/yr

[#25] Replenishment and testing of non-lethal ordnance and subdual equipment for swarms/specimens.

Reactor Monitoring $75K/yr

[#9] Calibration, telemetry and remote monitoring support for reactor instrumentation.

Amnestic Administration $50K/yr

[#17] Class-A amnestic procurement and administration for baseline civilian contacts.

Biohazard Disposal $50K/yr

[#19] Pathology disposal, hazardous waste treatment and chemical neutralization consumables.

Hazmat Training $50K/yr

[#20] Ongoing refresher training and onboarding hazmat training for new personnel.

Surveillance $50K/yr

[#24] Sensor monitoring, parts and incident analysis for CCTV/seismic/motion sensors.

Psychological Support $50K/yr

[#26] Employee assistance program, counseling and occupational health surveillance.

Hourly Breach Logging $40K/yr

[#10] Administrative/logging/overtime overhead for hourly breach checks.

Communications $40K/yr

[#22] Encrypted satellite links, bandwidth and comms maintenance.

Utilities $30K/yr

[#23] Water, sewage, HVAC servicing and desert utility servicing.

Recurring Illustrative Range $0/yr

[#29] Analyst recurring OPEX illustrative range (non-additive summary note).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.8M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; containment and monitoring function as designed.

no breaches routine maintenance standard research activity

🚨 Minor Incident $11.8M/yr

7.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Localized activation/swarm release or limited specimen activation requiring emergency medical response, temporary repairs and possible specimen transport.

SCP-875-1 swarm release minor stasis failure limited structural damage

🚨 Major Breach $15.8M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Significant reactor/stasis breach requiring full evacuation, emergency repairs, large-scale containment effort and heavy asset deployment.

reactor compromise multiple stasis failures widespread structural/explosive damage

🚨 Political Exposure $13.8M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline

Discovery or high-level foreign/state surveillance exposure requiring extensive OPSEC, bribery, legal action and potential nation-state-level operations.

unauthorized satellite imagery civilian disappearances reported nation-state involvement

👥 Personnel 64 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	36	[#3] 36 full-time guards (3 shifts of 12) at ~$60,000/year loaded cost per guard.
Reactor Technician / Engineer	18	[#4] 18 technicians to provide six on-duty continuously (8-hour shifts) at ~$95,000/year loaded cost.
Medical Staff	10	[#5] ~9 medical staff for shift coverage plus one trauma surgeon on-call (staff wages estimated at ~$930,000/yr total).

📋 Confidence Notes

Many line items are rough analyst estimates and several costs are conditional (off-site build-outs, specimen containment choices, nation-state OPSEC). Personnel counts and specialist wage rates are explicit, but capital and contingency items have wider uncertainty ranges.

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