SCP-8819 — SCP-8819 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-8819

Expected annual

$291K

One-time setup

$702K

Annual recurring

$269K

Personnel

Initial setup is dominated by surveillance/equipment purchases and a large contingency fund; recurring costs are primarily staff wages and storm-season operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $702K

Contingency Fund $500K

[#10] Emergency/escalation contingency reserve seed for unexpected reclassification, containment upgrades, or major equipment replacement after storm damage.

Equipment $165K

[#1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8] Coastal/storm-hardened PTZ camera system, local server/recorder, generator/UPS (hardware portion), 4x4 pickup + ATV, enterprise drone, skiff, and PPE/rescue kit purchase and installation; includes installation and hardware costs as itemized in notes.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $25K

[#2] Environmental monitoring suite including water-quality loggers, tide/pressure sensors and coastal LIDAR/TOF unit for correlation and higher-resolution research sensing.

Initial Legal Cover Package $10K

[#9] Drafted cover narratives, coordination agreements with local authorities, NDA/legal retainer startup (one-time legal startup costs).

Decommission Cleanup $2K

[#11] End-of-program equipment disposal and site restoration budget.

Facilities $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $269K/yr

Staff Wages $170K/yr

[#12, #13] One monitoring researcher/technician (1 FTE ~ $80,000/yr) and on-site security/patrol staffing (2 guards or equivalent, total ~$90,000/yr).

Facilities Maintenance $23K/yr

[#14, #22] Annual surveillance/sensor maintenance, replacement parts and calibration ($3,000/yr) plus proportional Site-515 overhead (utilities/admin/electricity for sensors/cameras ~ $20,000/yr).

Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr

[#20, #25] Ongoing legal retainer/liaison and small incident/cover-up operational petty cash (~$15,000 + $5,000/yr).

Storm Season Surge $20K/yr

[#19] Storm-season surge budget for overtime, temporary staff, expedited repairs and rapid deployments (~$20,000/yr).

Research And Monitoring $13K/yr

[#17, #18] Data storage/cloud backup/software licenses (~$3,000/yr) and laboratory consumables/sample analysis (water, sediment, swabs ~ $10,000/yr).

Psychological Support And Training $10K/yr

[#21] Psychological support, debriefs, counseling and staff training sessions (~$10,000/yr).

Logistics And Transport $5K/yr

[#15] Vehicle/boat fuel, insurance, and routine maintenance for 4x4/ATV and skiff (~$5,000/yr).

Travel And Consultations $5K/yr

[#24] Travel & specialist consultations, periodic external experts and specialist instrumentation rentals (~$5,000/yr).

Drone Maintenance And Licensing $1K/yr

[#16] Drone consumables, spare batteries/propellers, repairs, and licensing (~$1,000/yr).

Communications $1K/yr

[#23] Satellite phone service, radio repeaters, and cellular boosters service fees (~$1,000/yr).

Generator Fuel And Maintenance $1K/yr

[#4] Recurring fuel and maintenance costs for remote power backup (diesel/generator + UPS).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $269K/yr

86.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, monitoring, and no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $284K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline

Localized civilian exposure or small operational incident requiring rapid response, extra legal/cover actions and modest repairs/overtime.

civilian_sighting small_cover_up_payments minor_equipment_repair_and_overtime

🚨 Major Storm Damage $469K/yr

8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Severe storm damages cameras/sensors/vehicle/boat requiring rapid replacement and higher repair costs.

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🚨 Reclassification And Containment Upgrade $769K/yr

1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Unexpected behavior change or reclassification necessitating containment upgrade, expanded research, and possible relocation of assets.

anomalous_behavior_change reclassification_request expanded_containment_measures

👥 Personnel 3 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Technician	1	[#12] Full-time monitoring researcher/technician responsible for feed monitoring, sensor maintenance, data logging (~$80,000/yr).
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#13] On-site security/patrol staffing (2 guards or 1 guard + on-call backup; combined ~$90,000/yr).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide specific line-item estimates and clear operational drivers (surveillance, staffing, storm-hardening); uncertainties are limited to low-probability events and probabilistic scenario estimates.

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