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SCP-891 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-891
Expected annual
$3.4M
One-time setup
$2.3M
Annual recurring
$3.3M
Personnel
36
Estimated one-time capital of $2,255,000 driven by land acquisition, onsite lab/equipment and containment hardware; ongoing annual costs about $3,340,750 driven primarily by security and scientific/medical staffing plus contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.3M
Facilities $1.0M
[#1, #2, #7] Land purchase/easement and structural site work: includes 4-acre purchase + buffer easement controls, perimeter fencing construction, and gatehouse/access road/hard-stand buildout.
Equipment $660K
[#4, #10, #11, #12, #13, #16] Capital equipment: tarp cover & anchoring, CCTV/thermal/seismic systems, generator/solar hardware, patrol vehicles, hazardous storage/incineration equipment, initial PPE/decon setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#14, #15] Portable pathology lab module and specialized research instrumentation for autopsies, sample storage, and experiments.
Environmental Assessment Initial $30K
[#6] Initial environmental impact assessment, permit applications and mitigation planning (stormwater/erosion controls).
Soil Salting Initial $20K
[#5] Initial bulk salt purchase and application equipment (spreader truck/labor) for surface salting of 4-acre plot.
Public Cover Setup $15K
[#18] One-time costs to establish shell company/cover story: filings, signage, initial legal setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.3M/yr
Staff Wages $2.2M/yr
[#8, #9, #14, #15, #24] Salaries/benefits for 24/7 security force, rapid-response/containment team, pathology staff, research personnel and administrative/HR support.
Contingency Reserve $436K/yr
[#23] Flexible emergency/reserve fund (15% of baseline operating costs) for unforeseeable containment failures, rapid procurement or mass-exposure response.
Research And Monitoring $205K/yr
[#6, #14, #15, #19] Ongoing environmental monitoring and reporting, research consumables, sample analysis contracts and community epidemiology/medical surveillance contracts.
Cover Story And Legal $120K/yr
[#18, #20] Ongoing PR, legal counsel, liaison operations, minor payments to local actors and reserves for regulatory defense.
Supplies And Consumables $105K/yr
[#4, #5, #16, #21] Tarp replacement/reserve, repeat salting/top-ups, PPE replacement and routine site consumables/housekeeping.
Medical Contracts And Quarantine $100K/yr
[#17] Standing contracts and readiness funds with local hospitals, quarantine readiness and compensation contingencies for exposed civilians/animals.
Logistics And Transport $75K/yr
[#12, #22] Vehicle operating costs, fuel, maintenance, secure transport/escorts and chain-of-custody logistics.
Surveillance Cloud And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#10] Off-site monitoring, cloud video storage, analytics and telemetry costs for intrusion detection systems.
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#3, #7] Annual fence/outer-perimeter repairs, site access road and small civil maintenance.
Power And Fuel $15K/yr
[#11] Fuel for backup generator, electricity costs and battery/solar upkeep.
Hazardous Disposal $10K/yr
[#13] Annual contract disposal/incineration costs for contaminated harvests or biohazard waste (small recurring tonnage assumed).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.3M/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, inspections and no major incidents.
no_breach routine_maintenance scheduled_research
🚨 Minor Incident $3.5M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized breach/ingestion event requiring rapid-response mobilization, limited medical treatment and extra cleanup/remediation.
single_ingestion_case small_breach vehicle_intrusion
🚨 Major Breach $4.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment failure with multiple exposures, large remediation, extended medical liabilities and regulatory/legal escalation.
multiple_exposures major_fence_failure environmental_remediation
🚨 Political Exposure $4.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Discovery or FOIA-triggered exposure requiring heavy legal/PR response, payouts and possible prolonged public containment costs.
public_disclosure regulatory_action litigation
👥 Personnel 36 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 16 [#8] 24/7 staffed perimeter security (2–4 guards per shift, supervisor and roving team).
Rapid-response team / Containment Specialist 6 [#9] On-call responders, hazmat-capable staff and medics for ingestion/breach events.
Research Scientist 4 [#15] Scientists conducting mechanism experiments and oversight of research program.
Research Technician 2 [#15] Lab technicians supporting experiments and sample processing.
Pathologist / Medical Technician 2 [#14, #17] Pathology staff to perform autopsies, sample analysis and medical evaluation for exposures.
Administrative Staff 3 [#18, #24] HR, site administration, finance and cover-story liaison duties.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#3, #7] Site engineer/maintenance to support fencing, anchor points, road and generator upkeep.
Driver / Logistics 2 [#12, #22] Drivers/escorts for secure transport of samples, waste and supplies.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges but many items (land acquisition, frequency of re-salting, staffing levels and incident likelihood) are variable; estimates use mid-range choices and reasonable staffing assumptions, so medium confidence.
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