[#30] Large reserve for major interventions or island neutralization (selected $50M within recommended $10M–$100M range).

[#2, #3, #4, #5] Construction of housing/mess/commons/offices, structural portion of labs/greenhouses/storage, hardened storm shelters/bunkers and harbor/dock reinforcement (30,000,000 chosen as midpoint aggregate of ranges).

[#1] Purchase or long-term exclusive lease of Clare Island including legal/title work, surveying, closing costs and initial community buyouts (midpoint of $5M–$40M).

[#13] Contingency reserve to evacuate personnel and rebuild facilities after catastrophic escalation (midpoint of $5M–$20M).

[#6, #11, #15, #16, #18, #19, #21, #22, #25, #26, #27, #28, #32] Capital hardware purchases and installed systems: power generation/cable (6), medical site setup (11), lightning protection installation (15), initial PPE (16), farm vehicles/equipment (18), incinerator/processing capital (19), monitoring/radar/LiDAR (21), data system dev (22), one-time cover/legal buy-in (25), permitting studies (26), comms redundancy hardware (27), surveillance/access-control hardware (28), remote redundancy site capital (32).

[#3] Laboratory buildout, controlled-environment greenhouse equipment, seed banks, cold-storage walk-ins and research-specific instrumentation required to start containment research and continuous botanical operations.

[#8, #9] On-island operational payroll (125 FTE average including benefits) and specialist staff salaries (botanists, meteorologists, containment scientists). Combined midpoint of ranges.

[#10] Hazard pay premium (~+20–35% of salaries) to compensate staff for lethal lightning risk (midpoint of $1.3M–$4M).

[#20] Opportunity cost of deliberately destroying 30–60% of yield (midpoint assuming gross yield value $1M–$5M/yr => sacrifice loss $300k–$3M/yr).

[#11] Recurring medical staff, clinic operations and medevac contracts (midpoint $500k–$2M/yr).

[#14] Security personnel payroll plus maintenance for patrol boats and perimeter craft (personnel midpoint $500k–$1.5M/yr; craft maintenance $100k–$300k/yr).

[#17] Agricultural inputs: seeds, soil amendments, fertilizer, pesticides and consumables for year-round intensive crop production (midpoint $300k–$1M).

[#23] Ongoing containment research budget for experiments, trials, and mitigation research (midpoint $200k–$1M).

[#6] Fuel and maintenance for on-island power generation (diesel/hybrid/battery) estimated midpoint of $200k–$1M/yr.

[#12] Medical care, disability compensation, repatriation and legal liabilities baseline (midpoint $200k–$1M/yr).

[#25] Annual public-cover operations, PR, legal cover, community relations, misinformation and lobbying to maintain secrecy (midpoint $100k–$1M).

[#7] HVAC, greenhouse climate-control operations and general facility maintenance (midpoint of $200k–$800k).

[#10] Rotation travel costs (flights, ferries, helicopters/boats) and routine transport logistics (midpoint $250k–$750k).

[#18] Maintenance, fuel and cyclic replacement costs for tractors, harvesters, boats and vehicles (midpoint $200k–$700k/yr).

[#31] Annual administrative overhead, office supplies, insurance and small recurring items (midpoint $100k–$500k/yr).

[#32] Running costs for secondary mainland contingency sites and remote teams (midpoint $100k–$500k/yr).

[#21] Maintenance and data services for radar, Doppler/LiDAR, lightning detectors and sensor networks (midpoint $100k–$400k/yr).

[#29] Regular calibration/service contracts for sensors, HVAC and generators (midpoint $100k–$400k/yr).

[#19] Fuel/operations for incineration/controlled burns, composting and emissions controls (midpoint $50k–$300k/yr).

[#26] Permitting, emissions monitoring and environmental compliance (midpoint $50k–$300k/yr).

[#16] Replacements and consumables for PPE and durable gear (midpoint $100k–$200k/yr).

[#24] Ongoing mental health support, cultural training and ritual protocol training for personnel (midpoint $50k–$250k/yr).

[#15] Maintenance for lightning protection grid, grounding meshes and Faraday cages (midpoint $50k–$200k/yr).

[#22] Ongoing software maintenance, almanac upkeep and forecasting system support (midpoint $50k–$200k/yr).

[#28] Ongoing background checks, biometric systems and insider-threat monitoring (midpoint $50k–$200k/yr).

[#27] Bandwidth, satellite backhaul and secure comms maintenance (midpoint $20k–$100k/yr).