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SCP-982 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-982
Expected annual
$3.4M
One-time setup
$3.5M
Annual recurring
$3.4M
Personnel
24
[#26] Estimated one-time capital/setup costs ~$3,460,000 driven primarily by BSL-3/decontamination fit-out, specialized containment chamber construction, and initial R&D/contingency funds; expected baseline recurring operating costs are ~$3,363,750/yr driven by staff wages, expendable-equipment losses, and ongoing medical/research/support budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.5M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.6M
[#2, #10] BSL-3-grade adjacent decontamination suite buildout and certification plus initial vaccination/stockpile R&D and startup costs for 19th-century pathogen countermeasures.
Facilities $600K
[#1] Negative-pressure containment room construction with antechamber, airtight flange and environmental controls.
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#24] One-time contingency/reserve fund to hold for emergency retrieval attempts, catastrophic failures, or urgent research/mitigation.
Equipment $480K
[#3, #4, #5, #6, #15, #16, #21] Custom auto-bolting actuators and tamper-proof locks, perpetual chronometer and redundant displays, UPS/generator purchase and ATS, security cameras/access control, initial PPE/field kit procurement, telegraph interface hardware, IT/hardened logging hardware (one-time setup components).
Acquisition Cost $200K
[#20] Possible one-time auction/acquisition cost if Foundation did not already possess the artifact (optional / contingent).
Dialect Program Development $30K
[#9] One-time development of 1875-dialect coaching materials and program structure.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.4M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#7, #8, #16, #11] Salaries and benefits: 3armed guard coverage (guards + supervisor), dedicated ~12-person exploration roster, telegraph/operator staffing, and medical on-call salaries included.
Administrative Overhead $439K/yr
[#25] Program management, procurement, compliance, accounting and indirect costs estimated at 15% of recurring operational spend.
Expendable Equipment $300K/yr
[#14] Budget for equipment deliberately left in 1875 or lost to reset (cameras, radios, batteries, drones, sampling kits) based on mission cadence.
Research And Monitoring $250K/yr
[#11, #17] Medical screening/post-mission quarantine program costs (testing, quarantine beds, diagnostics) and ongoing historical/intelligence research into 1875 Chicago to plan missions.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#20] Legal counsel retainers, cover-story maintenance, FOIA/legal risk management and contingency for civilian interactions.
Supplies And Consumables $70K/yr
[#12, #15] Decontamination chemical sterilants, PPE consumables, autoclave consumables and regulated hazardous-waste disposal; recurring replacement/maintenance of field PPE.
Logistics And Transport $60K/yr
[#23] Secure vehicles, refrigerated/secure transport for extracted items, fleet fuel and maintenance.
Dialect Training $55K/yr
[#9] Recurring instructor fees and per-mission dialect/refresher training for field teams.
Facilities Maintenance $40K/yr
[#5, #18] UPS/generator maintenance, fuel rotation and storage program, HVAC/autoclave/decon equipment servicing, lock/actuator calibration and routine maintenance.
Security Training $35K/yr
[#19] Use-of-force certification, firearms proficiency, ROE/legal briefings and recurring security training.
Artifact Storage $30K/yr
[#13] Climate-controlled archival storage allocations and conservator time for preserved artifacts.
Secure It Operations $25K/yr
[#21] Ongoing IT operations, encrypted backups, air-gapped archive maintenance and logging operations.
Psychological Services $25K/yr
[#22] Pre/post-mission screening, counseling and resilience programming for field personnel.
Vaccination And Prophylaxis $10K/yr
[#10] Annual boosters for existing staff, vaccinations for new hires and routine prophylaxis stock rotation.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.4M/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with standard mission cadence and no major incidents.
regular_missions routine_maintenance no_major_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $3.6M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized incident (lost equipment or single-team contamination) requiring emergency retrieval, medical response and limited replacement of assets.
equipment_lost_to_reset localized_contamination team_member_medical_evacuations
🚨 Major Breach $4.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or multi-person loss requiring extended emergency response, large-scale decontamination, legal costs and accelerated research/mitigation.
containment_breach mass_contamination loss_of_multiple_assets_and_personnel
👥 Personnel 24 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#7] 24/7 armed guard coverage; multiple guards per shift.
Security Supervisor / MTF Agent 1 [#7] On-site supervisory role for guard operations.
Field Specialist (medic/historian/linguist/hazmat/etc.) 12 [#8] Dedicated ~12-person exploration/mission roster covering required specialties.
Medical Officer 1 [#11] On-call infectious disease specialist/medical oversight for screening and quarantine.
Telegraph Operator / Communications Specialist 1 [#16] Operator/transcriber to manage period-communication interface and telegram routing.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#5, #18] Responsible for generator/UPS/HVAC and actuator/lock maintenance and calibration.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are derived from detailed containment and operational notes (medium confidence) but many items use broad order-of-magnitude ranges (construction regional variance, mission cadence, expendable losses and R&D uncertainty) so figures should be treated as indicative rather than precise.
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