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SCP-1023 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1023
Expected annual
$639K
One-time setup
$99K
Annual recurring
$615K
Personnel
7
One-time setup costs are modest (~$99k) for containment, equipment, and initial analyses; baseline annual operating costs are ~ $615k driven primarily by staffing, legal/overhead reserves, and ongoing research/monitoring. Contingent mitigation or public-cover operations can raise costs into the hundreds of thousands to multi-millions in an event year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $99K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $45K
[#12, #18] Specialized materials analysis / hazard assessment (ICP-MS, SEM, XRD, toxicology) (#12) and data analysis / compute hardware for research (#18 one-time).
Equipment $26K
[#2, #3, #5, #16] Environmental control/HVAC & filtration installation (#2), UPS/local backup power purchase & installation (#3), audio/video surveillance hardware (#5), secure communications hardware (#16).
Facilities $18K
[#1] Lead-lined steel containment box fabrication, certification, installation at Site 17.
Hazardous Waste Handling $10K
[#23] Disposal/recycling of lead-lined box and hazardous-material decommissioning (one-time).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $615K/yr
Staff Wages $300K/yr
[#7, #8, #9] Dedicated 24/7 monitoring personnel (~3 FTE) (#7), prorated research staff allocation (lab lead 0.2 FTE, tech 0.5 FTE, data analyst 0.5 FTE) (#8), Senior Researcher on-call compensation/rapid response fund (#9).
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#20] Legal/cover-story and public data management contingency for handling actionable predictions and liaison with authorities.
Insurance And Overhead $100K/yr
[#25] Institutional overhead / contingency reserves (10–25% typical overhead on direct costs).
Research And Monitoring $32K/yr
[#11, #13, #17] Device maintenance & spare parts (#11), ongoing environmental & contamination monitoring (#13), and testing & validation budget / correlation studies (#17).
Evacuation And Mitigation Reserve $25K/yr
[#21] Annualized reserve for potential evacuations/mitigation actions (set-aside; single-event costs may be much larger).
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#19] Transportation & secure transfer (armored crates, escorts) estimated for 1–2 moves/year.
Personnel Vetting $10K/yr
[#24] Ongoing personnel vetting, re-screening and psychological monitoring costs for staff with access.
Emergency Drills $8K/yr
[#22] Incident response exercises, staff training, and post-mortem investigations.
Video Storage And Backups $6K/yr
[#6] Video/audio storage, retention, RAID/NAS and off-site replication, backups and media replacement.
Digital Records Management $6K/yr
[#15] Encrypted off-site replication, tape rotation/cloud air-gapped backups, secure searchable event database.
Data Software And Licenses $5K/yr
[#18] Software licenses, maintenance, and compute-cycle costs for data analysis (recurring portion of #18).
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#2, #14] HVAC/filtered ventilation energy & routine maintenance (~$300–$1,200/yr) (#2) and secure archival vault/inspection/storage maintenance (#14).
Record Redaction $4K/yr
[#26] Labor and secure courier costs for record redaction and cross-site transfers of sensitive logs.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#10, #27] Consumables for SCP-1023 (helicorder paper rolls, pens, spares) (#10) and small tools/office supplies/misc consumables (#27).
Power And Ups Maintenance $1K/yr
[#4] UPS/generator maintenance and battery replacement (annual service and periodic battery swaps).
Secure Communications Maintenance $1K/yr
[#16] Recurring maintenance and key-management costs for secure communications hardware/tokens.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $615K/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, maintenance, and no major activations or public mitigation actions.
routine_monitoring scheduled_testing no_significant_predictions
🚨 Minor Incident $630K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline
Localized activation or false-positive requiring overtime, incident investigation, and short-term increased staffing/equipment use.
false_positive_activation localized_device_activity
🚨 Mitigation Response $1.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Foundation elects to act on a significant prediction (targeted evacuations, official coordination, and expanded cover-story/legal actions).
actionable_prediction targeted_evacuations expanded_public_coordination
🚨 Catastrophic Mitigation $3.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Large-scale mitigation or public deception effort (multi-site evacuations, infrastructure shoring, major coverups) requiring multi-million dollar intervention.
mass_prediction multi-city_evacuations nation-scale_public_intervention
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Monitoring Technician 3 [#7] 24/7 coverage requires ~3 FTE to monitor audio/video and instrument status.
Research Scientist / Lab Lead 1 [#8] Lab lead allocated at ~0.2 FTE but counted as one personnel with responsibilities for analysis and oversight.
Research Technician 1 [#8] Technician allocation ~0.5 FTE dedicated to testing and maintenance.
Data Analyst 1 [#8] Data analyst allocation ~0.5 FTE for log analysis and correlation studies.
Senior Researcher / On-call 1 [#9] Senior Researcher maintained on-call for activations and rapid response.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item cost ranges in the analyst notes are clear for equipment and staffing, but contingency/mitigation items are highly scenario-dependent with wide variability; therefore aggregate and contingency estimates are medium confidence.
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