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SCP-1052 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-1052
Expected annual
$169K
One-time setup
$230K
Annual recurring
$159K
Personnel
5
One-time containment and equipment setup are modest (~$230k) dominated by a contingency reserve; annual operating costs are driven by personnel, monitoring/IT, and episodic retrieval/legal operations (~$159k/yr). Major cost risk drivers are retrieval/amnestic operations and legal/cover-up expenditures.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $230K
Contingency Reserve $150K
[#15] Contingency fund reserve for emergency relocation/defense and rapid-response logistics (held as one-time reserve).
Equipment $44K
[#3, #4, #7, #8, #6, #10, #15] Miniature CCTV + installation, on-site video server/initial storage, scanner, industrial paper shredder, optional X-ray machine (if purchased), secure classified database/server procurement, and secure transport case hardware.
Initial Legal Setup $12K
[#14] Initial legal/cover-up setup and contingency planning legal fees.
Facilities $9K
[#1] Museum-grade lit sealed locker procurement, mounting in Area Blue-13 and alarm/site integration.
Background Checks Initial $6K
[#18] Initial background checks/clearances for an estimated core team (~5 staff).
Linguistic Tooling Dev $6K
[#9] One-time tooling/software/dev for Internet word-filter monitoring and web-monitoring scripts.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3K
[#2] Archival/conservation enclosure and initial conservator assessment and stabilization for mirror.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $159K/yr
Staff Wages $69K/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #9, #11] Recurring personnel allocations: evening surveillance checks, mail screening FTE portion, data-entry/research assistant FTE, linguistic analyst ops time, and apportioned Assistant Researcher time.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#12, #15] Annual budget for retrieval team deployments, secure transport, fuel/overtime and emergency relocation logistics (per-event operational costs aggregated as an annual reserve).
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#14] Annual legal/cover-up reserve for administrative follow-up, witness management, compensation or relocation, and related contingencies.
Research And Monitoring $11K/yr
[#2, #4, #9, #17, #20] Recurring non-salary research/monitoring costs: video storage/maintenance, conservation checkups, hosting/log retention, translator contractor spend, and periodic containment/audit reviews.
Amnestic And Medical Incident $10K/yr
[#13] Expected annual spend on amnestic/pharmaceutical administrations, sedation, medical staff and monitoring (per-incident budget aggregated into annual expectation).
Mental Health Support $3K/yr
[#16] Employee assistance programs, counseling and resiliency training for staff exposed to distressing letter content.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#2, #8, #19, #6] Archival consumables (silica gel replacement), shredder consumables & disposal, seals/tamper tape/batteries, and small mailroom consumables.
Mail Screening Equipment And Consumables $1K/yr
[#6] Recurring incremental mail-screening consumables and small tools (UV pens, PPE, inspection consumables).
Background Reinvestigation $1K/yr
[#18] Recurring reinvestigation and clearance maintenance budget for staff with SCP access.
Facilities Maintenance $800/yr
[#1, #3, #8] Locker and sensor upkeep, minor mounting/fixture maintenance, and routine equipment checkups.
Equipment Replacement Amortization $500/yr
[#3] Amortized replacement cycle for miniaturized CCTV and small monitoring hardware (replacement every 5–7 years).
Shredding Consumables $500/yr
[#8] Secure collection bags, maintenance, and disposal costs for paper destruction.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $159K/yr
67.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, staff allocations, IT/storage upkeep, occasional small conservation work and no major retrieval or legal incidents.
routine monitoring no retrievals no major incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $174K/yr
30.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline
One modest retrieval and follow-up legal/medical actions in the year (typical localized deployment).
single local retrieval one amnestic/medical administration small legal follow-up
🚨 Major Incident $369K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$210K vs baseline
Significant containment incident requiring multiple retrievals, larger legal/cover-up expenditures, and possible emergency relocation/logistics mobilization.
multiple correlated senders evidence of security leak or external organization interest emergency relocation or major legal exposure
🚨 Political Exposure $259K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Public or inter-agency exposure event requiring intensive legal/cover operations and PR/relocation actions.
leak publicly associates SCP-1052 with Site external organization involvement need for major cover-up/relocation
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#5] Evening physical checks by surveillance officers (15 min/day allocation).
Mail Screener 1 [#6] Dedicated mail/security screener (0.25–0.5 FTE apportioned; counted as one staff position shared within mailroom).
Data Entry / Research Assistant 1 [#7] Scanner/OCR and manual transcription/database ingestion (0.2–0.4 FTE apportioned).
Assistant Researcher 1 [#11] Assistant Researcher M. Joshua (named recipient of letters; apportioned 0.1–0.3 FTE).
Linguist / Translator / Analyst 1 [#9, #17] Linguistic monitoring, web-filter review and contractor translation support (0.1–0.3 FTE + contractors).
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment procedures and operational requirements are well-specified in the notes/article; numbers are mid-range estimates from provided ranges. Uncertainty remains around the frequency and scale of episodic retrievals/amnestic/legal events, which drive variance.
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