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SCP-1058 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-1058
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$543K
Annual recurring
$1.4M
Personnel
13
Initial containment/refit estimated at roughly $543,000 one-time for cell modifications, monitoring, and equipment; ongoing annual costs are approximately $1,382,800 driven primarily by 24/7 security, research staffing, and recurring sand handling/disposal and analytical services.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $543K
Facilities $295K
[#1, #2] Cell refit to support replaceable sand pans, sealed seams, dust seals and HVAC sealing/installation work (HEPA upgrade one-time portion). Includes contractor labor and structural modifications.
Equipment $122K
[#3, #4, #14, #16, #17, #18, #23] Central redundant ceiling light & UPS, monitoring suite (shadow/IR/LIDAR/pressure sensors), evidence/evidence-cabinet hardware, electronic security servers/encryption hardware, emergency/recapture kits, dedicated UPS/generator hardware hookup, and specialized imaging hardware (one-time purchases and spare parts).
Contingency Fund $100K
[#24] Reserve for unforeseen anomalous interactions, rapid procurement, emergency measures, legal contingencies.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $20K
[#12] Initial research stock and lab setup: microscopes/sample prep, reagents, containment vials, and initial substrate sample sets.
Initial Training $6K
[#15] Initial procedural and safety training program set-up and documentation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.4M/yr
Staff Wages $1.0M/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #10] Ongoing personnel costs: security staffing (6 guards + 1 supervisor), 2 containment technicians, research staff (2 researchers + 1 lab tech), and allocated medical staff support payroll/benefits.
Research And Monitoring $218K/yr
[#12, #13, #21, #4, #23] Recurring research consumables and project fund, analytical service contracts (mass spec/SEM/sequencing billing), monitoring data storage/maintenance, and evidence/imaging analysis consumables.
Cover Story And Legal $52K/yr
[#20] Administrative redaction, cover-story maintenance, liaison/legal contingency and information control budget.
Contingency Reserve Allocation $25K/yr
[#24] Annual allocation to replenishment of contingency/reserve fund for emergent anomalous actions and legal/cleanup events.
Psychological Support $22K/yr
[#19] Regular counseling, rotation backfill costs, and employee assistance for staff working with an invisible human.
Logistics And Transport $13K/yr
[#5, #6] Sand procurement, delivery, handling labor/equipment and contaminated sand disposal/hazardous-waste handling costs.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#11, #10, #22] PPE, decon supplies, medical consumables (syringes, vacutainers, PPE), and facility clothing/bedding replacement.
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#14, #18, #2] Annual maintenance of evidence storage climate/control, generator/UPS site maintenance, and facility HVAC upkeep (excludes HEPA filter replacements listed separately).
Electronic Security Maintenance $5K/yr
[#16] IT support, encrypted log backups, secure server maintenance and storage costs.
Training Refreshers $4K/yr
[#15] Annual refresher training for guards, researchers, medical staff and containment procedure updates.
Hepa Filter Replacement $2K/yr
[#2] HEPA filter replacements and particulate-control consumables for the cell HVAC.
Emergency Equipment Maintenance $2K/yr
[#17] Maintenance/replacement for non-lethal restraining gear, rapid-entry kits and mobile monitoring gear.
Lighting Maintenance $500/yr
[#3] Bulb spares, UPS minor maintenance and annual upkeep to ensure single-source lighting redundancy.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.4M/yr
86.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with scheduled sand replacements, routine monitoring, and no major incidents.
scheduled sand replacement routine monitoring no system failures
🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure or minor containment event requiring overtime, immediate repairs, and short-term cleanup.
single-light or UPS failure HEPA/ventilation fault small containment-side cleanup
🚨 Major Breach $1.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Significant containment breach, contamination spread, serious injury/fatality, or legal exposure requiring extensive cleanup, investigation and potential litigation.
large-scale sand alteration spread fatality or serious medical incident substantive legal/exposure event
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $1.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Successful experimental results prompt a funded scale-up, additional contracting, or purchase of major analytical instruments.
promising mechanism result need for purchased instrumentation external contracting under cover
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#7] Six on-site guards providing continuous adjacent coverage (multiple shifts).
Security Supervisor 1 [#7] Single supervisor/lead for scheduling, oversight and escalation.
Containment Technician 2 [#8] Two full-time technicians for sand replacement, sensor maintenance, and entry operations.
Research Scientist 2 [#9] Two full-time researchers conducting mechanism studies and experiments.
Research / Lab Technician 1 [#9, #12] One lab tech supporting sample prep, imaging and routine analyses.
Medical Officer 1 [#10] Allocated medical staff for periodic physicals, emergency response and psychiatric evaluations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst provided detailed line-item ranges for infrastructure, staffing, consumables and recurring services which yields a well-constrained budget; scenario probabilities and contingency sizing are judgment calls, but core recurring costs (staffing, sand logistics, analytical services) are well-supported. [#25]
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