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SCP-1071 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-1071
Expected annual
$11.3M
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$11.1M
Personnel
31
One-time setup costs are modest (~$1.21M) for containment, IT, and lab setup; annual operating costs are substantial (~$11.07M/yr), driven primarily by contingency reserves, legal/cover operations, ongoing security/field teams, and social-impact/remediation programs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K
[#9] Initial laboratory space and instrumentation to study activation conditions, controlled human-subject testing infrastructure and forensics setup.
Facilities $162K
[#1] Climate-controlled, access-controlled storage room renovation including contractor fees, structural work, electrical upgrades, alarm integration and minimal RF shielding.
It Infrastructure Setup $125K
[#17] Secure server, encrypted storage, off-site backup and intrusion detection initial procurement and hardening.
Isolation Setup $100K
[#7] Setup cost for at least one secure isolation/ward to house civilian Test Takers (per-ward setup).
Transportation Procurement $100K
[#18] Procurement of vans/secure vehicles and secure crates for field teams and rapid response.
Training Initial $60K
[#19] Initial development and delivery of training programs, manuals, and certifications for operatives and custodial staff.
Equipment $25K
[#2] Tamper-evident archival containers and locks: assumed $500 per container mid-range budget for an initial stock (~50 containers) to house instances separately.
Access Control And Monitoring $25K
[#3] Biometric/card readers, CCTV setup, tamper alarms and logging software (setup costs).
Archival Storage Setup $15K
[#14] Climate-controlled archives digitization hardware and indexing initial setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.1M/yr
Contingency And Liability Reserve $5.0M/yr
[#21] Large reserve for unexpected large-scale incidents, legal class actions, mass exposures, or major cover operations (mid-range within analyst's suggested band).
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#4, #5, #8, #24] Annual wages/benefits/overtime for security officers (≈10 guards), covert field/collection team (≈5 operatives), clinical staff (≈3 psychologists/psychiatrists) and data analysts/modelers (≈3 analysts).
Social Impact And Relocation $1.1M/yr
[#23] Program budget for long-term social-impact management, relocation, identity changes and stipends for protected 'fail' victims (mid-range program funding).
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#15] Legal retainers, PR contractors, payouts, cover-story creation and litigation management for public incidents.
Research And Monitoring $500K/yr
[#9, #24] Ongoing research budget for experiments, subject compensation, instrumentation maintenance, and modeling support.
Medical Response Reserve $500K/yr
[#12] Reserve for medical treatment, hospitalization and long-term care for victims and injured personnel (mid-range contingency).
Isolation Operations $200K/yr
[#7] Operational costs for running isolation suites (staffing, medical care, sedation protocols) for a modest caseload of civilian Test Takers; D-Class incremental costs are cheaper.
Missing Persons Budget $200K/yr
[#13] Budget for missing-persons investigations and field searches for 'pass' cases (travel, coordination, specialized detection attempts).
Civilian Surveillance $150K/yr
[#11] Equipment and monitoring staff costs for covert surveillance of affected civilians (CCTV installs, trackers, active monitoring days for modest subject numbers).
Ethics Oversight And Compliance $125K/yr
[#16] Internal review, oversight team costs, training on rights/abuse prevention and compliance investigations.
Mail Intercept Reserve $100K/yr
[#6] Reserve fund for mail-intercept and rapid-response envelope handling (covers dozens of incidents at the lower per-intercept cost).
Replacement And Forgery $52K/yr
[#22] Annual costs to replace/seize/forge educational materials and maintain liaison where necessary to avoid detection.
Forensic Budget $50K/yr
[#10] Annual budget for routine forensic throughput (DNA, isotopes, microtrace, radiological tests, dental comparisons).
Logistics And Transport $35K/yr
[#18, #5] Vehicle operations, fuel, maintenance and secure transport logistics for routine field operations.
Transport Operations $35K/yr
[#18] Ongoing transport ops budget (driver wages, insurance, vehicle upkeep) distinct from procurement.
It Maintenance $30K/yr
[#17] Secure-cloud fees, backups, intrusion detection monitoring and IT tooling maintenance.
Training Recurring $30K/yr
[#19] Ongoing training, recertification and procedural refreshers for staff.
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#1, #3, #14, #17] Annual maintenance for climate control, fire suppression, minor structural upkeep, and archive HVAC/integrated alarms.
Archival Maintenance $18K/yr
[#14] Annual archiving, digitization, redaction and cataloging staff time / storage fees.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#20] Consumables including #2 pencils, gloves, evidence bags, labels, batteries and regular small-item replenishment.
Access Control Maintenance $3K/yr
[#3] Annual maintenance and licensing for biometric/card readers, CCTV and logging software.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.1M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Routine year with contained instances, normal monitoring, and no large-scale incidents.
contained instances routine interceptions standard research and oversight
🚨 Minor Incident $11.4M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$265K vs baseline
Localized uptick in incidents requiring extra intercepts and short investigations (several envelopes/subjects).
clustered envelopes small number of isolation cases extra forensic and field operations
🚨 Major Outbreak $21.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Widespread distribution of SCP-1071 materials across multiple school systems causing many interceptions, several disappearances and public exposure risk.
mass distribution multiple pass disappearances media/political exposure
👥 Personnel 31 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#4] 24/7 physical security for storage and escorts (approx. 8–12 guards; midpoint used).
Field Operative / Covert Agent 5 [#5] Covert collection and interception team (3–6 operators + analysts; team size for baseline ops).
Research Scientist 4 [#9] Scientists to run cognitive testing and activation-condition research.
Research Technician / Lab Staff 2 [#9] Technical staff to support lab experiments and forensics.
Clinical Staff (Psychologist/Psychiatrist) 3 [#8] Clinical and cognitive-hazard specialists for evaluation and care (2–5 FTE; midpoint used).
Data Analyst / Modeler 3 [#24] Analysts for incident prediction, statistical tracking and modeling.
Administrative Staff 2 [#14, #17] Admin and records staff for archiving, redaction, and coordination.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#1, #17] Facilities and IT maintenance support for climate control, HVAC, and secure systems.
Medical Officer 1 [#12] On-call medical support for trauma and emergency response.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges but rely on many per-incident and per-person variables (unknown instance count, incident frequency). Mid-range assumptions were used where counts were unspecified, producing moderate confidence.
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