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SCP-1123 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1123
Expected annual
$244K
One-time setup
$174K
Annual recurring
$241K
Personnel
3
Initial capital/setup costs are moderate (~$174,000) driven by custom hermetic containment, argon supply, imaging, and security hardware. Recurring annual costs are sizable (~$241,100/yr) driven mainly by dedicated security staffing, specialized research (neuroimaging), medical/psychiatric capacity, and emergency/reserve funding.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $174K
Equipment $114K
[#1, #2, #4, #6, #7, #8, #11, #17] Hermetic containment/display cabinet, portable argon transport container, environmental monitoring purchase/installation, low-light imaging system, CCTV install, access-control hardware, remote manipulation tools, and initial secure data/video storage hardware.
Legal And Cover Story $20K
[#20] One-time legal/cover-story/external liaison costs for provenance, paperwork, and potential negotiations/payments.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $16K
[#16, #22] Initial tranche for forensic/historical baseline research and artifact conservation assessment/setup.
Facilities $13K
[#5, #23] Small dedicated climate control installation and light-control retrofits; includes precision mini-HVAC, UPS, and blackout/lighting retrofits.
Sop Development And Initial Training $10K
[#10] One-time development of containment & handling SOPs and initial personnel training.
Argon Supply Hardware $2K
[#3] Bulk cylinders, regulators, purge plumbing and changeover hardware for argon atmosphere setup (initial hardware).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $241K/yr
Staff Wages $120K/yr
[#9] Dedicated incremental security coverage: 3FTE security officers (~$40k each).
Research And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#15] Ongoing neuroimaging, EEG, cognitive testing budget and specialist analysis (per-study recurring research workload).
Emergency Response Reserve $30K/yr
[#19] Annual reserve contribution for rapid response mobilization, forensic cleanup, overtime and specialist contracts.
Medical And Psychiatric Care $15K/yr
[#13] On-call clinician coverage, observation room readiness, medications and routine post-exposure follow-up capacity budget.
Volunteer And Ethics $10K/yr
[#14] Subject recruitment, compensation, and ethics/oversight costs for controlled studies.
Administrative Overhead $9K/yr
[#25] Allocated facility overhead, admin, records and IT marginal costs.
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#4, #5, #24] Environmental monitoring maintenance/connectivity, HVAC utilities/maintenance, and annual calibration/maintenance contracts.
Forensic And Historical Research $5K/yr
[#16] Ongoing radiocarbon/DNA/archival research and specialist consultations.
Amnestic And Pharmaceuticals $5K/yr
[#18] Stock budget for sedatives/amnestic agents, physician administration and recordkeeping.
Logistics And Transport $3K/yr
[#21] Routine secure transfer/transport budget (e.g., one ground move per year estimate).
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#12] PPE, disposable gowns, cleaning agents, replacement seals/filters and other consumables.
Training Refreshers $2K/yr
[#10] Annual refresher training for SOPs and drills.
Video Storage Maintenance $2K/yr
[#7] CCTV encrypted recording storage and maintenance costs.
Data Storage Maintenance $1K/yr
[#17] Encrypted server maintenance, backups and IT support for secure records.
Artifact Conservation Monitoring $1K/yr
[#22] Periodic condition checks and conservation monitoring.
Argon Refills $600/yr
[#3] Annual argon refills, fittings and minor replacement parts based on purge frequency.
Cover Story And Legal $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $241K/yr
92.5% probability / year
Normal year with no containment incidents: routine research, maintenance, training, and security staffing only.
routine storage scheduled research no accidental contact
🚨 Minor Incident $251K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$10K vs baseline
Single accidental contact/exposure or small handling mishap requiring medical evaluation, limited emergency response, and minor legal/administrative work.
single subject touch localized emergency response acute medical/psychiatric evaluation
🚨 Major Incident $316K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Multiple exposures or a containment/handling failure requiring full emergency response, forensic cleanup, legal liaison, and potential external negotiations.
multiple subjects exposed large-scale emergency mobilization external legal/diplomatic involvement
🚨 Research Scale Up $321K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$80K vs baseline
A year in which an expanded research program (multiple neuroimaging studies, larger subject cohorts, or addition of specialist contracts) is undertaken.
large funded study expanded fMRI/EEG sessions temporary specialist hires or equipment rentals
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#9] Dedicated incremental security coverage (3 FTEs covered by staff_wages estimate).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are anchored to analyst-provided ranges for each line item, but many items have wide ranges (e.g., legal fees, incident costs, and frequency of testing). Containment is straightforward (Safe) but incident probabilities and research throughput are uncertain, producing medium confidence.
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