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SCP-1144 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1144
Expected annual
$234K
One-time setup
$42K
Annual recurring
$229K
Personnel
2.7
One-time startup costs are modest (~$41.7k) for equipment, transport and documentation; main ongoing expense is personnel and contingency, producing roughly $228.9k/year in recurring costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $42K
Equipment $14K
[#2, #5, #7] Steel foot-locker replacement (#2), access control & CCTV installation hardware and install (#5), high-resolution macro camera and integration (#7).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10K
[#14, #15] Experimental sample procurement initial purchase (#14) and bench equipment/test fixtures (#15).
Transport And Retrieval $5K
[#3] Covert secure transport and chain-of-custody for retrieval (Brixton).
Sop And Signage $5K
[#11] SOP documentation, laminated signage and initial staff-hours for procedure creation.
Incident Response Kit $3K
[#20] Mobile containment/response kit purchase (one-time kit).
Data Storage Setup $2K
[#8] One-time secure encrypted storage setup and initial backup configuration.
Legal Setup $2K
[#22] Initial legal/cover-story setup and paperwork creation (one-time).
Archival Entry $500
[#23] Digital archival entry and metadata scanning/storage (one-time).
Facilities $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $229K/yr
Staff Wages $150K/yr
[#4, #13] Physical security staffing (2 guards) (#4) and research staffing (~0.7 FTE combined) (#13).
Contingency Fund $25K/yr
[#21] Annual reserve for unexpected research escalation or relocation.
Cover Story And Legal $15K/yr
[#22] Annual legal retainer and cover-story / provenance maintenance costs.
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#1, #6, #18, #24] Vault space allocation / facility overhead (#1), CCTV monitoring & maintenance (#6), small energy overhead for monitoring (#18), periodic hardware replacement amortized (#24).
Incident Response Retainer $10K/yr
[#20] On-call responder retainer for tampering/unexpected effects (annual).
Administrative Overhead $8K/yr
[#25] Proportionate share of admin time: asset management, finance, compliance.
Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr
[#9, #10, #14, #16, #19] Weekly cleaning consumables (#9), PPE and contamination control (#10), sample replenishment (#14 recurring), ongoing lab consumables (labels, batteries) (#16), hazardous/biowaste disposal (#19).
Staff Training $4K/yr
[#12] Initial and refresher staff training sessions (annualized).
Research And Monitoring $2K/yr
[#8, #17] Data storage & backup recurring costs (#8), software/licenses for analysis and experiment management (#17).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $229K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine monitoring, cleaning, training and scheduled maintenance.
routine_operations scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $254K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Tampering or small containment incident requiring emergency response, minor repairs and legal engagement.
tampering minor_hardware_failure local_authority_interaction
🚨 Research Escalation $379K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Significant research push or discovery that mandates expanded experiments, temporary hires, and additional equipment or relocation.
unexpected_properties_discovered scale-up_of_experiments cross-institution_collaboration
👥 Personnel 2.7 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#4] Two full-time guards (or equivalent contracted security) accounted for in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 0.7 [#13] ~0.7 FTE mixed senior/junior researchers included in research staffing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Most line items are explicitly estimated in the analyst notes (salaries, monitoring, consumables); uncertainty remains around contingency sizing, incident frequencies and local cost variation, so confidence is medium.
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