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SCP-1207 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1207
Expected annual
$443K
One-time setup
$146K
Annual recurring
$437K
Personnel
3
First-year one-time setup costs are modest (~$146k) with recurring annual costs driven primarily by staff wages, psychiatric services, and research/monitoring (~$437k/year). Major cost drivers are personnel salaries, psychiatric/medical contingencies, and ongoing research/media-handling expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $146K
Equipment $54K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #12, #13] Opaque wrap (initial), tamperproof CCTV + NVR/monitor, secure media infrastructure (encrypted storage / safes), exposure-tracking system, automated footage-analysis development, and transport crate.
Contingency Reserve One Time $50K
[#20] One-time escalation reserve recommended for unforeseen incidents or large-scale remediation.
Facilities $26K
[#1, #11] Secure containment locker and controlled viewing/experiment room setup (locker purchase/installation; room soundproofing, light control, transfer ports).
Amnesticization Coverup $15K
[#14] One-time amnestic application, witness remediation, payments and site cleanup from discovery.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $437K/yr
Staff Wages $240K/yr
[#6, #7] Containment technicians (2 FTE) plus site security staffing, salaries and benefits.
Research And Monitoring $60K/yr
[#15, #12, #16] Small-scale research program (~$40,000/yr), automated footage cloud/compute (~$2,400/yr), and animal-testing support (~$17,500/yr).
Psychiatric Retainer $50K/yr
[#8] Part-time/retainer psychologist for screening and follow-up.
Medical Contingency $30K/yr
[#9] Annual contingency reserve for emergency care, surgeries, infection control tied to self-harm incidents.
Cover Story And Legal $22K/yr
[#19, #22] Administrative/legal overhead, internal compliance, and footage-access control & clearance processing.
Contingency Topup Per Year $10K/yr
[#20] Annual top-up to escalation reserve for unforeseen incidents.
Psychotherapy Per Case $7K/yr
[#8] Estimated annualized therapy costs for affected personnel (per-case therapy averaged over expected cases).
Facilities Maintenance $7K/yr
[#4, #18, #21] Secure-media maintenance ($2,000/yr), electrical/energy for cameras/servers (~$750/yr), and replacement/repair budget for containment hardware (~$4,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $6K/yr
[#13] Annualized retrieval/transfer logistics (per-transfer personnel/vehicle/fuel costs averaged across expected moves).
Retraining Program $4K/yr
[#10] Annualized cost for retraining personnel (data entry/proofreading) after exposure-limit breaches.
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#2, #17] Opaque wrap replacements/stock (~$50/yr) and PPE/consumables (~$1,250/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $437K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, expected staffing, and scheduled research/maintenance.
no incidents routine maintenance scheduled research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $467K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Single-person medical/psychological incident (self-harm or significant BDD requiring ER care and additional therapy) requiring contingency funds and retraining.
individual exceeds exposure limits self-harm requiring ER/surgery additional therapy and retraining
🚨 Public Exposure $637K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Accidental or discovered public exposure requiring mass amnesticization, substantial legal/cover-up costs, and major medical/psychological response.
unauthorized public dissemination of footage mass witnessing event large-scale containment breach of information
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician 2 [#6] Permanent team to handle removals, wrapping/unwrapping, maintenance and protocol enforcement.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#7] Site-level security presence for access control and transfer supervision.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items come from concrete containment requirements (wrap, locker, monitoring) and salary figures, but ranges on incident frequency, per-incident medical use, and staffing mix create uncertainty; cost ranges were midpoint-annualized where needed.
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