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SCP-1230 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1230
Expected annual
$280K
One-time setup
$43K
Annual recurring
$261K
Personnel
5
Estimated one-time setup ≈ $43,250 (locker, access control, conservation, initial cataloging, EEG kit). Recurring annual costs ≈ $260,520 driven primarily by contingency reserves (incident response, reputation), a modest research program, and recurring screening/administration costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $43K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $25K
[#17] EEG hardware & sleep/dream monitoring equipment (portable EEG/polysomnography kit and analysis software).
Conservation Contingency Reserve $6K
[#23] One-time conservation contingency reserve for repair/restoration if damaged.
Equipment $5K
[#2, #3, #4, #12] Electronic access control setup and integration, archival enclosure/conservation materials, environmental monitoring hardware, and small secure-digital storage setup.
Facilities $4K
[#1, #5] Locker upgrade (physical lock, reinforced shelving, tamper seals) and minor library relocation/retrofit for secure locker.
Legal Policy Drafting $2K
[#20] One-time drafting of legal/OPSEC policy and nondisclosure templates.
Initial Cataloging And Accession $1K
[#22] One-time archivist/cataloging labor, photography, accession paperwork.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $261K/yr
Reputation Cover Reserve $100K/yr
[#25] Contingency reserve for large-scale leak/cover-up, PR/legal actions or memory-suppression expenditures (discretionary).
Incident Response Reserve $62K/yr
[#10] Reserve for incident response, acute psychiatric hospitalization, ongoing therapy, medication and acute care.
Administrative Overhead $43K/yr
[#26] Site administrative overhead allocated (~20% of direct recurring costs) to cover HR/payroll, procurement, and facility management; applied to recurring subtotal.
Research And Monitoring $28K/yr
[#16, #18, #19] Modest formal research program budget (EEG-based studies baseline). fMRI scans included as optional (#18) and subject compensation for monitored sessions.
Cover Story And Legal $14K/yr
[#20, #21] Annual legal/OPSEC/PR costs and specialist memetic-redaction/review budget.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#11, #13, #14, #17] Recordkeeping/admin time and consumables, transcription/translation budget, consumable archival supplies, and EEG consumables (electrodes, disposables).
Training And Sop $3K/yr
[#15] Annual training, SOP maintenance, staff briefings and refresher training.
Annual Audit $3K/yr
[#27] Annual internal audit & compliance review to ensure containment procedures.
Staff Wages $2K/yr
[#6, #7] Supervising security personnel (per-access or small FTE allocation) and marginal research/oversight staff time for approvals and post-visit review.
Facilities Maintenance $625/yr
[#2, #4, #24] Annual maintenance for access-control integration, environmental sensor upkeep/monitoring, and minor utilities/electrical increases for sensors/CCTV.
Secure Digital Storage $600/yr
[#12] Recurring encrypted storage, backups, and integrity checks for dream reports.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Fmri Scans $0/yr
[#18] Optional fMRI scan access; baseline program assumes none budgeted here (used in escalation scenarios).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $261K/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with 20 accesses, modest EEG-based research program, routine screenings, and reserves maintained at baseline levels.
20 routine accesses no major incidents modest EEG research only
🚨 Minor Incident $341K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$80K vs baseline
Single moderate adverse psychological incident requiring hospitalization, extended therapy, and associated legal/PR response.
subject hospitalization extended outpatient therapy increased legal/OPSEC activity
🚨 Research Scale Up $411K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Site expands research into fMRI and larger subject cohorts; significant increase in research spending, scan-hours, and subject compensation.
formal fMRI studies larger subject cohorts expanded lab/analysis costs
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#6] Clearance-3 security supervision during accesses; typically an on-call/site security position with time billed per-access or as a small FTE allocation (majority of salary in site overhead).
Research Scientist 1 [#7, #16] Clearance-3 research supervision and oversight of any studies; small fractional time allocated to SCP-1230 but position is part of site research staff.
Medical Officer / Psychiatrist 1 [#8, #9] Psychiatric screening and follow-up; screenings may be contracted but site psychiatric staff provide oversight and follow-up care.
Archivist / Cataloger 1 [#3, #22] Initial accession/cataloging and ongoing archival maintenance of dream reports and physical enclosure.
Administrative Staff 1 [#11, #12] Recordkeeping, redaction, secure archival of reports, and digital storage management; largely site-shared administrative role with marginal time charged to SCP-1230.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed itemized ranges and sensible mappings, but many items are discretionary (reserves, research scale) and several estimates are midpoints of wide ranges; staffing and overhead are site-allocated assumptions—hence medium confidence.
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