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SCP-1315 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1315
Expected annual
$76K
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$67K
Personnel
2
Initial one-time setup ranges from modest laboratory/test-room costs up to a large contingency reserve for retrieval research; annual baseline operations are modest and driven by personnel, IT/monitoring, and PR/legal expenditures.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#19] One-time placeholder/reserve fund for retrieval research or major incident contingency (ordered as a seed reserve; true cost may scale to multi-million if activated).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#20] Initial setup funding for a long-term research program (fMRI/MEG time, specialized sensors, baseline instrumentation) — lower-bound multi-year setup estimate.
Equipment $162K
[#1, #4, #6, #7, #8, #16, #21, #23] Covers safe purchase (~$1,000), camera & basic recording hardware (~$500), test instrumentation kit (~$20,000), NES consoles/spares (~$2,000), electronics/forensics hardware (JTAG/logic analyzers & lab kit, mid-range ~$125,000), archival/manual setup (~$1,000), protective equipment (~$2,000), and initial IT/forensic station hardware (~$10,000).
Facilities $20K
[#1, #5] Includes small safe mounting/installation (~$500) and construction/refit of a single-person controlled-access test chamber (~$20,000).
Policy And It Safeguards $10K
[#9] One-time SOP writing, air-gap controls, write-blockers and physical/software controls to prevent copying attempts.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $67K/yr
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#18] Baseline PR/cover-story and legal suppression fund (~$50,000/yr); larger costs reserved for event-driven responses.
Research And Monitoring $10K/yr
[#6, #9, #16, #23, #24] Instrumentation maintenance/calibration (~$1,000/yr), compliance audits (~$2,000/yr), archival storage (~$200/yr), IT/forensic maintenance (~$5,000/yr), and records retention/secure backups (~$2,000/yr).
Staff Wages $6K/yr
[#2, #3] Administrative overhead (~$1,000/yr, 0.05 FTE) and incremental security allocation (~$5,000/yr, ~0.1 FTE of a $50k guard).
Supplies And Consumables $500/yr
[#21] PPE and small-item replacements (resupply and replacement of soft restraints / quick-release gear ~$500/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $200/yr
[#4] CCTV/storage retention and minimal physical maintenance (~$200/yr).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
[#17] Controlled transport costs are per-transfer ($5k–$15k); baseline assumes no routine transfers this year.
Secure Destruction Per Event $0/yr
[#10] Secure destruction capability cost per event $300–1,000; baseline assumes zero events (costs are per-incident).
D Class Per Test Cost $0/yr
[#11] D-Class per-test costs $500–1,500 each; baseline assumes no tests this year (per-test recurring expense).
Medical Standby Per Year $0/yr
[#12] Emergency/EMT per-test costs $500–2,000; maintaining a dedicated team is optional (~$25,000/yr) and is not assumed in baseline.
Psychological Care $0/yr
[#13] PTSD/therapy costs ~$5,000 initial per person and ~$1,000/yr follow-up; baseline assumes no active cases budgeted (costs are case-driven).
Autopsy And Investigation $0/yr
[#14] Forensic autopsy/pathology per-incident $2,000–10,000; baseline assumes zero incidents.
Biohazard Cleanup $0/yr
[#15] Decontamination per incident $500–3,000; baseline assumes zero incidents.
Long Term Research Program $0/yr
[#20] If a multi-year research program is initiated, recurring annual costs would be added (project-dependent); not included in baseline.
Weapons And Ammunition Testing $0/yr
[#22] Weapon/ammunition provisioning costs are testing-dependent ($2,000–10,000); baseline assumes minimal/no activity.
Catastrophic Incident Reserve $0/yr
[#25] Large reserve for catastrophic public incidents is scenario-dependent ($250k–$5M+); not funded as ongoing baseline here.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $67K/yr
92.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with only routine monitoring, admin, equipment maintenance, and baseline PR/legal support.
no_testing no_incidents routine_audits
🚨 Minor Incident $77K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$10K vs baseline
Single test or limited unauthorized use causing injury/disappearance of an individual requiring medical response, autopsy, cleanup, counseling and small legal/PR actions.
single_test_injury minor_missing_person local_media_query
🚨 Research Scale Up $367K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Foundation initiates an active multi-year research program into destinations/ontology of missing players requiring dedicated staff, equipment time (fMRI/MEG), and project costs.
approval_of_retrieval_research funding_of_multi-year_project
🚨 Major Breach $567K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Public exposure or unauthorized civilian use leading to multiple missing persons, large-scale searches, legal settlements and major PR/suppression operations.
civilian_exposure multi_person_missing legal_action_and_media
👥 Personnel 2 total
Role Count Notes
Administrative Staff 1 [#2] Responsible for storage audits, code-request paperwork and minimal admin time (0.05 FTE allocated).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#3] Fractional allocation for documented guarding and access escort when the item is moved or tested (~0.1 FTE equivalent costing $5,000/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many costs are well-specified (safe, camera, instrumentation) but significant items are conditional (retrieval research, catastrophic incidents) and have wide ranges; estimates are medium confidence for baseline operations and low confidence for high-impact contingencies.
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