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SCP-1354 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1354
Expected annual
$81K
One-time setup
$231K
Annual recurring
$66K
Personnel
0.15
Initial one-time setup approximately $230,546 driven by field investigation budgets, legal/cover actions, and equipment/sensor installation; baseline recurring costs approximately $66,418/yr driven by containment technician wages, psychiatric evaluations, security allocation, and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $231K
Field Investigation Initial $125K
[#14] Initial field search/retrieval budget (midpoint of $50k–$200k initial budget; covers travel, MTF deployments, lodging, forensics).
Contingency One Time $30K
[#23] One-time contingency (15% applied to one-time subtotal to cover unforeseen setup/initial costs).
Legal Initial Setup $20K
[#16] Initial legal/cover paperwork, liaison, and administrative setup (midpoint of $10k–$30k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $15K
[#8, #9] Initial interview/transcription/analysis $10,000 and DNA/forensic testing $5,000 (midpoint of $3.3k–$6.6k).
Equipment $14K
[#1, #3, #4, #11, #21, #20] Food-grade vials $275, sensors + server $4,500, CCTV $1,000, emergency kit $3,000, neutralization kit $5,000, UPS battery/replacement $200.
Amnestic Initial Administration $10K
[#12] One-time Class-B amnestic administrations for initial witnesses (~50 × $200).
Public Relations And Donation Replacement $10K
[#22] Reimbursement/PR payments to shelters/donors for seized donations (midpoint of $5k–$15k).
Facilities $6K
[#2] Locked, alarmed cabinet / spill containment tray sized for 11 vials; midpoint chosen from $3k–$10k range.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $66K/yr
Research And Monitoring $16K/yr
[#3, #4, #8, #7, #18, #11] Data storage/maintenance $500, CCTV retention $200, ongoing researcher time $4,000, psychiatric evaluations $9,000, food safety testing $800, medical training/replenishment $2,000.
Security Offset $15K/yr
[#6] Fractional allocation for site guards and access control (~$15,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $11K/yr
[#13, #16] Ongoing amnestic/cover contingency (midpoint $6,000/yr) and legal/administrative overhead $5,000/yr.
Staff Wages $9K/yr
[#5] Containment technician labor 0.15 FTE × $60,000 = $9,000/yr (includes benefits and overhead).
Contingency Recurring $9K/yr
[#23] Recurring contingency (15% applied to recurring subtotal to cover unforeseen annual costs).
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#10, #1, #17] Sampling consumables $1,000/yr, container seal replacements $55/yr, container replacement contingency $1,000/yr.
It And Database $2K/yr
[#19] IT/database and classified records maintenance (chosen midpoint $2,000/yr).
Disposal Readiness $2K/yr
[#21] Annual disposal readiness and hazardous-waste readiness budget ($2,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $200/yr
[#20] Energy & utilities for monitoring systems (~$200/yr).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
[#14] Baseline assumes no recurring deployments; field operations funded via one-time or scenario budgets.
Field Investigation Annual Budget $0/yr
[#14] Recurring field investigation budget set to $0 in baseline (handled episodically via scenario funding).
Child Welfare Support $0/yr
[#15] Baseline assumes minimized/no full private support for dependents (major costs possible if Foundation elects full support; set to $0 in baseline).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $66K/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine monitoring and no major incidents or deployments.
routine monitoring no incidents
🚨 Field Retrieval Campaign $116K/yr
15.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
A year involving at least one field retrieval/search deployment to recover uncontained instances or follow leads.
discovery of uncontained instance missing persons lead requiring deployment
🚨 Child Welfare Full Support $396K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$330K vs baseline
Policy/operational choice to privately support/relocate dependents of instances (full, ongoing support for all affected children).
decision to privately support dependents identification of multiple children requiring long-term care
👥 Personnel 0.15 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician / Lab Tech 0.15 [#5] 0.15 FTE assumed (used to derive $9,000/yr staff_wages figure).
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment hardware, monitoring, and routine staffing costs are well-specified; large uncertainties remain around field operations and child-welfare/legal cover choices which can dramatically change recurring costs, hence medium confidence.
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