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SCP-152 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-152
Expected annual
$1.0M
One-time setup
$5.6M
Annual recurring
$1.0M
Personnel
9
One-time setup and reserves dominate costs (~$5.55M one-time driven by contingency and existential reserves), while recurring annual operations (security, research, IT, and overhead) total about $999k/year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.6M
Existential Response Reserve $5.0M
[#20] Planning reserve for large-scale / existential-response mobilization (planning-level hold; deployment cost depends on scenario).
Incident Response Reserve $500K
[#19] Recommended rapid-response reserve for investigations, field teams and immediate containment procurements (baseline reserve).
Facilities $16K
[#1, #14] Partitioning/locking of existing office into a lockable reading room including reinforced door, keycard integration marginal HVAC/filters installation.
Equipment $14K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #15] Electronic lock/keycard hardware and installation; basic desk/chair/lighting; ceiling surveillance camera and NVR hardware; high-resolution flatbed scanner / MFP (hardware); secure transport case.
Sop Development And Initial Training $12K
[#11] One-time SOP drafting, language-handling procedures and initial training course development.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10K
[#12] High-resolution imaging setup, encrypted imaging workflow and initial archival system setup (hardware/software) for photographic capture of pages.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.0M/yr
Staff Wages $540K/yr
[#7, #8, #9] Dedicated guard coverage (6 guards, fully loaded ~$60k each); part-time/shift supervisor (~0.75 FTE estimated $60k); research staff (1.0 FTE analyst $90k + 0.25 FTE senior reviewer $30k = $120k).
Research And Monitoring $202K/yr
[#10, #11, #12, #13, #18, #21, #23, #24] Psychological screening & counseling (~$52,500/yr), refresher training ($3,500/yr), secure storage/backups/licenses (~$3,500/yr), translation/tools & contract linguist ($40,000/yr), routine correlation/subscriptions ($20,000/yr), experimental/analysis consumables baseline (~$50,000/yr), periodic audits/reviews (~$17,500/yr), travel & expert consultations (~$15,000/yr).
Administrative Overhead $162K/yr
[#22] HR, payroll, benefits and site overhead applied as ~30% of personnel payroll (midpoint of 25-40%).
Cover Story And Legal $65K/yr
[#17] Legal/cover-up, OPSEC, PR and takedown baseline budget (mid-range estimate).
Logistics And Transport $23K/yr
[#8, #15, #24] MTF/armed-response callout budget (~$20,000/yr), per-transit secure transport costs (~$3,000 per transit assumed annual average).
Periodic Containment Review $18K/yr
[#23] Annual / biennial containment audits and tabletop exercises (included here as a distinct recurring line item; also referenced in research_and_monitoring).
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#3, #5, #6, #16, #25] Furniture amortization/replacement (~$150/yr), scanner/printer consumables (~$750/yr), paper & ink archival consumables (~$1,000/yr), PPE & decon supplies (~$600/yr), miscellaneous small items (~$3,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#2, #4, #14] Lock/license/maintenance ($200/yr), surveillance storage/power & maintenance ($500/yr), HVAC/filters marginal energy & maintenance (~$1,000/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.0M/yr
93.9% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, no major incidents.
routine_monitoring no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$32K vs baseline
Small unauthorized access, a transient disappearance/update requiring investigation and minor equipment replacement.
unauthorized_access transient_disappearance localized_investigation
🚨 Major Breach $1.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$482K vs baseline
Significant breach or update causing correlated anomalies or spread of related threats requiring large field operations and containment.
sustained_breach correlated_anomalies large_field_response
🚨 Existential Prediction Trigger $11.0M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
SCP-152 updates to indicate an imminent extinction-level event, triggering full mobilization and major emergency operations.
imminent_extinction_prediction global_mobilization
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#7] Six guards assigned to provide continuous 24/7 coverage (shifted).
Security Supervisor / Dispatcher 1 [#8] Shift supervisor / dispatcher (part-time FTE estimated in payroll but present as one staff member).
Research Scientist / Analyst 1 [#9] One dedicated analyst (1.0 FTE) responsible for reading and analysis.
Senior Reviewer / Research Lead 1 [#9] Senior oversight (0.25 FTE in payroll but counted as one headcount for availability).
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment requirements and resource categories are well-documented in the notes and original article; cost ranges were narrowed to midpoints for budgeting, though large-scale/existential scenarios remain inherently uncertain.
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