SCP-1593 — SCP-1593 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-1593 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-1593

Expected annual

$1.6M

One-time setup

$1.3M

Annual recurring

$1.5M

Personnel

One-time capital costs are modest (~$200k) dominated by specialized handling equipment and a secure vault; recurring annual costs (~$1.52M) are driven primarily by staffing (security, Level-3, medical on-call) and legal/medical contingency reserves.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M

Contingency Reserve $1.1M

[#22] One-time contingency reserve for worst-case medical/legal fallout and quiet settlements.

Equipment $181K

[#2, #3, #4, #5, #14, #17] Hardened specimen container, teleoperated manipulators, transport crate/crane/pallet hardware, CCTV install, secure records hardware/software, UPS/generator hardware.

Facilities $21K

[#1] Reinforced steel safe / vault upgrade including reinforced anchoring and ballistic protection.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $6K

[#15] Initial imaging and analysis budget (CT/X-ray, DNA, carbon dating) for non-contact study.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr

Staff Wages $650K/yr

[#6, #7, #8] Security guards (6 total), Level-3 researcher/containment officer plus partial administrative support, and allocated on-call medical staffing costs.

Legal Contingency Fund $300K/yr

[#11] Recurring contingency for lawsuits, external inquiries, and indemnities (annualized reserve).

Incident Response Mtf Readiness $150K/yr

[#16] MTF/rapid response team training, equipment and annual readiness for retrieval or isolation.

Cover Story And Legal $148K/yr

[#11, #21] Legal retainer and annual cover/story/public-affairs budget for secrecy and liability mitigation.

Prosthetics Reserve $125K/yr

[#9] Annual reserve for prosthetics, rehabilitation and disability accommodation for affected personnel.

Psychological Services $38K/yr

[#10] Annual allocation for counseling, psychiatric meds, and long-term psychological care.

Research And Monitoring $25K/yr

[#15] Baseline annual research/analysis budget for remote imaging, consults, and limited controlled experiments when authorized.

Administrative Overhead $24K/yr

[#23] Fractional share of site operating costs (utilities, housekeeping, site management) allocated to SCP program.

Training And Sop $18K/yr

[#13] Annual staff training, SOP development, drills and simulation equipment.

Logistics And Transport $12K/yr

[#19] Annual reserve for transportation insurance, armored transport and permits for occasional moves.

Equipment Spares And Repairs $8K/yr

[#24] Spare parts, calibration, and occasional repair for manipulators, CCTV and transport hardware.

Secure Records Maintenance $6K/yr

[#14] Maintenance, audits and secure database access control upkeep.

Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr

[#5, #17] CCTV/sensor monitoring and maintenance; backup power fuel and maintenance.

Medical Waste And Mortuary $4K/yr

[#12] Routine biohazard disposal plus expected (low-frequency) mortuary/hazardous disposal costs averaged per year.

Per Transfer Internal Rental $3K/yr

[#4] Per-transport rental for powered utility cart/forklift adapters and crates (annual expected rental reserve).

Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr

[#18] PPE and contamination-control consumables (gloves, gowns, shields).

Amputation And Emergency Procedure Expected $2K/yr

[#8] Expected annualized direct per-amputation/emergency OR costs averaged over low incident frequency.

Forensic Autopsy Expected $575/yr

[#20] Expected annualized cost for forensic autopsy/toxicology averaged over low incident frequency.

Per Experiment Incremental Cost Expected $0/yr

[#25] Per-experiment incremental costs (planning, anesthesia standby, safety staff). Baseline assumes no experiments this year; cost reserved for scenario use.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr

84.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major incidents; standard monitoring, maintenance, and staffing only.

no incidents no transports limited research activity

🚨 Minor Incident $1.6M/yr

6.0% probability / year +$76K vs baseline

Single personnel contact resulting in immediate amputation and follow-up care.

single contact incident emergency amputation prosthetic & counseling needs

🚨 Major Incident $2.5M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Multiple affected personnel with legal exposure, public inquiry and MTF deployment.

multiple casualties external investigation large legal settlements

🚨 Research Scale Up $1.9M/yr

9.0% probability / year +$425K vs baseline

Year with active Level-3-authorized experiments, multiple transports and expanded research program.

authorized experiments off-site transports increased imaging and staffing

👥 Personnel 10 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#6] Six guards (2 per shift, 3 shifts) for on-site access control and escort duties.
Research Scientist	1	[#7] At least one Level-3 researcher/containment officer authorized to approve experiments.
Administrative Staff	1	[#7] Partial administrative support for protocol review and access authorization.
Medical Officer	2	[#8] On-call surgical/anesthesia staff and emergency response personnel allocated to maintain OR readiness.

📋 Confidence Notes

Capital costs (vault, manipulator, container) are well-defined; recurring costs for staff and routine maintenance are reasonably estimated. Major uncertainties remain around incident frequency, scale of legal settlements, and whether active research/transports will be pursued—these drive wide variance in expected costs.

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