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SCP-1639 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1639
Expected annual
$61K
One-time setup
$77K
Annual recurring
$60K
Personnel
1
Initial one-time setup is modest (~$77k) dominated by facility buildout, scientific instruments and IT/storage hardware. Recurring annual costs (~$60k/yr) are driven by part-time research staff, monitoring/storage, IT/security, and cover-story/legal overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $77K
Facilities $28K
[#1] Secure small room buildout/retrofitting (secure door, lock, shelf, anti-vibration mounting, minor HVAC tweaks).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $26K
[#7, #11] Digital preservation/catalog software/license one-time costs ($1,250) and scientific signal-analysis equipment (spectrum analyzer, LF receiver, antennas) ($25,000).
Equipment $19K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #14] Electronic security install ($2k), climate cabinet/modest HVAC equipment ($6,500), UPS ($500), audio capture hardware ($3,250), initial NAS/server + drives ($6,500), small-item containment/labeling supplies ($650).
Disposal Replacement Contingency $2K
[#23] One-time contingency budget for disposal/decommissioning or replica creation if radio must be retired ($500–$5,000; mid-range reserved).
Initial Conservator Assessment $1K
[#13] Initial conservator/condition assessment (one-time component of artifact conservation/inspection).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $60K/yr
Research And Monitoring $17K/yr
[#2, #6, #7, #9, #10, #12, #13, #20, #21, #25] CCTV/monitoring contract (~$2,000/yr), offsite/cloud backup and storage costs (~$1,200/yr), software support (~$600/yr), specialist analysis consultancy (~$4,000/yr), transcription/verification (~$800/yr), testing operations budget (~$3,000/yr), periodic conservator visit amortized (~$500/yr), medical/forensic contingency (~$1,500/yr), contingency drills/response (~$2,000/yr), and archival migration amortized (~$1,500/yr).
Staff Wages $15K/yr
[#8] 0.2 FTE Research Assistant (capture verification, QC, annotation) funded at ~$15,000/yr (incl. benefits).
Cover Story And Legal $8K/yr
[#17, #22, #24] Ongoing provenance/cover maintenance and legal counsel (~$4,000/yr), PR/cover-story retainer (~$4,000/yr), and small insurance premium (~$400/yr).
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#16] Secure transport/escort for 1–3 moves/yr (~$1k–$5k per move; mid-range total).
It Security And Access Control $5K/yr
[#18] IT/sysadmin time, encryption, access controls and logging (~$2k–$8k/yr).
Security Retainer $5K/yr
[#15] Security contractor retainer / on-call coverage (~$3k–$8k/yr assumed retainer rather than full-time guard).
Administrative Overhead $2K/yr
[#19] Administrative time for weekly submissions, records maintenance, compliance reporting (~$1k–$5k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#13] Artifact conservation supplies (gloves, anti-static tools, consumables) estimated ~$500–$2,000/yr.
Facilities Maintenance $650/yr
[#3] Environmental control electricity/maintenance for climate cabinet/small HVAC add-on (~$300–$1,000/yr).
Power And Ups Maintenance $150/yr
[#4] Continuous power electricity (~$12/yr) plus amortized UPS battery replacement/maintenance (rounded up).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $60K/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with regular monitoring, weekly recording, part-time analysis, routine maintenance and archival work.
routine_operations scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Equipment Failure $66K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$6K vs baseline
Failure of capture hardware, UPS battery or local storage requiring replacement and modest recovery work.
hardware_failure UPS_outage local_storage_replacement
🚨 Major Transport Or Discovery Incident $90K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Transport accident, major damage or a leak requiring large-scale investigation, PR/legal response and possible replica creation/restoration.
secure_transport_accident public_exposure major_artifact_damage
👥 Personnel 1 total
Role Count Notes
Research Assistant 1 0.2 FTE funded (~$15,000/yr) to perform weekly capture verification, QC, annotation and submission. Headcount reflects one part-time RA position funded by staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most categories, but many figures require mid-range assumptions (equipment choices, frequency of moves, amortization of intermittent costs), so confidence is moderate.
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