SCP-1672 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1672
Expected annual
$897K
One-time setup
$367K
Annual recurring
$888K
Personnel
4
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $367,300, with recurring annual operating costs about $887,550. Major drivers are staff wages (research + security), medical/psychological/amnestic spending, and contingency/legal/reserve budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $367K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#14] Initial research program setup, controlled-experiment infrastructure, test-subject provisioning and specialized memetic research equipment/facility time.
Equipment $85K
[#1, #4, #6, #15, #17, #16, #10] Hardened steel containment box, air-gapped printer & template setup, imaging/scanner station, surveillance cameras/tamper sensors installation, shredder/incinerator, optional dedicated transport vehicle purchase, and initial PPE/opaque cover kit.
Facilities $76K
[#2, #3, #11, #22] Storage room adaptation/new-room build, HVAC/humidity-control installation, isolation-room retrofit, and workplace safety retrofits (doors/alarms).
Training Development $6K
[#9] Development of memetic-safety training materials and initial instructor time.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $888K/yr
Staff Wages $280K/yr
[#7, #8] Salary burden for a minimal team: 1PI and 1 technician plus 1-2 incremental security guards (composite salary burden).
Contingency Fund $150K/yr
[#23] Rapid-response reserve for atypical memetic cross-contamination events, emergency experiments, extra amnestics, temporary isolation expansions, or emergency hires.
Research And Monitoring $110K/yr
[#6, #9, #14] Annual research budget for memetic characterization, photography/scanning archival workflows, and refresher/assessment activities.
Cover Story And Legal $82K/yr
[#18, #24] Legal/PR retainer and modest incident reserve plus minimal public-record falsification/cover documentation budget.
Psychological Care $75K/yr
[#12] Budget for therapy, medications, occupational accommodations, and long-term monitoring for infected staff (contingent on incident rate).
Opportunity Cost Reassignment $70K/yr
[#21] Estimated productivity/salary differential when reassigning infected personnel to SCP-1672 research and replacement/training costs.
Liability Reserve $50K/yr
[#19] Liability/contingency reserve or equivalent insurance-premium budget.
Amnestics Stockpile And Admin $40K/yr
[#13] Stockpile budget and expected per-subject administration/monitoring costs (assumes modest expected annual usage).
Logistics And Transport $12K/yr
[#16] Per-transfer escorted transport costs (assumes a small number of transfers per year rather than a dedicated vehicle).
Medical Response $7K/yr
[#11] Ongoing medical supplies, training, and modest per-incident sedation/chemical restraint usage (expected low-frequency use budgeted).
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#3, #15, #22] HVAC/humidity energy & maintenance, surveillance storage/maintenance, and safety/retrofit maintenance.
Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #10, #17] Printer consumables, paper stock & archival supplies, imaging storage rotation costs, PPE replacements, and contracted disposal throughput.
Administrative Overhead $3K/yr
[#20] Clerical time, chain-of-custody logs, printing, and paper-only records management.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $888K/yr
92.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine research, maintenance, and occasional minor consumable use but no containment incidents.
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🚨 Minor Incident $918K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Single small exposure or localized infection event requiring targeted medical care, a limited amnestic run, counseling, and modest PR/legal outlays.
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🚨 Major Breach $1.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant multi-person infection or containment lapse requiring mass amnestic deployment, large-scale medical/psychological care, legal settlements/PR, and replacement hiring.
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🚨 Research Scale Up $1.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
A positive research outcome or regulatory decision requiring rapid scale-up of research capacity (additional hires, equipment, and facility expansion).
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👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (PI) 1 [#7] Senior memetics/research lead; salary portion included in staff_wages estimate.
Research Technician 1 [#7] Technician supporting documentation, imaging, and handling; salary portion included in staff_wages estimate.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#8] Site guards/escorts for access control and transfers; combined salary portion included in staff_wages estimate.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are well identified but many estimates were broad ranges (especially for personnel, legal/contingency, and research scale). Scenario probabilities are judgment calls; therefore confidence is medium.
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