SCP-1757 — SCP-1757 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-1757 Safe ? low confidence

SCP-1757

Expected annual

$287K

One-time setup

$1.1M

Annual recurring

$272K

Personnel

One-time setup and equipment costs are modest but a large contingency reserve for catastrophic disclosure dominates up-front capital; recurring costs are driven by legal/PR retainer, research and monitoring, security staffing, and emergency response readiness.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M

Catastrophic Disclosure Reserve $1.0M

[#26] Contingency reserve for worst-case public breach, large-scale legal/settlement/relocation/cover-up operations (one-time reserve).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $65K

[#7, #19] SOP creation/documentation/legal review/training and initial research infrastructure/protocol approvals for safe study.

Equipment $50K

[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #14, #20] Electronic access control initial hardware and integration, CCTV/install, controlled-playback rig, initial VCR/spare parts procurement, media environmental hardware, secure evidence locker initial, and initial IT/secure recording hardware.

Amnestic Initial Stockpile $20K

[#15] Initial stockpile / inventory of amnestic agents to be held before recurring replenishment.

Facilities $5K

[#1] Secure storage container (fireproof, tamper-resistant locker; mounting and tamper sensors).

Secure Destruction Capability $5K

[#22] One-time purchase/arrangement for controlled forensic incineration/secure destruction when ordered.

D Class Initial Setup $3K

[#9] Initial D-class procurement/processing setup costs (transport, screening equipment, administrative setup).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $272K/yr

Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr

[#16] Ongoing legal/PR retainer for cover-up, liaison, and external investigation management (annual retainer).

Research And Monitoring $40K/yr

[#19] Ongoing research budget for safe study: experiment time, data analysis, small team support and protocol costs.

Incident Response Oncall $30K/yr

[#11] On-call forensic/security/medical rapid-response posture and standby costs (overtime, readiness).

Staff Wages $20K/yr

[#8] Incremental security staffing/guard coverage (fractional FTE coverage, session guards and oversight).

D Class Pool Maintenance $20K/yr

[#9] Ongoing costs to maintain a small pool of D-class personnel (medical screening, administration, replacement, logistics).

Settlement Reserve $20K/yr

[#17] Annual reserve toward potential compensation, settlements, or hush funds for civilian claims.

Overhead And Insurance Allocation $15K/yr

[#24] Prorated share of Site-17 overhead allocation and insurance reserves assigned to this object.

Medical Surveillance $12K/yr

[#10] Ongoing medical and neuropsychological screening and surveillance for personnel and D-class as required.

Amnestic Inventory And Administration $10K/yr

[#15] Ongoing replenishment of amnestic agents, licensed administration and medical monitoring costs.

Mental Health Aftercare $10K/yr

[#18] Counseling, trauma therapy, and sleep-disorder treatment for exposed personnel and survivors.

Personnel Replacement Reserve $10K/yr

[#23] Reserve for recruitment, background checks and training if staff must be replaced after incidents.

Incident Documentation And Audits $6K/yr

[#25] Periodic reviews, compliance audits, and review-board costs to update SOPs and oversight.

Forensic Autopsy Reserve $5K/yr

[#12] Annual reserve for autopsy/toxicology/pathology in case of one or more incidents.

Biohazard Cleanup Reserve $5K/yr

[#13] Annual reserve for cleanup, specialized decontamination and regulated disposal associated with incidents.

Media Suppression Reserve $5K/yr

[#21] Annual allocation for targeted media suppression campaigns, takedowns, and small buyback efforts.

It Security Maintenance $3K/yr

[#20] Maintenance, audits, and encryption for secure digital records and restricted access systems.

Logistics And Transport $2K/yr

[#9, #22] Routine transport/logistics costs for D-class movement and occasional secure transport (baseline allocation).

Cctv Storage Monitoring $2K/yr

[#3] Video retention, redundant recording storage and monitoring costs.

Training And Sop Upkeep $2K/yr

[#7] Refresher training, SOP updates, and legal/documentation upkeep.

Legacy Media Maintenance $1K/yr

[#5] Ongoing spare-parts, technician time, and maintenance for legacy VCR hardware and spare units.

Evidence Storage And Records $1K/yr

[#14] Records management, chain-of-custody storage and annual case management costs.

Facilities Maintenance $1K/yr

[#6] Small facility-level maintenance and climate-control upkeep for archival/media environment.

Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr

[#27] Minor consumables and operational incidentals (PPE, tape sleeves, gloves, disinfectants).

Media Environmental Maintenance $500/yr

[#6] Energy and minor maintenance for cabinet-level climate control to preserve tape media.

Access Control Maintenance $300/yr

[#2] Hosting, maintenance and auditing costs for electronic access control and logs.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $272K/yr

91.9% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with no major incidents; containment procedures exercised and routine research/maintenance performed.

no unauthorized viewings routine maintenance scheduled research activity

🚨 Minor Incident $426K/yr

8.0% probability / year +$154K vs baseline

Single localized incident (unauthorized viewing or D-class casualty) requiring incident response, forensics, cleanup, legal actions, and limited settlements.

unauthorized viewing by staff isolated Event 1757-SE casualty small-scale investigation

🚨 Catastrophic Disclosure $2.3M/yr

0.1% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Public breach or disclosure causing multiple civilian fatalities/investigations requiring large-scale legal settlements, media suppression, multi-agency response and long-term containment expansion.

public leak of tape identity widespread civilian exposures multi-jurisdictional investigations

👥 Personnel 1 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	1	[#8] Incremental guard coverage (approx. 0.3 FTE oversight; represented as one assigned officer for containment oversight).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates combine well-understood equipment and procedural costs with highly uncertain per-incident legal, settlement and disclosure expenses; frequency and scale of incidents are uncertain, so long-run cost projections carry low confidence.

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