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SCP-1772 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1772
Expected annual
$879K
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$833K
Personnel
7.2
Initial setup and capital costs are dominated by quarantine suite construction and a large contingency/reserve; recurring costs are driven primarily by staff wages (security, research, medical/archivist) and amnestic/quarantine operations. First-year capital + reserves are approximately $1.12M, with ongoing annual operations around $833k driven by personnel and medical/amnestic programs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#15] Recommended contingency/reserve for incident response, mass amnestic campaigns, emergency destruction, and cover operations.
Facilities $240K
[#1, #4] Vault upgrade/reinforced shelving and construction/retrofit of quarantine/isolation suite (vault structural work and room build-out).
Equipment $211K
[#1, #2, #5, #9, #10, #13, #14, #18] Custom plexiglass enclosure, sensors/calibration, medical ventilators and airway kits, incinerator and shredder, Faraday cabinet/degausser/HDD crusher, sealed archival cupboards, secure transport case, IT hardening hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $120K
[#12] Research program initial setup and specialized instruments for behavioral/linguistic testing and safe-exposure infrastructure.
Legal Incident Budget $50K
[#16] Incident-specific legal/PR/records-management budget allocation (separate from annual retainer).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $833K/yr
Staff Wages $433K/yr
[#3, #6, #11, #12, #13] Dedicated access/security guard salaries and benefits, allocated medic FTE, archivist/linguist salary, research staff salaries, compensated mnemonist(s).
Research And Monitoring $110K/yr
[#12, #17] Ongoing research operating costs (non-salary) and monitoring service (software + analyst time) for detecting propagation and oversight.
Cataloging Access Amnestics And Quarantine $80K/yr
[#11] Costs associated with manual in-person cataloging: dedicated archivist labor plus quarantine and additional amnestic events tied to ~20 controlled viewings/yr.
Termination And Coverup Contingency $50K/yr
[#8] Annual sink-fund for personnel replacement/termination, HR investigations, cover stories, and discreet disposal/forensics avoidance.
Facilities Maintenance $47K/yr
[#2, #4, #18] Archive environmental energy/consumables, quarantine suite operations (cleaning/utilities/monitoring), IT audits/compliance.
Amnestic Program $40K/yr
[#7] Class C amnestic drug costs, clinician administration, monitoring and aftercare (typical: ~10 administrations/yr baseline).
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#16] Annual legal/PR retainer for covert records-management, leak response, and counsel.
Supplies And Consumables $17K/yr
[#5, #9, #10, #19] Medical consumables (epinephrine, disposables), destruction maintenance/fuel/disposal, e-waste disposal, PPE and decontamination consumables.
Logistics And Transport $16K/yr
[#14] Typical escorted transfer costs (vehicle, escorts, medical standby); estimate assumes several controlled moves per year.
Annual Review And Policy $10K/yr
[#20] Annual review, policy revision, cross-project coordination, and administrative overhead.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $833K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major containment incidents; routine operations, scheduled viewings, and planned research proceed.
controlled_viewings ongoing_research routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized outbreak or small cluster of SCP-1772-1 infections requiring additional quarantines, targeted amnestic campaigns, and emergency destruction of some records.
localized_transmission record_destruction targeted_mass_amnestics
🚨 Major Outbreak $2.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Widespread propagation event requiring mass quarantines, large-scale amnestic administration, extensive destruction of infected records, and major cover-up operations.
contagious_spread_via_records mass_hospitalizations large_scale_records_purge
👥 Personnel 7.2 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#3] Two dedicated guards on rotation (on-call escorts, extra hours, overtime included in staff_wages).
Medical Officer 0.2 [#6] 0.2 FTE medic allocated for rapid intubation/anaphylaxis response and on-call coverage (reflected in staff_wages).
Research Scientist 3 [#12] Two-to-three research staff (budgeted as three FTE equivalent) conducting linguistics/mitigation research; salaries included in staff_wages.
Archivist / Linguist 1 [#11] Dedicated archivist/linguist (0.5–1.0 FTE; budgeted as 1.0) for manual cataloging and controlled exposures; salary included in staff_wages.
Mnemonist / Memory Specialist 1 [#13] Compensated mnemonist(s) used for non-electronic index redundancy; retention/amnestic costs accounted for in staff_wages and recurring amnestic allocations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based directly on analyst-provided ranges and itemized notes; many line items include ranges and outbreak costs are highly uncertain, so midpoint choices were used for budgeting.
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