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SCP-1804 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1804
Expected annual
$655K
One-time setup
$256K
Annual recurring
$635K
Personnel
3
One-time setup estimated at roughly $256,000 for secure office, safes, equipment, IT and a contingency reserve; recurring annual costs ~ $635,150 driven primarily by security/research staff wages and Class-A amnestic program and medical/PR retainers.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $256K
Containment Contingency Fund $125K
[#24] One-time recommended contingency reserve to cover unexpected large-scale exposures, relocations, legal settlements or intersite transfers.
Facilities $60K
[#1, #17, #18] Secure office retrofit, small quarantine/isolation room setup, and integrated fire-suppression/climate control for archival storage (includes soundproofing, two-person entry modifications, humidity control and compatible suppression).
Equipment $45K
[#2, #3, #4, #9, #12] Purchase and installation of document locker/safe(s), access-control/biometric readers (setup portion), CCTV cameras and secure recording hardware, dedicated shredder/incinerator equipment, and one-time deeper typewriter conservation (spare parts/servicing).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $16K
[#13, #14] Secure air-gapped scanner and workstation for controlled OCR/scanning plus initial development of an air-gapped offline database/cataloguing system (IT/dev one-time costs).
Training Development $10K
[#15] One-time development of memetic safety SOPs, two-person rule procedures, amnestic administration protocols, evidence handling SOP and initial training curriculum.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $635K/yr
Staff Wages $290K/yr
[#5, #6] Security personnel (2 FTE guards including benefits) and research/memetics staffing (0.5 FTE senior + 0.5 FTE junior memetic researchers, total 1.0 FTE).
Class A Amnestic Management $155K/yr
[#7, #21] Class-A amnestic procurement and administration (per-administration drug + clinical time scaled to testing throughput) plus amnestic stockpile management, secure pharmacy storage, inventory rotation and compliance.
Cover Story And Legal $85K/yr
[#19, #20] Legal/cover administration, FOIA/PR management and media-suppression / contingency PR retainer costs.
Research And Monitoring $42K/yr
[#8, #16] Medical/psychological monitoring and treatment budget plus forensic/memetic incident investigation retainer (forensic linguistics/memetic analysis).
Administrative Overhead $30K/yr
[#22] HR, payroll, records and administrative support overhead attributable to assigned security and research staff.
Supplies And Consumables $13K/yr
[#11, #12, #13, #23] Paper stock, ribbons, gloves, evidence bags, routine typewriter servicing consumables, secure scanning/operator costs (translation/verification labor), and miscellaneous lab/analysis supplies.
Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr
[#3, #4, #9, #14, #18, #25] Recurring maintenance and storage costs: access-control and audit-log maintenance, CCTV storage & maintenance, shredder/incinerator fuel & service, offline database maintenance, archive climate-control servicing, and attributable utilities/energy.
Logistics And Transport $4K/yr
[#10] Secure courier/transfer logistics for documents (estimated 3–5 transfers/yr).
Training And Sop Refresh $4K/yr
[#15] Annual refresher training and SOP updates for personnel interacting with SCP-1804.
Emergency Drills And Quarantine Training $4K/yr
[#17] Annual emergency drills, quarantine procedure rehearsals and kit replenishment.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $635K/yr
92.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing and no major incidents; only recurring operational costs are incurred.
routine testing schedule no unauthorized duplication standard administrative activity
🚨 Minor Incident $690K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$55K vs baseline
Localized leak or unauthorized reading requiring targeted amnestic administration, ad-hoc forensic investigation and PR/legal work.
small unauthorized duplication single-site exposure targeted media attention
🚨 Major Breach $2.3M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.6M vs baseline
Significant public exposure or mass dissemination of an anomalous document requiring mass amnestic deployment, large legal/PR response and emergency containment/relocation.
widely distributed anomalous text civil unrest or violence tied to anomalous documents multi-jurisdictional legal response
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $1.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$450K vs baseline
Research discovers higher-throughput or more hazardous modes of production necessitating additional staff, secure storage capacity and expanded SOPs.
new high-throughput testing protocol evidence of higher-risk compositions decision to scale containment capability
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#5] Two dedicated guards to enforce two-person rule and supervise sessions; salaries + benefits included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist (senior) 0.5 [#6] 0.5 FTE senior memetic researcher (fractional allocation); included in research staff wages.
Research Scientist (junior) 0.5 [#6] 0.5 FTE junior memetic researcher (fractional allocation); included in research staff wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing a reasoned estimate, but many figures are ranges and recurring costs scale strongly with testing tempo and shared overhead allocations; memetic risk uncertainty and incident probabilities are inherently uncertain, so confidence is medium.
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