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SCP-1841 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1841
Expected annual
$410K
One-time setup
$34K
Annual recurring
$396K
Personnel
2.5
One-time setup costs are modest (~$34,000) for containment, archival housing and imaging; the primary recurring expense is staff wages and research/monitoring, driving an annual baseline of ~$396k, with contingency and sporadic incident/legal costs raising expected annual outlays.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $34K
Equipment $10K
[#2, #3, #17] Archival housing (acid-free slipcase, foam supports), CCTV/camera installation and environmental sensors, high-resolution imaging session / specialist fees (one-time imaging).
Simulation Infrastructure $8K
[#18] Optional one-time setup for basic VR/staging infrastructure to simulate locations instead of sending staff off-site.
Policy Drafting $6K
[#15] One-time policy drafting and initial ethics committee setup to codify D-Class ban and consent protocols.
Initial Training $4K
[#16] Initial SOP/training materials and staff time for initial training to prevent inadvertent activations and to instruct dream-log handling.
Facilities $4K
[#1] Standard small-item containment locker purchase and installation (lockbox, tamper sensors, badge reader, mounting).
Conservation $2K
[#23] Initial small-item conservation/restoration to stabilize binding and pages.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $396K/yr
Staff Wages $250K/yr
[#4, #5] Salaries and benefits: 1FTE research lead and 1 part-time research assistant plus ~0.5 FTE security/access-control guard (incremental).
Contingency Fund $52K/yr
[#24] Contingency reserve (15% of baseline operating recurring costs) for unexpected high-cost incidents or emergency relocations.
Research And Monitoring $33K/yr
[#7, #15, #17, #18, #19] Dream-log secure storage/server costs and admin per activation, recurring ethics/committee time, ongoing transcription/analysis, simulation maintenance, and modest ongoing clinical research budget (pilot studies).
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #12] Controlled testing/travel reimbursements budget, field surveillance and GPS tracking for monitored trips, transport/secure courier allocations, and a reserve for rapid response/field recovery deployments.
Cover Story And Legal $16K/yr
[#13, #14, #22] Amnestic drug administration and follow-up costs for civilian witnesses, legal/PR/cover-story small-incident budget, and records-redaction/legal readiness costs.
Administrative Overhead $10K/yr
[#25] Pro rata site administrative overhead (HR, procurement, recordkeeping allocation).
Medical Escalation Fund $5K/yr
[#20] Reserve for emergency medical/psychiatric escalation and inpatient care for severe cases.
Psych Medical Monitoring $4K/yr
[#6] Per-activation clinician screening, dream-log review and short-term counseling aggregated as an annual budget (assumes a small number of activations per year).
Background Checks $3K/yr
[#21] Background screening and periodic rechecks for volunteer/subject selection.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#2, #3, #23] Incremental archival HVAC/monitoring, CCTV/environmental sensor maintenance and logging storage, periodic conservation touch-ups.
Training Refresher $2K/yr
[#16] Annual refresher training and SOP updates for staff interacting with SCP-1841.
Supplies And Consumables $600/yr
[#8] PPE, archival handling supplies, evidence bags, printing and consumables.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $396K/yr
73.0% probability / year
Normal year with low use: routine monitoring, occasional controlled activations, and standard overhead.
low-use activations routine monitoring scheduled research tasks
🚨 Minor Incident $403K/yr
20.0% probability / year +$7K vs baseline
Subject attempts an unsanctioned trip or requires clinician intervention; field team and extra monitoring deployed.
unsanctioned travel attempt one-off clinician intervention short field deployment
🚨 Major Public Exposure $596K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Public incident with multiple civilian witnesses, media attention, lawsuits or large-scale recovery operation requiring extensive legal/PR and amnestic operations.
public discovery media coverage multi-witness exposures
🚨 Research Scale Up $516K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$120K vs baseline
Foundation elects to run an intensive research program (neuroimaging, longitudinal studies, expanded clinical trials).
fMRI/neuroimaging studies expanded longitudinal trials multi-subject controlled activations
👥 Personnel 2.5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Lead) 1 [#5] Full-time research lead responsible for access requests, experiments, ethics compliance and reporting (budgeted at ~$150,000/yr).
Research Assistant 1 [#5] One part-time/fee-for-service research assistant (~$60,000/yr equivalent budgeted).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.5 [#4] ~0.5 FTE guard increment for access control and audits (budgeted at ~$40,000/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item price ranges are supplied in analyst notes and containment is straightforward (Safe), so structural and equipment costs are well-defined; uncertainty remains around activation frequency, clinical escalation rates, and the probability of public-exposure events, so annual incident-related costs and probabilities are moderate-confidence estimates.
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