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SCP-1867 Anomalous ~ medium confidence
SCP-1867
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$360K
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
8
One-time setup ~ $360,000 for secure IT, tooling, and initial SOP/training; recurring baseline operations ~ $1.19M/yr driven primarily by staff wages, discretionary research/testing funds, and travel/logistics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $360K
Equipment $235K
[#4, #5, #6, #9, #16] One-time development/integration of secure data ingestion/database, NLP/tooling customization, secure comms hardware, evidence kits/setup, and initial DR/backups setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K
[#10, #11] Initial laboratory instruments and small research setup to enable basic analytical testing if escalation occurs; larger containment suite treated as contingency.
Sop Development And Initial Training $35K
[#12] One-time SOP development and initial staff training.
Media Incident Response $25K
[#8] Per-incident PR/communications response budget allocated as an on-call one-time expense when incidents occur.
Personnel Background Checks Initial $15K
[#13] Initial vetting/clearance costs for ~10 staff.
Facilities $0
[#11, #20] Contingency planning for modular secure suite or larger containment; not included in baseline one-time spend.
Legal Incident Response $0
[#7] Incident-specific legal budgets (per-incident $20k–$150k) are episodic and modelled in adverse scenarios rather than baseline one-time spend.
Escalation Capital Planning $0
[#20] Planning note for large-scale containment capital ($5M–$50M) — not budgeted as baseline one-time spend.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Staff Wages $731K/yr
[#1, #2, #3] Salaries+benefits for 3 full-time analysts (~$312k), 1 senior investigator (~$169k), and a 4-person incident/field standby team (~$250k).
Research And Monitoring $125K/yr
[#10] Discretionary laboratory/testing fund for episodic analytical tests and targeted research triggered by correlations.
Contingency Fund $80K/yr
[#19] Emergency/reserve fund ( ~10% of operating budget ) for rapid response, overtime, and procurement.
Logistics And Transport $75K/yr
[#3, #14] Baseline travel, lodging, per-destination verification budgets and operational deployment costs averaged annually.
Supplies And Consumables $40K/yr
[#17] Office overhead, consumables, secure shredding, postage, rent/utilities.
Cover Story And Legal $40K/yr
[#7, #8] Legal retainer and baseline PR/media management retainers for records management, FOIA/cover narratives, and media monitoring.
It Hosting And Maintenance $20K/yr
[#4, #16] Hosting, maintenance and recurring support for secure ingestion/database and backup storage/DR testing.
Insurance And Liability $20K/yr
[#18] Liability insurance for field operations and stored evidence.
Training And Audits $15K/yr
[#12] Refresher training and periodic compliance audits.
Nlp Tooling Licenses $10K/yr
[#5] Cloud compute, licensing and model costs for automated correlation/NLP tooling.
Subscriptions And Data Access $10K/yr
[#15] Access to journals, archives, commercial data vendors, and specialist repositories.
Documentation And Liaison $10K/yr
[#21] Classified reporting, partner agency liaison and secure briefings/printing.
Secure Comms Licenses $5K/yr
[#6] VPN, encrypted comms licenses and recurring ops security subscriptions.
Evidence Storage Rental $5K/yr
[#9] Secure short-term storage rental and climate-control costs depending on volume.
Disaster Recovery $5K/yr
[#16] Recurring DR testing and off-site encrypted storage costs.
Personnel Background Rechecks $3K/yr
[#13] Periodic rechecks and clearance maintenance for staff.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, no major incidents or escalations.
no_correlated_escalations routine_reporting scheduled_training_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.3M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$145K vs baseline
One or more small escalations requiring field deployment, limited lab tests, PR/legal response.
two-source correlation triggers field verification limited physical evidence requiring tests localized media attention
🚨 Major Escalation Containment Required $1.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$700K vs baseline
Correlation indicates an active anomalous threat requiring rapid small-scale containment buildout and sustained operations.
correlated descriptions identify dangerous anomalous object/place/person field incident with casualties or public exposure requirement to establish modular secure suite
🚨 Research Scale Up $1.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$550K vs baseline
Significant research opportunity or discovery requiring rapid scale-up of laboratory capabilities and temporary staffing.
discovery of high-value artifacts/specimens need for expanded analytical campaigns external collaboration requiring funded scale-up
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Analyst 3 [#1] Dedicated analysts performing ingestion, correlation, and triage (3 FTE).
Senior Investigator 1 [#2] Case lead and liaison with other departments.
Security Officer / Field Agent (Incident Response Team) 4 [#3] 4-person mobile verification/response team on standby rotation.
📋 Confidence Notes
Baseline recurring staff costs and IT/tooling estimates are well-specified in analyst notes; episodic escalation costs are highly variable and contingent on rare discovery/containment events, reducing overall confidence.
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