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SCP-1876 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1876
Expected annual
$865K
One-time setup
$273K
Annual recurring
$844K
Personnel
5
One-time startup and integration costs are modest (~$0.27M) dominated by automated transport, testing chamber, and retrofit equipment; recurring annual costs are primarily staff wages, medical/security and maintenance (~$0.84M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $273K
Equipment $102K
[#1, #2, #5, #11] Locker retrofits and tamper sensors, two automated rovers/robotic arms and integration, recording/sensor suite installation, initial emergency medical equipment purchase.
Contingency Fund Establish $55K
[#19] Establishment of an incident/contingency fund for rapid replacement, medical/secrecy emergencies.
Facilities $45K
[#4] Dedicated testing chamber build/modification; isolated testing room, automated controls and emergency access.
Cover Story Initial $40K
[#18] One-time legal/cover-story costs, witness management and initial record redaction/containment of discovery.
Robotic Software Validation $15K
[#3] One-time software validation, QA, fail-safe programming and documentation for robots/automation.
Forensic Initial Analysis $10K
[#13] Initial advanced forensic tests (deep sequencing, GC-MS) and outsourced analyses.
Disposal Or Archival $6K
[#21] Costs for archival, decommissioning, or disposal if decided.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
[#20] Optional long-term research program startup equipment — not included in baseline one-time estimate.
Long Term Research Startup $0
[#20] Large multi-year program startup (optional) — not budgeted in baseline one-time totals.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $844K/yr
Staff Wages $480K/yr
[#7, #8] Level 3 Senior Researcher oversight allocation and research team salaries (1 L3, ~2 researchers, ~2 technicians aggregated).
Insurance And Overhead $77K/yr
[#22] Institutional overhead / insurance premium estimated at ~10% of recurring baseline costs.
Emergency Med Oncall Staffing $60K/yr
[#11] On-call medical team staffing costs for tests (ongoing staffing rather than single equipment purchase).
Security Personnel $50K/yr
[#17] Pro-rated incremental security staffing and access-control costs allocated to SCP-1876 containment.
Class D Management $40K/yr
[#9] Housing, security overhead and rotation/recruitment costs for Class-D used in testing.
Psychological Aftercare $30K/yr
[#12] Counseling and long-term mental health monitoring for staff and subjects.
Research And Monitoring $25K/yr
[#8, #10, #13, #12] Operational research costs (non-salary analysis, subject follow-ups, additional test campaigns, long-term monitoring overhead).
Medical Screening And Monitoring $20K/yr
[#10] Baseline physicals, bloodwork, psych evaluation and per-test medical monitoring costs aggregated annually.
Contingency Replenishment $15K/yr
[#19] Annual replenishment for incident/response fund as used.
Maintenance Calibration $12K/yr
[#16] Preventative maintenance, replacement parts and calibration for robots and cameras.
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#18] Ongoing legal/PR, liaison costs, record redaction and witness management.
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#9] D-class logistics, per-test transport overhead and chain-of-custody operations.
Data Storage $5K/yr
[#6] Secure encrypted archival storage and off-site backups; includes audits.
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#4] Maintenance and minor repairs for dedicated testing chamber and systems.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#14] Gloves, swabs, evidence bags, disposables for routine tests.
Power And Environmental Control $3K/yr
[#15] Incremental energy and environmental control costs (testing chamber, rovers, UPS).
Robotic Software Recertification $2K/yr
[#3] Recurring firmware updates, re-certification and minor validation for robotic transport.
Forensic Ongoing $2K/yr
[#13] Occasional outsourced forensic tests and follow-ups.
Recording Storage Maintenance $1K/yr
[#5] Storage maintenance, redundancy checks and signed log maintenance for recordings.
Long Term Research Program $0/yr
[#20] Optional multi-year research program operational costs — not included in baseline recurring budget.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $844K/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing cadence and no major incidents.
routine experiments scheduled maintenance no major incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $934K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$90K vs baseline
Psychological/medical incident affecting subjects or staff requiring extra medical care, counseling and minor equipment repair.
subject psych breakdown small-scale equipment damage emergency medical hospitalization
🚨 Robotic Failure $944K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Failure or damage to primary automated transport requiring replacement and rapid re-certification.
primary rover/arm hardware failure software corruption requiring full re-validation
🚨 Research Scaleup $2.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Authorization of an expanded long-term temporal research program requiring major startup spending and increased annual operations.
foundation approval for extended study multi-year equipment procurement international collaboration and ethics approvals
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Level 3 Senior Researcher 1 [#7] Oversight and approval for experiments; salary portion included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 2 [#8] Experimental design and analysis; aggregated into staff_wages.
Lab Technician 2 [#8] Lab operations and test execution support; aggregated into staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and a clear containment profile (Safe class), but many line items have wide ranges and optional large research costs were excluded from baseline; hence medium confidence.
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