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SCP-1880 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1880
Expected annual
$290K
One-time setup
$260K
Annual recurring
$281K
Personnel
3.9
One-time setup (secure locker, soundproof testing booth, equipment and incident reserve) is the main first-year driver (~$260k). Recurring costs (~$281k/yr) are driven by staff wages, D-class program overhead, medical monitoring/consumables, research/archival, and opportunity cost of a High-Value storage slot.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $260K
Long Term Containment Upgrades $100K
[#23] One-time contingency for major containment upgrades (isolation chamber, permanent medical ward, stricter guard ratios) if SCP-1880 proves more dangerous.
Incident Response Reserve $50K
[#16] Seed contingency fund for incident response, quarantine, overtime, and rapid mitigation (one-time seed).
Facilities $36K
[#1, #5] Cabinet/high-value locker installation and a soundproof testing booth (installation & acoustic treatment).
Equipment $35K
[#2, #3, #6] Secure transport case and tooling (#2), access-control & CCTV upgrades (#3), and medical/psychiatric monitoring equipment (#6).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $29K
[#4, #14, #18] High-quality audio recording & initial secure server (#4), initial conservation/authentication analysis (#14), and secure data analysis/tools setup (#18).
Training And Sop Development $10K
[#17] Development of handling SOPs and initial staff training modules (one-time development cost).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $281K/yr
Staff Wages $57K/yr
[#8, #9] Guard escort incremental costs for interactions and fractional FTE research/lead/clinical support (combined annualized wages for security escorts, lead researcher/technician time, and on-call clinician).
D Class Program Overhead $50K/yr
[#10] Costs to recruit/house/supervise D-class or outsourced test subjects and program overhead.
Supplies And Consumables $36K/yr
[#6, #13] Medical/biometric consumables and per-session PPE/decontamination supplies (estimates assume a moderate testing tempo).
Research And Monitoring $25K/yr
[#4, #7, #18, #22] Storage/encryption & integrity checks for audio archives (#4), MRI/fMRI and lab testing budget (#7), licenses/staff time for forensic audio analysis (#18), and modest psychological research program (#22).
Opportunity Cost High Value Slot $20K/yr
[#20] Accounting-equivalent cost for occupying a High-Value storage slot that could be used for other artifacts.
Long Term Containment Operations $20K/yr
[#23] Reserve operations budget in case upgrades are enacted (staffing/operational cost for enhanced containment).
Cover Story And Legal $15K/yr
[#15] Legal/cover maintenance, paperwork, and low-level PR/bribe/accounting risk-mitigation costs.
Medical Treatment Incidents $15K/yr
[#11] Expected annual cost for medical treatment/convalescence for subjects (typical and occasional severe cases averaged into an annual figure).
Logistics And Transport $12K/yr
[#21] Secure transport/MTF escort budget for occasional off-site transfers (assumes a small number of transfers per year).
Amnestic Procedures $10K/yr
[#12] Annual expected spend on amnestic administrations (drugs, staff, monitoring) averaged across incidents.
Incident Response Reserve Replenishment $10K/yr
[#16] Ongoing replenishment to maintain the incident reserve after draws for incidents.
Periodic Review And Classification Board $5K/yr
[#19] Administrative overhead for periodic classification review, meetings, and senior staff time.
Training And Sop Retraining $3K/yr
[#17] Recurring refresher training and periodic drills for authorized handlers.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#1, #3] Power/humidity control and maintenance for the cabinet and monitoring/recording hardware upkeep.
Artifact Inspections $600/yr
[#14] Periodic conservation inspections and minor upkeep of the artifact.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $281K/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing and no major incidents; all recurring programs operate at planned levels.
routine_testing periodic_inspections standard_staff_rotations
🚨 Minor Incident $306K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Limited subject injury or small containment/recording incident requiring extra medical care, forensic review, and modest legal/cover actions.
subject_medical_event local_investigation minor_data_integrity_issue
🚨 Major Incident $431K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Severe subject injury/neurological damage, escape of subject or targeted unauthorized manipulation requiring extended care, intensive investigation, and containment remediation.
severe_subject_injury unauthorized_movement_of_subject major_evidence_preservation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $1.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Containment failure or malicious exploitation leading to loss of SCP-1880 and/or collateral loss (e.g., removal of other artifacts), major manhunt, legal exposure, and permanent containment upgrades.
unauthorized_removal site_breach major_public_exposure
👥 Personnel 3.9 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#8] Two trained guards available to escort during interactions; not necessarily dedicated full-time to the object.
Research Scientist (Project Lead) 0.5 [#9] Fractional FTE for project supervision and test authorization (e.g., Dr. Shaw equivalent).
Research Technician 1.0 [#9] Technicians for running tests, logging, and operating recording equipment (fractional/dedicated time aggregated to 1.0 FTE).
Medical Officer 0.2 [#6, #11] On-call clinician/medical monitoring support for sessions (fractional/consulting availability).
Administrative Staff 0.1 [#15, #19] Administrative/cover-story and classification board support (fractional allocation).
Conservation Specialist 0.1 [#14] Periodic conservation and authentication work (contracted/part-time).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing mid-range estimates, but many per-session and incident frequencies are unspecified and several high-cost contingencies have wide ranges; thus medium confidence.
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