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SCP-1899 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1899
Expected annual
$868K
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$845K
Personnel
8
One-time setup of approximately $1.21M driven by property/site construction, research capital (imaging and robotics) and contingency reserves; recurring costs ≈ $845k/yr driven mainly by security and technical staff, contracted research, and contingency replenishment.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Facilities $540K
[#1, #2, #3, #6, #13, #16, #23] Property acquisition, site construction and reinforced containment shell, fixed ballistic barrier/plate, power infrastructure/install, initial biohazard cleanup, heavy-lift/installation logistics, and decommissioning/remediation fund.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K
[#11, #12] Onsite imaging and analysis capital (micro-CT/SEM/etc.) and remote manipulation/robotic retrieval equipment (micro-manipulators, vibration isolation).
Contingency Reserve $100K
[#21] One-time contingency / emergency reserve fund for unplanned containment upgrades or rapid-response costs.
Liability Reserve $100K
[#24] One-time internal accounting reserve for third-party claims, cover payments, or exposure response.
Equipment $65K
[#4, #5, #17] Precision laser-rangefinder/position monitoring array, alarm/CCTV/security integration, and initial hardened local server/data logging hardware.
Legal Cover Initial $5K
[#18] Initial shell-company/cover-story setup, quiet title work and related legal seed costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $845K/yr
Staff Wages $470K/yr
[#8, #9] Security personnel (7 FTEs: 2guards/shift × 3 shifts + supervisor) and site technical/maintenance staff (on-call/site technician, part-time manager). Salaries, benefits, training and vetting.
Research And Monitoring $230K/yr
[#10, #22, #25] Research & forensic staffing and contracted analyses, per-campaign experimental budget, periodic expert review/archival review and long-term monitoring.
Contingency Replenish $50K/yr
[#21] Annual replenishment of rapid-response contingency fund.
Liability Insurance $25K/yr
[#24] Recurring internal liability/accounting reserve for claims or exposure response.
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#3, #6, #7, #14, #17, #5] Fuel/testing for generator, HVAC electricity, annual calibration and maintenance contracts for sensors/lasers/actuators, data backup/replication costs, and routine CCTV/security systems maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#18] Ongoing cover maintenance, property taxes, occasional local payments to maintain secrecy and shell-company upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#13, #15, #12] PPE, biohazard disposables and waste removal contracts, spare sensors/parts, batteries and routine consumables; includes minor spare parts/upgrades for robotic gear.
Medical Retainer $10K/yr
[#19] Retainer with nearest trauma center / contracted medic for emergency response.
Training Drills $5K/yr
[#20] Regular drills, SOP updates, refresher training for security and technical staff.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $845K/yr
91.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, monitoring, and scheduled research activity.
no_incident routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $905K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure or small containment-related incident (sensor/actuator failure) requiring emergency repairs and replacements.
sensor_failure localized_equipment_damage emergency_repairs
🚨 Major Breach $2.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
SCP unsuspends or becomes mobile, causing casualties or major containment failure and necessitating emergency response, legal action, and extensive upgrades or relocation.
object_unsuspends casualties containment_upgrade
🚨 Research Escalation $1.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Authorization of an expanded experimental program or repeated expensive outsourced analyses requiring temporary scale-up of research capacity and contracted labs.
new_experimental_campaign scale_up_lab specialized_contracts
🚨 Political Exposure $1.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Partial public exposure or local discovery requiring intensive cover operations, hush payments and legal containment of information.
public_exposure legal_actions hush_payments
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 7 [#8] 2 guards per shift × 3 shifts plus shift supervisor; represented in security personnel wage estimate.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#9] On-call/site technician and part-time facilities/site manager; represented in technical staffing wage estimate.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item estimates are drawn from analyst midpoints and the SCP text; many costs are well-specified (security, calibration, research campaigns) but options (outsourcing vs capital purchase) and low-probability high-impact outcomes create uncertainty, so confidence is medium.
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