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SCP-1939 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1939
Expected annual
$2.3M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$2.3M
Personnel
14
One-time setup costs including construction, specialized recording, and a large contingency reserve total approximately $1.5M; dominant recurring costs are personnel (security + research) and D-Class management, producing yearly costs of roughly $2.29M.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Contingency Reserve Fund $1.0M
[#30] Catastrophic containment breach contingency reserve (one-time fund held for large-scale remediation, legal/PR and emergency operations).
Background Investigations Initial $325K
[#15] Initial background investigations / clearances for ~100 relevant staff (polygraphs, initial investigations).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $70K
[#5, #28] Secure data infrastructure & forensic analysis workstation setup and a forensic disassembly lab & tooling setup (secure electronics bench, scopes, signal analyzers).
Facilities $38K
[#1, #3, #7] Containment cell construction, electrical wiring/isolated outlet and remote cutoff, HVAC acoustics installation. Includes carpentry, acoustic treatment, dedicated circuit and remote power kill wiring, silenced ventilation installation and penetrations sealed for cabling.
Equipment $29K
[#2, #4, #6, #9] Access control & interlocks, redundant audio/video recording equipment, basic furniture/fixtures, tamper & environmental sensors (installation costs).
Training And Sop Development $14K
[#13] Initial memetic-safety SOP development and staff training curriculum development and rollout.
Faraday Shielding $12K
[#8] Optional partial Faraday / EM shielding installation as redundant barrier.
Archival Storage Setup $12K
[#19] Secure archival storage setup (offline cold storage infrastructure, media and restricted vault setup).
Ppe Initial Procurement $3K
[#12] Initial hearing protection & PPE procurement for staff (mix of earmuffs & plugs for ~50 personnel).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.3M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#10, #11] Security staffing (8 FTE assigned to area including benefits/overhead) and research staffing (lead psychologist/behavioral scientist, audio engineer, historians/linguists, research assistants combined).
D Class Management $450K/yr
[#16] D-Class management and experiment subject costs (housing, food, medical checks, custodial staff for ~10 active D-Class).
Research And Monitoring $260K/yr
[#14, #17, #18, #26, #27, #29] Continuous psychological monitoring & counseling, external forensic audio & historical contract work, transcription/translation and cataloguing, automated staff-behavior monitoring, medical surveillance/advanced testing, and periodic external audit/expert reviews.
Amnestic Contingency Fund $200K/yr
[#22] Operational contingency fund for amnestic/neutralization interventions and follow-up (reserve for major interventions).
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#20, #21] Legal counsel & compliance retainer plus cover story / public affairs and counter-disclosure budget.
Background Reinvestigations $65K/yr
[#15] Annual reinvestigations and periodic background checks budget for sensitive-access personnel.
Incident Response And Drills $20K/yr
[#25] Annual incident response exercises, tabletop simulations, and post-incident forensic support.
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#7, #19] Ongoing HVAC energy & maintenance for silenced ventilation and climate control for archival storage; minor containment room upkeep and maintenance of physical fixtures.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#23] Secure transportation / relocation budget (assumes occasional secure move or maintenance transport; per-move costs budgeted into annual logistics).
Training Refresher $10K/yr
[#13] Annual refresher memetic-safety training and briefings.
Secure Data Maintenance $10K/yr
[#5] Maintenance, archival/backup costs and licensing for forensic audio software, encrypted servers and cold-storage upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#12, #24] PPE replacement/consumables (~$1,000/yr) and chain-of-custody consumables / replacement storage media (~$1,250/yr) plus media/kit refresh.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.3M/yr
95.8% probability / year
Normal year with steady-state operations, routine monitoring, ongoing research at normal cadence and no major incidents.
no breach regular research activity standard personnel turnover
🚨 Minor Incident $2.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Local personnel exposure or small containment incident requiring targeted medical/amnestic interventions, overtime security, and limited legal/PR response.
localized staff radicalization small-scale containment breach limited media inquiry
🚨 Major Breach $4.3M/yr
0.2% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure with public exposure, legal action, broad decontamination/amnestic operations and large-scale PR/legal remediation.
public leak of broadcasts widespread personnel radicalization criminal investigations or litigation
🚨 Political Exposure $2.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Targeted political/media exposure of archived content requiring specialist legal defense, increased monitoring, and enhanced PR/counter-disclosure operations.
media discovery legal challenges over extremist material investigative journalism
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#10] Dedicated 8 FTE security personnel assigned (2 per shift × 3 shifts with allowance for leave).
Research Scientist (Behavioral/Psychologist) 1 [#11, #14] Lead psychologist/behavioral scientist responsible for experiments and staff monitoring.
Audio Engineer / Forensic Technician 1 [#4, #5, #28] Responsible for high-fidelity recording, forensic analysis and maintenance of audio equipment and benches.
Historian / Linguist Consultant 2 [#11, #17, #18] Consultants for transcription, translation and historical contextualization (may be part-time/contracted).
Research Assistant / Technician 2 [#11, #18] Assistants for transcription, experiments, cataloguing broadcasts and day-to-day research support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Numerical estimates are order-of-magnitude midpoints based on analyst ranges; containment hardware and physical requirements are well-defined but memetic risk, frequency of adverse events, and contingency sizing are uncertain, so overall confidence is medium.
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