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SCP-2060 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2060
Expected annual
$428K
One-time setup
$83K
Annual recurring
$417K
Personnel
5
Initial one-time setup (~$83k) is dominated by terraria, habitat build-out, research instrumentation and security/IT hardware; recurring annual costs (~$417k) are dominated by staff wages, ethics/medical monitoring, legal/insurance and contingency budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $83K
Equipment $53K
[#1, #3, #4, #6, #7, #10, #22, #23] Terrariums (purchase/custom fabrication), industrial dehumidifier units (purchase), LED fixtures/bulbs, cold/dry storage cabinet, initial handling equipment (tweezers/scales/PPE), CCTV/access hardware, incident response equipment, secure server hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $20K
[#15] Research instrumentation and monitoring equipment (cameras/audio/physiological monitors, secure laptops and encrypted storage) for initial lab/test setup.
Facilities $8K
[#2] Habitat grouping enclosures / shelving and minor room build-out for grouped-variant habitats.
Personnel Training Initial $2K
[#11] Initial staff training program, SOP development and memetic-risk awareness training (one-time development/delivery).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $417K/yr
Staff Wages $222K/yr
[#5, #9, #15, #25] Salaries / contract payments for research staff, technician(s), part-time veterinarian services, archivist/records support and administrative oversight (allocation of existing staff or hires).
Cover Story And Legal $80K/yr
[#20, #21] Legal retainer / PR contingency and yearly contingency reserve for lawsuits, public/political exposure, plus insurance premiums and regulatory compliance fees.
Research And Monitoring $57K/yr
[#12, #13, #14, #16, #17, #24, #25] Psychological screening & monitoring, medical monitoring & addiction treatment budget, Ethics Committee annual overhead and proposal processing, baseline clinical testing budget per year, contingency for amnestic/psychiatric treatment, long-term specimen management allocations, and ethics/oversight staff time.
Logistics And Transport $12K/yr
[#19, #24] Secure internal transfers and occasional secure courier/armored transfers; budgeted allowance for periodic field recovery/secure retrieval operations.
Security Staffing And Monitoring $10K/yr
[#10] Monitoring, maintenance and contracted monitoring of CCTV/access systems; baseline security monitoring budget (guard staffing is budgetary if required).
Specimen Recovery Budget $10K/yr
[#24] Budgeted allowance for discovery/recovery operations or procurement of replacement instances when inventory is limited (highly variable).
Personnel Replacement $10K/yr
[#18] Hiring, onboarding and training costs for replacement/rotation of exposed personnel.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #15, #26] Tobacco supply and QC sampling, consumable PPE and disposables (gloves, pads, disinfectants), biohazard pickup/incineration baseline, data storage consumables and small recurring equipment replacement.
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#3, #4, #9] Dehumidifier electricity & servicing, LED electricity & occasional replacements, archive/habitat climate-control & room overhead.
It Managed Services $3K/yr
[#15, #23] Managed IT services, secure backups, and encrypted off-site storage subscriptions.
Incident Drills $2K/yr
[#22] Annual emergency drills, replenishment of spill/fire/safety kits and replacement of expendable emergency supplies.
Training Refreshers $1K/yr
[#11] Annual refresher training and certification/audits.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $417K/yr
89.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine monitoring, no major incidents or public exposure.
routine maintenance scheduled research standard staffing and oversight
🚨 Minor Incident $467K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Small containment breach or accidental damage (single instance escape, small fire, limited exposure) requiring cleanup, medical follow-up and modest legal/PR response.
single-instance escape localized fire or contamination limited staff exposure requiring treatment
🚨 Major Breach $917K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant breach or leak causing multiple staff exposures, legal action, heavy PR, extended investigations and large recovery/settlement costs.
multiple-personnel exposure public leak or high-profile legal action large-scale recovery operations
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $617K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
A breakthrough or program decision to scale up research and testing (including human-subject studies) leading to accelerated hiring, capital expansion and increased security/ethics costs.
expanded experimental program human-subject trials decision to scale containment/production
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 [#15] Lead researcher responsible for experiments, protocol design and data oversight.
Research Technician 1 [#15, #7] Technician for day-to-day handling, feeding, monitoring and experiment support.
Veterinarian (part-time/contractor) 1 [#5] Small-mammal specialist conducting weekly feedings, health checks and clinical oversight (contracted or part-time FTE).
Archivist / Records Manager 1 [#9] Manages Low-Security Physical Archive records, chain-of-custody and cataloging of boxes.
Administrative Staff / Ethics Liaison 1 [#14, #25] Administrative support for Ethics Committee submissions, scheduling, compliance and liaison duties.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide clear line-item ranges for most costs, so mid-level confidence exists for baseline staffing, equipment and recurring operating costs. Uncertainty remains high for open-ended items (specimen recovery, legal/PR liability, major breaches and amnestic/long-term psychiatric costs), so overall confidence is medium.
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