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SCP-208 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-208
Expected annual
$938K
One-time setup
$2.5M
Annual recurring
$893K
Personnel
6
One-time setup and specialized monitoring equipment drive initial costs (~$2.47M), while staff wages (security escorts, caretaker, researchers) and ongoing monitoring/research dominate recurring annual costs (~$893k/yr). Major cost risk is a translational research program that could trigger multi-year multi-million-dollar spending.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.5M
Clinical Program Contingency $1.5M
[#12] Contingency for multi-year translational/clinical R&D program if Foundation pursues therapeutic extraction/replication.
Insurance Reserve $300K
[#22] Internal contingency reserve for anomalous mishap / incident remediation.
Equipment $218K
[#2, #3, #6, #7] Furnishings and stereo hardware (~couch/stereo/media hardware), access control/CCTV installation, EM detection hardware (off-the-shelf plus custom sensors), portable Faraday/attenuation crate.
Recovery And Exhumation Transport $150K
[#13] Recovery/excavation and international transport costs (excavation, cranes, secrecy/liaison during transfer).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $125K
[#11] Initial deep genomics/proteomics profiling and associated one-time analytic setup for molecular characterization.
Emergency Readiness Setup $100K
[#17] One-time emergency response / rapid-response readiness setup (equipment, medical countermeasures stock, drills setup).
Initial Cover And Permits $48K
[#14] Initial cover/permits, redaction/legal startup costs for recovery/transfer.
Facilities $25K
[#1] Containment-room refurbishment (10 m x 10 m) including wall treatments, flooring, lighting, acoustic treatment and installation labor.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $893K/yr
Staff Wages $490K/yr
[#4, #5, #9] 2 FTE escort/security (~$80k/yr total), 1 FTE medical orderly (~$70k/yr), 3 research staff/technicians (~$340k/yr total).
Research And Monitoring $264K/yr
[#6, #8, #11, #15, #16, #17, #21, #24] Software/licenses & maintenance for EM monitoring, MRI/EEG program costs, ongoing genomics/proteomics analytics, training and staff education, psychological monitoring, emergency refresh supplies, documentation/secure archiving, specialist consultancy.
Cover Story And Legal $62K/yr
[#14] Ongoing legal/PR/cover-up costs, redaction and liaison to maintain secrecy.
Supplies And Consumables $56K/yr
[#10, #20, #23] Lab consumables, sample storage, PPE and biohazard disposables; SCP comfort consumables (clothing, food); waste disposal.
Logistics And Transport $12K/yr
[#18] Regular secure intra-site transport costs (vehicle fuel, maintenance, outfitting).
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#3, #19] CCTV/video storage & monitoring maintenance and incremental utilities/HVAC costs for the containment room.
Music Licensing $3K/yr
[#2] Recurring licensing or subscription costs for North African music library used in containment.
Opportunity Costs $0/yr
[#25] Qualitative note on downstream programmatic opportunity costs; no direct annual line item assigned here.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $893K/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady containment, routine research and no major incidents.
no_incident routine_research standard_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $943K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Small containment or medical incident requiring overtime, emergency medical response and minor repairs.
medical_emergency minor_containment_breach
🚨 Major Breach $1.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant containment failure or exposure requiring major response, extended remediation and PR/legal actions.
containment_failure staff_exposure public_exposure
🚨 Translational Program $1.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Foundation elects to begin a translational/clinical program to harness SCP-208's healing effect, triggering sustained R&D scale-up.
program_launch clinical_trials scale_up_R&D
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent (escort) 2 [#4] Two full-time-equivalent escort/security personnel to surveil movements and escort SCP-208.
Medical Orderly / Caretaker 1 [#5] One medical orderly/keeper to coordinate schedules, media upkeep and liaison with medical wing.
Research Scientist / Technician 3 [#9] Dedicated research staff (physicist, neuroscientist, clinician/technician) studying EM phenomena and regenerative effects.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and reasonable ranges for salaries and equipment, but many items are ranges and speculative (optional shielding, translational program) which creates moderate uncertainty in point estimates.
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