SCP-2097 — SCP-2097 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2097 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-2097

Expected annual

$409K

One-time setup

$248K

Annual recurring

$405K

Personnel

Initial one-time setup is moderate (~$248.5k) driven by containment conversion, imaging equipment (high-speed camera) and IT/workstation purchases; recurring annual costs are ~ $405k/yr dominated by staff wages (researcher, technician, security) and institutional overhead.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $248K

Equipment $96K

[#2, #3, #4, #5, #11] Lighting/environment control upgrades; CCTV hardware (4 cameras, NVR); purchase of high-speed camera (purchase option chosen here); data-analysis workstation and RAID/NAS; vivarium/terrarium hardware.

Facilities $50K

[#1] Construction or conversion of a small secure containment chamber (seal, non-reactive floor, HVAC tie-in, pass-through port).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $28K

[#12] Initial comprehensive scientific analysis (DNA sequencing, EM, mass spec, isotope analysis, microbiology screens) and associated startup research lab setup costs.

Emergency Response Seed $20K

[#20] Initial contingency seed fund for emergency containment modifications, emergency veterinary care or rapid contracting.

Long Term Research Seed $20K

[#25] Seed funds for multi-year research (facsimiles, initial travel, archival purchases) and any suppression-related research expenditures.

Legal And Cover Story Initial $10K

[#17] Initial legal/cover-story expenses, provenance research and paperwork for acquisition of rare materials.

Sop And Training Development $8K

[#19] One-time drafting of containment SOPs, initial staff training program and clearance processing costs.

Books And Texts $5K

[#9] Purchase of Spanish children's books and Mongolian texts/facsimiles for initial rotating library stock.

Pr And Mitigation Initial $5K

[#22] Initial PR/mitigation budget for acquisitions that might raise external questions (fake project descriptions, vendor reimbursements).

Catalogue And It Setup $4K

[#18] Database/LIMS setup, barcoding and initial IT integration for incoming SCP-2097-1 papers and items.

Archival Supplies $2K

[#10] One-time purchase of acid-free sleeves, archival boxes and basic conservation supplies.

Small Equipment And Furniture $2K

[#23] Floor mats/trays for book placement, small workbench, basic microscopes and hand tools.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $405K/yr

Staff Wages $272K/yr

[#6, #7, #8] Loaded salary costs for 1x Level-3 Researcher and 1x invertebrate husbandry technician and security allocation.

Institutional Overhead $67K/yr

[#24] Institutional overhead allocation (calculated as ~20% of direct recurring costs excluding overhead).

Research And Monitoring $16K/yr

[#12, #15] Periodic scientific follow-up analyses and labor for footage review/indexing and incident reporting.

Translation And Linguistics $10K/yr

[#16] Mongolian and Spanish translation consultants and linguistic analysis for communications.

Long Term Research Program $10K/yr

[#25] Ongoing multi-year research staff, travel and facsimile acquisition budget for long-term study and controlled publication efforts.

Emergency Response Fund $5K/yr

[#20] Annual replenishment for the contingency fund to respond to anomalous events.

Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr

[#14] Utilities, HVAC and UPS maintenance costs for continuous monitoring and environmental control.

Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr

[#13] Gloves, lab coats, disinfectants, paper-handling tools and general consumables.

Cover Story And Legal $4K/yr

[#17, #22] Ongoing legal compliance, provenance tracking and minor cover-story / cultural property review costs.

Data Storage And Software $2K/yr

[#5] Ongoing storage growth, backups and software license costs for high-speed footage analysis workstation and NAS.

Training And Clearance $2K/yr

[#19] Annual refresher training, SOP refreshers and clearance renewals.

Disposal And Sample Storage $2K/yr

[#21] Biohazard disposal, decontamination and long-term climate-controlled sample storage costs.

Cctv Maintenance And Storage $2K/yr

[#3] Maintenance, power and retention storage costs for CCTV/NVR/RAID storage (90-day retention policy).

Vivarium Supply Replacement $2K/yr

[#11] Live host plants, soil, pots and replacement materials for caterpillar husbandry.

Catalogue Maintenance $1K/yr

[#18] Annual IT admin, backups and LIMS maintenance for catalogued items and samples.

Pr Mitigation $1K/yr

[#22] Ongoing small-scale PR and misinformation mitigation budget.

Books Rotation And Replacement $600/yr

[#9] Annual replacements and rotation budget for Spanish children's books and facsimiles.

Archival Conservation $600/yr

[#10] Ongoing conservation treatments and archival climate-control costs.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $405K/yr

93.5% probability / year

Normal year with routine monitoring, maintenance, monthly book rotations and no major incidents.

routine operations monthly rotations scheduled analyses

🚨 Minor Incident $442K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$37K vs baseline

Small containment incident or biological/plant issue requiring emergency response, veterinary care, short-term relocation and decontamination.

temporary contamination emergency veterinary care short-term relocation / deep cleaning

🚨 Major Breach $555K/yr

0.5% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Significant containment failure, public exposure or theft of materials requiring security response, legal action and major remediation.

physical breach / theft public exposure legal/regulatory action

🚨 Research Scale Up $605K/yr

1.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Opportunity or requirement to scale research (major new experiments, additional equipment, travel to archives, hiring temporary staff).

research breakthrough multi-year study initiation need for additional high-end equipment

👥 Personnel 3 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist (Level-3 Researcher)	1	[#6] Primary assigned researcher with Level-3 clearance; salary and loaded cost accounted in staff_wages.
Invertebrate Husbandry Technician / Animal Care	1	[#7] Technician for daily care of SCP-2097-2, feeding live host plants and quarantine protocols; loaded cost included.
Security Officer / MTF Agent (allocation)	1	[#8] Site security allocation and monitoring analyst time apportioned to SCP-2097 containment.

📋 Confidence Notes

Many line items have well-defined ranges and staffing is explicit, giving reasonable confidence; uncertainty remains around optional equipment purchases (high-speed camera vs rental), rarity/cost of authentic Mongolian texts, and incident probabilities, so overall confidence is medium.

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