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SCP-2134 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-2134
Expected annual
$2.6M
One-time setup
$4.5M
Annual recurring
$2.5M
Personnel
15
Initial containment and specialized hardware/software are capital drivers (approx. $4.50M one-time). Recurring annual costs are dominated by specialized staff wages, legal/cover budgets, and ongoing maintenance/auditing (~$2.53M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.5M
Facilities $1.5M
[#1, #6] Containment vault construction and specialized HVAC/filtration installation (includes airlock, pressure control, acoustic isolation and non-reflective finishes).
Equipment $1.3M
[#2, #3, #5, #7, #8, #12, #13, #21, #26] Thermal/IR cameras, air-gapped archival hardware, provisioning/waste-handling robotics, redundant power/UPS, comms-suppression hardware, robotic phlebotomy, emergency/recontainment robots, spare-parts stockpile, and records-destruction equipment setup.
Contingency Fund $1.2M
[#18] Incident contingency fund reserved for emergency evacuation, retaking, quarantine, accelerated research or large-scale mitigation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#4] Development of image-scrambler / memetic sanitization software (high-assurance development and third-party certification).
Initial Training $100K
[#16] Initial memetic-safety certification course development and staff time for baseline training.
Initial Consumables $10K
[#20] Initial stockpile of non-reflective consumables, seals, tamper tape, filters.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.5M/yr
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #12, #15, #24] Security rotations, technical/engineering staff, memetics specialists, part-time physician salary, IT/OPSEC staff, and site administrative wages (salaries + benefits).
Cover Story And Legal $425K/yr
[#17, #27] Legal retainer, cover-up plausibility maintenance budget, misinformation control and insurance/contracted outside expertise retainers.
Facilities Maintenance $212K/yr
[#5, #7, #13, #14] Annual maintenance, calibration and readiness for robotics, power systems/generator upkeep (fuel/maintenance assumed within maintenance budget), emergency kit readiness, and systems maintenance/certification (10–15% of capital).
Supplies And Consumables $72K/yr
[#12, #19, #20, #22, #26] Medical consumables and consumables for non-visual procedures, hazardous waste treatment/disposal, ongoing consumable PPE and tamper-evident supplies, routine SCP nutrition/pharmaceuticals, and recurring records-destruction operations.
Staff Wellness $35K/yr
[#25] Psychological aftercare, counseling, medical leave support and recruitment/turnover mitigation.
Training And Drills $30K/yr
[#16] Annual memetic-safety refreshers, simulations and non-visual drills.
Research And Monitoring $25K/yr
[#4] Ongoing audits/updates for image-scrambler / memetic sanitization software and periodic monitoring of thermographic-only systems.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Research Escalation Program $0/yr
[#23] Optional program for counter-memetic research and safe-viewing infrastructure; if activated this line could range ~$500,000–$5,000,000/yr (set to 0 in baseline posture).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.5M/yr
92.5% probability / year
Normal year with no significant incidents; routine maintenance, staffing, audits, and cover operations only.
stable_containment routine_maintenance no_security_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Limited containment incident or equipment failure requiring emergency response, limited repairs, overtime, and targeted legal/cover actions.
equipment_failure limited_security_breach small_scale_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $4.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant breach or memetic exposure event requiring large-scale recontainment, emergency mobilization, contractors, casualty mitigation and major legal/PR operations.
active_memetic_spread security_compromise staff_compromise
🚨 Research Scale Up $5.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.8M vs baseline
Foundation elects to activate an expanded counter-memetic research program, building safe-viewing infrastructure and funding large-scale study.
program_activation safe_viewing_infrastructure major_research_push
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#9] 24/7 specialized guard rotation; 6 guards assumed per analyst note (salaries included in staff_wages).
Technician / Engineer 3 [#10] Systems engineers/technicians for HVAC, robotics, cameras and on-call maintenance (3 technicians assumed).
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist 3 [#11] Small memetics research team (2–4 indicated; midpoint 3 used; salaries included in staff_wages).
Medical Officer 1 [#12] Part-time physician for non-visual health monitoring and emergencies (salary included in staff_wages).
IT / OPSEC Specialist 1 [#15] Specialist for air-gap management, monitoring and secure consoles (salaries included in staff_wages).
Site Administrator / Administrative Staff 1 [#24] Administrative oversight, audit coordination and clearance renewals (headcount and cost included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes and the original article provide detailed containment and staffing guidance, enabling reasonable cost estimates, but many line items have wide ranges (capital specs, contingency sizing, optional research), producing moderate confidence.
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