SCP-2142 — SCP-2142 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2142 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-2142

Expected annual

$10.4M

One-time setup

$2.2M

Annual recurring

$10.3M

Personnel

Estimated one-time capital expenditures of approximately $2.23M for facilities, equipment and lab setup, with annual operating costs of roughly $10.22M driven primarily by staff wages, corrective procedures/amnestic administrations, and MTF field operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.2M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M

[#12, #18, #19, #20, #25] Amnestic procurement/storage infrastructure, laboratory audio-analysis hardware/software, digital monitoring development, locked safe-digitization lab, and initial data-management/catalog infrastructure.

Facilities $572K

[#2, #3, #24] Climate control upgrades (HVAC zoning) and construction/fit-out of Class 3+ soundproof chamber(s) and quarantine suite buildout.

Equipment $395K

[#1, #4, #5, #6, #10] Archival shelving & enclosures, monitoring/CCTV hardware, Faraday/EM isolation hardware, specialized playback stations, and field vehicles (capital).

Training Development $85K

[#23] Initial SOP and curriculum development, simulation runs and training materials.

Ppe Initial $2K

[#7] Initial stock of PPE and decontamination supplies.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.3M/yr

Staff Wages $3.1M/yr

[#8, #9, #14, #17] Security guards, MTF Delta-7 personnel, on-site psychiatrists/therapists, and research staff salaries (primary recurring personnel costs).

Corrective Procedure 27 $2.0M/yr

[#13] Recurring costs for Corrective Procedure 27 (surgical/medical/rehab/reassignment costs) across affected personnel per-year.

Lost Productivity $1.5M/yr

[#27] Replacement, retraining, reassignment and lost-productivity costs for employees undergoing Corrective Procedure 27 or reassignment.

Logistics And Transport $710K/yr

[#9, #10, #11] MTF field vehicles/equipment/travel budget, vehicle maintenance/fuel, and secure evidence transport/courier costs.

Research And Monitoring $658K/yr

[#4, #15, #18, #19, #20, #25, #14] Ongoing lab compute/storage/software renewals, subject recruitment compensation, monitoring/recording storage, digital monitoring ops, digitization lab operations, data maintenance, and psychiatric program materials.

Contingency Reserve $500K/yr

[#29] Reserve fund for surge containment, mass amnestics or emergency research (recommended 20–25% of baseline program budget).

Cover Story And Legal $375K/yr

[#21, #28] Annual clandestine PR/cover budgets, legal fees, liaison and external agency coordination costs.

Medical Treatment $300K/yr

[#16] Outpatient/inpatient psychiatric treatment, stabilization, medication and trauma care reserve.

Misc Overhead $300K/yr

[#30] Utilities, insurance-equivalents, clerical support, security-clearance processing and miscellaneous administrative overhead.

Compliance And Audit $225K/yr

[#22] Compliance officers and secure record/oversight systems for amnestic and corrective-procedure use logs/audits.

Amnestic Administrations $220K/yr

[#12] Recurring per-administration costs for Class-B amnestics (assumes ~200 administrations/yr at midrange per-dose cost).

Quarantine Recurring $125K/yr

[#24] Standby staffing, supplies and readiness costs for quarantine/isolation capacity and rapid-response teams.

Training Recurring $100K/yr

[#23] Annual recurrent training, refreshers, simulations and SOP updates for handlers, MTF and researchers.

Public Health And External Coordination $75K/yr

[#28] Ongoing MOUs, liaison activities and occasional reimbursements to external agencies/hospitals/police.

Physical Destruction $50K/yr

[#26] Annual budget for controlled destruction/disposal events (transport, permits, operation).

Supplies And Consumables $21K/yr

[#1, #7] Per-item archival replacement consumables (sleeves/boxes/tagging) and recurring PPE/consumables.

Facilities Maintenance $19K/yr

[#2, #3] HVAC/electrical maintenance for climate-controlled bulk storage and maintenance/energy for soundproof chamber(s).

Faraday Maintenance $2K/yr

[#5] Recurring maintenance/inspections for Faraday/EM isolation and audio containment hardware.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.3M/yr

91.0% probability / year

Normal year with steady operations, routine testing, modest field activity and no large-scale exposures or containment breaches.

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🚨 Minor Incident $10.5M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$225K vs baseline

Isolated civilian or staff exposure requiring local amnestics, extra medical care, limited field activity and targeted media/liaison response.

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🚨 Major Breach $15.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$4.9M vs baseline

Widespread public exposure or multiple uncontrolled instances requiring mass field ops, large-scale amnestic administration, emergency medical response and major cover operations.

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👥 Personnel 30 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#8] 24/7 guarded coverage for Bulk Storage Unit and testing chambers (included in staff_wages).
MTF Delta-7 (Field team)	14	[#9] Field intercepts, raids and covert operations personnel (included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist	6	[#17] Audio/musicology, memetics, psychology and epidemiology research staff (included in staff_wages).
Technician	2	[#17] Lab technicians for testing and media handling (included in staff_wages).
Psychiatrist / Therapist	2	[#14] On-site psychiatric staff providing monthly evaluations and lucid-dreaming instruction (included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Line items are detailed with ranges allowing a midrange aggregation; however unknowns about SCP propagation mode and exposure frequency introduce material uncertainty in annual incident-driven costs.

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