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SCP-2208 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2208
Expected annual
$561K
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$530K
Personnel
4.25
One-time setup costs dominated by contingency/reserve and optional specialized equipment (furnace); recurring costs dominated by staffing (security and research). Per-incident cover-up and disposal are the main variable recurring drivers.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#20] Contingency reserve / emergency containment upgrade budget for anomalous escalation (recommended reserve ~$1,000,000).
Equipment $320K
[#2, #5, #6, #12] CCTV/tamper/environmental camera installation (~$8k); PPE initial purchase (~$10k); dedicated high-temperature furnace purchase (midpoint estimate ~$300k); shelving/racks (~$2k).
Facilities $75K
[#1] Level‑4 secure storage locker (installation / hardening) sized for the artifact and occasional small workbench; includes tamper‑proof lock, RFID access, tamper logs and blast/EM shielding.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $45K
[#7, #8] Initial full materials/forensic characterization package (~$27,500) and isolated USB testbed / Faraday-cage workstation outfitting (~$17,500).
Sop Development And Initial Training $15K
[#17] SOP development and initial staff training on PPE, testing protocols and emergency response (~$15,000).
Risk Audit Initial $8K
[#18] Initial external risk audit / legal review (~$7,500).
Trauma Kit $3K
[#11] One-time trauma/first-response kit purchase for incident readiness (~$3,000).
It Setup $2K
[#16] Initial encrypted database / artifact log setup and secure backups (~$2,000).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $530K/yr
Staff Wages $362K/yr
[#3, #4, #11] Dedicated security staffing (2 FTE guards @ $45,000/yr each = $90,000/yr); research staffing (2 FTE senior scientists @ ~$120,000/yr each = $240,000/yr); 0.25 FTE medic (~$32,500/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#14] Per-incident cover-up/legal/social mitigation reserve (working figure ~$50,000 per incident; budgeted as recurring reserve).
D Class Testing Program $50K/yr
[#10] D‑class / human subject program operating budget (recruitment, holding, medical screening, transport, legal overhead; budget line ~$50,000/yr if several tests are run).
Research And Monitoring $20K/yr
[#6, #7] Follow-up materials/forensic tests (~$2k–$5k per new sample; budgeted) and outsourced high-temperature test campaign budget (~$5k–$20k per campaign).
Facilities Maintenance $13K/yr
[#2, #6] CCTV/environmental sensor maintenance and power (~$1,200/yr) and annual calibration/maintenance for owned high-temperature furnace (~$10,000/yr), plus minor locker/site upkeep (~$2,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#5, #8, #9, #11] PPE consumables/replacements (~$2,000/yr), forensic workstation replacement media and maintenance (~$1,000/yr), general lab consumables and sensors (~$3,500/yr), and medic supplies (~$2,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#15] Secure transfers / armored courier for occasional offsite testing (~$2k–$10k per transfer; baseline budgeted for ~1 moderate transfer/year).
Storage Costs $5K/yr
[#12] Ongoing storage cost for cataloged SCP-2208-A instances (example: $50/object/yr; baseline budget assumes ~100 instances = $5,000/yr per analyst notes).
Psychological Support $5K/yr
[#19] Counseling pool for staff and incident support (~$5,000/yr plus per-event supplements).
Sop Refreshers $3K/yr
[#17] Annual SOP refresher training and drills (~$3,000/yr).
Insurance Compliance $3K/yr
[#18] Annual internal compliance costs and small recurring audits (~$3,000/yr).
Per Conversion Processing $2K/yr
[#12] Initial processing/tagging/photography/staff time per-conversion (example baseline budget ~$2,500/yr for occasional processing).
It Hosting $2K/yr
[#16] Annual hosting/maintenance/backups for encrypted artifact logs (~$500–$2,000/yr; midpoint budgeted).
Secure Disposal Per Event $1K/yr
[#13] Secure destruction / recycling per-object costs (~$100–$500 per object; baseline assumes occasional use; budgeted ~$1,000/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $530K/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with storage and routine monitoring, standard staffing and modest testing cadence; no major incidents or escalations.
no major incidents routine testing standard staffing levels
🚨 Minor Incident $594K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$64K vs baseline
Single conversion or small containment incident requiring incident response, cover-up, secure disposal and extra investigations but no facility upgrades.
single conversion incident investigation cover-up/legal action
🚨 Major Breach $1.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Significant anomalous escalation or mass exposure requiring emergency containment upgrades, major legal/cover costs and large-scale remediation.
mass conversions public exposure need for quarantine/wing upgrade
👥 Personnel 4.25 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#3] Two full-time equivalent guards allocated in rotation for dedicated coverage and escorts.
Research Scientist 2 [#4] Two senior-level research FTEs to study transformation mechanics, materials analysis and protocols.
Medical Officer 0.25 [#11] 0.25 FTE medic for on-call emergency medical readiness and incident response.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide many explicit line items and midpoints for equipment and staffing, improving confidence; however per-incident rates (conversion frequency), choice between purchasing vs outsourcing equipment, and contingency scale are highly uncertain, so medium confidence is appropriate.
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