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SCP-2211 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2211
Expected annual
$703K
One-time setup
$695K
Annual recurring
$699K
Personnel
5
Initial one-time setup is approximately $695,000 driven by instrumentation, secure lockers, engineering interlocks and contingency reserves; annual recurring costs are about $698,800 driven primarily by staff wages, recurring campaigns, insurance and consumables.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $695K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $209K
[#9, #10, #11, #17] Initial outsourced analytical campaign ($50k), on-site instrumentation purchases (GC-MS/qPCR/freezer ~$137k), cold-storage installation ($12k), SOP creation and initial training ($10k).
Equipment $126K
[#2, #4, #5, #12, #18, #19] Tamper/environment sensors integration ($12k), two air-gapped forensic workstations ($40k), custom interlock engineering capitalized ($50k), VOC/filtration bench containment ($15k), software/logging one-time setup ($8k), device hardening kit for SCP-2211-4 ($1k).
Contingency Reserve $100K
[#14] Quarantine / decontamination / emergency contractor reserve (set-aside).
Secure Retrieval Operation $75K
[#3] One-off secure retrieval / transport costs (agents, Faraday-lined transport, charter/insurance, customs/NDAs) estimated midpoint.
Facilities $60K
[#1] Cost for four hardened, tamper-evident small-item containment lockers (Faraday-lined options included).
Legal And Pr $50K
[#20] One-time legal/PR/cover-story budget for retrievals, buyouts or negotiations.
Decommissioning And Destruction $50K
[#24] Safe destruction / decommissioning contingency budget if required.
Cross Jurisdictional Liaison $25K
[#21] One-off foreign/liaison expenses for international retrievals or permits.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $699K/yr
Staff Wages $410K/yr
[#15, #16] Research staff (senior researcher + technicians + systems engineer) and minimal on-call security staffing; includes benefits.
Long Form Experiment Campaigns $100K/yr
[#22] Budget for one long-form experimental campaign per year (consumables, replacements, analyses, dedicated staff time).
Research And Monitoring $96K/yr
[#6, #9, #13, #17] Sacrificial/replaceable test devices (~$38k/yr), ongoing outsourced analyses (~$40k/yr), medical surveillance (~$15k/yr for small team), annual training refreshers (~$3k/yr).
Insurance And Risk Financing $55K/yr
[#23] Institutional insurance or internal reserve to cover third-party damages/liability.
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#2, #10, #11, #12] Sensor monitoring/maintenance, instrument calibration/maintenance, freezer power/monitoring, filter replacements and bench maintenance.
Supplies And Consumables $11K/yr
[#7, #25] Biohazard cleanup supplies, PPE, and miscellaneous consumables/tools.
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#8] Biohazard waste disposal contract (monthly service midpoint).
Software Logging $2K/yr
[#18] Recurring hosting/maintenance for secure metadata, chain-of-custody and logging systems.
Cover Story And Legal $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $699K/yr
96.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with steady research activity, routine analyses, training and one long-form campaign; no containment incidents.
routine_testing annual_campaign regular_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $749K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Small-scale contamination, device destruction, or localized biohazard spill requiring extra testing, emergency cleanup and limited legal/transport costs.
single_device_failure small_spill_or_contamination limited_cleanup_and_analysis
🚨 Major Breach $1.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Containment breach or loss/theft of originals requiring international retrieval, large-scale decontamination, replacement hardware, legal action and heavy PR/legal expense.
containment_breach international_retrieval large_scale_decontamination
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 [#16] Senior researcher / Level 3 equivalent; salary included in staff_wages.
Research Technician 2 [#16] Laboratory technicians handling playback, sampling and consumables; salaries included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#5, #16] Systems engineer responsible for sandbox/interlock maintenance and instrument upkeep; salary included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#15] Minimal on-call security presence assumed for baseline; staffing costs included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provided detailed line items and ranges allowing a mid-confidence estimate; uncertainty remains around rare event frequency (breaches/retrievals), chosen posture (minimal vs 24/7 security), and local cost variation, so estimates are approximate midpoints of ranges.
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