SCP-2243 — SCP-2243 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2243 Safe ✓ high confidence

SCP-2243

Expected annual

$61K

One-time setup

$41K

Annual recurring

$58K

Personnel

First-year capital setup is modest (~$40.6k) driven by soundproofing, secure logging and containment fixtures; ongoing annual costs are driven by research, legal/PR retainer and recurring care/maintenance (~$58.1k/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $41K

Facilities $16K

[#2, #3, #9] Acoustic sound‑proof booth (~#2), ventilation/HVAC installation for booth (~#3), and locker/antechamber installation/signage (~#9).

Equipment $11K

[#1, #4, #5, #8, #12, #17] Containment cage (#1), CCTV/audio hardware & integration (#4), UPS/backup power (#5), initial spare toys/perches (#8), secure/encrypted server setup (#12), and transport crate (#17).

Legal Cover Initial $6K

[#15] One‑time contingency for initial cover/PR/legal actions if required.

Capital Contingency $6K

[#20] Capital contingency reserve for emergency replacement of cage/booth or urgent quarantine/relocation equipment.

Sop Development $2K

[#11] SOP creation and initial staff training rollout and signage production (one‑time development/production).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $58K/yr

Research And Monitoring $30K/yr

[#13] Ongoing linguistic/behavioral research program (basic study budget; includes researcher labor, subject compensation, and analysis tools).

Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr

[#15] Annual legal/cover‑story/PR retainer and contingency for public exposure events.

Incident Response Budget $6K/yr

[#16] Annual incident response budget/retainer for investigations, forensic recovery, and containment of contaminated materials.

Staff Wages $4K/yr

[#6, #10] Dedicated technician bi‑weekly maintenance partial FTE (~#6) and supervision/enforcement hours during access/translation sessions (~#10).

Psychological Monitoring $2K/yr

[#14] Psychological screening for personnel with access and counselling contingency.

Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr

[#7, #8, #18] Animal care consumables & vet care (#7), enrichment/toy replacement (#8), and cleaning/biohazard consumables (#18).

Training And Sop Refreshers $1K/yr

[#11] Periodic refresher training and SOP update sessions.

It Backups And Support $1K/yr

[#12] Backup operations, IT support, and secure storage administration.

Insurance Allocation $1K/yr

[#19] Internal insurance/liability allocation for animal injury, damage, or third‑party exposure.

Logistics And Transport $600/yr

[#17] Per‑move transport costs for off‑site movement (vehicle/staff) amortized as an annual budget for occasional moves.

Cctv Storage And Maintenance $500/yr

[#4] Encrypted audio/video storage, NVR maintenance and periodic storage expansion.

Facilities Maintenance $275/yr

[#3, #5, #9] HVAC/ventilation energy (~#3), UPS battery replacement/maintenance (~#5), locker/antechamber minimal maintenance (~#9).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $58K/yr

92.3% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with routine maintenance, care, research at planned levels, and no major incidents or exposures.

no incidents routine research scheduled maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $65K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$7K vs baseline

Small accidental transcription/writing contamination or limited leak requiring forensic investigation and limited replacement/repair.

accidental writing within radius limited recording leak small equipment failure

🚨 Major Breach $108K/yr

0.5% probability / year +$50K vs baseline

Significant public exposure or major containment failure requiring emergency PR/legal work, replacement of booth/equipment and possible relocation.

public release of anomalous speech major equipment/booth damage emergency relocation

🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $163K/yr

2.0% probability / year +$105K vs baseline

Discovery of significant research value prompting rapid scale‑up to a multi‑year/multi‑site program with substantial additional staffing and equipment.

unexpected high research value need for expanded trials multi‑site collaborations

🚨 Political Exposure $83K/yr

0.2% probability / year +$25K vs baseline

Sensitive content or recordings become politically sensitive requiring extensive legal/cover/PR operations.

sensitive speech becomes public media/government attention

👥 Personnel 2 total

Role	Count	Notes
Technician (Level-2)	1	[] [#6] Bi‑weekly cleaning/maintenance provided by Level‑2 technician (partial FTE funded in staff wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent (session supervision)	1	[#10] Supervision/enforcement during access and translation sessions funded as hourly coverage in staff wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide line‑item estimates and ranges for every major cost driver; SCP is Safe and low‑risk with detailed containment needs, so estimates are well constrained.

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