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SCP-2306 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2306
Expected annual
$930K
One-time setup
$140K
Annual recurring
$911K
Personnel
8
One-time setup costs to build a secure, RF-isolated lab and containment are moderate (~$140k); the dominant ongoing costs are personnel (security, technicians, researchers) and contingency/reserve budgets, producing recurring annual costs near $0.91M.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $140K
Equipment $57K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #13, #16] Faraday enclosure / RF test box, two hardened air-gapped workstations, hardware I/O control and signal-conditioning, audio/visual monitoring & secure logging appliances, secure archival storage cabinets/media, controlled test-device inventory (car radio harness, MIDI interfaces, printers), and forensic imaging & hardware analysis kit.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $40K
[#17] Specialized instrumentation and research compute (signal-processing rigs, isolated GPUs/servers, licenses) for initial modeling and analysis.
Destruction And Remediation Campaigns $20K
[#25] Budget for initial destructive/remediation test campaign (controlled microwave/incineration/shredding, safety measures, potential collateral equipment loss).
Facilities $18K
[#1, #15] Secure high-security electronics storage container (ESD lining, tamper/alarm, climate control) and one-time electrical infrastructure installation (dedicated circuit, UPS tie-in, generator transfer hookup).
Background Checks Initial $5K
[#19] Initial deep background investigations/security clearances for access team (approximate team-level initial cost).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $911K/yr
Staff Wages $600K/yr
[#8, #9, #10] Annual compensation and benefits for security staff (2 FTE guards), containment technicians (2–3 FTE; modeled as 3), and research staff (IT forensics, software/AI, systems security; modeled as 3 specialists/PI allocation).
Contingency Reserve $100K/yr
[#26] Opportunity/knowledge risk allowance for unexpected higher-cost research or required containment upgrades; replenished as needed.
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#18, #23] Legal/ethics/compliance overhead and minimal public cover/front-company maintenance costs for messaging and privacy/compliance work.
Incident Response Fund $50K/yr
[#21] Contingency reserve for overtime, emergency hires, urgent equipment replacement during incidents.
Specialist Consulting Contracts $40K/yr
[#11] Budget for contracted machine-learning, hardware forensics, audio/embedded systems specialists for episodic reverse-engineering and signal analysis.
Research Compute Refresh $20K/yr
[#17] On-premise compute/hardware refresh and maintenance (air-gapped compute hardware replacement and license refreshes).
Training And Drills $15K/yr
[#20] Regular containment protocol training, breach drills, and anomalous-electronics handling exercises.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#14] Secure internal courier, armored transfer protocol, tamper-evident packaging and chain-of-custody costs for moving SCP-2306 between storage and lab.
Insurance And Liability $10K/yr
[#22] Insurance or self-insurance provision for property, cyber-like incidents, and personnel liability specialized underwriting costs.
Software And License Renewals $5K/yr
[#27] Renewals for forensic suites, signal-analysis tools, OS/license costs for isolated machines and offline patch tooling.
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#15, #24] Yearly electrical/power system maintenance (UPS/generator maintenance) and long-term storage climate/archival maintenance (humidity/temp monitoring, periodic inspections, seal verification).
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#12] PPE, anti-static bags, tamper-evident seal materials, printer ink, spare connectors and routine consumables.
Research And Monitoring $3K/yr
[#7] Ongoing archival media replacement, integrity checks, and secure offsite vaulting of experiment logs.
Background Checks Renewal $1K/yr
[#19] Annual renewal and periodic re-investigation costs for cleared personnel.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $911K/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine research, maintenance, and personnel costs only.
normal_operations routine_research no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $936K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Small containment incident or equipment failure requiring limited emergency replacement, overtime, and contractor support.
hardware_failure small_containment_breach data_corruption
🚨 Major Breach $1.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or external transmission event requiring large-scale remediation, legal response, and possible offsite containment.
unauthorized_transmission external_exposure major_system_remediation
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $1.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Discovery of new anomalous capabilities that require rapid scale-up of compute, instrumentation, and dedicated staff.
unexpected_capability need_for_scale_up accelerated_research
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#8] Two full-time guards to provide storage wing oversight and escort during access.
Containment Technician 3 [#9] Technicians trained to handle devices, maintain seals, log transfers, and run supervised routine checks/experiments (modeled as 3 FTE).
Research Scientist / IT Forensics Engineer 3 [#10] Research staff including IT forensics, software/AI researcher, and systems security specialist (PI + 2 engineers) allocated to SCP-2306 work.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item cost ranges are well-specified in analyst notes (equipment, staffing, and recurring categories), but anomaly behavior and contingency needs are uncertain, producing medium confidence in the overall figures.
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