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SCP-2584 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2584
Expected annual
$270K
One-time setup
$209K
Annual recurring
$265K
Personnel
2
First-year one-time setup costs are approximately $209,000 with ongoing annual costs of about $264,950. Main drivers are staff wages, ongoing metabolic/genomic research and monitoring, and contingency/reserve/antivenom procurement.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $209K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $64K
[#8, #9, #10] Initial comprehensive veterinary/autopsy costs (#8), metabolic/anomalous-energy pilot research and contracted lab access (#9), and one-time genomics/sequencing & bioinformatics (#10).
Equipment $58K
[#2, #3, #4, #12, #17, #18] Environmental control unit and installation (#2), monitoring & camera/NVR setup (#3), backup generator/UPS purchase (#4), euthanasia kit/equipment (#12), initial IT/hardware (#17), and initial antivenom procurement/stockpile (contingency) (#18).
Facilities $55K
[#1, #16, #23] One warm/dry reinforced enclosure (#1), quarantine room setup (#16), and end-of-life decommissioning/cleanup budget (#23).
Incident Reserve $20K
[#21] Budgeted reserve fund for unexpected anomalous behavior, containment remediation or decommissioning.
Training And Sop Development $5K
[#19] Initial SOP creation, staff training, and initial drills.
Initial Relocation $4K
[#15] Secure transport containers, specialist movers, permits and quarantine on arrival.
Regulatory And Permit Fees $3K
[#20] Initial permit/legal/administrative fees and institutional reviews.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $265K/yr
Staff Wages $190K/yr
[#5, #6] Parazoologist/lead researcher salary+benefits (#5) and one full-time animal-care technician salary+benefits (#6).
Research And Monitoring $41K/yr
[#8, #9, #14, #17, #22] Ongoing veterinary/pathology support (#8), metabolic/anomalous-energy follow-up studies (#9), reproduction/disposal cadence justification (#14), secure data storage & maintenance for research (#17), and long-term research follow-up/publication suppression if required (#22).
Facilities Maintenance $15K/yr
[#3, #4, #7, #16] Monitoring/cloud/archive storage and maintenance (#3), backup power fuel/testing contracts (#4), incremental security/access control costs (#7), and quarantine operations (#16).
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#11, #12, #13] Husbandry consumables and PPE (#11), per-event euthanasia consumables (#12), and biohazard disposal/transport/incineration (#13).
Incident Reserve Replenishment $5K/yr
[#21] Annual replenishment allocation for contingency reserve as used.
Cover Story And Legal $2K/yr
[#20] Annual permit renewals, institutional reviews, and minimal cover-story/OPSEC administrative overhead.
Training And Sop Refresh $2K/yr
[#19] Annual refresher training and SOP updates.
Antivenom Storage $500/yr
[#18] Cold-storage and minimal upkeep costs for held antivenom stockpile (if procured).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $265K/yr
94.9% probability / year
Normal year with scheduled monitoring, routine reproductive events handled as planned and no major incidents.
routine reproduction events scheduled vet checks no containment anomalies
🚨 Minor Incident $280K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline
Unusual reproductive outcome or linked fission requiring extended observation, additional necropsies and temporary increased staffing.
abnormal reproduction (e.g., linked offspring) additional necropsies and observation temporary research tasking
🚨 Major Breach $415K/yr
0.1% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Containment breach or linked-entity escape requiring emergency response, decontamination, replacement enclosure and legal/admin actions.
physical breach of vivarium facility contamination requiring decon extensive remediation and security response
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $465K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Discovery (e.g., anomalous energy mechanism) that triggers large-scale follow-up research and possible procurement of additional specialized equipment/contracted lab time.
promising metabolic/energy assay results external contracted experiments recommended policy decision to scale research
👥 Personnel 2 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Parazoologist 1 [#5] Full-time or fractionally allocated specialist responsible for husbandry, reproductive monitoring and anomalous research coordination.
Animal-Care Technician 1 [#6] Daily husbandry, cleaning, environmental checks, logs, and euthanasia execution under vet direction.
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment and recurring staffing costs are well-defined, but research (metabolic assays) and antivenom procurement are highly uncertain; estimates use mid-range values from analyst notes.
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