SCP-2712 — SCP-2712 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2712 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-2712

Expected annual

$2.5M

One-time setup

$2.5M

Annual recurring

$2.4M

Personnel

Estimated one-time setup of $2,520,000 driven by AO#7130 repair, secure servers, and test/containment buildout; ongoing annual costs of $2,381,250 driven primarily by staff wages for a dedicated research/response team, long-term restoration/reintegration care, cybersecurity, and maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.5M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M

[#6] AO#7130 repair/rebuild (experimental apparatus capital: vacuum chambers, cryogenics, EM shielding, custom hardware).

Human Subjects Clinical Trials $400K

[#8] One-time major clinical campaign costs (trial setup, imaging, IRB approvals, hospital costs per campaign).

Facilities $300K

[#7] Test infrastructure, safety interlocks, and containment for experiments.

Equipment $250K

[#1] Secure server cluster + initial air-gapped storage (HSMs, WORM, vaulting).

Contingency Reserve $200K

[#19] Contingency fund / reserve for containment breach / emergency response readiness.

Sandboxed Viewer Development $140K

[#3] High-assurance sandboxed viewer / read interface development (formal verification, code review).

Replication Setup $60K

[#2] Multi-site replication & offsite backup infrastructure one-time setup (3–5 data centers, secure synchronization/manual transfer).

External Consultants One Time $50K

[#20] External consultants & specialized vendors one-off engagement.

Decommissioning And Destruction $40K

[#24] Decommissioning and secure destruction procedures (legal/operational costs).

Background Investigations Initial $30K

[#11] Initial background investigations / clearance setup for rostered personnel.

Legal And Cover Story Setup $30K

[#12] One-time legal/ethics/cover-story setup and family communications contingency.

Psychological Support One Time $15K

[#13] One-time family compensation / therapy and initial counseling setup.

Secure Printing Setup $5K

[#15] Secure physical printing / offline archival copies setup (Faraday-proof folders, secure printers).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.4M/yr

Staff Wages $1.4M/yr

[#4, #5, #21] Daily Level-4+ reader labor (roster to cover 0.3 FTE) and senior research team wages (6–9 staff) plus sysadmin/database maintenance FTE.

Restoration Long Term Outcome $275K/yr

[#23] Long-term care, secure housing, medical treatment, or guardianship if subject is restored.

Research And Monitoring $125K/yr

[#8] Ongoing human-subjects long-term care / monitoring and research follow-up if reconstitution attempts occur.

Cybersecurity And Monitoring $95K/yr

[#9] Continuous cybersecurity tooling, SIEM subscriptions, threat hunting, and incident response retainer.

Hardware Replacement Reserve $90K/yr

[#18] Amortized hardware lifecycle replacement & depreciation reserve (servers, storage, experimental gear).

Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr

[#7, #16] Maintenance, calibration, environmental controls, HVAC and lab power overhead for test infrastructure and servers.

Cover Story And Legal $60K/yr

[#12] Ongoing legal, ethics, PR, and cover-story retainer costs for family communications and external inquiries.

Supplies And Consumables $55K/yr

[#17] Consumables & spare parts for lab and AO device (electronics, cryogens, vacuum supplies).

Background Investigations $40K/yr

[#11] Periodic reinvestigations and clearance maintenance for rostered personnel.

Training And Memetic Safety $35K/yr

[#14] Annual memetic-safety certification and specialized training for ~10 personnel.

Immutable Audit Logs And Forensics $32K/yr

[#10] Tamper-evident log storage, secure timestamping/attestation and periodic third-party audits.

Sandboxed Viewer Maintenance $28K/yr

[#3] Maintenance, audits, and updates to the high-assurance sandboxed viewer / read interface.

Logistics And Transport $25K/yr

[#2] Multi-site replication & offsite storage recurring costs (secure media, custodial handling, courier procedures).

External Consultants $25K/yr

[#20] Recurring budget for consultants and specialized vendor engagements.

Psychological Support And Counseling $18K/yr

[#13] Ongoing counseling for staff and affected family members; support if restoration returns altered individual.

Documentation Compliance $15K/yr

[#22] Documentation, compliance paperwork, and secure storage for audit trails.

Secure Printing Storage $1K/yr

[#15] Storage & access controls for physical printouts and offline archives.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.4M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major incidents: ongoing operations, daily reads, routine maintenance, and monitoring.

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🚨 Minor Incident $2.5M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Small incident or anomalous behavior requiring incident response, audits, and limited restoration actions.

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🚨 Active Restoration Campaign $3.9M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Full-scale restoration campaign: AO#7130 repair efforts, expanded research team deployment, prolonged clinical trials and higher operational tempo.

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👥 Personnel 12 total

Role	Count	Notes
Level-4 Reader	3	Roster of three Level-4+ employees to ensure daily reading coverage (aggregates to ~0.3 FTE cost allocation) [#4].
Research Scientist (senior)	3	Senior researchers specializing in memetics/infosci/neural interfaces forming core restoration team [#5].
Engineer / Maintenance	2	Engineers for AO#7130 repair, experimental apparatus, and hardware [#5, #6].
Technician	2	Technicians to support experiments, instrumentation, and repairs [#5, #17].
Ethics / Legal Liaison	1	Ethics/legal liaison for clinical approvals, family communications, and cover-story coordination [#5, #12].
Sysadmin / Database Admin	1	Part-time sysadmin to maintain SCP database entries, replication, and access controls (~0.1–0.3 FTE cost represented in staff wages) [#21].

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide ranges for nearly every line item, enabling mid-point estimates; however key uncertainties remain (AO#7130 repair complexity, clinical trial scope, and long-term outcomes), so overall confidence is medium.

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