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SCP-288 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-288
Expected annual
$503K
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$482K
Personnel
1.4
Initial one-time setup and contingency reserves dominate costs (large recommended liability/compensation reserves); recurring costs are driven by research/medical monitoring, legal/cover preparedness, and specialized on-call response.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Liability Reserve $500K
[#19] Large one-time reserve recommended as an insurance-equivalent fund for lawsuits/large medical settlements.
Ethics Compensation Fund $200K
[#20] One-time seed for ethics remediation / compensation for harmed civilians/subjects.
Retrieval Operation Reserve $100K
[#17] Reserve to fund a single covert retrieval/recovery operation (surveillance, field team, logistics).
Replacement Recovery Premium $100K
[#24] Reserve premium for search/recovery or covert replacement strategies if instances are lost/destroyed.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $70K
[#10, #13, #14, #21] Initial forensic/metallurgy/memetic test battery, human-subjects protocol development, initial training/materials development, and expanded demographic/gender-response protocol setup.
Incident Documentation Reserve $50K
[#27] One-time reserve for forensic documentation and litigation defense in the event of major incidents.
Equipment $36K
[#1, #2, #5, #11, #15, #18] Locker upgrade, CCTV/camera install, tamper/transport kit, initial jewelry repair/conservation, initial encrypted data hardware, and MTF equipment/training hardware.
Facilities $26K
[#12, #26] Testing-room fit-out (isolation/one-way observation, panic/medical egress) and minimal environmental/archive preservation.
Pr Cover Setup $20K
[#16] One-time PR/cover-story setup and legal-sealing preparation capability.
Record Redaction Reserve $20K
[#23] One-time contingency budget for record redaction & witness management per jurisdictional complexity.
Background Checks Initial $10K
[#3] Initial background checks and clearance onboarding for ~20 authorized personnel.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $482K/yr
Research And Monitoring $286K/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #10, #13, #21, #22] Psychological exam episodes, medical/emergency reserve usage budgeting, long-term therapy/aftercare for harmed subjects, ongoing memetic/forensic studies, IRB/oversight recurring costs, expanded-demographic study continuation, and OSINT/digital monitoring.
Staff Wages $110K/yr
[#4, #6] Partial FTE research staffing (anomalous-behavior/psychologist) and incremental security/on-call staffing allocations.
Mtf On Call $40K/yr
[#18] Annual cost to keep a rapid-response/MTF-style team briefed and on-call (allocations for training, readiness, and on-call retainer).
Administrative Apportionment $25K/yr
[#25] Facility/apportioned admin overhead (HR, utilities, senior oversight) charged to this program annually.
Facilities Maintenance $7K/yr
[#2, #11, #12, #26] CCTV storage/monitoring, jewelry conservation upkeep, testing-room maintenance/cleaning, and nominal archival/environmental upkeep.
Cover Story And Legal $5K/yr
[#16] Annual retainer/low-level legal/PR preparedness for potential disclosure/contingency management.
Secure Data Hosting $3K/yr
[#2, #15] Recurring encrypted hosting and secure records storage for psychological records, videos, and chain-of-custody logs.
Training And Briefings $2K/yr
[#14] Annual refresher memetic-safety briefings and training material refresh.
Background Check Rechecks $2K/yr
[#3] Annual re-screening and clearance management administration for authorized personnel.
Supplies And Consumables $600/yr
[#5] Consumables for tamper/transport kit and testing disposables (sedatives, disposables).
Logistics And Transport $500/yr
[#5] Minor recurring transport/logistics costs for moving items to testing rooms and maintaining transport kit readiness.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $482K/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing, monitoring, and no major incidents or retrievals.
routine testing no theft or public exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $532K/yr
12.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Single serious medical/psychiatric incident from wearing or testing that triggers use of emergency reserve and short-term legal/aftercare.
acute psychiatric/medical emergency testing adverse reaction
🚨 Major Breach With Public Exposure $782K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Theft or uncontrolled use of an instance, leading to field retrieval, major legal defense, and public damage-control.
theft of ring public disclosure use in violent crime
👥 Personnel 1.4 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 0.75 Combined anomalous-behavior specialist / psychologist partial FTEs allocated to study and testing. [#6]
Security Officer / On-call Guard 0.5 Incremental security/on-call coverage for alarm response and controlled access. [#4]
Administrative Staff 0.15 HR/clearance administration and limited record-management support (background rechecks, chain-of-custody paperwork). [#3, #25]
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and incident history, so primary cost drivers are clear; however wide ranges for contingent reserves and incident costs (retrieval, legal, liability) create uncertainty in totals.
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