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SCP-2923 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2923
Expected annual
$861K
One-time setup
$857K
Annual recurring
$839K
Personnel
3
Initial one-time setup to secure and enable safe testing of SCP-2923 is ~USD 857,000, driven primarily by testing infrastructure and lab buildout; steady-state annual costs are ~USD 839,100 driven by dedicated staff, medical readiness, legal/cover reserves, and contingency/incident reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $857K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $625K
[#9, #10] Baseline scientific analysis and characterization (one-time comprehensive lab work); contained human-testing infrastructure (remote chamber, medical bay, monitoring, redundancies).
Facilities $100K
[#1] Secure anomalous-item locker installation: reinforced locker vault, tamper-resistant seals, physical installation and certification.
Forensic Investigation One Time Per Major Incident $50K
[#12] Per-major-incident forensic investigation & response (forensics lab time, CCTV review, staff interviews) — one-off per-incident estimate (reserve treated separately in recurring).
Equipment $50K
[#2, #3, #7, #17, #20] Access-control hardware & redundancy; electronic surveillance & tamper-sensor setup; environmental/preservation sensors (one-time portion); secure data storage setup; secure transportation container one-time purchase.
Personnel Vetting One Time $30K
[#18] Initial personnel vetting and clearance processing for ~10-person clearance pool (background checks, psychological screening, initial training).
Destruction Per Event One Time Estimate $2K
[#15] One-time per-event estimate for controlled destruction/hazardous disposal (incineration, certification) if a destruction event is ordered.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $839K/yr
Staff Wages $230K/yr
[#4, #5] Dedicated security staffing allocation (two dedicated guards) and containment supervisor/custodian salaries + benefits + overhead.
Medical Standby $150K/yr
[#11] Medical standby and on-call emergency response (trained physicians, paramedics, emergency meds, ICU arrangements, routine health monitoring readiness).
Research And Monitoring $100K/yr
[#19] Ongoing research & monitoring: periodic re-evaluation, literature watch, readiness planning and small-team maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#16] Legal, cover-story, and public-relations expenditures: retainer for counsel/PR and cover-up planning to manage leaks and public/regulatory exposure.
Containment Contingency Fund $100K/yr
[#13] Containment breach mitigation & recovery fund (decontamination, quarantine, emergency logistics, temporary housing, rapid procurement).
Black Ops Retrieval $75K/yr
[#21] Off-books public-safety/regulatory liaison and covert retrieval budgets to quietly recover leaked bars and mitigate public fallout.
Incident Investigation Reserve $50K/yr
[#12] Annual investigative reserve for incident response and forensic review (maintained reserve for routine investigative costs).
Facilities Maintenance $9K/yr
[#3, #7, #17, #22] Surveillance/tamper sensor maintenance and archival, environmental sensor monitoring & calibration, secure data storage maintenance, small facility misc (electricity for sensors, replaceable locks).
Personnel Vetting And Training $6K/yr
[#18] Recurring vetting, annual recertification training, psychological screening refreshers and clearance maintenance costs.
Audit And Compliance $6K/yr
[#6] Monthly inventory, audit & compliance checks (two staff x ~2 hours monthly plus admin/reporting overhead).
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#8] Secure transfer capability (armored/secure courier or site-to-site secure courier plus trained escort) — planned occasional transfers.
Destruction Allowance $5K/yr
[#15] Annual allowance for occasional controlled destruction/hazardous disposal events under secure conditions.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#14] PPE, decontamination consumables, evidence-handling supplies (gloves, bags, disinfectants, sealed pouches).
Sampling Transfer Costs $1K/yr
[#20] Per-transfer consumables and tamper-evident sample kits / chain-of-custody packaging averaged to annual budget for occasional sampling.
Opportunity Costs $0/yr
[#23] Opportunity cost / programmatic impact is qualitative and non-billable; not included in quantified annual budget (intangible risk to program targets).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $839K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents: routine staffing, monitoring, legal retainer, reserves and modest research activity.
no incidents routine audits scheduled sampling/transfers
🚨 Minor Incident $1.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or unauthorized consumption affecting one or a few individuals, limited public exposure.
unauthorized consumption localized leak single-subject hospitalization
🚨 Major Breach $1.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$900K vs baseline
Significant breach or public leak requiring large-scale medical response, covert retrieval operations, extensive forensics, and contingency activation.
major public leak multiple hospitalizations site infiltration
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#4] Two dedicated guards with 2/2923 clearance allocated for immediate onsite response (salaries included in staff_wages).
Containment Supervisor / Custodian 1 [#5] Single Level 2/2923-cleared staff member responsible for logs, releases, and access approvals (salary included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges enabling order-of-magnitude estimates; however anomalous behavior, incident frequency, and policy decisions (destroy vs test vs store) introduce uncertainty, so medium confidence is appropriate.
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