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SCP-2957 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2957
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$493K
Annual recurring
$1.9M
Personnel
11
Estimated one-time capital and setup costs are approximately $493,000, while ongoing annual operating costs are approximately $1,909,288, driven mainly by security payroll, archival/research staff, and institutional overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $493K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $172K
[#9, #10, #14] Initial sourcing/stock of specialized materials, training course development, and capital analytical instruments (GC-MS/XRD/etc.).
Facilities $147K
[#1, #2, #5, #6, #15] Includes property buyout (if chosen), fencing installation/signage, security office furnishing/setup, storage cabin outfitting, and initial cataloging.
Contingency Reserve Initial $100K
[#20] Initial contingency / incident response reserve fund (one-time capitalization).
Equipment $74K
[#7, #11, #12, #13, #22] Surveillance installation, initial PPE kit, specialized containment boxes, vehicle purchase, and initial secure communications setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#3, #21] Security field agents (8 × Level-3 comp incl. benefits) and archival/curatorial/research staff payroll.
Misc Administrative Overhead $249K/yr
[#24] Institutional overhead (15% applied to recurring direct costs).
Security Overtime $90K/yr
[#4] Overtime, on-call retainers, training-related overtime and replacement coverage for security staff.
Facilities Maintenance $70K/yr
[#2, #5, #6, #15, #23] Fencing/gate upkeep, agent office rent & utilities, storage cabin utilities/maintenance, long-term vault storage overhead, and routine site/environmental maintenance.
Property Cover Payments $66K/yr
[#1] Ongoing cover/lease/payments to maintain semi-private park appearance (alternative to one-time buyout).
Cover Story And Legal $52K/yr
[#17, #18] Local cover operations payments and PR/legal retainer for cover incidents and public-facing messaging.
Training And Development $48K/yr
[#10] Refresher training for rostered staff (biannual refreshers for ~12 staff).
Research And Monitoring $44K/yr
[#14, #16] Per-sample analysis costs at Site-DE04 and recordkeeping/database/admin support for documentation and monitoring.
Supplies And Consumables $32K/yr
[#8, #9, #11, #12, #19] Consumables for exchanges (food/materials), restocking specialized materials, PPE replacements, packaging/kits for SCP-2957-2, and basic medical/safety supplies.
Contingency Replenish $25K/yr
[#20] Annual replenishment allotment for the contingency/incident fund as used.
Logistics And Transport $14K/yr
[#13] Per-transfer operational transport costs (vehicle ops, drivers/handlers, fuel, escorts) for routine shipments to Site-DE04.
It Security And Communications $8K/yr
[#7, #22] Ongoing cloud storage/maintenance for surveillance and telecom/data/burner-phone costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr
75.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine quarter-moon exchanges, scheduled maintenance, and no major incidents.
routine exchanges scheduled maintenance no public incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring increased overtime, modest PR/legal response, emergency shipments, and replacement consumables/equipment.
vandalism or small breach public complaint requiring PR/legal emergency replacement/small repairs
🚨 Major Breach $2.9M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant containment or public-exposure incident requiring large-scale incident response, emergency procurement, and extended investigations.
multi-person exposure / serious public incident theft/damage to containment infrastructure extended emergency response
🚨 Political Exposure $2.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Heightened legal/FOIA/political attention forcing buyout, accelerated cover-story spending, and intensive legal/PR campaigns.
FOIA/media/political scrutiny publicized incident attracting oversight
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#3] Two Level-3 agents per 6-hour shift (8 total to cover 24/7 with rotations); payroll included in staff_wages.
Curator / Research Staff / Artifact Librarian 3 [#21] Archival/curatorial/research personnel at Site-DE04 processing SCP-2957-2; payroll included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates derive from detailed analyst line-item ranges but many items are given as ranges and several assumptions (staffing model, exchange frequency, chosen midpoints) were required; containment is Safe-class with known procedures which raises confidence relative to highly anomalous objects, but cost variability is significant.
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