SCP-3014 — SCP-3014 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3014 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-3014

Expected annual

$3.2M

One-time setup

$9.0M

Annual recurring

$3.2M

Personnel

Initial one-time capital is roughly $9.0M, driven by large contingency/reserve lines (decommissioning, insurance) and optional in-house materials-analysis capital; baseline annual operations are approximately $3.17M/yr, dominated by high-skill staffing, security, and specialized RF/IT infrastructure and contingency/reserve allocations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.0M

Decommissioning Reserve $3.0M

[#28] Conservative reserve for attempted neutralization, destructive neutralization or secure indefinite storage escalation.

Materials Analysis Capital Purchase $2.5M

[#16] Optional capital purchase of high-end materials analysis tooling (FIB/TEM-level instruments) if done in-house.

Insurance Reserve $625K

[#26] Data-loss liability & insurance reserve fund (one-time seed/reserve).

Amnestic Contingency Reserve $500K

[#13] Contingency reserve for amnestic supplies and acute inpatient care per major incident (set-aside).

Facilities $350K

[#1] Containment cell construction/retrofit (8×8×5 m) reinforced walls, blast-resistant doors, Faraday integration and EMI filters.

Coverup Per Incident Reserve $300K

[#14] Per-incident cover-up / ISP coordination reserve for small-to-moderate outages (payments, PR/legal immediate costs).

Robotic Sampling Systems $275K

[#17] Remote/robotic sampling manipulators & tooling for safe sampling of extremely strong/unknown material.

Network Severing Reserve $200K

[#15] Contingency fund for emergency physical severing/jamming within 100 m (per-use reserve).

Materials Analysis Initial Contract $200K

[#16] Conservative contract budget for initial non-destructive / contract analysis campaigns (Raman/XRD/TEM access).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $130K

[#4] Air-gapped AI story generator hardware + software (secure offline GPU server(s), model licenses/development).

Rf Management $115K

[#3] RF management & controlled WiFi stack hardware & integration (enterprise APs, spectrum analyzers, tunable feed-throughs).

Weapons And Armory $112K

[#8] Weapons procurement & armory integration (light explosive weaponry) and initial specialized training procurement/secure storage.

Blast And Shock Mitigation $100K

[#9] Local blast curtains, shock-mounts for equipment and structural mitigation for cell & site.

Forensics Lab Setup $100K

[#18] Forensics & data-recovery lab/personnel setup and initial tooling for safe inspection of consumed devices.

Physical Security Systems $90K

[#22] CCTV, biometrics, tamper-evident feed hardening and local physical security hardware.

Secure Archival Infrastructure $85K

[#12] Air-gapped tape/archive vaults, hardware-based secure erasure and physical destruction capability setup.

Cyber Tools $70K

[#10] Cybersecurity tooling/IDS/IPS and custom packet analysis tooling acquisition.

Power And Hvac $60K

[#2] Dedicated HVAC with fine particulate filtering, humidity control, redundant UPS and small backup generator install.

Emergency Response Kit $50K

[#19] One-time rapid deployment kit procurement for incident-response team.

Procurement Filtering System $42K

[#21] Inventory control / procurement filtering system initial setup.

Content Rules Development $35K

[#11] One-time development of content-safety rule sets and heuristic systems.

Hazmat Gear $28K

[#23] PPE, containment bags and hot-zone decontamination equipment initial procurement.

Sop Development $20K

[#20] Initial SOP development, documentation and memetic-safe packet-delivery procedures.

Equipment $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr

Staff Wages $2.1M/yr

[#5, #6, #7, #10, #11, #19, #21] Salaries and overhead: 4senior IT specialists (~$730k/yr), lead researcher + psychologist (~$238k/yr), ~10 armed guards (~$600k/yr), cybersecurity staffing (~$160k/yr), content-moderation staffing (~$140k/yr), emergency incident core pay (~$210k/yr), procurement/inventory staff (~$55k/yr).

Research And Monitoring $350K/yr

[#27] Long-term research program on memetic digestion effects (longitudinal studies, contracts, oversight).

Forensics Operations $138K/yr

[#18] Recurring costs for forensics & data-recovery staffing and contracted analysis ($75k–$200k/yr range).

Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr

[#14] Annual retainer for PR/legal and ISP coordination to support cover stories and small coordination efforts.

Medical And Amnestics $100K/yr

[#13] Baseline medical monitoring, counselling and amnestic supplies for occupational health.

Training And Drills $60K/yr

[#20] Ongoing SOP training, memetic-safe handling drills and simulated failures.

Supplies And Consumables $58K/yr

[#12, #23, #25] Archival consumables and destruction runs (~$20k/yr), hazmat consumables (~$10k/yr), general consumables & spare parts (~$27.5k/yr).

Logistics And Transport $50K/yr

[#24] Armored transport and occasional retrieval moves (budgeted average ~$50k/yr).

Ai Operations $48K/yr

[#4] Model updates, licenses, offline inference ops and content-queue operations for AI story generator.

Weapons Training And Munitions $38K/yr

[#8] Recurrent training, certification, munitions and safety costs for armed guards and light explosive weaponry handling.

Robotic Sampling Maintenance $35K/yr

[#17] Maintenance and calibration for remote manipulators and diamond tooling.

Facilities Maintenance $26K/yr

[#2, #22] Electricity/fuel/maintenance for HVAC and backup power (~$9k/yr) plus security systems and minor building maintenance and inspection (~$17.5k/yr).

Rf Management Maintenance $22K/yr

[#3] Maintenance, licensing and RF logging/spectrum analysis recurring costs.

Blast Mitigation Maintenance $10K/yr

[#9] Maintenance and inspections for blast/shock mitigation systems.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr

93.8% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine maintenance, staffing, research and contingency reserves funded.

routine_operations scheduled_research no_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $3.3M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Localized outage or small containment incident requiring ISP coordination, limited amnestic deployment and technician overtime.

local_outage small_coverup limited_amnestics

🚨 Major Incident $5.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Sustained containment failure or forceful consumption event requiring broad amnestic runs, significant cover-up, repairs and emergency research activation.

forceful_consumption large_scale_coverup facility_repairs

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $8.2M/yr

0.2% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Worst-case: destructive neutralization attempt, major facility damage, broad public exposure requiring decommissioning fund draw and major legal/insurance payouts.

neutralization_attempt public_exposure major_infrastructure_damage

👥 Personnel 25 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Lead Researcher	1	[#6] Oversees interviews, approvals, memetic handling and research oversight.
Clinical Psychologist	1	[#6] Bimonthly psych evals and debriefs (consulting/support).
Research IT / Senior IT Specialist (Level-4)	4	[#5] Full-time IT specialists to craft/vet packets, maintain generator and analyze data (4 senior specialists).
Security Officer / MTF Agent (armed guards)	10	[#7] Continuous armed coverage (rotations and redundancy budgeted for ~9–12 guards; 10 used here).
Cybersecurity Analyst / IDS Operator	2	[#10] Intrusion monitoring, packet analysis and on-call forensics coordination.
Content Moderator / Curation Staff	3	[#11] Human moderators and QA to ensure generated content lacks sensitive facts (2–4 staff; 3 used).
Emergency Incident Response Core	3	[#19] Rapid-deployment on-call members retained for lockdowns, isolation and coordinated amnestic runs.
Procurement / Inventory Control Officer	1	[#21] Screens equipment requests and manages restricted procurement workflows.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide many line items with ranges and clear drivers (staffing, RF/IT, contingencies) enabling a reasonable estimate; uncertainty remains around per-incident costs, frequency of breaches, and optional capital choices (in-house materials analysis), so confidence is medium.

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