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SCP-3072 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3072
Expected annual
$479K
One-time setup
$599K
Annual recurring
$459K
Personnel
2.1
One-time setup and restoration costs are modest (~$599k) driven largely by initial artifact conservation and a contingency reserve; annual operating costs are dominated by staff, legal/compliance retainers, and ongoing archival/consumable needs (~$459k/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $599K
Contingency Reserve One Time $500K
[#19] Incident contingency financial reserve (one-time fund allocation for fines/settlements/covert interventions).
Equipment $56K
[#2, #3, #6, #8, #9, #16] Initial antique device restoration/conservation, UPS purchase, secure capture hardware, narrow-tape secure shredder, CCTV/access installation, IT hardware purchases.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $30K
[#15] Initial experimental equipment and sensor packages for controlled testing.
Facilities $10K
[#1] Secure office fit-out (desk/chair/lockbox/photocopier connection) — one-time furnishing/fit-out.
Background Checks Initial $3K
[#12] Initial background checks and clearance administration for the small authorized team.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $459K/yr
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#13, #18] Legal/compliance retainer, market-risk oversight, and communications/PR rapid-response retainers.
Staff Wages $130K/yr
[#10, #11, #14] Researcher(s), part-time technician, incremental dedicated security, and financial analyst labor (pro-rated FTEs / contracted analysts).
Research And Monitoring $70K/yr
[#6, #15] Secure transcription pipeline labor (human verification/data entry) and recurring experimentation labor/consumables.
Opportunity Cost Overhead $50K/yr
[#25] Program management and senior personnel time allocation/prorated administrative burden.
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#7, #9, #23] Archival storage materials and shelf space expansion, CCTV/logging storage and maintenance, and any microclimate/humidity control marginal costs.
Ethics Oversight $10K/yr
[#24] Periodic ethics/review board time and administrative oversight costs.
Supplies And Consumables $7K/yr
[#4, #5, #22] Continuous tape supply (thermal/archival paper), ink/ribbon/printing consumables, and general office/copier consumables.
It Maintenance And Backups $6K/yr
[#16, #3] Maintenance of secure servers, encrypted backups, backup media rotation, and UPS battery replacement/maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#20] Transportation/relocation costs annualized (specialized crating and climate-controlled moves averaged annually).
Incident Drills $5K/yr
[#17] Incident response tabletop exercises, training, and external consultants for periodic drills.
Insurance $5K/yr
[#21] Insurance premiums or equivalent self-insurance accounting for artifact/theft/business interruption.
Secure Disposal Contracts $3K/yr
[#8] Secure disposal/incineration contracts for destroyed tape/records when required.
Conservation And Restoration Recurring $3K/yr
[#2] Ongoing preventative conservation and specialist maintenance for the antique ticker mechanism.
Background Checks Recurring $2K/yr
[#12] Periodic rechecks and clearance administration for the small authorized team.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $459K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with standard operation, monitoring, and no major incidents.
no leaks routine operations scheduled research
🚨 Minor Incident $659K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Small information leak or unauthorized access requiring legal/PR response, additional containment labor, and limited settlements or market interventions.
limited data leak unauthorized local access minor market exposure
🚨 Major Breach $1.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant leak or misuse of SCP output that results in large legal fines, settlements, major market intervention, and extended forensic response.
widespread public leak regulatory enforcement action large-scale market manipulation exposure
👥 Personnel 2.1 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1.0 Primary Level-4 researcher(s) with allocated FTE to SCP-3072 containment and experiments. [#10]
Engineer / Maintenance 0.4 Part-time technician for mechanical/electrical work and conservation support. [#10]
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.3 Incremental dedicated security/escort allocation (pro-rated). [#11]
Financial Analyst 0.4 Analyst(s) for message triage and market-risk assessment (internal or contracted). [#14]
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide ranges and clear line-item identification; however, probabilities of leaks/exposure and the appropriate size of contingency reserves are judgment-based, producing moderate uncertainty.
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