SCP-3111 — SCP-3111 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3111 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-3111

Expected annual

$54K

One-time setup

$30K

Annual recurring

$52K

Personnel

Estimated first-year one-time setup costs are modest (~$30k) driven by equipment and a small locker retrofit; annual recurring costs are ~$52k/yr driven by staff wages, research/monitoring, logistics, and contingency reserves.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $30K

Equipment $15K

[#2, #3, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #21, #22] Tags/readers, CCTV hardware, hardened server drive, fireproof cabinet, scanner/shredder, cameras/instrumentation, controlled devices, spill kits, archival master-copy setup.

Facilities $6K

[#1] Locker retrofit, removable refrigeration, tamper sensors, installation.

Forensic Investigation $6K

[#23] Budget for occasional in-depth forensic/legal origin investigations (per-event reserve).

Sop Development $3K

[#16] One-time SOP development and initial training materials/documentation.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $52K/yr

Staff Wages $19K/yr

[#4, #15, #20] Level-2 observation on-call allocation (~0.05 FTE ≈ $3.5k), research staff time (~0.2 FTE ≈ $12.5k), administrative records time (~$3k).

Cover Story And Legal $8K/yr

[#17, #18] Annual contingency reserve for amnestic/memetic response and legal/PR costs (combined reserve selected from provided ranges).

Research And Monitoring $7K/yr

[#7, #14] Medical monitoring/post-test exams (assumed ~20 sessions/yr ≈ $5,500) plus periodic biological/pathology assays (~$1,250/yr).

Logistics And Transport $7K/yr

[#5, #8] Security escort and transfer costs (assumed ~10 transfers/yr ≈ $600) and test-subject/D-class logistics (assumed ~10 tests/yr at ~$600/test ≈ $6,000).

Insurance And Amortization $5K/yr

[#19] Contingency / amortization reserve (selected midpoint within 10–25% guidance).

Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr

[#6, #25] PPE, biohazard disposable supplies and waste disposal (~$300–$1,200 + ~$200 disposal) and minor consumables for keyboards/disinfectant (~$100–$500).

Training And Sops $1K/yr

[#16] Annual refresher training and SOP updates (~$500–$2,000/yr).

Digitization And Destruction $800/yr

[#11] Staff time / per-instance digitization and controlled destruction workflow (assumed modest annual instance count).

Instrumentation Maintenance $600/yr

[#12] Maintenance/calibration for cameras/motion-capture and research instrumentation (~$200–$1,000/yr).

Cctv Storage And Maintenance $550/yr

[#3] Camera recording storage and maintenance (~$300–$800/yr).

Facilities Maintenance $500/yr

[#24] Energy costs for refrigeration/climate control (~$200–$800/yr).

Secure Server Storage $500/yr

[#9] Off-site backup/storage/encryption key management for SCP-3111-1 transcripts (~$200–$800/yr).

Incident Response Drills $400/yr

[#21] Regular emergency drills and upkeep of containment/spill kits (~$200–$600/yr).

Archival Vault Fees $400/yr

[#22] Off-site vault fees for master copy redundancy (~$200–$600/yr).

Device Replacement And Support $350/yr

[#13] Occasional replacement/maintenance of controlled word-processor devices (~$200–$500/yr).

Access Control Support $125/yr

[#2] License/support for tagging/readers (~$50–$200/yr).

Secure Physical Storage Maintenance $125/yr

[#10] Maintenance for fireproof cabinet/acid-free sleeves (~$50–$200/yr).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $52K/yr

93.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with routine testing and no public exposure or scale-up.

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🚨 Minor Incident $67K/yr

2.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline

Unauthorized reading or small public exposure requiring amnestics, PR, and legal response.

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🚨 Research Scale Up $74K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$22K vs baseline

Active research program intensifies testing and staffing (more sessions, higher FTE allocation).

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👥 Personnel 3 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	1	Primary researcher (approx. 0.2 FTE accounted in staff_wages, included in #15 estimate).
Security Officer / Level-2 staff	1	On-call Level-2 observation / escort coverage (0.05 FTE allocation included in staff_wages, corresponds to #4).
Administrative Staff	1	Records management and admin time (0.02–0.1 FTE included in staff_wages, corresponds to #20).

📋 Confidence Notes

Line items and ranges are well-documented in the analyst notes, but several recurring figures (test frequency, number of transfers, choice of FTE allocations, contingency reserve) required assumptions; this yields medium confidence.

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