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SCP-3142 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-3142
Expected annual
$1.5M
One-time setup
$1.3M
Annual recurring
$1.4M
Personnel
11
One-time setup and capital costs are modest but include a large contingency reserve; annual operating costs are driven by staff wages, bank/legal liaison, embedded field operations, and monitoring. Total one-time costs (including contingency) are dominated by a $1,000,000 reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#21] Liquid contingency / catastrophic-response reserve for emergency scaling (one-time fund).
Facilities $120K
[#1] Hardened vault install, tamper sensors, fire/suppression, secure transport case and initial audit.
Equipment $80K
[#2, #10] Air-gapped research workstation and secure storage ($45,000) plus mobile amnestic vehicle retrofit/medical equipment ($35,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $30K
[#17] Counterfeit/altered-currency analysis lab equipment (initial lab kit).
Training Program Development $25K
[#20] Initial curriculum and training program development for countermemetic & safe-viewing protocols.
Reimbursement Initial Float $10K
[#8] Initial float for reimbursement fund to cover immediate small monetary losses during testing/incidents.
Initial Test Accounts Fund $5K
[#9] Initial funding for Foundation-controlled sacrificial/test checking accounts (KYC-compliant).
Personnel Vetting Initial $2K
[#16] Initial background checks/financial vetting for ~5 authorized personnel ($300/person × 5).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.4M/yr
Staff Wages $770K/yr
[#4, #5, #7, #18] Salaries and benefits: restricted-access research cadre ($270,000), embedded numismatics operatives ($170,000), forensic accounting team ($150,000), and on-site security staffing ($180,000).
Cover Story And Legal $370K/yr
[#6, #12, #22] Bank liaison & compliance program ($200,000/yr), legal/PR/FOIA retainer and incident response ($150,000/yr), and annual audit/compliance reporting ($20,000/yr).
Research And Monitoring $75K/yr
[#25] Small-scale research budget for controlled experiments, modeling, and countermeasure R&D.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#19] Field operations and surveillance budget for locating witnesses/claimants (~20 ops/yr).
Monitoring And Community Operations $40K/yr
[#14] Online and event monitoring of numismatics community, covert accounts, paid moderators, and convention attendance.
Artifact Acquisitions $30K/yr
[#13] Buyouts and removal of suspect artifacts (collector purchases, travel, contingency).
Reimbursement Fund $25K/yr
[#8] Operating baseline for reimbursements to subjects and affected civilians during testing/incidents.
Insurance And Liability $25K/yr
[#23] Specialized liability insurance for field medicals and covert operations.
Amnestic Supplies And Procedures $15K/yr
[#11] Pharmaceuticals, clinician time, and follow-up monitoring for amnestic administration (~15 events/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#3] Annual IT/security maintenance, patching, integrity checks and periodic recertification of air-gapped systems.
Mobile Unit Supplies Training $10K/yr
[#10] Annual supplies and recurrent training for the mobile amnestic team (drug supplies, medical training refreshers).
Psychological Support $8K/yr
[#15] Routine counseling and post-exposure care for personnel working on SCP-3142.
Supplies And Consumables $7K/yr
[#17, #24] Laboratory consumables for counterfeit analysis ($4,000/yr) and routine replacement/consumables for containment (PPE, seals, logging media) ($3,000/yr).
Training Per Trainee $6K/yr
[#20] Per-trainee recurring training costs (~$3,000 per new trainee × 2 trainees/yr).
Test Accounts Admin $2K/yr
[#9] Annual administrative costs for maintaining and reconciling Foundation-controlled sacrificial/test accounts.
Personnel Monitoring $1K/yr
[#16] Ongoing financial monitoring/KYC checks for ~5 authorized personnel (~$200/yr each).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.4M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine containment, monitoring, reimbursements, and staffing at planned levels; no major public exposure or large-scale incidents.
routine_operations no_public_outbreak
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Localized leak or targeted disclosure requiring additional amnestic ops, increased reimbursements and short-term surge in field investigations.
targeted_leak small_public_discussions
🚨 Major Breach $2.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Widespread public virality or mass-exposure requiring large-scale amnestic campaigns, mass reimbursements, emergency field ops, and significant legal response; may draw on contingency reserve.
mass_viral_exposure large_public_discovery
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 3 [#4] 1 senior researcher + 2 mid-level researchers (access-restricted, countermemetics-trained).
Embedded Operative / Field Agent 2 [#5] Numismatics community operatives embedded in forums/auctions/conventions.
Security Officer / On-site Guard 4 [#18] On-site guards and TPI checkers during access events (4 guards assumed).
Forensic Accountant / Analyst 2 [#7] Forensic accounting & anomaly detection team (small team + analytics software).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates and staffing assumptions for SCP-3142, enabling a high-confidence aggregation; residual uncertainty remains in scenario probabilities and allocation between legal/liaison and wage components.
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