SCP-3177 — SCP-3177 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3177 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-3177

Expected annual

$485K

One-time setup

$1.3M

Annual recurring

$476K

Personnel

One-time setup and reserves total approximately $1.26M driven primarily by legal/PR and catastrophic-containment reserves; ongoing annual operations cost roughly $476k/year driven by staff wages, legal/PR retainer, medical readiness, and research/monitoring.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M

Catastrophic Breach Reserve $750K

[#22] One-time catastrophic containment/breach planning reserve for mass-exposure amnestic ops, major PR/legal remediation and settlements.

Contingency Settlement Reserve $300K

[#14] Contingency/settlement reserve for third-party claims and civil settlements (initial reserve).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $122K

[#3, #11] Archival conservation/setup (acid-free backing, archival sleeves, insect deterrent) plus initial research/testing program startup (ethics setup, controlled-test infrastructure).

Facilities $30K

[#2] Fire-suppression and smoke detection upgrade for cardboard storage area (clean-agent/aspirating detection; integration with existing system).

Institutional Review Legal Initial $15K

[#12] Institutional review board / legal compliance initial costs for human-memory alteration research (ethics, legal review, indemnities).

Equipment $12K

[#1] Dedicated containment hardware upgrade: biometric lock, tamper sensors, lockable acrylic viewing/display case sized for 1.8 m standee; tamper log export.

Amnestic Drug Stockpile $12K

[#9] Initial stockpile of amnestic agents and supportive meds (100–500 dose equivalent initial purchase).

Data Recording System $10K

[#18] Data recording and secure storage initial set-up: encrypted servers, tamper-evident logs, secure backups and video logging for controlled interactions.

Memetic Safety Training $4K

[#7] Initial memetic safety training and clearance processing for handlers (team-level initial training costs).

Secure Transport Crate $4K

[#16] Secure transport crate / opaque lockable containment for moves; excludes per-move operational costs.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $476K/yr

Staff Wages $166K/yr

[#5, #6, #15] Incremental security escort coverage (~0.2–0.4 FTE) and research/curator time (~0.5 FTE or one part-time curator) plus full-time liaison/contracted legal-criminal monitoring.

Cover Story And Legal $120K/yr

[#13] Legal and public-relations retainer to manage likeness/rights issues, leak management, and rapid counsel for incidents.

Public Containment Campaign Budget $60K/yr

[#19] Annual allocation for rapid-response public containment / PR campaigns (budgeted per-event buys and suppression efforts).

Medical On Call $45K/yr

[#8] On-call medic/psychiatric fraction to support amnestic administration and monitoring (contract or partial FTE).

Research And Monitoring $40K/yr

[#11] Ongoing experiments to define effect parameters (human-subject tests under amnestic protocols, participant compensation, data analysis).

Emergency Drills And Psych Aftercare $15K/yr

[#10] Regular exposure-response drills and psychological aftercare budget for staff (counseling, debrief sessions, drills).

Logistics And Transport $10K/yr

[#17] Per-move logistics: secure courier/armored van hire, fuel, escort and overtime for off-site moves (annualized moves).

Institutional Review Legal Maintenance $5K/yr

[#12] Ongoing IRB/legal maintenance fees and compliance costs for research involving memory alteration.

Amnestic Drug Resupply $4K/yr

[#9] Annual resupply and replacement for amnestic stockpile (expired doses, storage upkeep).

Data Storage Maintenance $4K/yr

[#18] Ongoing maintenance, encrypted backups and storage costs for logging systems.

Amnestic Treatment Operations $3K/yr

[#8] Expected per-treatment operational costs (drug + monitoring + follow-up) annualized (assumes a small number of treatments/year).

Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr

[#4, #3] HVAC monitoring/calibration, dehumidifier/electricity and periodic archival checks; humidity/pest-control maintenance.

Memetic Reclearance $1K/yr

[#7] Annual rechecks and periodic clearance processing for handlers (recurring memetic briefings and re-clearance).

Supplies And Consumables $800/yr

[#21] PPE, handling consumables and small supplies (gloves, archival tape, batteries, signage).

Archival Replacement $500/yr

[#20] Annualized archival replacement/conservation cycles for cardboard supports and treatments.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $476K/yr

93.8% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, no significant public exposures or major incidents.

routine testing authorized removals no accidental public exposure

🚨 Minor Incident $501K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline

Small accidental exposure during authorized handling or a limited leak requiring several amnestic treatments and targeted PR/legal action.

unauthorized brief viewing during removal small localized leak limited number of exposed witnesses

🚨 Major Breach $976K/yr

1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Significant public exposure with dozens of affected witnesses requiring mass amnestic operations, major PR campaign and legal intervention.

public display during a homicide-related event widespread social/media dissemination substantial legal claims

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $2.0M/yr

0.2% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Rare, large-scale exposure causing mass false-witnessing, major litigation, and multi-jurisdictional PR/containment requiring catastrophic reserve deployment.

large public event coinciding with an actual murder viral media spread multi-jurisdictional legal actions

👥 Personnel 3 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	1	[#5] Part-time escort/access-control coverage (0.2–0.4 FTE costed under staff_wages).
Research Scientist	1	[#6] Level-2 researcher/curator responsible for experiments and release authorization (0.5 FTE budgeted but typically one assigned individual).
Liaison to Law Enforcement / Legal Liaison	1	[#15] Full-time or contracted liaison for criminal-justice monitoring and legal coordination (salary included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and plausible ranges for procedural and legal costs, but probabilities of public exposure and scale of contingent liabilities are inherently uncertain and memetic effects are hard to quantify precisely.

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