SCP-3324 — SCP-3324 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3324 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-3324

Expected annual

$1.4M

One-time setup

$983K

Annual recurring

$1.4M

Personnel

One-time capital and R&D costs are dominated by anomalous-detection instrumentation and laboratory buildout (~$795k); recurring annual costs are driven by research staff salaries, incident reserves, medical/treatment costs, and legal/cover-up budgets (~$1.39M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $983K

Initial Research And Lab Setup $795K

[#8, #22] Laboratory analytical instruments and specialized anomalous detectors R&D (#8) plus initial calibration/setup for detectors (#22).

Equipment $64K

[#2, #9, #12, #21] Access-control hardware/integration (#2), biohazard equipment/refrigeration/PPE (#9), secure server/vault hardware (#12), replacement props/spares (#21).

Facilities $63K

[#1, #6] Small-object locker and reinforced mounting (#1) plus isolation/quarantine room buildout (#6).

Background Checks Initial $50K

[#19] Initial elevated-clearance/background investigations for access personnel (10 people example).

Sop Development $11K

[#15] SOP development and initial documentation buildout.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.4M/yr

Staff Wages $375K/yr

[#7] Nephrology research team salaries (1 PI, 1-2 clinician/researchers, 1 lab tech) including benefits and overhead.

Research And Monitoring $265K/yr

[#4, #8, #18] Medical screening/imaging and follow-ups (#4), detector calibration/maintenance (#8 recurring), and longitudinal cognitive/memory research program (#18).

Incident Response Fund $175K/yr

[#17] Contingency reserve for emergency lockdowns, expedited testing, equipment replacement, and cover-up actions.

Cover Story And Legal $115K/yr

[#13] Legal/cover-up, liaison with civilian hospitals, amnestic procurement and public information control budgets (#13).

Compensation Reserve $112K/yr

[#20] Workers' comp / disability reserve for stone-related complications and long-term disability.

Clinical Treatment $80K/yr

[#5] Budget for ED visits, procedures (lithotripsy/ureteroscopy), short inpatient stays and treatment for 1–3 serious nephrolithiasis cases/yr.

Psychological Counseling $80K/yr

[#16] Part-time clinician/contract counseling and therapy sessions for SCP-3324-1/3324-2 individuals.

Site Overhead Allocation $30K/yr

[#25] Apportioned share of Site-77 operating costs (janitorial, management time, base facility overhead).

Cross Testing Admin $29K/yr

[#23] Administrative/review costs for Level-4 cross-testing approvals (5 reviews/yr example).

Detector Consumables $28K/yr

[#22] Consumable supplies, replacement sensors, and software licenses for anomalous/tachyon detectors.

Ethics Oversight $20K/yr

[#14] IRB-equivalent reviews, documentation and monitoring for human-subject testing.

Logistics And Transport $18K/yr

[#11] Secure transport/chain-of-custody and per-transport costs for routine transfers (#11).

Supplies And Consumables $14K/yr

[#9, #10] Biohazard consumables/disposal and sterile clinical/testing supplies (#9, #10).

Background Checks Recurring $12K/yr

[#19] Annual reinvestigation/periodic elevated-clearance processing pool.

Security Escort $10K/yr

[#3] Incremental escort/overtime costs assuming escorts drawn from existing site security (per-test overtime allocation, 20 tests/yr).

Data Security Maintenance $10K/yr

[#12] Recurring hosting, backups and maintenance for encrypted vaults and archival storage.

Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr

[#6, #24] Ongoing maintenance for isolation/quarantine room (#6) and incremental utilities/power for monitoring equipment (#24).

Training Recurring $6K/yr

[#15] Annual recertification, refresher courses, and training sessions.

Access Control Maintenance $2K/yr

[#2] Recurring maintenance, log storage and hosting for access-control & audit system.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.4M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Routine operations with scheduled tests, maintenance, and ongoing research; no major incidents or external exposures.

routine testing cadence no unexpected medical outbreaks no security incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Localized incident requiring increased medical treatment, limited emergency response, and elevated legal/cover-up activity.

1–3 serious nephrolithiasis cases requiring procedures small external hospital involvement limited emergency lockdown

🚨 Major Breach $2.1M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$700K vs baseline

Significant containment or exposure event requiring large incident response, major replacement of specialized equipment, extended cover operations, and accelerated research.

containment breach or high-profile civilian exposure loss/damage of anomalous-detection equipment multi-person hospitalizations and heavy legal actions

👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Principal Investigator	1	[#7] Lead PI for nephrology/timeline research; included in staff_wages.
Research Clinician / Researcher	2	[#7] Clinicians/researchers studying memory/timeline effects; included in staff_wages.
Laboratory Technician	1	[#7] Lab tech for sample handling and instrumentation; included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst-provided ranges for nearly every item improve fidelity, but anomalous behavior, uncertain incident frequency/severity, and potential R&D scale for detectors create material uncertainty; therefore medium confidence.

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