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SCP-3344 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3344
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$527K
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
2
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $527,000, with baseline annual operating costs about $1.34M; main drivers are an ongoing cognitive research program, assigned containment staff, and contingency budgets for field investigations, legal/cover response, and amnestic incidents.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $527K
Facilities $203K
[#1, #4, #10, #20] Room furnishing/minor mods for subject, site security physical modifications, containment cell setup (if father detained), and physical archive/vault setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#8] Initial research equipment and dedicated memetic-aware lab setup (EEG/fMRI rental or specialist test chambers).
Equipment $56K
[#6, #14] Secure/tamper-proof logging hardware (WORM, backups, air-gapped systems) and CCTV installation/equipment.
Background Screening Initial $55K
[#5] Initial site-wide background screening sweep for prior direct contact with the father (200-person site estimate).
Initial Field Investigation $50K
[#9] One-time field investigation / locating operation cost (single-operation mid-range estimate; contingent and may be repeated).
Sop Development $12K
[#12] One-time SOP drafting, distribution and initial training materials for no-contact rules and memetic-aware procedures.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Research And Monitoring $550K/yr
[#7] Ongoing cognitive/memetic research team operating budget (PI, 2–3 researchers, techs), imaging time, experiments and consumables.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#9] Annual contingency budget for field investigations / locating/handling the father (travel, contractors, secure transport).
Staff Wages $120K/yr
[#3] Assigned containment/monitoring personnel: 2× $60k/yr fully loaded handlers/techs on rotation.
Cover Story And Legal $112K/yr
[#18] Legal, public cover-story, PR management and contingency funds for exposure mitigation.
Father Detention Staffing $100K/yr
[#10] If father is apprehended and detained: staffing and monitoring costs for secure detention unit.
Opportunity Costs Admin $75K/yr
[#19] Indirect administrative overhead / senior investigator time allocation (~0.5 FTE equivalence).
Amnestics And Medical Response $50K/yr
[#11] Budget for amnestic treatments, medical care, or staff replacement following contamination incidents.
It Forensics Retainer $50K/yr
[#15] On-call digital forensics/data-recovery retainer to reconstruct tampered logs and track anomalous deletions.
Training And Drills $25K/yr
[#13] Annual memetic-awareness drills and training for site staff (materials + instructor time).
Psychological Care $15K/yr
[#16] Counseling for the subject and affected personnel (regular sessions + crisis therapy).
Background Screening Recurring $10K/yr
[#5] Incremental background screening costs for new hires / periodic rechecks.
Secure Documentation Maintenance $10K/yr
[#6] Ongoing costs for redundant offsite backups, WORM storage maintenance, air-gapped archival refreshes and physical record vault upkeep.
Facilities Maintenance $7K/yr
[#4, #14, #20] Annual maintenance and small upgrades for access-control elements, CCTV upkeep and archive/vault maintenance.
Sop Refreshers $5K/yr
[#12] Annual SOP refreshers, audits and compliance training costs.
Archiving Maintenance $3K/yr
[#20] Ongoing costs for long-term physical/digital archiving and offsite air-gapped storage maintenance.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#2, #17] Food, laundry, toiletries, housekeeping for one resident and consumable PPE/decontamination supplies.
Cctv Storage And Maintenance $2K/yr
[#14] CCTV storage, retention and periodic maintenance.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents: steady-state containment, research, maintenance and regular contingencies funded.
no field operations no large-scale amnestic events routine research year
🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
One-off operational year with limited breach/contamination events requiring additional amnestics, legal response and forensics work.
several amnestic incidents localized exposure requiring legal/PR response
🚨 Father Located And Detained $1.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$350K vs baseline
Active operation to locate/apprehend the father and initiate detention, driving large field ops and legal/logistical expenditures.
decision to actively locate father multi-jurisdictional field operation detention/setup costs
👥 Personnel 2 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician / Handler 2 [#3] Two trained techs on rotation (2 × $60k/yr fully loaded) allocated to subject monitoring and site compliance.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide reasonable ranges and clear cost drivers, but many items are contingent (father-related operations, research scale, incident frequency) producing uncertainty; mid-range assumptions were used.
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