SCP-335
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-335
Expected annual
$193K
One-time setup
$646K
Annual recurring
$180K
Personnel
2.5
Initial containment and tooling require moderate one-time expenditure (~$647k) driven by research startup and contingency reserves; recurring yearly costs are dominated by personnel and legal/IT maintenance (~$180k/yr).
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $646K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $180K/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$180K/yr
Normal year with no major incidents; routine containment, periodic analysis, and maintenance only.
no incidents
routine maintenance
periodic analysis
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Minor Incident
$255K/yr
Small containment/technical incident (hardware failure, limited unauthorized access attempt, or localized data propagation) requiring emergency response and limited legal/forensic work.
hardware failure
limited unauthorized access
localized contamination
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Major Breach
$1.2M/yr
Significant containment failure or public/legal exposure (data exfiltration, evidence of illegal content leaked, or required coordinated external response) with major remediation and legal costs.
public exposure
large-scale data propagation
legal action
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Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up
$680K/yr
Decision or discovery that justifies large-scale research into the anomalous 'infinite' storage property, triggering multi-year program expansion and significant annual research spend.
research breakthrough
program funding approved
ethical/legal review permits scale-up
Personnel
2.5 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Containment Officer / Archivist | 0.5 | [#11] Part-time archivist/containment officer to log access, perform inspections, and maintain the physical item (salary burden included in staff_wages). |
| Research Scientist / Digital Forensics | 0.5 | [#12] Part-time digital forensics/research staff to image, triage, and analyze content and run controlled experiments (salary burden included in staff_wages). |
| Content Reviewer / Moderator | 0.5 | [#17] Part-time human reviewer for classification and moderation tasks under two-person rule (salary burden included in staff_wages). |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 1 | [#13] Shared onsite security coverage / rapid-response guard allocation (salary burden included in staff_wages). |
Confidence Notes
Baseline and routine costs are well-anchored to provided line-item ranges, but the anomalous 'effectively infinite' property and legal/external-risk exposures introduce significant tail risk and uncertainty for high-impact scenarios.