SCP-3355 — SCP-3355 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3355 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-3355

Expected annual

$2.8M

One-time setup

$3.3M

Annual recurring

$2.7M

Personnel

Estimated one-time setup and contingency funding is approximately $3.33M, with recurring annual costs roughly $2.72M; the main drivers are staff wages (security + cyber + research), site lease/operations, and ongoing cyber/RF monitoring and legal/cover-story expenditures.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.3M

Facilities $1.6M

[#1] Purchase option / site acquisition reserve (median of $250k–$3M range)

Reserve Fund $550K

[#25] Insurance / risk provisioning reserve fund

Equipment $399K

[#3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9, #15] Cameras/NVRs/IDS, HVAC units, UPS/generator, digital forensics kits, RF/DF hardware, network containment appliances, initial website/design

Initial Research And Lab Setup $365K

[#6, #11, #12, #23] Hardware preservation/rebuild/emulation work, AI/retrocomputing experiment ramp-up, sandbox/test emulation environment, archival setup

Containment Upgrade Reserve $275K

[#29] Contingency for major one-off containment upgrades

Personnel Vehicles $80K

[#27] Purchase of 1–2 response/operations vehicles

Warehouse Setup $30K

[#19] Small warehouse / pallet jacks / inventory system initial setup

Front Company Setup $5K

[#14] Incorporation, initial setup costs for 'St. Nick's Workshop'

Mail Forwarding Setup $5K

[#17] Canadian mailbox/forwarding / nominee address setup

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr

Staff Wages $1.6M/yr

[#2, #10, #11, #18, #19, #15, #21, #23] Security guards & supervisor, on-call cyber/intel team, AI/retrocomputing research salaries, customer service, warehouse/logistics staff, PR/comms personnel, social monitoring analysts, archivist wages

Cover Story And Legal $193K/yr

[#13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #24, #28] Legal/regulatory retainer, front-company maintenance, website hosting, seasonal ad buys, mailbox forwarding recurring, annualized ethics/review costs, disinformation/promotional budget

Site Lease $180K/yr

[#1] Long-term lease/option for bunker or nearby covert site (alternative to purchase)

Cyber Security Services $180K/yr

[#9] Managed security services / SOC monitoring contract

Research And Monitoring $153K/yr

[#6, #7, #8, #9, #11, #12, #21, #23] Ongoing spares/repair contracts, archival storage replication, RF monitoring contract, sandbox maintenance, SOC-related research tooling/software, social listening software, archival maintenance

Field Response Retainer $150K/yr

[#22] Rapid-response / containment team retainer and readiness

Logistics And Transport $95K/yr

[#19, #27, #20] Warehouse rent and facility logistics, vehicle fuel & maintenance, travel & lodging

Contracts With Carriers $60K/yr

[#20] Lawful API access / carrier contracts or covert carrier agreements

Energy Costs $23K/yr

[#26] Power for HVAC, servers, monitoring gear

Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr

[#3, #4, #5, #19] Routine maintenance on perimeter/access control systems, HVAC servicing, minor site upkeep

Generator Fuel Maintenance $18K/yr

[#5] Fuel supply contract and generator maintenance

Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr

[#22, #6, #7] Amnestic/sedative supplies readiness, small spare consumables, forensic sampling consumables

Mail Forwarding $1K/yr

[#17] Ongoing mailbox/forwarding subscription costs

Reduced Review Savings $-17000/yr

[#30] Savings from biennial review frequency versus a six-month schedule (applied as negative recurring cost)

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with standard monitoring, no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $2.8M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Localized awareness or logistic anomaly requiring field deployment, additional legal/PR response and small containment actions.

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🚨 Major Breach $3.7M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Significant exposure or escalation requiring major containment upgrade, large-scale amnesticization, extended legal/PR campaigns and potential asset acquisition.

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👥 Personnel 25 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	7	[#2] 6 guards (3 shifts) + 1 site supervisor
Cybersecurity Analyst / Intel	4	[#10] 1–3 analysts plus a lead (dedicated on-call team)
Research Scientist	3	[#11, #12] AI / retrocomputing researchers and experiment leads
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#6, #27] Hardware/FPGA engineers and facilities/vehicle maintenance
Customer Service	2	[#15, #18] Helpline / front-company response staff
Logistics / Warehouse Staff	3	[#19] Small warehouse operators / inventory handlers
Administrative Staff / Front Company	2	[#14, #15] Accounting, bookkeeping, front-company operations
Archivist / Records Manager	1	[#23] Documentation preservation and archival operations
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#24] Oversight, review coordination and liaison

📋 Confidence Notes

Costs are based on analyst ranges and mid-point assumptions; many line items (site purchase vs lease, scope of RF ops, SOC needs) are uncertain, producing moderate confidence.

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