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SCP-3381 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3381
Expected annual
$582K
One-time setup
$278K
Annual recurring
$578K
Personnel
8
One-time startup and capital items are modest (~$277,500) including contingency/reserve allocations; annual recurring costs (~$578,300/yr) are driven primarily by research staff wages, contracted security, and medical/psychological monitoring for biweekly subject use.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $278K
Asset Recovery Reserve $125K
[#20] One-time allocation for high-priority recovery/replacement research or extensive recovery operations in case of irreparable loss of the anomalous item.
Equipment $60K
[#3, #4, #9, #18] Room equipment (IR cameras, blackout curtains, adjustable bed, monitored outlets, evidence drop), baseline recording/video/audio hardware ($20k one-time), initial secure database/workstation setup ($3k), and one-time IT/server/memetic screening hardware ($7.5k).
Contingency Reserve $50K
[#19] One-time contingency/emergency recovery reserve for unexpected events (rapid containment escalation, emergency procurement, ad-hoc specialists).
Facilities $30K
[#1, #3] Secure locker and minor room retrofit plus structural/soundproofing elements of a small controlled sleep/test chamber (pest-proofing, climate-control override, fire-suppressant lockbox, room retrofitting).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $8K
[#12] Initial laboratory/analytical setup: compositional/toxicology/microbial analysis of pillow materials (initial analysis estimate).
Sop Development $5K
[#14] One-time SOP development, initial staff training session development and compliance setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $578K/yr
Staff Wages $270K/yr
[#5] Research staff salaries: 1senior researcher (~$150k) + 2 research assistants (~$60k each).
Security Staffing $135K/yr
[#6] Dedicated/security staffing to guard storage and supervise tests (3 guards @ ~$45k each; shift coverage assumed).
Research And Monitoring $120K/yr
[#4, #7, #8, #9, #11, #12, #14, #16, #21] Ongoing research/monitoring costs: polysomnography maintenance ($2k), subject recruitment & stipends ($#7), medical screening/post-test care and contingency, recurring documentation/backups, staff time for playback/forensic review, periodic microbial/pesticide testing, recurring training/audits, longitudinal psychological monitoring, and small-scale experimental program budget.
Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr
[#2] Pro-rated site overhead: electricity, HVAC, insurance and routine building maintenance allocation for hosting SCP-3381.
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#15] Annual legal retainer and budget for cover-story / public takedown / basic incident response retainer.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#10, #11, #13, #17] Evidence handling materials and archiving costs, forensic workstation supplies, PPE/cleaning/disposables, and secure media destruction/incineration costs.
It Security And Memetic $4K/yr
[#18] Ongoing IT security, encrypted backups, maintenance of air-gapped storage and memetic screening protocols.
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#22] Secure transport, sealed containers, courier and handling for internal transfers of physical media and records.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $578K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Routine, uneventful operating year with biweekly testing and no major incidents.
regular biweekly testing no subject injuries or media leakage routine maintenance and experiments
🚨 Minor Incident $628K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
A contained adverse event (subject requires acute care, minor legal/PR response, small forensic review or evidence contamination).
subject acute injury or severe exhaustion small media leak requiring takedown/redaction additional forensic or medical contracting
🚨 Major Breach $828K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or asset loss requiring recovery operations, extensive legal settlements, external specialists and large-scale remediation.
irreparable damage to the object or facility widespread media leak or memetic exposure major subject harm or multi-subject incident
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Principal Investigator) 1 [#5] Senior researcher (oversight/approvals) accounted for in staff wages.
Research Assistant 2 [#5] Two research assistants to run tests, document experiments and handle media; accounted for in staff wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#6] On-site security staff (3 guards) to provide shift coverage; wages included in security_staffing recurring cost.
Forensic Reviewer / Multimedia Analyst (part-time) 2 [#11] Two staff to perform DVD playback, forensic review and redaction (~100 hrs/yr each); costs included in research_and_monitoring.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide specific line-item ranges for most costs, but many items are estimates with wide ranges (medical contingency, contingency/reserve sizing, asset-recovery appetite). The object's Safe classification and regular use reduce uncertainty, but contingency/incident costs remain variable; hence medium confidence.
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