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SCP-3403 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3403
Expected annual
$68K
One-time setup
$21K
Annual recurring
$65K
Personnel
0.5
First-year costs (setup + one year operations) are approximately $86,400 driven primarily by recurring staffing and contingency budgets, plus moderate one-time facility/setup costs for a secure locker and test-site preparation.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $21K
Facilities $10K
[#1, #8] Secure item locker installation and controlled burial/testing pad site preparation.
Equipment $3K
[#2, #6] Locker CCTV/tamper hardware and secure transport case purchase.
Forensic Compliance $2K
[#12] One-time bio/forensic legal/ethical review and permits for cremated remains.
Recordkeeping Setup $2K
[#16] One-time secure documentation/database setup (initial $1k–$3k portion of item #16).
Access Control Vetting $2K
[#4] Initial access control & personnel vetting costs (background checks, provisioning).
Sop Development $1K
[#17] Initial SOP creation and training materials.
Ethical Consultation $1K
[#22] Cultural/religious liaison consultation (one-time).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $65K/yr
Staff Wages $27K/yr
[#5, #14] Security escort staffing (part-time FTE equivalent) and research staff time (fractional PI/tech allocation).
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#18] Annual contingency for public-facing cover story responses, PR, and amnestic operations (budgeted reserve).
High End Contingency $10K/yr
[#23] High-end emergency reserve for large-scale loss of control / prolonged public exposure; held as recurring contingency.
Analytical Testing Fees $6K/yr
[#15] Occasional external analytical testing (micro-CT, mass spec, PCB/ botanical analyses) budgeted annually.
Incident Response Readiness $3K/yr
[#19] On-call incident response team readiness budget (transport & materials, small readiness funds).
Research And Monitoring $3K/yr
[#3, #9] Video storage/monitoring IT retention and per-test operations (labor, fencing, on-site test support).
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#7] Per-transport logistics (fuel, driver time, chain-of-custody docs, per-move insurance budget).
Insurance Allocation $2K/yr
[#20] Institutional liability and property insurance allocation for anomalous object program line items.
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#11, #13, #21] Decontamination supplies, hazardous/small-volume waste disposal, and miscellaneous maintenance/replacements.
Animal Control $1K/yr
[#10] Annual wildlife mitigation and animal-control contingency.
Recordkeeping And It $600/yr
[#16] Ongoing hosting, audits, secure backups, and IT security for classified documentation (recurring portion of #16).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $65K/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal year with no unauthorized burial or large public exposure; routine tests and operations only.
no unauthorized burial scheduled testing only no public sightings
🚨 Minor Incident $80K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline
Localized unauthorized burial or small public sighting requiring field response and limited amnestic/cover-story work.
unauthorized burial discovered small local eyewitness cluster field team deployment + targeted amnestics
🚨 Major Public Exposure $215K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Widespread public manifestation or prolonged exposure requiring extensive amnestic operations, legal action, and media suppression.
mass eyewitness reports extended public manifestation large-scale amnestic/PR operations
👥 Personnel 0.5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.3 [#5] Part-time escort/security equivalent (~0.1–0.2 FTE in notes; budgeted here as 0.3 FTE equivalent to match wage allocation).
Research Scientist 0.2 [#14] Fractional PI/tech allocation for testing, documentation, and analysis (pro rata research staff time).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide clear line items and ranges for all costs, but frequencies of transports/tests and the size/frequency of contingencies are uncertain; contingency sizing and incident probabilities are therefore estimative.
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