SCP-3412 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3412
Expected annual
$87K
One-time setup
$180K
Annual recurring
$86K
Personnel
3
Initial setup is dominated by the secure audio testing booth and a one-time contingency reserve, bringing one-time costs to ~180k; ongoing costs are staff wages, research activity, legal/OPSEC and overhead at ~86k/year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $180K
Contingency Reserve $100K
[#20] One-time contingency reserve for escalation, expanded containment, or emergency response if anomalous behavior expands or becomes transmissible.
Facilities $56K
[#1, #3] Secure item locker purchase/installation (locker + alarm + install) and secure audio testing booth (soundproofing, basic RF/EM suppression, CCTV infrastructure and remote monitoring console).
Equipment $22K
[#4, #5, #9, #10, #12, #19] Dedicated analog playback chain and backups, biometric monitoring & safety hardware, evidence/sample collection equipment, HEPA vacuum, forensic audio/digitization hardware, and archival packaging materials.
Sop Development $2K
[#15] Initial SOP development and initial training (one-time writeup and approval costs).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $86K/yr
Staff Wages $38K/yr
[#6, #7] Level-3 oversight (0.05 FTE) and technical staff time (~0.2 FTE) plus entomology consultation (contract / fractional FTE).
Research And Monitoring $21K/yr
[#13, #16] Research program annual budget (experiments, analysis, consumables beyond basic supplies) and data/CCTV storage costs for logs and footage retention.
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#18] Legal/OPSEC/cover-up contingency and liaison budget to manage potential disclosures.
Administrative Overhead $6K/yr
[#17] Facilities/utilities/site administrative overhead allocation attributable to housing and periodic testing.
Medical Monitoring $4K/yr
[#14] Occupational medical checkups, occasional counseling and post-exposure follow-ups reserved annually.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#9, #10, #11] Evidence consumables (swabs/jars), PPE and decontamination consumables per test, and pest-control/specimen handling consumables.
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#8] Secure internal courier / two-person transfer costs per move (estimated transfers/year × per-transfer cost).
Training And Sop Refresher $1K/yr
[#15] Annual refresher training and SOP updates/logistics.
Facilities Maintenance $525/yr
[#2, #19] Locker maintenance and monitoring (alarm health, battery replacement, calibration) and archival storage environment monitoring.
Equipment Maintenance $500/yr
[#5] Maintenance and calibration budget for biometric/safety hardware and similar equipment.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $86K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with periodic authorized tests and no major incidents.
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🚨 Minor Incident $96K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$10K vs baseline
Small-scale incident such as incomplete playback or transient adverse effects requiring extra medical follow-up and investigation.
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🚨 Major Incident $136K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Significant personnel harm or persistent adverse effects (extended tinnitus/psychological injury), requiring transfers, amnestics, extended medical/legal action and containment upgrades.
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👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Level-3 Researcher 1 [#6] Fractional (0.05 FTE) but one senior researcher responsible for approvals/oversight (budgeted as part of staff_wages).
Research Technician 1 [#7] Technical staff to run tests and maintain equipment (~0.2 FTE budgeted in staff_wages).
Entomologist (consultant) 1 [#7] Entomology consultation for manifested centipedes (contract/fractional FTE budgeted in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment and operational requirements are well described and cost ranges provided, but uncertainty remains in incident probabilities, frequency of testing and contingency utilization, so medium confidence.
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