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SCP-3508 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3508
Expected annual
$3.9M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$3.9M
Personnel
16
First-year setup (one-time) costs are moderate (~$1.46M) for equipment, containment refurbishment and legal/reserve startup; recurring annual costs are dominated by staffing, legal/insurance reserves, monitoring/QR-9 readiness and PR (~$3.87M/yr). Main drivers are 24/7 monitoring staff, QR-9 readiness, legal/insurance reserves, and broadcast/market surveillance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Equipment $840K
[#2, #4, #5, #7, #8, #18, #19] CCTV/sensors and recording/storage, inventory/IT ingest hardware, broadcast monitoring hardware/software, QR-9 program startup hardware/software, rapid response vehicle/equipment kit, field PPE kits, transport/response vehicle purchase.
Legal Contingency Reserve $300K
[#12] Initial legal/regulatory contingency reserve for litigation, retailer/manufacturer interactions and reimbursements.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#17] Forensic materials research & initial testing program (lab setup, instruments, initial assays).
Public Recall Campaign $88K
[#11] One-time public recall / PR campaign (initial seeded cover stories, paid press).
Facilities $50K
[#1] Containment locker/chamber refurbishment: standard Safe-class lockers, room modifications, interlocks, alarms, HVAC/CCTV hookup.
Training And Sop Development $30K
[#20, #9] Initial development of SOPs and training for containment/security; includes initial specialist guard training cost referenced in notes.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#6, #8, #9] 24/7 monitoring operators/analysts (6 staff incl. benefits), rapid response medical/field team salaries, and on-call specialist guard(s) plus small admin support.
Cover Story And Legal $890K/yr
[#11, #12, #24, #25] Ongoing PR/narrative management, legal/regulatory retainer and fees, evidence destruction verification/audit, and insurance/risk reserve contributions.
Qr9 Program Readiness $400K/yr
[#7] Annual readiness/retainer and emergency operations budget for QR-9 cyber/communications takedown capabilities.
Large Scale Event Contingency $300K/yr
[#22] Reserve fund for scaling to Protest/Riot-level responses (amnestics, PR/legal, rapid scaling of teams).
Research And Monitoring $225K/yr
[#17, #23] Ongoing forensic follow-ups and anomaly monitoring/data analysis compute and program costs (analyst team and non-staff compute/software expenses).
Supplies And Consumables $216K/yr
[#13, #14, #16, #18] Annual amnestic production & administration for civilians, D-Class amnestic costs, incineration/disposal budget, PPE replenishment.
D Class Program Maintenance $210K/yr
[#15] D-Class recruitment/house/sustainment costs used for bonding tests and related operations.
Undercover Retrieval Ops $175K/yr
[#10] Covert purchase operations, agent field time, payments to retail staff, travel and operational expenses for retrieval/confiscation program.
Online Market Surveillance $115K/yr
[#21] Ongoing covert online marketplace monitoring, subscriptions, staff and buyback budget.
Broadcast Monitoring Ops $100K/yr
[#5] Ongoing ops/licensing/maintenance for continuous broadcast / public-access monitoring system.
Logistics And Transport $85K/yr
[#19, #3] Fleet operations (fuel, drivers, maintenance) and offsite secure storage / evidence warehouse rent/utilities/security.
Rapid Response Per Deployment $25K/yr
[#8] Per-deployment variable costs (travel/overtime) amortized into annual expected deployments budget.
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#1] Ongoing containment chamber/locker/HVAC/alarms maintenance and minor refurbishments.
Training And Sop Refresher $15K/yr
[#20] Annual refresher training and tabletop exercises specific to SCP-3508 SOPs.
Inventory It Support $6K/yr
[#4] DB/hosting/support for inventory tracking, RFID/barcode system support and hosting.
Cctv Maintenance And Storage $4K/yr
[#2] CCTV/audio/tamper sensor maintenance and storage costs.
Specialist Guard Training $4K/yr
[#9] Ongoing training costs for specialist guard handling of animate instances.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.9M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, periodic seizures, and no major multi-site incidents.
routine seizures regular monitoring operations small-scale recalls
🚨 Minor Incident $3.9M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Single Star- or Riot-level event requiring extra deployments, increased PR/legal, and additional amnestic use.
isolated Star-level broadcast small Riot-level escalation single-site high-profile seizure
🚨 Major Breach $5.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Multiple Riot/Star events or public exposure requiring large-scale legal response, mass amnestics, buyouts, and major PR/insurance payouts.
multi-site Riot/Star events site exposure/breach large public protests with many witnesses
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Monitoring Operator / Analyst 6 [#6] 24/7 monitoring staff (three shifts) to review alerts and validate events.
Rapid Response Medical / Field Team 4 [#8] AMR/EMT-level responders for on-site emergency assistance and instance termination.
Security Officer / Specialist Guard 1 [#9] On-call containment security guard for roaming instances.
Research Scientist 1 [article, #17] Lead researcher(s) for forensic/anomalous-property testing and experiments.
Data Analyst / Research Analyst 2 [#23] Analysts supporting epidemiological-style tracking, variant catalog maintenance and analytics.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#2, #19] Maintains CCTV, HVAC interlocks, containment room systems and vehicles.
Administrative Staff 1 [#11, #12] Admin/liaison for PR/legal coordination, inventory and procurement support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges enabling a reasoned estimate, but wide ranges for legal/insurance reserves, incident frequency and QR-9 costs (and the anomalous, market-driven restocking behavior) introduce uncertainty.
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