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SCP-3545 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3545
Expected annual
$320K
One-time setup
$398K
Annual recurring
$307K
Personnel
2.5
Initial setup and reserves are estimated at $398,500, driven primarily by a quarantine/observation suite, research instrumentation, and a long-term care reserve. Ongoing annual operations are estimated at $307,450/yr, driven mainly by research staff wages, dedicated security, amnestic treatments, and recurring instrumentation/monitoring costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $398K
Long Term Care Reserve $150K
[#16] Reserve fund to cover long-term treatment, rehabilitation, and potential disability claims for neurological injury.
Facilities $65K
[#1, #7] Locker hardening/site-19 standard locker modifications (#1) and quarantine/observation suite buildout (#7).
Contingency Emergency Fund $50K
[#21] Contingency/emergency response reserve for rapid-response expenses (decon, evacuation, replacement, overtime).
Equipment $43K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #8, #13, #23] Transport container (#2), remote handling tooling (#3), initial PPE purchase (#4), CCTV/monitoring hardware & installation (#5), inpatient monitoring equipment (#8), initial compute setup (#13), archival/records setup (#23).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $42K
[#12] Research campaign instrumentation (high-speed/IR cameras, motion-capture, EM sensors, analysis hardware).
Baseline Health Screening $15K
[#6] Initial baseline occupational health screening (MRI/EEG/neuropsych) for assigned staff (midpoint of 3–6 staff estimate).
Amnestic Stockpile $10K
[#19] Initial purchase and secure storage setup for on-hand amnestic pharmaceutical stockpile.
Clearance Background Checks $8K
[#10] One-time clearance/administrative background-check fees aggregated for staff onboarding.
Sop Development $8K
[#11] SOP creation and initial staff training program development and documentation.
Human Subject Admin $6K
[#14] Institutional approval / internal review board / administrative setup for human subject testing.
Appraisal Provenance $1K
[#26] One-time antique appraisal / provenance research fee.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $307K/yr
Staff Wages $125K/yr
[#9] Designated research/control staff salaries (≈1.0 FTE equivalent; includes benefits/overhead).
Security Staffing $55K/yr
[#10] Dedicated guard coverage and ongoing security-related staffing for the locker/research area.
Amnestic Treatments $30K/yr
[#15] Budget for amnestic administration and follow-up (as-used; annualized estimate if tests recur).
Research And Monitoring $25K/yr
[#5, #11, #12, #13, #23, #24] Video/audio storage & monitoring maintenance (#5), refresher training/compliance audits (#11), instrumentation maintenance/calibration (#12), ongoing compute/storage/data analysis (#13), archival storage costs (#23), and specialist consults budgeted into recurring research costs (#24).
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#20] Legal counsel, cover-story maintenance, and PR contingency funding.
Human Subject Compensation $20K/yr
[#14] Annual participant compensation for human testing (variable depending on number/risk profile).
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#7, #22] Quarantine/observation suite maintenance (#7) and periodic equipment/site maintenance (5–15% of capital) (#22).
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#4, #8, #18, #19] PPE replacement (#4), inpatient medical replenishment (#8), consumables/sterilization/disposables (#18), and amnestic replenishment (#19).
Psych Support $6K/yr
[#17] Ongoing counseling and psychiatric follow-up for exposed individuals.
Health Rechecks $4K/yr
[#6] Routine occupational health rechecks and cognitive testing for assigned staff.
Logistics And Transport $3K/yr
[#25] Secure courier / inter-site transport (infrequent average per-year cost).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $307K/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, periodic maintenance, and planned testing at current cadence.
routine_research scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $332K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Small containment/medical incident requiring emergency response, limited equipment replacement, extra amnestics and legal exposure.
medical_emergency localized_breach equipment_failure
🚨 Research Scaleup $527K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$220K vs baseline
Prolonged research program with repeated human ingestion trials and expanded instrumentation/staff, increasing medical/amnestic and compensation costs.
expanded_human_trials extended_instrumentation_campaign
🚨 Major Breach $807K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant security breach or hostile seizure (e.g., insurgency-style attack) causing casualty care, loss of equipment, legal costs and replacement/response operations.
hostile_infiltration facility_attack theft_or_destruction
👥 Personnel 2.5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 [#9] 1.0 FTE Level-2 researcher (primary project lead; budgeted in staff wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#10] 1 dedicated guard for locker/research area (partial-site dedicated staffing budgeted).
Administrative Staff 0.2 [#9] 0.1–0.2 FTE administrative support for paperwork, clearances, and scheduling.
Medical Officer 0.2 [#7, #8] On-call medical support for observation suite and inpatient monitoring (part-time/allocated FTE).
Engineer / Maintenance 0.1 [#22] Part-time technician for equipment maintenance/calibration and transport logistics support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing a reasoned estimate, but frequency of human subject testing, amnestic usage, and security incidents are uncertain; contingency and reserve choices introduce significant variance.
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