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SCP-3611 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3611
Expected annual
$93K
One-time setup
$98K
Annual recurring
$91K
Personnel
0.35
One-time capital and conservation/setup costs (~$98k) are dominated by imaging/IT, conservation, and a long-term preservation seed fund; recurring annual costs (~$91k/yr) are driven by part-time research staff, POI stipends/escort logistics, legal/cover operations, and ongoing conservation and digitization maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $98K
Long Term Preservation Fund $30K
[#24] Seed capital reserve for multi-year upkeep, eventual restorations and equipment replacement.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $19K
[#3, #10, #21] Archival boxes/trays and interleaving; initial translation/cataloging pass; catalog database integration and setup.
Equipment $16K
[#2, #8, #9, #13] Climate/micro-environment unit; in-house high-resolution imaging kit; digital storage hardware (NAS); audio/video recording equipment.
Contingency Reserve $15K
[#18] Holdback reserve for discovered anomalous effects, emergency containment, rapid conservation or storage expansion.
Facilities $6K
[#1] Secure storage locker upgrade (electronic lock, tamper sensors, access-control integration and installation).
Conservation And Restoration $6K
[#4] Professional conservator assessment and initial stabilization/restoration of fragile painted surfaces and varnish.
Legal And Provenance One Time $3K
[#14] One-time legal/provenance paperwork, acquisition clearance and initial cover-story materials.
Appraisal One Time $2K
[#15] Professional appraisal to establish insurable value.
Pr Cover Materials One Time $2K
[#23] Templates, briefings and cover-story materials prepared in advance.
Training And Ppe One Time $900
[#20] Initial staff handling training and PPE purchase (gloves, soft handling tools, training session).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $91K/yr
Staff Wages $32K/yr
[#6, #7] Research personnel: partial FTE curator/researcher (0.1–0.25 FTE) and research assistant/technician (0.1–0.2 FTE) for cataloguing, imaging oversight, and session observation.
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#12, #14, #23] POI stipend and hospice liaison administrative fees; ongoing cover-story operations and legal/PR expenses when invoked.
Logistics And Transport $16K/yr
[#11, #17] Weekly consulting travel/per-diem and escort-related stipends; averaged secure transport/handling costs per year for occasional off-site moves.
Research And Monitoring $13K/yr
[#5, #10, #13, #19, #21, #22] Ongoing conservation monitoring and periodic treatment; translation follow-ups; transcription/translation workflows; additional storage/cataloging for newly discovered cards; database maintenance; ethical oversight and periodic reviews.
Security Patrols $5K/yr
[#16] Periodic security patrols, proportional guard time and audits for the Games Department.
Insurance Premium $3K/yr
[#15] Annual insurance premium for the unique antique artifact (estimate based on appraisal).
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#9, #20] Cloud backup/storage fees and ongoing PPE replenishment/small consumables.
Facilities Maintenance $500/yr
[#2] Calibration and maintenance of climate-control/micro-environment equipment.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $91K/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with weekly POI sessions, routine monitoring, and no emergent anomalous events.
routine_cataloging weekly_POI_sessions scheduled_conservation_checks
🚨 Minor Incident $106K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline
Discovery of a moderately damaging/newly-anomalous card or a conservation issue requiring expedited treatment and limited emergency imaging/legal work.
new anomalous card requiring containment conservator emergency treatment urgent imaging/translation surge
🚨 Major Breach $166K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Significant anomalous event during play that necessitates emergency containment, extended conservation, legal/PR activation, and possible temporary relocation of the deck.
large-scale anomalous propagation forced off-site relocation public exposure requiring PR/legal response
👥 Personnel 0.35 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Curator 0.2 Partial FTE (0.1–0.25) for weekly consultation, cataloguing oversight, and liaison with POI; corresponds to a pro-rated salary portion included in staff_wages.
Research Assistant / Technician 0.15 Part-time technician for imaging, handling and metadata entry (0.1–0.2 FTE); cost included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of the analyst-provided ranges and conservative assumptions (in-house imaging chosen over large outsourced one-time costs). Several categories have wide ranges (conservation, imaging outsourced vs in-house, escort/stipend levels) producing moderate uncertainty.
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