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SCP-3701 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-3701
Expected annual
$2.6M
One-time setup
$5.0M
Annual recurring
$2.5M
Personnel
15
Estimated one-time containment/setup costs are approximately $5.04M driven by dedicated vault construction, testing chamber, contingency reserve and specialized equipment; recurring annual costs are about $2.54M driven by staff wages, ongoing research/monitoring, legal/cover-up expenses and site overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.0M
Facilities $2.9M
[#1, #5, #6, #17] Construction of a specialized temporal-anomaly storage vault (Site 221), dedicated testing/isolation chamber, emergency retrieval/quarantine bay setup and UPS/generator hardware.
Contingency Fund $1.2M
[#15] One-time seeded reserve for low-probability/high-cost incidents, accidental exposure, theft or unexpected long-term effects.
Decommissioning Planning $400K
[#23] Planning and design for secure decommissioning/disposal options (contingent specialized procedures).
Equipment $378K
[#2, #4, #11, #12] Device modification/tamper-proofing, vehicle/armored-case purchase, initial instrumentation & monitoring hardware, and secure/off-line data storage/server purchase.
Sop And Legal Setup $90K
[#13] One-time development of SOPs, legal cover-story creation, ethics/oversight setup and initial audits.
Training Program Development $38K
[#14] Initial curriculum development and instructor time for mandatory handling and emergency drill programs.
Psych Eval Initial $20K
[#8] Initial psychological screening assumed for a baseline cohort (10 subjects assumed for initial program).
Chronohazard Signage $1K
[#3] Initial purchase of photoluminescent stickers, signage and staff reference cards to label SCP-3701 and test areas.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.5M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#7, #9, #10] Salaries/benefits for medical on-call coverage, research personnel (Level 4 researcher + technicians) and dedicated security staff for 24/7 coverage.
Research And Monitoring $462K/yr
[#8, #11, #12, #20, #21] Psychological follow-ups and program overhead, instrumentation calibration/maintenance, secure data storage operations, ongoing experimental budget/subject compensation, and long-term health registry maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $438K/yr
[#13, #16, #19] Annual legal retainer/oversight, cover-up/plausible-deniability budgets and external contractor/retainer pool (insurance/legal contingency equivalents).
Site Overhead Allocation $300K/yr
[#24] Pro-rata share of Site 221 central administration, HR, utilities and facility maintenance allocated to SCP-3701.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#4] Annual operations for secure transport (courier crew salaries, fuel, armored escort operations).
Facilities Maintenance $68K/yr
[#6, #17] Ongoing quarantine bay operations/decontamination capacity and power/environmental energy costs (HVAC, fuel contracts, UPS maintenance).
Supplies And Consumables $24K/yr
[#3, #18, #22] Annual replacement of chrono-hazard stickers/signage, disposable PPE and small consumables/spare parts/wear-and-tear allowance.
Training And Drills $20K/yr
[#14] Annual refresher courses, staff recertification and emergency drills.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.5M/yr
93.9% probability / year
Routine year with scheduled tests, regular maintenance, and no major incidents.
scheduled_testing routine_maintenance no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Small containment/health incident (isolated subject adverse event or minor equipment damage) requiring local medical response, limited repairs and modest legal/cover-up actions.
single_subject_adverse_event minor_equipment_damage small_legal_action
🚨 Major Incident $4.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.7M vs baseline
Significant breach/incident causing multiple casualties or loss of equipment requiring large medical response, investigation, major repairs and partial contingency replenishment.
multi-subject_casualty major_equipment_loss legal_exposure
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $52.5M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
An XK-class or site-level destructive outcome (e.g., large-scale environmental/temporal disaster) requiring full emergency response, site recovery, O5-level interventions and large-scale remediation/cover-up.
site_destruction XK-class_outcome mass_casualties
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Level 4) 1 [#9] Senior researcher required to authorize tests and oversee research.
Research Technician 3 [#9, #11] Technical staff to run experiments, maintain instrumentation and collect data.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#10] Dedicated security staff to provide round-the-clock site coverage and rapid response.
Medical Officer 1 [#7] On-call physician coverage for pre/post-test screening and emergency care.
Nurse 2 [#7] Part-time/on-call nursing staff to support medical screening and immediate post-return monitoring.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item cost ranges are reasonably well-defined for construction, equipment and staffing, but uncertainty remains due to unknown testing tempo (subjects/year), potential for high-cost anomalous incidents and judgement calls on site-overhead allocation.
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