SCP-374 — SCP-374 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-374 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-374

Expected annual

$2.9M

One-time setup

$1.3M

Annual recurring

$2.9M

Personnel

Initial capital outlay is approximately $1.31M for vaults, containment room and systems; annual operating costs are dominated by staffing, D‑class procurement, medical/mortuary, disposal and legal/cover-up budgets (~$2.85M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M

Facilities $488K

[#1, #7] Museum-grade secure vault (blade/frame separation) and hardened containment/operation room buildout.

Equipment $350K

[#2, #3, #15, #16, #19, #21] Climate-control installation, clean-agent and water-mist fire-suppression installs, audiovisual system, digital archival hardware, biometric access, UPS/generator install.

Contingency Establishment $300K

[#20] Establishment/funding of reserved contingency/emergency fund.

Decommissioning And End Of Life $110K

[#27] One-time decommissioning, safe transport and records closure reserve.

Permits Setup $30K

[#14] Environmental permitting setup, consultant fees and initial compliance setup.

Sop Development $30K

[#25] Initial SOP development and training program setup.

Spare Parts Initial $3K

[#6] Initial fabrication of historically-appropriate fasteners and pull-cord.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.9M/yr

Staff Wages $600K/yr

[#17, #19] Salaries for interrogation researchers, historians/linguists and security staff (core team).

Cover Story And Legal $450K/yr

[#11, #22] Psychological/legal oversight, counsel, internal audit, and recurring costs for cover documentation and legal retainer.

Research And Monitoring $302K/yr

[#15, #16, #17, #18, #23] Annual research program budget including per-session operational costs, translation/expert consultation and general monitoring/analysis.

Incineration Disposal $250K/yr

[#13] Transport under HazMat and incineration/disposal fees for yearly specimen turnover.

Medical And Mortuary $215K/yr

[#9] On-call medical personnel, pathology handling, mortuary transport and immediate processing per-use aggregated annually.

D Class Procurement $200K/yr

[#10] Procurement, housing, screening and handling costs for expendable human subjects (prorated annual program cost).

Contingency Fund Annual $200K/yr

[#20] Annual allocation to contingency/emergency fund for legal defense, PR and incident response.

Insurance And Overhead $175K/yr

[#24] Institutional overhead allocation and insurance premiums for hazardous operations and artifacts.

Formaldehyde Storage $150K/yr

[#12] Annualized holding costs, solution replacement and container ventilation for preserved specimens (per-specimen costs aggregated).

Biohazard Cleanup $110K/yr

[#8] Biohazard cleanup, PPE and disposal chemicals per-use aggregated annually (estimated for operational tempo).

Facilities Maintenance $65K/yr

[#1, #2, #3, #7, #21, #14] Vault and containment upkeep, climate-control energy/maintenance, fire-system inspections, containment utilities, backup power fuel/maintenance, ongoing permitting compliance.

Audiovisual Storage Transcription $30K/yr

[#15] Storage, transcription (automated + human QC), and encrypted archival access for interrogation recordings.

Psychological Support $28K/yr

[#26] Employee assistance programs, counseling services and staff mitigation.

Supplies And Consumables $23K/yr

[#4, #5, #6] Polishing/consumables after each use, small annual conservation consumables, spare-parts replacements.

Digital Archival Maintenance $20K/yr

[#16] Air-gapped backups, off-site vaulting maintenance and indexing/archival staff time.

Training And Audits Annual $15K/yr

[#25] Refresher training, drills and third-party audits.

Environmental Compliance Ongoing $12K/yr

[#14] Ongoing emissions monitoring, reporting and permit-related compliance costs.

Periodic Conservation $6K/yr

[#5] Annualized cost for periodic wood conservation (treatments, consolidants) averaged over multi-year cycles.

Backup Power Maintenance $6K/yr

[#21] Fuel, testing and routine maintenance for UPS/generator systems.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.9M/yr

94.5% probability / year

Normal operational year with routine interrogations and no major incidents.

routine_use scheduled_maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $3.0M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$188K vs baseline

Small containment incident or equipment failure requiring cleanup, temporary downtime and limited legal/PR response.

biohazard_spill equipment_failure small_data_leak

🚨 Major Breach $4.3M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring large legal defense, broad PR/cover operations and extended emergency response.

public_exposure large_scale_biohazard_release major_data_breach

👥 Personnel 11 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	2	[#17] Interrogation researchers conducting sessions and analyses.
Historian / Linguist	1	[#17, #18] 18th-century French specialist for translation and context.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	4	[#19] 24/7 physical security presence, two-person rule enforcement and escorts.
Medical Officer	1	[#9] On-call medic for pronouncement and immediate handling.
Conservator / Restoration Specialist	1	[#4, #5] Artifact conservation, polishing and wood treatment.
Administrative Staff / Archivist	1	[#15, #16] Recording/transcription QC, archival indexing and access control.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[] Oversees operations, compliance and high-level coordination.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are assembled from midpoints of wide ranges given in analyst notes; SCP containment and per-use variability (number of uses per year) create substantial uncertainty, but the operational needs are well enumerated.

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