SCP-3944 — SCP-3944 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3944 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-3944

Expected annual

$105K

One-time setup

$1.1M

Annual recurring

$98K

Personnel

Baseline one-time setup is modest but rises if optional property purchase or large contingency reserve are included; recurring costs are driven by prorated research and security wages, medic standby, and legal/OPSEC overhead.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M

Property Acquisition Optional $900K

[#16] Optional property acquisition to secure a discovery site (regional example mid-range estimate).

Contingency Reserve $100K

[#23] Recommended contingency/reserve fund for unexpected escalation (one-time capital reserve).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K

[#19] Instrumentation for cognitive/neurological testing (EEG rigs, portable testing tablets, monitoring rigs) — research lab setup one-time cost.

Dedicated Transport Vehicle Purchase $22K

[#5] Optional used secure van purchase (mid-range estimate); optional for plausible-deniability/rapid-response.

Equipment $20K

[#2, #3, #4, #24] Access-control hardware, CCTV/proximity sensor hardware, crate/dolly transport hardware, communication hardware (encrypted radios/phones).

Offsite Storage Setup $10K

[#22] Secondary secure storage / redundancy setup (one-time depending on facility).

Facilities $4K

[#1] Secured storage unit (locker installation, signage, basic room work).

Sop Writing And Initial Training $4K

[#4] SOP writing and initial training/practice runs for transport and handling (one-time labor).

Sedation Supplies One Time $3K

[#9] Non-lethal removal tools, humane restraint supplies, soft stretchers initial purchase.

Medical Kit One Time $2K

[#8] Basic medical kit (vital monitors, oxygen, basic consumables).

Initial Consumables Stock $2K

[#10] Initial stock of IV fluids, refeeding formulas, emergency nutrition (one-time initial stock).

Ppe One Time $600

[#11] Initial PPE set, distance-control gear, stanchions and markers.

Cover Dummy Table $600

[#21] Replacement/non-anomalous table for cover stories / staging (one-time).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $98K/yr

Staff Wages $66K/yr

[#6, #7, #8] Prorated security guard time for access/transfers (~2 guards prorated ~$8k/yr), 0.25 FTE combined research staffing (~$50k/yr prorated), medic standby/prorated (~$8k/yr included in wages).

Cover Story And Legal $12K/yr

[#13, #20] Administrative overhead, record-keeping, legal retainer and routine liability accounting (annual baseline; large per-incident legal costs treated in scenarios).

Dedicated Vehicle Operation $6K/yr

[#5] Operating costs if a dedicated vehicle is purchased: fuel, insurance, routine maintenance.

Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr

[#1, #2, #3, #21, #24] Locker maintenance, access-control software/IT maintenance, CCTV monitoring/storage costs, periodic table/metal maintenance inspections, communications service/audit fees.

Training And Drills $5K/yr

[#12] Recurring SOP training, emergency extraction drills, and personnel briefings to avoid accidental activations.

Research And Monitoring $2K/yr

[#3, #19, #18] Ongoing data storage/monitoring costs, low-level maintenance of research instrumentation (baseline monitoring and limited testing).

Supplies And Consumables $800/yr

[#9, #10, #11, #25] PPE consumables, minimal incident documentation consumables, and occasional resupply of non-controlled consumables (baseline, per-incident resupply handled in scenarios).

Logistics And Transport $500/yr

[#4] Small recurring transport logistics (consumables, practice-run refreshers) in normal years.

Amnestic And Administration Per Incident $0/yr

[#14] Per-incident Class-A amnestic production & administration costs (set to $0 baseline; modeled in incident scenarios).

Local Coverup Per Incident $0/yr

[#15] Per-incident local cover-up / PR / contractor costs (set to $0 baseline; modeled in incident scenarios).

Forensic Extraction Per Major Incident $0/yr

[#17] Per-major-incident forensic/extraction mobilization and overtime (set to $0 baseline; modeled in incident scenarios).

Long Term Research Program $0/yr

[#18] Escalated research program costs if the project scales (set to $0 baseline; modeled as a scenario).

Sedation Consumables Per Incident $0/yr

[#9] Consumables (anesthetic agents) per rescue incident (set to $0 baseline; per-incident modeling in scenarios).

Insurance Legal Per Incident $0/yr

[#20] Per-incident legal contingency/extra counsel (set to $0 baseline; modeled in scenarios).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $98K/yr

93.5% probability / year

Uneventful year: standard containment operations with prorated staff, routine maintenance, training, and OPSEC/legal overhead.

no public exposures no major research escalation routine operations only

🚨 Minor Incident $135K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$37K vs baseline

Single small public exposure or discovery requiring on-site extraction, amnestics for a handful of civilians, and local cover story/cleanup.

local discovery with ≤10 civilians small-scale forensic/cleanup amnestic administration

🚨 Major Incident $418K/yr

0.5% probability / year +$320K vs baseline

Large public exposure / mass event requiring full forensic extraction, mass amnestics, heavy legal/cover-up expenses and major mobilization.

mass exposure (>10–20 civilians) extended forensic/mobilization significant legal and PR response

🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $498K/yr

1.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline

Programmatic decision to escalate research into a long-term, full-scale program (neuroimaging, animal models, multi-year trials) requiring recurring multi-hundred-thousand-dollar budgets.

research approval to scale funding for fMRI/EEG programs multi-year subject studies

👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#6] Two guards typically accompany transfers and monitor storage openings; wages prorated in staff_wages.
Research Scientist	1	[#7] Combined 0.25 FTE of senior/junior researchers allocated for low-level study; represented as one assigned research role in staffing.
Medical Officer	1	[#8] On-call medic for movement/testing (prorated standby hours included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates use midpoints of analyst ranges and explicit per-item notes; however optional high-cost choices (property purchase, full research scale-up) and incident frequencies are uncertain, so confidence is medium.

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