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SCP-4184 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-4184
Expected annual
$123K
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$118K
Personnel
0.4
One-time containment setup and archival/equipment costs are modest but a large contingent legal/medical reserve dominates one-time budgeting; annual costs are driven by personnel oversight, legal retainer, and compliance/audit activities.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M
Legal Settlement Reserve $1.1M
[#14] Contingent settlement / large legal exposure reserve (recommended $100k–$2,000,000).
Incident Response Reserve $138K
[#12] Contingent medical & counseling reserve recommended ($25,000–$250,000 reserve recommended; midpoint used).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $125K
[#13] Clinical research / mechanism study budget (one-time study setup / protocol implementation).
Destruction Contingency $28K
[#20] One-time budget for secure destruction or high-security removal if needed.
Equipment $11K
[#2, #4, #9, #10, #19] Archival housing materials, CCTV one-time installation, device-detection equipment purchase, controlled-digitization scan equipment/services, and secure records system setup (one-time portions).
Sop Development $8K
[#7] One-time SOP development and initial classification/redaction/training materials creation.
Facilities $4K
[#1] Standard anomalous-items locker purchase and installation (secure, fire-resistant locker, mounting, basic access).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $118K/yr
Cover Story And Legal $55K/yr
[#14] Annual retainer for legal counsel and public-affairs/cover-story contingency (recurring retainer portion).
Staff Wages $29K/yr
[#5, #6] Pro-rated security allocation (shared guard FTE) and researcher oversight/admin review time (pro-rated FTE).
Incident Response Annual Allocation $10K/yr
[#12] Annual allocation toward incident-response fund to cover likely minor incidents and buildup of reserves.
Research And Monitoring $8K/yr
[#7, #8, #11, #19] Recurring training refreshers, bereavement/eligibility screening admin, audits/compliance monitoring of digital assets, and recurring records/database administration.
Insurance Premium $6K/yr
[#15] Institutional insurance/liability premium allocation (annual).
Replacement Staffing Reserve $5K/yr
[#18] Annual expected allocation for hiring/training temporary or replacement staff when exposed personnel are removed.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#3, #4] Climate control pro-rated allocation and recurring CCTV/storage maintenance costs.
Logistics And Transport $1K/yr
[#16] Secure transfer / chain-of-custody cost (assumed ~1 secure transfer per year average).
Device Enforcement $1K/yr
[#9] Recurring enforcement labor for device sweeps and pocket searches (labor portion).
Supplies And Consumables $700/yr
[#17] Gloves, replacement silica gel, batteries, archival repair supplies, small consumables.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $118K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with regular oversight, monitoring, and no major incidents.
routine access for authorized research no accidental exposures regular audits/training
🚨 Minor Incident $148K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Single accidental exposure to a bereaved individual requiring medical/counseling intervention and small PR/legal follow-up.
unauthorized listening by a bereaved person screening failure minor hospitalization / short-term counseling
🚨 Major Incident $868K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Severe outcome (hospitalization, suicide, or public exposure) leading to extensive medical costs, litigation, and PR/settlement expenses.
suicide or severe self-harm after exposure public disclosure leading to lawsuit major containment failure or high-profile incident
👥 Personnel 0.4 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.2 [#5] Pro-rated shared security allocation (0.1–0.3 FTE equivalent).
Research Scientist 0.2 [#6] Pro-rated researcher oversight / approvals (0.1–0.3 FTE equivalent).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide explicit ranges for every line item and the SCP is Safe-class with limited complexity; estimates use midpoints of provided ranges and explicit mapping to each numbered note, yielding relatively high confidence.
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