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SCP-4282 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-4282
Expected annual
$825K
One-time setup
$572K
Annual recurring
$812K
Personnel
3
Initial containment and lab setup are modest (~$572,000 one-time) but recurring operational, legal, and contingency budgets dominate (~$812,500/yr). The main cost drivers are legal/cover-up reserves, insurance/indemnity, crisis response readiness, and paid security/research staff.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $572K
Contingency Fund Initial $300K
[#14] Initial contingency allocation for unintended fatalities / cover-up operations (body removal, falsified reports, diplomatic payments).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $77K
[#3, #9, #19] Initial controlled ammunition/consumables purchase, high-speed imaging/forensic test equipment, and initial IT/records system purchase.
Facilities $51K
[#2, #10] Small magazine construction/retrofitting, permits, and construction/retrofit of a reinforced contained test chamber (HVAC, interlocks, CCTV).
Legal Initial Retainer $50K
[#11] Initial legal/compliance counsel retainers and planning for domestic/international handling and permits.
Dclass Sourcing Per Test $50K
[#13] One-time cost estimate for locating/transferring a qualified incarcerated subject per test (legal coordination, transport, facility fees).
Equipment $10K
[#1] ATF-compliant tamper-evident weapons safe with biometric locks, intrusion alarms and integration/installation.
Vetting And Background Checks $10K
[#5] Initial restricted-access HR screening and international criminal-record checks for ~10 personnel.
Ethics Oversight Setup $10K
[#12] Setup costs for internal ethics/oversight committee, documentation and administrative startup.
Long Term Archival Initial $8K
[#27] Initial costs for secure climate-controlled archival infrastructure and ingestion of core test data/evidence.
Conservation And Gunsmithing $3K
[#4] Initial conservation and gunsmith services to stabilize and preserve the antique black-powder handgun.
Training Initial Small Arms $3K
[#8] Initial small-arms handling and black powder safety course, instructor fees and certification.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $812K/yr
Staff Wages $200K/yr
[#6, #7] Level-3+ researcher allocation and two dedicated security guards (salary + benefits allocated to this program).
Insurance And Indemnity $200K/yr
[#18] Self-insurance / indemnity reserve for settlements, liabilities and accounting for catastrophic exposure.
Crisis Response Team $125K/yr
[#15] On-call crisis response / rapid-action team readiness and partial staffing costs.
Cover Story And Legal $105K/yr
[#11, #21, #26] Ongoing legal retainer, public relations/disinformation reserve, and budget for small preemptive settlements/hush payments.
Opportunity Cost Reserve $100K/yr
[#25] Budgetary reserve to cover restricted research time and the opportunity cost of prohibiting casual testing.
Research And Monitoring $25K/yr
[#20] Ongoing background monitoring for maritime theft events and analyst time to correlate incidents with anomalous effects.
Training Simulations $15K/yr
[#24] Annual tabletop exercises, simulations and staff time to rehearse breach/cover-up scenarios.
Forensic Investigation Reserve $10K/yr
[#16] Annual reserve for incident autopsies, ballistics, DNA analysis and expert witness costs (per-incident budgets otherwise variable).
Facilities Maintenance $7K/yr
[#2, #10] Annual magazine inspections, chamber HVAC/interlock maintenance and routine facility upkeep.
Logistics And Transport $6K/yr
[#17] Routine secure transport moves (local/interstate averaging a small number of moves per year).
Ethics Oversight Admin $6K/yr
[#12] Annual administration costs for the ethics/oversight committee and meetings.
It Maintenance $5K/yr
[#19] Ongoing IT, records management, encryption and secure backup maintenance.
Permits And Compliance Fees $2K/yr
[#22] Annual inspections, explosives permits and regulatory compliance fees for pyrotechnic materials and antique firearms.
Vetting And Background Checks $2K/yr
[#5] Ongoing rechecks and monitoring for personnel permitted near SCP-4282.
Archival Maintenance $2K/yr
[#27] Ongoing archival storage and maintenance of high-speed footage, autopsy results and ballistic samples.
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#3, #23] Ongoing controlled ammunition/consumables replacement and small maintenance consumables (solvents, oil, caps).
Conservation And Gunsmithing $750/yr
[#4] Annual gunsmithing/inspection and preservation maintenance for the antique firearm.
Training Refresher $500/yr
[#8] Annual refresher courses for small-arms and black powder safety.
Dclass Sourcing Annual $0/yr
[#13] Recurring D-Class sourcing costs are highly variable; set to 0 here as tests are episodic and charged per-test (see one-time per-test line).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $812K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents or public exposure.
no incidents routine testing only no external exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $912K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
A localized incident (unauthorized discharge or low-profile accidental fatality) requiring forensic investigation and targeted PR/legal actions.
unauthorized firing local civilian casualty small-scale investigation/PR
🚨 Major International Incident $2.3M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
An extraterritorial fatality or exposure requiring large-scale contingency, diplomatic mitigation, and extensive covert operations.
foreign civilian fatality media/diplomatic exposure multi-jurisdictional investigation
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 [#6] Level-3+ researcher authorizing testing (portion of salary allocated to SCP-4282).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#7] Two dedicated guards for weapons storage and working-hour access control.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and ranges are well-documented in analyst notes for equipment, staffing and compliance; however per-incident contingency, legal and covert-operation costs are highly uncertain (wide ranges from six-figures to multi-million), producing medium confidence.
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