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SCP-4368 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-4368
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$1.0M
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
9
One-time setup is approximately $1,030,000 driven by specialized non-contact suspension, precision sensors and a large contingency reserve; recurring annual costs are about $1,197,000/yr dominated by staff wages and ongoing site overhead, monitoring, and cover/legal expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.0M
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#22] One-time contingency/escalation reserve for unexpected escalation in anomaly behavior or emergency builds.
Equipment $440K
[#2, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #17] Zero-gravity/non-contact suspension system, active monitoring cameras/recorders (one-time hardware), precision sensors, remote manipulators, UPS/generator, spare sensors/hardware, initial data servers/setup.
Facilities $70K
[#1, #3] Secure storage locker retrofit and sealed containment chamber construction/modification.
Transport And Secure Transfer $10K
[#9] Secure crate, armored transport, specialized transfer protocol to move SCP to Site-64.
Protocol Generation $10K
[#24] One-time protocol generation and written containment/test procedure development.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Staff Wages $828K/yr
[#11, #12, #13, #14] Salaries and benefits for 2 research staff, 2 technicians/engineers, 4 security guards, and primary part-time medical clinician (100k).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#21, #23, #15] Ongoing cover-story/public affairs budget, legal retainer/insurance, and D-class program compensation/legal overhead.
Facilities Maintenance $95K/yr
[#18, #20, #19] Site overhead/utilities allocation, routine maintenance/calibration/spare parts, and power/generator fuel & maintenance.
Research And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#10] Annual R&D reserve for specialist measurement campaigns, instrument rentals/consultants and calibration studies.
Medical Incident Reserve $25K/yr
[#14] Reserve for incident hospitalizations and emergency medical care related to testing or accidents.
Supplies And Consumables $7K/yr
[#16, #25] PPE, consumables, small replacement parts, and low-frequency experimental stimulus items.
Data Management $5K/yr
[#17] Recurring licenses, secure encrypted storage, offsite backups, and archival maintenance.
Training And Protocol Development $5K/yr
[#24] Recurring staff training, drills, and protocol updates.
Monitoring Storage And Maintenance $2K/yr
[#4] Recurring storage/maintenance for monitoring systems (offsite backups, minor storage fees).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents: routine monitoring, scheduled maintenance, and regular testing.
steady containment performance no injuries requiring hospitalization no escalation of anomaly behavior
🚨 Minor Incident $1.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Localized incident such as staff injury requiring hospitalization, small equipment failure or short containment downtime requiring repairs/OT.
staff contact injury sensor or levitation hardware failure short-term remediation/repairs
🚨 Major Containment Escalation $1.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant escalation in anomalous behavior requiring emergency upgrades, rapid procurement of high-end instruments, temporary construction, and hiring/contracting senior specialists.
increased wormhole frequency/duration interaction with matter or damage to instruments requirement for emergency containment upgrades
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 2 [#11] Lead scientist and assistant scientist for monitoring, experiment design and analysis.
Engineer / Technician 2 [#12] Technicians/engineers to maintain levitation, sensors, data systems and robotics.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#13] Dedicated security detail reflected in staffing cost estimate.
Medical Officer 1 [#14] Part-time clinician on-call and available for incident response.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are detailed with explicit estimates for equipment and staffing, so arithmetic confidence is reasonable; uncertainty remains around technical feasibility/cost of a reliable non-contact suspension system and the true probability of escalation, so confidence is not high.
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