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SCP-4412 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-4412
Expected annual
$220K
One-time setup
$79K
Annual recurring
$217K
Personnel
3
Initial one-time setup is modest (~$79k) dominated by contingency/reserve and initial equipment/SOP development; recurring annual costs are roughly $217k driven mainly by staff wages (dedicated security + technician) and per-test research/monitoring expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $79K
Contingency Reserve Initial $50K
[#17] Recommended initial insurance/contingency reserve for adverse events & liability.
Facilities $10K
[#1] Containment locker, mounting/integration, fireproofing and environmental sealing.
Equipment $8K
[#2, #3, #19] CCTV and logging hardware, secure transport case, initial records management/server setup.
Sop Development And Training Initial $6K
[#13] One-time SOP and initial training material development.
Medical Baseline Profiling Staff $2K
[#15] Baseline medical/psychological profiling for core staff (estimated for initial staff cohort).
Background Checks $1K
[#14] Background checks/vetting for core staff interacting with SCP-4412.
Ppe Initial Kit $1K
[#6] Initial reusable PPE kit (gloves, shields, forceps, trays).
Participant Admin Onboarding $1K
[#12] One-time admin/onboarding cost for initial set of participants (approx. 10).
Storage Accessioning Initial $300
[#9] Initial accessioning/cataloging cost for first removed objects (per-object range applied once for baseline).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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Additional Storage Scaling $0
[#22] Additional cabinets/lockers only required if high-volume accumulation; not required baseline.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $217K/yr
Staff Wages $150K/yr
[#4, #5] Two full-time Level-2 guards (salary+benefits) and one research/technical staff member to support testing and handling.
Research And Monitoring $43K/yr
[#5, #7, #8, #10, #13, #19, #20, #25, #12] Test chamber time, basic triage per object, occasional full characterization, psychological follow-ups, refresher training, records maintenance, photography/forensics per test, and annual audits; includes participant compensation per-test.
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#2, #18] CCTV/storage maintenance and on-call incident/response readiness costs.
Cover Story And Legal $6K/yr
[#21, #23] Minimal cover-story/public-affairs baseline and legal/compliance retainer.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#6, #24] PPE consumables per test and miscellaneous consumables (labels, evidence bags, cleaning supplies).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Decontamination And Disposal $0/yr
[#16] Per-incident hazardous decontamination/disposal costs (event-driven; baseline assumes none).
Mental Health Contingency $0/yr
[#11] Contingency for extended mental-health care in severe cases (event-driven; baseline assumes none).
Contingency Replenishment $0/yr
[#17] Replenishment of contingency reserve only if drawn; none budgeted baseline.
Storage Additional Infrastructure Recurring $0/yr
[#9, #22] Annual costs for added storage if volume grows; not expected at baseline.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $217K/yr
95.0% probability / year
Low-activity year with occasional testing (approx. 10 tests/year), no hazardous incidents and no major storage scaling.
infrequent openings no hazardous manifests routine monitoring and testing
🚨 Minor Incident $242K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Single hazardous or psychologically severe manifestation requiring decontamination, short-term therapy, legal/administrative response, and overtime.
hazardous manifested object short-term mental-health intervention localized decontamination and overtime
🚨 High Activity Year $337K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$120K vs baseline
Year with substantially increased openings and many persistent removals requiring mass cataloging, storage expansion, and widespread analysis.
frequent openings large accumulation of persistent objects multiple full-characterization analyses
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#4] Two full-time Level-2 guards to escort and secure transfers (salary+benefits included in staff_wages).
Research Technician / Lab Staff 1 [#5, #7, #8] One research/technical staff member for testing, sample handling, and analyses (salary included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Costs for hardware, SOP development, and per-test consumables are well-bounded; uncertainty remains around test frequency, per-object analysis rates, and the low-probability high-cost incident profile, so overall confidence is medium.
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