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SCP-443 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-443
Expected annual
$355K
One-time setup
$595K
Annual recurring
$351K
Personnel
6
Estimated one-time setup and reserve costs are moderate-to-high due to legal/settlement reserves; recurring costs are dominated by research personnel, legal retainer/insurance, and clinician/legal contingency. Baseline annual operations ~ $350k/yr, with large one-time contingency reserves raising initial capital needs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $595K
Settlement Reserve $275K
[#23] Potential settlements / privacy remediation reserve (midpoint).
Insurance Reserve $150K
[#17] One-time contingency reserve for institutional risk / remediation (midpoint of suggested reserve).
Legal Incident Contingency $112K
[#18] One-time rapid-response contingency fund for subpoenas, emergency legal actions (midpoint).
Field Investigation Campaign $30K
[#20] Short investigative campaign budget (airfare, lodging, per diems, local fees) - campaign-level one-time allocation.
Replication Studies $12K
[#22] Attempted replication / simulation project initial costs (one project midpoint).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5K
[#2, #12, #14] Archival packaging/stabilization (#2), initial forensic/documentation work (#12), and one-time archival digitization labor (#14) estimated as a combined initial research/archive setup.
Recording Hardware $4K
[#10] Document camera, scanner, audio recorder one-time purchase.
Access Control System $2K
[#3] One-time hardware/integration cost for badge reader / access-logging system (one-time portion).
Animal Separation One Time $2K
[#21] Administrative/housing costs to re-house or segregate facility animals (one-time).
Cctv System $2K
[#4] One-time CCTV/tamper-camera installation (one-time portion).
Secure Storage Hardware $1K
[#1] Tamper-evident lock / small safe and installation/labor (midpoint estimate).
Facilities $0
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Equipment $0
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Program Overview Note $0
[#26] Program-level summary item (no direct cost) included for traceability of analyst summary guidance.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $351K/yr
Staff Wages $229K/yr
[#5, #6, #24] Security guard salary and benefits (#5), research personnel fractional FTEs (PI, RA, technician, consultants) (#6), and records/archive staffing portion (#24) aggregated as annual wages.
Cover Story And Legal $44K/yr
[#17, #18] Ongoing liability insurance (#17) and outside counsel retainer (#18) aggregated as yearly legal/insurance expense.
Emergency Response Reserve $28K/yr
[#19] Annual contingency reserve for emergency containment/escalation (overtime, urgent travel, rapid measures).
Medical Psychiatric Services $25K/yr
[#9] Clinician on-call retainer plus per-session screening/debrief costs (annual aggregated estimate).
Research And Monitoring $21K/yr
[#8, #11, #12, #14] Participant compensation and recruitment (#8), secure data storage/software licenses (#11), recurring forensic follow-up tests (#12), and ongoing archival/cataloguing work (#14).
Training Refreshers $1K/yr
[#16] Annual SOP refresher trainings and related materials.
Background Checks Rechecks $1K/yr
[#15] Periodic personnel re-checks and ongoing vetting costs.
Cctv Storage Retention $700/yr
[#4] Annual storage/retention costs for encrypted CCTV footage (recurring portion).
Utilities $650/yr
[#25] Incremental electricity and climate/stabilization costs for monitoring and storage.
Supplies And Consumables $600/yr
[#13] Consumables for experiments (paper, gloves, batteries, SD cards, etc.).
Access Control Maintenance $200/yr
[#3] Annual maintenance/hosting for access-control logging/badge integration (recurring portion).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $351K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine research, archival work, and no major incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_research no_incident
🚨 Minor Incident $386K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$35K vs baseline
Small accidental exposure / localized data leak requiring emergency response, overtime, clinician interventions, and targeted legal advice.
accidental_exposure small_data_leak localized_breach
🚨 Major Privacy Claim $651K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
A privacy lawsuit or major disclosure requiring settlements, extended legal defense, and remediation payouts.
litigation identifiable_data_exposure large_settlement
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#5] One dedicated or shared Level-1 security guard (salary + benefits).
Research Scientist (PI, part-time) 1 [#6] PI allocated part-time to SCP-443 (fractional FTE included in research personnel budget).
Research Assistant 1 [#6] RA supporting experiments and participant sessions (fractional FTE accounted in research budget).
Technician / Lab Tech 1 [#6] Technician for equipment, archival handling, and session setup.
Archivist / Records Manager 1 [#24] Ongoing archive/catalogue labor and record retention duties.
Consulting Psychologist / Linguist (contractor) 1 [#6, #9] Part-time consulting specialist for protocol design, subject screening, and analysis (contracted FTE).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, so cost category coverage is strong, but wide ranges on legal/settlement reserves and uncertain incident frequencies reduce precision. Many contingency items are scenario-dependent.
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