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SCP-4603 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-4603
Expected annual
$335K
One-time setup
$112K
Annual recurring
$333K
Personnel
3
One-time setup costs are moderate (~$111.8k) driven by secure locker, room retrofit, instruments, and initial legal reserve; recurring costs (~$333.0k/yr) are dominated by staff wages, field-retrieval reserves and ongoing medical/legal/monitoring programs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $112K
Facilities $30K
[#1, #7] Safe-class containment locker and secure performance/testing room retrofit (lockers, search equipment, room modifications).
Legal Cover Initial Reserve $25K
[#15] Initial legal/cover budget and memetic containment reserve (one-time establishment of fund).
Equipment $22K
[#2, #3, #4, #8, #13, #19] Access control & biometric hardware; environmental sensors; CCTV & recording hardware; instrument purchase (piano); secure recording storage device; one-time IT/hardened hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $18K
[#14] EEG rig and non-invasive monitoring equipment for permitted performances.
Sop Development $12K
[#5] SOP creation, containment documentation, training material production (one-time development costs).
Psych Screening Initial $5K
[#6] Initial psychological/sexual-orientation screening infrastructure / initial batch of screenings for current handlers (one-time personnel-screening cost assumption).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $333K/yr
Staff Wages $110K/yr
[#18] Salaries for research lead (part-time), conservator/tech support, and security liaison oversight (annualized).
Logistics And Transport $85K/yr
[#16, #17] Field retrieval contingency reserve and annual incident-response/drills program (reserve for off-site recoveries and annual drill/exercise program).
Insurance And Overhead $55K/yr
[#21] Institutional risk reserves and overhead (calculated at 20% of direct annual operating costs).
Medical Stock And Training $30K/yr
[#9] Annual stockpile of amnestics/psychotropics and medical training for administration; baseline medical readiness for permitted performances.
Cover Story And Legal $15K/yr
[#15] Ongoing legal/cover-up/PR costs and memetic containment budget for small leaks.
Research And Monitoring $12K/yr
[#12, #14, #4, #19, #13] Forensic monitoring/audits; EEG/per-subject testing supplies; CCTV storage/retention; periodic IT audits and recording maintenance.
Post Exposure Response $10K/yr
[#11] Annual allocation for rapid-response search & seizure activations, supervised containment and associated security time/documentation.
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#7] Ongoing room operations: cleaning, lock replacement, basic facility upkeep for secure performance/testing suite.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#3, #8, #20] Conservator inspections & small treatments; instrument tuning/maintenance; gloves, archival sleeves, replacement locks and small consumables.
Psychiatric Aftercare $3K/yr
[#10] Counseling and follow-up monitoring for post-exposure subjects (baseline assumption: modest annual caseload).
Psych Screening Replacements $3K/yr
[#6] Ongoing screening costs for replacement hires and new handlers (annualized).
Training And Sop Refreshers $2K/yr
[#5] Refreshers and periodic training sessions for staff handling/monitoring SCP-4603.
Access Control Maintenance $300/yr
[#2] Annual maintenance and audit storage for access-control/biometric systems.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $333K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with regular monitoring, occasional permitted/testing performances, no unauthorized releases or major incidents.
scheduled_research_performances routine_maintenance no_unauthorized_exposures
🚨 Minor Incident $355K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$22K vs baseline
A single unauthorized copying or small off-site unauthorized performance requiring a field response, limited amnestic distribution, and extra legal/medical costs.
small_field_retrieval single_subject_medical_intervention limited_legal_cover_actions
🚨 Major Breach $468K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$135K vs baseline
Large unauthorized public performance or multiple unauthorized copies leading to several exposures, inpatient stabilization needs, multiple field ops, and high legal/cover costs.
public_unauthorized_performance multiple_subject_exposures large-scale_field_recovery
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 0.5–1.0 FTE research lead to plan and oversee permitted performances and studies; salary portion included in staff_wages. [#18]
Conservator / Technician 1 Part-time conservator/tech for inspections, archival handling and instrument maintenance; salary portion included in staff_wages. [#3, #8, #18]
Security Officer / MTF Agent (liaison) 1 Security liaison to enforce two-person rule, searches, and rapid response coordination; salary portion included in staff_wages. [#2, #11, #17, #18]
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most costs but several values require assumptions (number/frequency of permitted performances, assumed reserve size and screening counts). Reasonable mid-range estimates used, but event frequencies and per-incident costs are uncertain.
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