SCP-639 — SCP-639 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-639 Safe ✓ high confidence

SCP-639

Expected annual

$472K

One-time setup

$436K

Annual recurring

$458K

Personnel

One-time setup and specialized sensor/IT equipment drive upfront costs (~$436k); dominant recurring costs are personnel, administrative overhead, and a recurring contingency/research reserve (~$458k/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $436K

Equipment $172K

[#3, #10, #14, #15] Sensor suite (LiDAR/thermal/IR/etc.), secure IT hardware, vehicle purchase, and non-visual biomedical monitoring initial hardware.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $160K

[#4] Initial scientific investigation into visual distortion, controlled experiments, SOP development (lab time, instruments, researcher time).

Emergency Response Reserve $50K

[#17] One-time seed for rapid-response readiness (surge meds/amnestics/transport) reserved for incidents.

Amnestic Stock $20K

[#9] Initial on-site Class C amnestic inventory and secure storage for incident response.

Facilities $18K

[#1] Secure 3 m x 3 m cell construction/modification, lockable and serviceable.

Training Initial $12K

[#13] Development and delivery of initial training modules for security, medical and research staff.

Furnishings And Fixtures $4K

[#2] Institutional bed, plumbing fixtures, shelving, seating, replaceable personal items.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $458K/yr

Staff Wages $245K/yr

[#5, #6] Salary+overhead for one research/technical FTE and allocated security staffing (cover escort/shift premiums).

Contingency Research Allowance $100K/yr

[#20] Ongoing reserve for unexpected anomalous escalation: outside experts, specialized sensors, accelerated experiments.

Administrative Overhead $50K/yr

[#19] Pro-rated share of site security command, records management, procurement and HR overhead.

Research And Monitoring $10K/yr

[#5] Ongoing consumables and periodic experiments to validate sensor behavior and safe-observation protocols.

Staff Mental Health $10K/yr

[#8] Psychological screening, counseling and post-exposure evaluations for staff.

Medical And Psychiatric $9K/yr

[#7] Baseline medical care, periodic physicals, psychiatric monitoring and medications (mid-range estimate).

Logistics And Transport $8K/yr

[#10] Vehicle maintenance, fuel, insurance for secure transport.

Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr

[#12, #18] Periodic inspection/maintenance of cell, locks, plumbing and utilities/HVAC/equipment energy costs.

It Maintenance $6K/yr

[#14] Maintenance of secure logging, backups, restricted-access databases and secure data handling.

Amnestic Replenishment $5K/yr

[#9] Annual replenishment and medical licensing/administration overhead for Class C amnestics.

Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr

[#11] Consumables for subject (food, toiletries, laundry, replacement permitted items).

Cover Story And Legal $3K/yr

[#16] Low-level legal/cover recordkeeping, maintenance of cover identities and liaison costs.

Training Refresher $2K/yr

[#13] Annual refresher courses for assigned personnel.

Biomedical Monitoring Consumables $1K/yr

[#15] Replacement sensors/consumables for non-visual biomedical monitoring equipment.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $458K/yr

86.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with routine containment, research, and maintenance.

routine_operations scheduled_research no_incident_response

🚨 Minor Incident $483K/yr

8.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline

Limited incident requiring increased medical/amnestic use, overtime security, and short-term consulting.

temporary_medical_use amnestic_administration security_overtime

🚨 Major Breach $708K/yr

1.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline

Containment breach or public exposure requiring major emergency response, repairs, mass amnestic use and relocation.

containment_breach public_exposure large_scale_amnestics

🚨 Political Exposure $608K/yr

2.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

External audit/media/legal action forcing relocation and heavy cover-up/liaison costs.

external_audit media_leak legal_enforcement

🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $658K/yr

3.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Discovery that requires rapid procurement of specialized sensors, hiring/contracting and expanded experiments.

new_anomalous_properties sensor_procurement staff_scaling

👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Technician	1	[#5] One research/technical FTE to maintain sensor suite and run follow-up tests (salary included in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent	3	[#6] Multiple guards to provide escorts and coverage for shifts (aggregate allocation included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for all major categories; estimates use mid-range values and explicitly account for one-time and recurring splits, giving high confidence in totals.

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