SCP-653
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-653
Expected annual
$1.1M
One-time setup
$422K
Annual recurring
$1.0M
Personnel
13
One-time capital and R&D costs are moderate (~$422k) for containment upgrades and prototypes; recurring annual costs are dominated by armed staffing, medical response, logistics/field retrieval, and cover/amnestic operations (~$1.04M/yr).
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $422K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $1.0M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$1.0M/yr
Normal year with expected incident rates and no large-scale breaches; includes averaged recurring budgets for staffing, medical incidents, transport, and cover operations.
routine retrievals
scheduled research moves
standard medical incidents
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Minor Incident
$1.1M/yr
One significant retrieval/retrieval-attempt event above-average: helicopter/extended field response, extra amnestics, and elevated legal/forensic activity.
extended field retrieval
multiple medical admissions
additional amnestic deployment
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Major Breach
$1.3M/yr
Large-scale escalation: multiple obsessed civilians converge, significant casualties or large retrieval requiring mass response, major amnestic operations, and legal exposure.
mass intrusion
loss of temporary containment
major public exposure
Personnel
13 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 4 | Four full-time armed guards to meet two-guard removal requirement and shift coverage. (Costs in staff_wages.) |
| MTF / Tactical Response | 2 | Part-time/on-call tactical responders allocated for rapid retrieval and containment. (Costs in staff_wages portion for tactical allocation.) |
| Research Scientist | 2 | Personnel conducting behavioral/neuroimaging research and experiments. (Salaries included in research_and_monitoring.) |
| Medical Officer | 1 | Oversees sedation protocols and medical response. (Costs in medical_care_and_psychiatric and secure_medical_facility_maintenance.) |
| Medical Nurse / Technician | 2 | Staff for inpatient monitoring and sedation care during incidents. (Costs in medical and facility maintenance budgets.) |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | Key-custody administration, audits, and record-keeping support. (Costs in key_custody_administration and administrative_overhead.) |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 1 | Maintains CCTV, motion sensors, and perimeter systems. (Costs in facilities_maintenance.) |
Confidence Notes
Containment and response requirements are well-described (permits medium confidence), but many cost items are range-based and incident-frequency is uncertain, producing variance in recurring estimates.