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SCP-6636 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-6636
Expected annual
$358K
One-time setup
$249K
Annual recurring
$350K
Personnel
4
Estimated one-time setup costs are modest-to-moderate (~$249k) driven by darkroom build-out, archival refrigeration, digitization hardware and contingency reserves; annual recurring costs (~$350k/yr) are dominated by staff wages (research + security) and ongoing conservation/monitoring expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $249K
Escalation Reserve $100K
[#26] Reserve for expanded research or escalation (one-time scalable fund).
Equipment $52K
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #8, #11, #12, #13, #16] Refrigerated archival cabinet, custom opaque canister, environmental monitoring system (one-time portion), backup UPS/tie-in, glovebox/isolation chamber, initial PPE kit, purchased high-res scanner/workstation, LTO/drive starter kit, archival audio boxes.
Facilities $30K
[#7] Darkroom build-out and structural/site tie-ins for development room (light locks, ventilation, sinks, fume hood, eyewash).
Legal And Cover Setup $25K
[#20] Initial legal/cover-story setup, counsel and OPSEC actions.
Contingency Reserve $25K
[#23] Contingency fund / set-aside for restoration/replacement, small emergencies (one-time reserve portion).
Sop And Training Development $10K
[#19] One-time SOP development, initial training, and approvals.
Incident Response Setup $3K
[#18] One-time purchase of incident response kits and initial emergency plan development.
Transportation Per Move $3K
[#21] Secure, climate-controlled movement to Site-42 / between labs (per-move budget estimate for an initial transfer).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1K
[#14, #15] Initial archival conservation materials (acid-free sleeves/boxes/desiccants). Instrumentation purchase (#[#15]) not budgeted as one-time capital here (outsourcing chosen for baseline) — set to $0 for instrumentation purchase.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $350K/yr
Staff Wages $285K/yr
[#5, #6] Dedicated security coverage (1 FTE guard salary + benefits) and containment research staff (1 lead researcher + 2 technicians).
Research And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#15, #12, #24, #16] Ongoing forensic/materials analysis & research budget (~$20,000/yr), occasional outsourced scanning (~$500/yr), conservator / AV specialist consulting (~$10,000/yr), minor digitization workflows included.
Administrative Overhead $10K/yr
[#25] Background checks, recordkeeping, classification handling, and administrative staff time / logging systems.
Cover Story And Legal $5K/yr
[#20] Ongoing legal counsel, OPSEC upkeep and cover-story maintenance (~$5,000/yr).
Medical And Staff Health $5K/yr
[#17] Medical screening, baseline/surveillance physicals and mental-health monitoring for small team.
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#3, #4, #18, #22] Environmental monitoring maintenance/telemetry (~$200/yr), UPS/generator fuel & testing (~$750/yr), annual drills/maintenance (~$2,000/yr), incremental power/HVAC load (~$300/yr), misc service (~$500/yr).
Insurance And Premiums $3K/yr
[#23] Insurance / policy premiums and small annual risk payments.
Sop Refresh Training $3K/yr
[#19] Annual SOP refresher training and administrative updates.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #14] Film-developing chemicals and consumables (~$1,000/yr), chemical waste disposal (~$500/yr), PPE resupply (~$750/yr), archival replacements/desiccants (~$350/yr).
Offsite Backup Storage $1K/yr
[#13] Secure off-site digital backup and cold-vault rotation/storage (LTO storage costs / rotation).
Digitization Outsourcing $1K/yr
[#12, #16] Outsourced high-resolution scanning / tape digitization per-item budgets when items are sent to specialists.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $350K/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine maintenance, testing and archival activity only.
routine_testing scheduled_maintenance normal_consumables_use
🚨 Minor Incident $375K/yr
15.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure, small temperature excursion, or minor contamination requiring emergency response and additional digitization/forensic work.
temperature_excursion small_equipment_failure localized_degradation
🚨 Major Breach $550K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Severe degradation or loss of material (e.g., catastrophic temperature failure, accelerated anomalous effects) forcing large-scale restoration, equipment replacement, legal action and contingency activation.
severe_temperature_excursion rapid_anomalous_degradation media_loss_or_destruction
👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 [#6] Lead researcher responsible for tests, preservation workflows and oversight.
Technician 2 [#6] Two technicians to perform development, digitization, and chain-of-custody handling.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#5] Dedicated on-site security presence or equivalent enhanced access control.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges for most costs; however ranges are wide for one-time capital (darkroom, instruments, contingency) and incident probabilities are uncertain given Safe-class but anomalous degradation possibilities. This yields medium confidence in these consolidated estimates.
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