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SCP-669 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-669
Expected annual
$422K
One-time setup
$490K
Annual recurring
$412K
Personnel
4
One-time capital of $489,500 (shielded room, primary + backup vessels, safes, tooling, instrumentation) with annual recurring operations around $411,750/yr driven mainly by staff wages, research, and contingency/insurance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $490K
Emergency Contingency Fund $150K
[#17] One-time contingency reserve for rapid-response, cleanup, and major repair following incidents (one-time fund).
Facilities $120K
[#6] RF/EM-shielded test room build-out, shielding, HVAC modifications and certification.
Equipment $112K
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #8, #9, #10, #21, #22, #23, #24] Lead-lined safety deposit, primary and redundant Faraday vessels, transport case/logistics kit, force applicator, optical illumination system, initial mechanical fixturing and shock mounts (initial tranche), tamper detection initial hardware, small motion-test tooling, backup safe, and initial waste-handling equipment.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $91K
[#7, #14, #15] Fiber-optic/non-electronic instrumentation initial purchase, initial training/materials development, and initial tranche for specialized materials analysis (SEM/TEM/XRF/etc.).
Legal Cover Setup $16K
[#20] One-time cover-story/procurement-obfuscation setup, NDAs, and legal consultation to anonymize anomalous procurements.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $412K/yr
Staff Wages $240K/yr
[#12, #13] One dedicated containment research technician/custodian (FTE) and 3 FTE security guards (shift coverage) including benefits and Site-19 premiums.
Research And Monitoring $56K/yr
[#7, #15, #19] Instrument maintenance/consumables for fiber-optic monitoring, recurring research budget for analyses and experiments, and secure data/video logging/archival storage.
Emergency Fund Annual Holdback $30K/yr
[#17] Annual contingency holdback for rapid-response incident costs and overtime (operational reserve).
Insurance And Liability Reserve $30K/yr
[#18] Insurance premiums or internal reserve to cover damage to site electronics and liability exposure caused by activation events.
Clearance And Training $18K/yr
[#14] Annual trainer stipend, refresher training sessions, and clearance maintenance for 2/669 trainer and trained personnel.
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#6, #16] Ongoing maintenance and certification of the shielded testing room, HVAC servicing for shielding, and periodic containment certification/testing.
Annual Audit $8K/yr
[#25] Independent annual audit/compliance and oversight of containment procedures and recordkeeping.
Logistics And Transport $7K/yr
[#5, #21] Secure armored courier/transfer operations (assumed ~2 transfers/yr at mid-range per-transfer cost) plus annual monitoring fees for transport-case tamper/remote-lock systems.
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#10, #11, #24] PPE and handling consumables, annual replacements/parts for mechanical fixturing, and waste handling/disposal costs.
Cover Story And Legal $5K/yr
[#20] Ongoing legal/cover-story maintenance, repeat obfuscation/procurement management.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $412K/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine research and maintenance activities only.
routine_operations scheduled_research no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $437K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Localized activation or small containment incident causing limited equipment damage and overtime.
localized_activation minor_electronic_damage overtime_repairs
🚨 Major Breach $912K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant containment breach/activation causing extensive damage to site electronics or requiring large-scale repairs/relocation.
serious_activation electronics_destruction major_repairs_or_relocation
🚨 Research Scale Up $612K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Planned expanded research program requiring heavy instrument time, external contracted analyses, and increased containment operations.
specialized_experiments external_contract_analysis instrument_time_intensive
👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Containment Technician 1 Dedicated FTE responsible for daily checks, transfers, and documentation. [#12]
Security Officer / Guard 3 Shift coverage for 24/7 security of safe location (3 guard equivalents). [#13]
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing reasonable point estimates, but the object's anomalous behavior and unknown composition introduce uncertainty in incident frequency and extreme-cost tails.
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