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SCP-7049 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7049
Expected annual
$210K
One-time setup
$623K
Annual recurring
$201K
Personnel
2
One-time setup and contingency funding ~ $0.62M driven primarily by a facility-level high-security contingency and long-term reserve; annual recurring costs ~ $0.20M/year dominated by staff wages and potential high-security maintenance. Main drivers: part-time conservator + security staffing, facilities maintenance, and contingency funds for incidents or reclassification.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $623K
Facilities $502K
[#2, #23] Vault retrofit/setup for climate control and a reserved high-security facility retrofit contingency for potential reclassification or major upgrades.
Long Term Storage Reserve $50K
[#22] Multi-year reserve/endowment to fund storage and monitoring in case of funding lapse.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $30K
[#8, #25, #17] Initial non-contact imaging/analysis services, contingent research instrumentation/program seed, and professional cataloguing/database entry.
Equipment $16K
[#1, #3, #4, #10, #18] Secure archival crate, CCTV/tamper equipment, electronic lock installation, glovebox/remote-handling tools, and initial inert-atmosphere enclosure purchase.
Cultural Consultation Fee $10K
[#21] One-time cultural property / repatriation or consultation fees (mid-range estimate).
Decommissioning Planning $10K
[#24] Planning and legal costs for potential neutralization/disposal or secure permanent storage if activated.
Initial Transfer $2K
[#16] Secure courier / climate-controlled initial recovery and transfer to containment facility.
Cover Story Initial $2K
[#14] Initial small-scale cover-story / PR fund for localized explanations and loan paperwork.
Sop And Initial Training $1K
[#5] Development of written SOPs, signage, and initial staff training roll-out.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $201K/yr
Staff Wages $100K/yr
[#6, #7] Part-time conservator/collections manager (0.1–0.3 FTE) and security personnel allocation (one guard or equivalent fraction).
Facilities Maintenance $52K/yr
[#2, #18, #23] Climate-control power/maintenance for vault, inert-atmosphere gas monitoring/refills, and ongoing costs associated with any high-security upgrades/monitoring contingency.
Incident Response Fund $20K/yr
[#15] Emergency fund to mobilize retrieval/containment teams, cover PPE, vehicles, and overtime.
Research And Monitoring $11K/yr
[#19, #25] Periodic non-destructive re-imaging schedule (photos/X-ray) and ongoing contingent research budget for safe-study protocols.
Cover Story And Legal $5K/yr
[#13, #14] Ongoing legal, compliance, insurance, and limited PR/cover-story allocations.
Medical Monitoring Fund $5K/yr
[#11] Contingency allocation for medical and psychological monitoring of any exposed personnel (baseline allocation).
Quarantine Contingency Fund $5K/yr
[#12] Annual set-aside to activate short-term quarantine/observation cells and medical oversight per incident.
Cctv Monitoring Storage $750/yr
[#3] Camera monitoring service, footage retention/storage costs.
Supplies And Consumables $600/yr
[#9] Silica gel replacement, archival tissue, insect monitoring consumables and small materials for conservation checks.
Sop Refresher Training $600/yr
[#5] Annual refresher training and procedural updates for personnel.
Records Retention Backup $600/yr
[#20] Secure off-site backups and data retention costs for logs, CCTV, and analysis results.
Access Management $400/yr
[#4] Annual access-control management, badge system fees, and electronic log management.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $201K/yr
92.5% probability / year
Normal year with standard containment, routine monitoring, and no major incidents.
no_incident standard_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $229K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$28K vs baseline
Isolated unauthorized handling or small exposure requiring medical monitoring, quarantine, and a retrieval deployment.
small_breach unauthorized_handling single_person_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $1.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$950K vs baseline
Reclassification or major containment breach requiring facility retrofits, extensive incident response, and large PR/legal action.
reclassification major_breach active_harm
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $361K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$160K vs baseline
Authorized discovery that warrants expanded safe-study program and purchase of remote/robotic instrumentation.
research_scale_up authorized_remote_study
👥 Personnel 2 total
Role Count Notes
Conservator / Collections Manager 1 Part-time oversight (0.1–0.3 FTE) responsible for condition checks, archival care, and cataloguing. [#6]
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 Assigned guard or fractional security-team allocation to enforce no-contact policies and respond to incidents. [#7]
📋 Confidence Notes
Mid-level confidence: containment and costs for a small archival artifact are well-described (higher confidence for routine costs), but probabilities and scale of rare reclassification/breach costs are highly uncertain, producing medium overall confidence.
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