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SCP-7071 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-7071
Expected annual
$587K
One-time setup
$161K
Annual recurring
$565K
Personnel
3.5
One-time setup costs are modest (primarily archival housing, CCTV installation, SOP/training and optional robotic mitigation) while recurring costs center on staff wages, memetics research, security, contingency funds for remediation and monitoring. Main cost drivers are staff wages and contingency budgets for medical/amnestic/legal remediation and large-scale incident response.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $161K
Robotic Handling $88K
[#17] Optional small robotic manipulator + integration (midpoint of $25k–$150k).
Legal Retainer $28K
[#20] One-time legal retainer (midpoint of $5k–$50k).
Public Relations One Time $16K
[#19] Initial cover-story / provenance development (midpoint of $2k–$30k).
Sop Development $15K
[#11] One-time drafting and legal/ethics review (midpoint of $5k–$25k).
Training Initial $9K
[#12] Initial memetic-safety training for staff cohort (estimate based on 5 staff midpoint).
Equipment $6K
[#1, #3, #16] Archival box + cabinet (item #1), camera/install (item #3), secure transport box (item #16). Estimates combined from midpoints of provided ranges.
Access Control Setup $300
[#4] One-time badge/permission setup and printed SOPs setup ($300).
Conservation Oneoff Repair $275
[#15] One-off repair (buttons/stitching) estimated at midpoint of $50–$500.
Facilities $0
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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $565K/yr
Staff Wages $205K/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #25] Security (part-time rounds), memetics/psychologist FTE (~1.0), pooled testing support technicians/security (annualized staffing). Includes baseline staffing cited in note #25.
Incident Response Contingency $100K/yr
[#13] Emergency medical, ambulance, hospitalization and liability contingency fund (annual reserve within suggested $50k–$250k range).
Scale Up Contingency $100K/yr
[#23] Reserved annual allocation for partial preparedness against misuse/weaponization scaling (tiered incidents can far exceed this; this is a maintained readiness fund).
Research And Monitoring $59K/yr
[#11, #18, #21, #22, #24] Annual SOP updates/audits (#11), data storage/transcription/analysis (#18), ethnography/sociolinguistic budget (#21), record redaction/information-security tasks (#22), annual compliance/audit (#24).
Amnestics And Medical Remediation $50K/yr
[#10] Annual contingency fund for amnestic-equivalent treatments, legal settlement equivalents or expensive psychiatric remediation (conservative dedicated reserve).
Cover Story And Legal $15K/yr
[#19, #20] Ongoing cover-story maintenance/PR response (#19) and insurance/legal defense annual costs/premiums (#20).
Psych Screening And Counseling $15K/yr
[#9] Psychological screening and counseling budget (midpoint of provided annual range).
Participant Compensation $9K/yr
[#8] Human subject recruitment and compensation (50 subjects at midpoint per-subject cost).
Logistics And Transport $4K/yr
[#16] Secure transfer/courier costs for multiple controlled transfers per year (assumes several transfers at midpoint per-transfer cost).
Training And Certification $3K/yr
[#12] Annual refresher training for staff cohort (midpoint for 5 staff).
Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr
[#2, #3, #4] Site space allocation/opportunity cost (#2), CCTV storage/monitoring recurring costs (#3), access-control admin/audits (#4).
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#14, #15] PPE and handling materials (#14) and routine conservation supplies (#15).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $565K/yr
92.5% probability / year
Routine year with no major containment incidents; normal testing, monitoring and training activities only.
no incidents routine testing and audits
🚨 Minor Incident $765K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Small civilian exposure or localized leak requiring limited amnestic/medical/legal remediation and increased PR.
local civilian exposure daycare discovery unauthorized prompting
🚨 Major Breach $2.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Widespread dissemination or deliberate misuse leading to large-scale remediation, litigation and coordination with authorities.
weaponization/mass dissemination large public exposure
🚨 Research Scale Up $665K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Planned expansion of research/mitigation requiring additional staff, equipment integration (robotics amortized) and outreach.
expanded testing program purchase/integration of mitigation hardware
👥 Personnel 3.5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Memetics/Psychologist) 1 [#6] Primary memetics researcher / study lead (0.5–1.0 FTE suggested).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#5] Part-time rounds / response capability for storage and test sessions.
Technician 1 [#7] Testing support (recording, handling, pooled hours allocated annually).
Medical Officer 0.25 [#7, #9, #13] On-call medic/psychiatrist availability for tests and incident response (fractional FTE).
Administrative Staff 0.25 [#4, #11, #22] Admin for badging, SOP maintenance, redaction and compliance tasks (fractional FTE).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and midpoints; many items (amnestic/legal remediation, scale-up) are highly conditional and have wide ranges, so overall confidence is medium rather than high.
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