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SCP-7122 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-7122
Expected annual
$2.9M
One-time setup
$2.0M
Annual recurring
$2.9M
Personnel
9
Initial one-time setup is approximately $1.97M driven primarily by PB-scale storage, HPC/instrumentation and facility upgrades; annual operating costs are ~ $2.89M dominated by research salaries, counterintelligence/legal, autopsy/medical and recurring power/security costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.0M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.5M
[#8, #9, #10, #12] Tape/WORM library / duplication workflow ($150,000 enterprise entry), long-term on-prem 10 PB usable storage and redundancy ($1,000,000 midpoint of $500k–$1.5M), HPC/forensic cluster ($300,000 midpoint of $100k–$500k), and forensic lab clean-room/scanners setup ($87,500 midpoint of $25k–$150k).
Facilities $255K
[#2, #5, #21] Containment room modification ($80,000 chosen midpoint of $40k–$120k), wing-level emergency-lockdown hardware ($50,000 midpoint of $25k–$75k), and UPS/generator/physical-energy upgrades ($125,000 chosen between $50k–$200k).
Contingency Reserve $100K
[#23] One-time component of public-safety/contingency reserve (chosen modest initial set-aside within $50k–$500k range).
Equipment $76K
[#1, #7, #17, #19] High-security safe for SCP-7122 ($12,500 midpoint of $5k–$20k), air-gapped workstation hardware ($45,000 chosen within $10k–$80k recommended 2–4 units), armored transfer case ($10,000), and incident-response one-time supplies ($8,500 midpoint of $2k–$15k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#3, #22] Two armed guards plus dedicated research personnel. Guards and benefits (~$156,000 total for two). Dedicated research team salaries/benefits (~$1,160,000 total for 4–10 FTEs at higher-tier pay assumed).
Autopsy And Pathology $300K/yr
[#13] Recurring autopsy/pathology, morgue handling, biohazard evidence processing and related contingency for fatalities (~$100k–$500k/yr; midpoint chosen).
Counterintelligence Operations $300K/yr
[#16] CI/DoI monitoring, threat assessment, HUMINT and deterrence ops (~$100k–$500k/yr; midpoint used).
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#15, #23] Ethics/legal/compliance, cover-story and records management (~$150k/yr) plus recurring public-safety/contingency reserve allocation (~$100k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $190K/yr
[#2, #5, #9, #10, #21] Containment room maintenance and access-control upkeep (~$2k/yr), emergency-lockdown testing/maintenance (~$3k/yr), power/cooling/maintenance for PB storage and HPC (~$185k combined estimate for drives/HVAC/power/HPC maintenance).
Research And Monitoring $170K/yr
[#7, #11, #12, #18, #24] Workstation software/updates (~$5k/yr), digital forensics/licenses (~$30k/yr), forensic-lab consumables/operational non-salary costs (~$75k/yr), training/SOP/drills (~$30k/yr), and audit/oversight/logging (~$30k/yr).
Trg Readiness $162K/yr
[#6] Pro-rated Tactical Response Group readiness/training/gear/drills attributable to SCP-7122 (~$75k–$250k range; midpoint used).
Logistics And Transport $70K/yr
[#17] Secure vehicle/drivers and per-move budgeting (~$60k for vehicle/driver + ~$10k annual average for occasional moves/charters/operational transport).
Medical And Psych Care $60K/yr
[#14] Medical monitoring, neurological scans, long-term psychiatric care and disability support for affected personnel (~$20k–$100k/yr baseline program).
Supplies And Consumables $48K/yr
[#8, #19, #20] Media and write-once media consumables (~$17,500/yr), incident-response replenishment (~$3,000/yr), and general consumables/spare camera/storage parts (~$27,500/yr).
Access Control Administration $28K/yr
[#4] Level-3 access control admin, secure tokens, logging and vetting (~$15k–$40k/yr; midpoint used).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.9M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with only planned research, maintenance, and standing readiness costs.
routine_operations planned_research no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Accidental deletion or limited mishandling causes one subject fatality requiring autopsy, investigation, and localized cover/legal action.
accidental_deletion single_subject_fatality localized_investigation
🚨 Major Breach $4.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Targeted theft/exfiltration or multi-subject destructive deletion leading to large-scale investigations, intelligence ops, replacement of compromised storage and extensive cover-up/legal action.
coordinated_theft mass_deletions GOI_involvement
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 7 Dedicated anomalous-data research team / data scientists / forensic analysts (counts chosen within 4–10 FTEs range; salaries included in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 Two armed guards posted outside containment at all times (salaries + benefits included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and dominant cost drivers (PB-scale storage, HPC, staffing), but several large ranges (storage scale, number/grade of researchers, CI intensity, and incident frequency) leave substantial uncertainty; estimates use midpoints and pro-rated shared-resource assumptions.
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