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SCP-7139 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7139
Expected annual
$727K
One-time setup
$142K
Annual recurring
$717K
Personnel
6
Initial one-time setup is moderate (~$142k) driven by lab buildout, secure storage and equipment; annual operating costs are higher (~$716.8k/yr) dominated by staff wages, security, monitoring and a contingency reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $142K
Facilities $50K
[#1, #4] Locker upgrade, installation/certification and dedicated air-gapped printing lab build/ventilation.
Equipment $46K
[#2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9] Hardened offline storage, Faraday/shielding, 2 air-gapped workstations, 4 enclosed 3D printers, robotic handling (not purchased baseline; listed), secure enclosures and environmental/sensor installation (one-time equipment purchases).
Sop Development $18K
[#13] SOP development, legal/ethics review, initial training course and certification.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $16K
[#20, #21] Measurement & research instruments and initial off-site vaulting/setup fee.
Legal Initial Setup $8K
[#15] Initial legal set-up for takedown operations / digital containment (one-time component).
Containment Fail Safe Kit $5K
[#18] Initial fast-deploy containment/mitigation kit purchase.
Incinerator Purchase $0
[#17] Incinerator purchase option listed but not acquired in baseline (contract disposal used instead).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $717K/yr
Staff Wages $570K/yr
[#11, #12] Salaries + benefits: 2containment technicians, 1 item-researcher, 1 cyber/file analyst, and 2 security guards (includes benefits/overhead).
Contingency Reserve $50K/yr
[#24] Contingency / incident fund for unexpected emergent behaviors, emergency hires, legal emergencies, or external experts.
Research And Monitoring $36K/yr
[#15] Web monitoring/takedown SaaS and manpower (recurring component) for scraping, takedowns and digital containment operations.
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#16] Ongoing legal/covert removal, buyouts, and payments to moderators/hosts to suppress distribution.
Training And Audits $10K/yr
[#14] Annual refresher training, audits and compliance checks.
Facilities Maintenance $7K/yr
[#22] Utilities and periodic maintenance of lab HVAC, alarms and structural systems.
Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr
[#10, #23] Filament/resin and printing supplies; chain-of-custody materials and expendables.
Medical And Emergency Contracts $4K/yr
[#19] Recurring medical readiness, emergency medical contract and staff medical exams.
Logistics And Transport $3K/yr
[#21] Off-site vaulting fees and secure courier/transfer logistics (recurring vaulting cost).
Contract Disposal $2K/yr
[#17] Contract disposal budget for destruction events (baseline uses contract disposal rather than incinerator purchase).
Containment Restocks $1K/yr
[#18] Annual restocking for containment/mitigation kits.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $717K/yr
85.0% probability / year
Uneventful year: containment and monitoring operate normally with routine training and no major incidents.
no major reposting routine operations no breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $727K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$10K vs baseline
Small containment event or localized unauthorized print discovered requiring rapid destruction, short legal action and local remediation.
unauthorized local print small legal takedown one-off disposal event
🚨 Research Scale Up $837K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$120K vs baseline
Research requires expanded operations (robotic remote-handling purchase and short-term scale-up of experiments).
need for human-contact avoidance intensive experimental program acquisition of robotic handling
🚨 Major Breach $1.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Wide online reposting or propagation leading to mass unauthorized prints, heavy legal fights, large-scale containment and emergency amnestic/response operations.
file viral reposting multiple site compromises high legal exposure
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician (Level-2) 2 [#11] Two full-time containment technicians handling daily prints and containment.
Research Scientist / Item Researcher (Level-3) 1 [#11] One researcher leading experiments and analysis.
Cybersecurity / File Analyst 1 [#11] One analyst monitoring digital propagation and file behavior.
Security Officer / Guard 2 [#12] Two guards for access control coverage as-budgeted in notes.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and ranges were provided in analyst notes enabling a structured estimate, but substantial uncertainty remains around frequency/severity of online spread and whether optional capital purchases (robot, incinerator) are made, so confidence is medium.
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