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SCP-7215 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7215
Expected annual
$518K
One-time setup
$258K
Annual recurring
$500K
Personnel
7
Initial, one-time setup is modest (~$258k) driven by secure display, IT/forensic infrastructure, research equipment and contingency seeding; primary recurring costs (~$500k/yr) are dominated by a small dedicated research team, medical incident responses and legal/PR/HR risk-mitigation retainers.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $258K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $90K
[#10, #25] Research program start-up: lab bench space, dedicated equipment and materials to study mechanism and attempt replication/neutralization.
Contingency Fund Seed $50K
[#24] Seed for contingency/reserve for unexpected health effects, claims, or follow-up.
Background Checks $40K
[#13] Initial Level-3-equivalent clearance processing for ~20 authorized users (one-time portion).
Equipment $32K
[#1, #2, #3, #12, #17, #19, #23, #27] Secure/tamper-resistant display case, camera + tamper sensors + install, controlled-access lock integration hardware, initial forensic DB/ingest pipeline hardware, tracked pen hardware, environmental sensors/install, IT security hardening one-time costs, and initial digitization hardware/services.
Disposal Or Sequestration Contingency $30K
[#21] One-time planning/contracting budget for secure destruction or long-term sequestration if ever authorized.
Human Subjects Irb $6K
[#11] Initial IRB/ethics review and related administrative startup costs.
Baseline Medical Screens $6K
[#6] Initial baseline medical screens for ~20 authorized users (physician consults and basic labs).
Sop Creation And Training $4K
[#5] One-time creation of SOP materials and initial training sessions.
Facilities $500
[#18] One-time physical signage/stanchions and minor break-room physical barriers (signage/installation).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $500K/yr
Research And Monitoring $329K/yr
[#10, #11, #25] Dedicated anomalous-research team salaries and ongoing R&D/participant compensation and neutralization research budget.
Cover Story And Legal $45K/yr
[#15, #16] Legal retainer and crisis communications/PR contingency retainer for secrecy maintenance and rapid response.
Personnel Replacement Training $30K/yr
[#26] Cross-training, redundancy and temporary staffing pools to cover targeted or incapacitated personnel.
Incident Medical Response $25K/yr
[#7] Expected physician visits, diagnostics and short observation for symptomatic individuals (assumes ~50 incidents/yr at ~$500/incident average).
Abuse Mitigation Program $18K/yr
[#9] Policies, monitoring, HR time and additional supervision to prevent misuse/abuse of SCP-7215.
Staff Wages $14K/yr
[#4, #8] Administrative approval time (Site Director/delegated officer) and replacement staffing / productivity loss (sick-pay & temporary coverage).
Background Reinvestigation $6K/yr
[#13] Periodic reinvestigations and clearance upkeep for authorized users.
Psychological Services $6K/yr
[#14] Counseling/EAP budget for staff affected or distressed by calendar usage.
Audit And Compliance $6K/yr
[#22] Periodic internal/external audits to ensure containment procedures and chain-of-custody integrity.
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#2, #3, #19, #12] Ongoing camera/monitoring retention costs, lock/software maintenance, conservator fees and forensic DB storage/maintenance.
Baseline Medical Rechecks $6K/yr
[#6] Annual rechecks for authorized users to document baseline health status.
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#20] Budgeted secure transport/relocation contingency averaged per year (armored transport and security team as-needed).
It Security $2K/yr
[#23] Encryption, backups, insider-threat monitoring and ongoing cyber maintenance for logs and footage.
Sop Refreshers Training $2K/yr
[#5] Annual refresher training, new-hire briefings and SOP record-keeping.
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#17, #27] Replacement tracked pen consumables and ongoing minor archival storage consumables.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $500K/yr
77.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine containment, scheduled research activity, and no major incidents; all recurring programs run as budgeted.
routine_research normal_usage_controls no_public_leak
🚨 Minor Incident $543K/yr
20.0% probability / year +$44K vs baseline
Localized misuse wave or internal abuse leading to elevated markings, extra sick-days and HR/legal investigations but no public exposure.
insider_misuse increased_markings HR_investigation
🚨 Major Breach $820K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$320K vs baseline
Public leak or high-profile misuse triggering large PR campaign, significant legal action, emergency medical claims and possible emergency relocation.
public_leak large_scale_lawsuits emergency_transport
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 2 [#10] Dedicated anomalous-research team members included in research budget.
Technician 1 [#10] Technical support for controlled studies and instrumentation.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#4] Authority approving calendar use; time cost included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#2, #3] Physical access control, camera monitoring oversight and secure transport coordination.
Administrative Staff 1 [#5, #13] SOP administration, record-keeping, background-check coordination and approval logging.
Medical Officer 1 [#6, #7] Conducts baseline screens, incident medical evaluations and coordinates follow-up care.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, but key uncertainties remain around incident frequency (number of markings/yr), whether research will continue long-term, and the potential scale of a public breach; these produce medium confidence in the aggregated estimates.
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