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SCP-7306 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-7306
Expected annual
$1.1M
One-time setup
$3.9M
Annual recurring
$1.1M
Personnel
5
One-time setup and a large contingency reserve drive up initial capital costs (~$3.9M), while recurring costs are dominated by security staffing, legal/cover-up, and ongoing compliance/medical expenditures (~$1.1M/yr). Main drivers: security wages, legal/cover-up, contingency reserve, monitoring/AI integration.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.9M
Catastrophic Contingency Reserve $3.0M
[#19] Red-team/timeline/K-Class mitigation contingency reserve (recommended capital set-aside).
Equipment $323K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #18, #22, #24] Biometric/multi-factor access hardware, room monitoring install, UPS/backup hardware, climate-controlled archival shelving, hardened air-gapped terminal, initial PPE/handling tools, small equipment/consumables initial, AI integration initial.
Facilities $250K
[#1] Build/designate an unmarked reinforced private storage room (airlock access, reinforced door, safe-deposit style lockers, badges) inside Site-02.
Severance And Reassignment $150K
[#16] One-off severance, reassignments and rehiring costs after terminations (IMF-7 style personnel churn).
Victim Compensation Reserve $100K
[#27] Initial reserve for modest victim compensation / settlements / hush payments.
Background Checks Initial $45K
[#9] Initial background checks and enhanced clearance processing for ~6 personnel ($3k–$7k/person initially).
It Audit And Expungement $32K
[#20] One-time IT audit and digital expungement operations, secure deletion and rebuild of access controls.
Evidence Archiving Initial $3K
[#17] Initial archival/micro-storage planning and shelving/digitization allowance.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.1M/yr
Staff Wages $402K/yr
[#7, #25] Dedicated security staffing (3–4 FTE guards plus hazard premium) and 0.25–0.5 FTE administrative chain-of-custody support (combined wages/hazard pay).
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#15] Ongoing legal/cover-up/public affairs contingency and active cover maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#13] MTF deployment and emergency response reserve for retrieval/deployment costs.
Amnestic And Medical $50K/yr
[#10] Amnestic program budget, medical monitoring, on-call med staff and supplies (reserve for small-scale incidents).
Psychological Care $50K/yr
[#11] Mandatory psychological care, long-term monitoring, and occasional inpatient psychiatric treatment reserve.
Internal Investigations $50K/yr
[#12] Reserve for internal affairs, forensic investigations, interrogations and disciplinary actions per-year (expected average).
Compliance Monitoring $50K/yr
[#21] Ethics Committee enforcement, compliance monitoring and administrative oversight costs.
Victim Compensation Replenish $25K/yr
[#27] Annual replenishment for the victim compensation reserve as incidents occur.
Training And Drills $20K/yr
[#8] Specialized training, annual refreshers and tabletop drills for authorized personnel and cleaners.
Governance Reviews $20K/yr
[#26] Periodic O5/Ethics reviews, secure briefings and travel/secure meeting costs.
Facilities Maintenance $18K/yr
[#3, #4, #5] Monitoring suite maintenance & data storage, UPS/generator maintenance and energy, climate-control/environmental maintenance.
Cybersecurity Updates $18K/yr
[#24] Annual software security updates and Site-AI integration hardening.
Background Checks Ongoing $12K/yr
[#9] Ongoing screening and annual psych checks for ~6 cleared personnel.
It Audit And Expungement $10K/yr
[#20] Annual IT audit, digital expungement follow-ups and small remediation engagements.
Forensic Services $10K/yr
[#14] Routine forensic pathology/evidence processing reserve for recoveries per-year.
Translation Services $10K/yr
[#23] Media/translation & linguistics engagements for anomalous inscriptions or emergent journal text.
Access Control And Logging $2K/yr
[#2] Recurring logging and multi-factor access control maintenance and audit logging fees.
Ppe Replacement $1K/yr
[#18] Replacement PPE and handling tool consumables for cleaning staff.
Supplies And Consumables $500/yr
[#22] Small consumables replacement (film, pencils, evidence bags) recurring.
Evidence Archiving Growth $500/yr
[#17] Annual growth management and micro-storage planning costs for accumulating non-anomalous polaroids/entries.
Research And Monitoring $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.1M/yr
93.9% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with only routine monitoring, maintenance, and scheduled overhead.
no unauthorized access routine maintenance scheduled audits
🚨 Minor Incident $1.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Single unauthorized access or small containment incident requiring internal investigation, limited amnestics and MTF support.
unauthorized access small-scale forensic investigation limited MTF deployment
🚨 Major Incident $1.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$700K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or insider misuse (IMF-7 style) requiring large investigations, severance, major legal/cover-up, and multiple deployments.
insider misuse extended internal investigations multiple MTF deployments
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $3.6M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Rare, extreme timeline/K-Class or large-scale exposure requiring activation of high-level contingency funds and emergency global response.
K-Class timeline effects widespread exposure rapid global mitigation
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#7] 24/7 coverage requiring 3–4 full-time guards with hazard premium; staffed to rotate shifts and provide on-site presence.
Administrative Staff 1 [#25] 0.25–0.5 FTE administrative support for chain-of-custody, logging and documentation maintenance.
📋 Confidence Notes
Medium confidence: analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges, but many estimates are wide and several scenario probabilities are judgment-based due to anomalous/insider-risk uncertainties.
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