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SCP-768 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-768
Expected annual
$789K
One-time setup
$963K
Annual recurring
$765K
Personnel
7
Initial one-time setup is roughly $963k driven by isolation infrastructure, instrumentation, legal/cover reserves and amnestic stockpile; recurring annual costs are about $764.8k driven primarily by staff wages, legal/insurance, and facility/operations maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $963K
Legal Cover Reserve Initial $300K
[#15] Initial legal/cover-up fund and reserve to reimburse municipal services, pay fines, and finance official explanations.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $225K
[#6, #7, #13, #23] Instrumentation for detection & forensics (spectrum analyzers, SDRs, oscilloscopes), specialized medical/industrial test rigs, SOP drafting and initial training, outsourced high-resolution analyses.
Equipment $143K
[#1, #4, #5, #8, #10, #17, #25] Safe-class locker procurement, Faraday/anechoic shielding, controlled alarm testbed devices, redundant wired comms, transport vehicle/equipment, storage hardware, PPE initial purchases.
Amnestic Stockpile Initial $100K
[#14] Initial amnestic stockpile purchase, training, and administration infrastructure for field use.
Facilities $80K
[#2, #21] Remote isolation chamber build-out (security doors, benches, HVAC mods) plus implementation of manual disconnects/fail-safes.
Alarm Audit And Upgrade $50K
[#3] Site alarm audit and engineering upgrades to ensure critical alarms are outside trigger radius or have manual overrides.
Misc Incident Reserve Initial $25K
[#26] Miscellaneous incident reserve for unforeseen minor one-time costs (equipment failure, replacements).
Public Safety Mou Setup $15K
[#22] Negotiation and legal costs to establish MOUs with local emergency services and formal coordination protocols.
Decontamination Disposal $15K
[#24] Procedures and initial cost to decommission testbed and safely archive or dispose of SCP-768 if required.
Medical Screening Program Initial $10K
[#12] Initial occupational medical screening program to exclude staff with personal medical alert systems.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $765K/yr
Staff Wages $520K/yr
[#9, #10] Salaries and benefits for Level-3 Senior Researcher, research technicians, and security/transport personnel required for containment and experiments.
Cover Story And Legal $95K/yr
[#15, #16, #22] Insurance/legal retainer, liaison salary for public-safety coordination, and replenishment of cover/reimbursement funds for small incidents.
Facilities Maintenance $43K/yr
[#2, #3, #19, #21, #8] Lease/utilities for remote chamber, alarm system maintenance, HVAC/power upkeep, periodic testing of manual disconnects, and comms maintenance.
Research And Monitoring $35K/yr
[#6, #17, #23] Ongoing instrumentation calibration/maintenance, secure data backups and IT maintenance, and follow-up analyses/consulting.
Incident Reserve Replenishment $20K/yr
[#15, #26] Annual replenishment of incident reserve and small contingency funds used during the year.
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#11, #10] Route planning and per-move escort/transport costs averaged annually for occasional relocations.
Medical And Psych Support $14K/yr
[#12, #20] Ongoing occupational health checks, psychological support and medical follow-up for staff after incidents.
Drills And Training $10K/yr
[#13] Annual drills, refresher training, and SOP updates with security and first responders.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#18, #25] Consumables for tests (batteries stored separately, cables, connectors) and PPE replacements.
Amnestic Administration Events $6K/yr
[#14] Expected per-year cost for administering amnestics in the field (drugs + labour), modeled as a small number of events per year.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $765K/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, maintenance, and scheduled research activity only.
routine_testing scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $805K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$40K vs baseline
A localized accidental trigger causes limited municipal responses and 1–2 medical or amnestic administrations.
single_site_false_alarm localized_municipal_responses minor_medical_event
🚨 Major Breach $1.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Widespread mass-triggering across civilian systems requiring large reimbursements, substantial legal responses, multiple amnestic administrations, and equipment replacement.
mass_trigger_event multiple_municipal_responses hospital_or_critical_system_impacts
🚨 Political Exposure $2.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Public/political exposure of multiple large false-alarm incidents leading to major PR/legal liabilities and large-scale contingency expenses.
public_exposure media_attention municipal_litigation
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Level-3 Senior Researcher) 1 [#9] Oversight and authorization for experiments; included in staff_wages.
Research Technician 2 [#9] Technical operation, data collection, and analysis; included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#10] Guarding storage and test facility, transport escorts trained to avoid alerting devices; included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff 1 [#22, #15] Site/admin support for coordination, scheduling, and liaison tasks; partial liaison costs accounted under cover_story_and_legal.
📋 Confidence Notes
Detailed analyst notes provide ranges for most items, allowing a moderate-confidence aggregate estimate. Uncertainty remains due to the anomalous nature of SCP-768 (single-activation cascading effects), municipal cost variability, and low-frequency high-impact events.
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