SCP-7708 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-7708
Expected annual
$163K
One-time setup
$36K
Annual recurring
$161K
Personnel
1.75
One-time setup costs are modest (~$35.8k) for containment, monitoring, and initial research; annual recurring costs are dominated by staff wages, site overhead and legal/memetic review (~$160.7k/yr). Major cost driver variability is site-level security/facility overhead and contingency for incident response or expanded research.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $36K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $21K
[#2, #11, #12 (initial), #15 (one-time), #13 (initial triage)] Initial microclimate/conservation setup, budget for a controlled experiment campaign, initial IRB/legal review, one-time digital-archive setup, and initial memetic-safety triage costs.
Equipment $15K
[#1, #4, #6, #5 (one-time), #14 (one-time), #16 (initial), #17 (initial), #18 (initial training)] Containment box, cameras/microphones and mounts, proximity/paper sensors, initial recording server setup, physical secure cabinets, initial IT isolation hardware, incident response kit, and initial training program costs aggregated at mid-range estimates.
Facilities $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $161K/yr
Staff Wages $92K/yr
[#7, #8, #9] Custodian/technician pro-rated FTE, security personnel overhead (pro-rated guard/monitoring), and archivist/technician wages (aggregated mid-range annual costs).
Facilities Maintenance $26K/yr
[#14 (maintenance), #17 (drills/refresh), #24] Physical storage/cabinet maintenance, periodic drills and refresh supplies, and pro-rated facility overhead allocation.
Cover Story And Legal $16K/yr
[#12 (ongoing oversight), #20] Continued IRB/legal oversight and budget for legal/PR/cover-up contingency/retainer costs.
Contingency And Misc $15K/yr
[#25] Contingency reserve (set at ~10% of baseline recurring program costs) for unexpected specialist consultations, emergency replacements, or legal emergencies.
Research And Monitoring $10K/yr
[#5 (recurring), #13 (ongoing memetic review), #15 (recurring), #16 (monitoring), #19, #23] Ongoing recording storage & backup costs, memetic/data redaction analyst time, digital archive maintenance, IT-security monitoring, psychological support program, and periodic conservator assessments.
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#3, #10, #22] Replacement silica gel and humidity indicators, testing consumables (acid-free paper, pens, gloves), and small replacement parts/batteries/hard-drive rotation.
Logistics And Transport $1K/yr
[#21] Secure courier/transport for inter-site moves (assumes occasional/annual transfers aggregated).
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $161K/yr
93.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, maintenance, and no incidents.
routine monitoring scheduled conservation no unusual outputs or breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $181K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Small containment/administrative incident requiring emergency response, additional legal/memetic review, or short-term specialist consults.
unexpected memetic output minor accidental external disclosure localized conservation issue
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $236K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Significant research result or demand for extended studies requiring expanded staff, equipment purchases, and increased secure storage capacity.
sustained anomalous outputs grant/operational decision to scale research need for dedicated storage or expanded security
👥 Personnel 1.75 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.5 [#8] Part-time/pro-rated security resource or shared guard time to cover access control and audits; cost included in staff_wages.
Research Technician / Custodian (Level-2 Technician) 0.25 [#7] 0.1–0.25 FTE technician time for trials, logging, enclosure maintenance; cost pro-rated and included in staff_wages.
Archivist / Technician 1.0 [#9] 0.5–1.0 FTE archivist/technician for page handling, scanning, OCR and metadata; accounted for in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed line items for most categories, so direct hardware and staffing costs are fairly well constrained; uncertainty remains in site-level overhead/security allocation and frequency of incident-driven expenses, so confidence is not high.
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