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SCP-7891 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7891
Expected annual
$474K
One-time setup
$178K
Annual recurring
$439K
Personnel
7
Initial one-time setup and conservation are modest (~$178k) while annual operations are driven by personnel, monitoring, medical readiness, and a standing retrieval/transport contingency resulting in higher recurring costs (~$439k/yr). Main cost drivers are staff wages, retrieval reserves, and medical/security staffing.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $178K
Contingency Insurance Reserve Establishment $50K
[#25] Establishment of contingency/valuation & audit reserve to cover unplanned legal, transport, or extensive conservation costs.
Research Pilot Grant $30K
[#21] Pilot research funding for controlled experiments and ethics oversight (one-time pilot study).
Amnestic Stock And Pharmacy Setup $20K
[#11] Initial Class B amnestic procurement and secure pharmacy setup (in-house vs contracted stock midrange).
Initial Preparedness $20K
[#22] Initial incident-preparedness investments (mass-exposure preparedness, quarantine provisioning).
Facilities $15K
[#1] Hardened archival containment locker installed (environmental controls, biometric/tamper systems) — midrange estimate.
Conservation Treatment $10K
[#3] One-off conservation treatment and custom archival housing (deacidification, stabilization, clamshell box) — midrange estimate.
Psych Screening Setup $10K
[#14] Initial psychological screening program setup (pre-assignment eval program establishment).
Digitization And Imaging $8K
[#5] High-resolution digitization and multispectral imaging to create secure reference copies.
Sop Development $8K
[#15] Initial SOP/training development for reading protocols, amnestic administration, and cognitive-hazard recognition.
Reading Room Setup $5K
[#8] Controlled reading room (observation window/CCTV, panic button, non-reflective lighting, book cradles, gloves) initial setup.
Equipment $2K
[#6] Initial air-gapped hardware and on-site cold storage hardware for offline archival copy.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $439K/yr
Staff Wages $221K/yr
[#7, #9, #10, #13] IT/security administration (~$25k), supervision personnel program-level (~$36k), security guards (2 × $40k = $80k), medical staffing/on-call capacity (~$80k) — aggregated annual wages and benefits.
Retrieval Reserve $100K/yr
[#17] Annual contingency/reserve for field/retrieval operations (rapid deployment, emergency purchases, compensation).
Research And Monitoring $50K/yr
[#16, #21] OSINT/archaeology monitoring and ongoing research funding (analyst time, subscriptions, pilot follow-ups) combined.
Secure Transport Per Move Budget $20K/yr
[#18] Budgeted yearly allocation for occasional armored transport/escort, international customs handling averaged over time.
Per Exposure Amnestics $12K/yr
[#12] Per-exposure amnestic doses and administration for expected first-time readers (estimated throughput ~20/year, midrange per-dose cost).
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#19] Legal, liaison, cover costs (NDAs, retainers, cultural-heritage liaison fees).
Hr Accommodations $5K/yr
[#20] HR accommodations and coordinated medical/psychiatric support for assigned personnel with schizophrenia or special needs.
Psych Screening Recurring $4K/yr
[#14] Ongoing psychological screening and periodic monitoring of assigned personnel.
Incident Response Drills $4K/yr
[#22] Recurring drills and mass-exposure preparedness refreshers, annual exercises.
Training Refreshers $3K/yr
[#15] Annual refresher training for protocols, amnestic administration, and cognitive-hazard recognition.
Secure Digital Storage $3K/yr
[#6] Ongoing secure digital storage, redundancy, backups, periodic integrity checks and maintenance.
Conservation Inspections $2K/yr
[#4] Periodic conservator inspections, minor touch-ups, rehousing every few years (annualized).
Documentation And Recordkeeping $2K/yr
[#24] Secure recordkeeping, redaction, access logs, and secure printing costs.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#2] Locker maintenance, environmental monitoring, alarm service contracts, periodic calibration and minor repairs.
Supplies And Consumables $600/yr
[#23] Nitrile gloves, archival paper, cleaning supplies, disposable covers, logging forms — low recurring cost.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $439K/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine supervised reads, maintenance, monitoring, and reserve funding without major incidents.
scheduled supervised reads routine maintenance and monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $474K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$35K vs baseline
Small-scale unauthorized exposure or localized protocol breach requiring extra amnestic administrations, medical overtime, and legal/administrative response.
single unauthorized exposure limited breach during supervised read
🚨 Major Retrieval Operation $679K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$240K vs baseline
Rapid international retrieval or high-cost intercept operation for newly discovered manuscript requiring large deployment, transport, and legal work.
discovery of variant abroad urgent field retrieval
🚨 Mass Exposure $1.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Widespread or public exposure event requiring mass amnestic administration, emergency medical response, legal action, and replenishment of reserves.
large public dissemination containment breach beyond supervised reads
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 2 [#9, #15] Two experienced researchers are required to supervise first-time readers (may be part-time FTE each; headcount reflects assigned personnel).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#10] Two Level-2 guards to control archive access and enforce protocols.
IT / Sysadmin 1 [#6, #7] Sysadmin/cybersecurity oversight for database copies, access logging, and intrusion detection (part-time FTE).
Medical Officer / Nurse 1 [#12, #13] On-call medical staff for supervised reads and amnestic administration (coverage reflected in medical staffing costs).
Administrative Staff 1 [#15, #19] Scheduling, training coordination, legal liaison and recordkeeping support (small admin role).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst-provided line-item ranges and concrete operational practices provide good basis for estimates, but many items (retrieval operations, per-event transport, and frequency of incidents) are uncertain and can scale widely, so confidence is not high.
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