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SCP-7956 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7956
Expected annual
$991K
One-time setup
$480K
Annual recurring
$984K
Personnel
7
First-year setup costs are moderate (~$480k) dominated by initial research and lab setup and containment/equipment; steady-state annual costs are driven by personnel salaries, ongoing research and contingency reserves (~$984k/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $480K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#9] Initial research program budget and lab instrumentation/startup for experimental program (mass spec/NMR/isotope work, protocol development).
Equipment $82K
[#1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #20, #22] Containment vessel, environmental control hardware, UPS/integration, sensors & data-logging hardware, CCTV initial hardware, transport canister, vehicle modifications, IT initial setup.
Facilities $50K
[#2] Wet-lab / observation alcove retrofit (room buildout, drain, benching, locks, sightlines).
Legal And Hr Initial $30K
[#13] One-time legal/admin/HR setup (contracts, initial reviews, clearance processing).
Cover Story One Time $18K
[#19] One-time cover-story/PR establishment costs (fabricated records, initial buffer funds).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $984K/yr
Staff Wages $540K/yr
[#11, #12, #25] Ongoing salaries: Case Officer + assigned researcher + technician (~$240k), security staffing (~$150k), SCP-7956 salary allocation (~$150k).
Research And Monitoring $281K/yr
[#5, #9, #21, #24] Ongoing research program funding, sensor calibration & instrumentation maintenance, and long-term study/contingency reserve for anomalous failure modes.
Incident Response And Contingency $55K/yr
[#18] Rapid-response contingency fund for unplanned events (overtime, emergency transport, contractors).
Cover Story And Legal $26K/yr
[#13, #19] Ongoing HR/legal overhead and cover-story/public-relations maintenance costs.
Supplies And Consumables $22K/yr
[#8, #16, #17] Specialized lab reagents/consumables, decontamination/waste handling, clothing/personal-effects replacement program.
Medical Surveillance And Diagnostics $18K/yr
[#10] Routine medical surveillance and diagnostics plus episodic special studies averaged into annual cost.
Psychosocial And Ethics $12K/yr
[#14] Counseling, ethics board reviews, and staff welfare programs.
Regulatory And Compliance $8K/yr
[#23] External audits, regulatory compliance fees and specialized safety reviews.
Logistics And Transport $7K/yr
[#7, #20] Transport expendables (per-incident) and annual vehicle operation/driver/fuel costs.
Training And Drills $6K/yr
[#15] Annual training for containment, spill response, transport, and emergency drills.
Cctv And Surveillance Storage $3K/yr
[#6] Recurring archival storage costs for CCTV and two-way audio surveillance.
It And Records Security $3K/yr
[#22] Hosting, encryption, secure storage and maintenance for monitoring logs and research data.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#3, #4] Environmental control energy & maintenance and UPS/critical-circuit maintenance.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $984K/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with no major incidents; routine operations and expected research progress.
no spills standard research pace no loss of sample
🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Small spill, minor tampering, or localized contamination requiring cleanup, overtime, short-term testing and temporary containment upgrades.
minor spill localized contamination short-term emergency medical evaluation
🚨 Major Incident $1.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Loss or serious contamination of the sample, extended recovery/research operations, substantial PR/legal work and replacement containment/equipment.
sample loss major tampering/theft requirement for large-scale recovery research
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Case Officer / Project Lead 1 [#11] Assigned Case Officer included in containment team salary estimate.
Research Scientist (assigned) 1 [#11] Full-time researcher on containment/research team.
Medical Technician / Biotech Technician 1 [#11] On-site technical support for sampling and medical care.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#12] Three dedicated security FTEs for restricted-area control and response.
Senior Researcher (SCP-7956 employed) 1 [#25] SCP-7956 counted as employed senior researcher whose salary is allocated as a containment cost.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed with line-item estimates and ranges; figures are midpoint-based and many recurring items (research pace, contingencies, incident frequency) remain uncertain, so medium confidence.
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