SCP-8107 — SCP-8107 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-8107 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-8107

Expected annual

$2.5M

One-time setup

$4.3M

Annual recurring

$2.4M

Personnel

Initial capital costs are dominated by robotics, secure lab refit, computing/forensics setup, and an emergency reserve, totaling roughly $4.25M one-time. Recurring annual costs are substantial (~$2.42M/yr) driven by research funding, secure logistics, staff wages (lead researcher and security), and ongoing monitoring/maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.3M

Equipment $1.3M

[#4, #6, #9, #13, #15, #22] Robotic/non-human actuator systems capital (#4); one-time sensor network hardware (#6); high-security computing & storage initial hardware (#9); object-specific vaults/cabinets/shelving initial purchase (#13); initial cybersecurity hardening tools/infrastructure (#15 one-time portion); one-time spare-parts stock for robots/sensors (#22 one-time portion).

Emergency Reserve $1.1M

[#18] One-time recommended reserve fund for on-call incident response, emergency contracting and rapid-response equipment procurement.

Decommissioning And Transfer $875K

[#25] Long-term archival / contingency decommissioning and secure transfer planning & funds.

Facilities $475K

[#5] Specialized containment lab construction/modification (airlocks, sealed storage, reinforced walls, sensor mounts).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K

[#8] Forensic data recovery & digital reconstruction program initial setup: air-gapped workstations, duplicators, specialized forensic hardware/software and contracted specialist onboarding.

Cover Story Systems $100K

[#16] One-off costs for document rewriting/forgery systems and initial cover-story tooling/document redaction infrastructure.

Spare Parts Stock $50K

[#22] One-time spare-parts stock for robotics and sensors (separate from recurring replacement budgets).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.4M/yr

Research And Monitoring $850K/yr

[#8, #10, #14, #17, #19] Forensic/digital operations ongoing costs and contracted specialists (#8 recurring); research & experimental budget for occlupanology (consumables, sample acquisition, experiments) (#10); CCTV/recording archival & redaction labor (#14); ethics board reviews & external oversight (#17); training, SOP updates and periodic retraining (#19).

Staff Wages $468K/yr

[#1, #2, #3] Senior lead researcher compensation including benefits and hazard pay (Dr. Lovelace) (#1); licensed therapist/psych support weekly sessions and admin (#2); incremental site security staffing & training (2–6 FTE guards; modeled here as 4 FTE) (#3).

Cover Story And Legal $290K/yr

[#16, #21] Ongoing legal, HR, cover-story maintenance, NDAs, settlement/cover operations (#16 recurring); public-facing cover operations and misdirection media budgets (#21).

Logistics And Transport $212K/yr

[#7, #23] Secure evidence transport, cataloguing and couriering of bag-tags and small anomalous objects (#7); cross-site protocol overhead for tag-collection policy and packaging/tracking at origin sites (#23).

Facilities Maintenance $152K/yr

[#6, #9, #13, #24] Ongoing maintenance of sensor network (#6 recurring maintenance); secure computing/storage hosting/maintenance (#9 recurring); vault/storage operations and periodic audits (#13 recurring operational costs); incremental energy & utilities for labs/servers/robots (#24).

Cybersecurity And Insider Threat $125K/yr

[#15] Ongoing cybersecurity, privileged-access logging, SIEM operations and insider-threat monitoring.

Incident Response Readiness $100K/yr

[#18] Recurring readiness costs for on-call incident response team, equipment maintenance, and rapid transport readiness.

Hazardous Waste Handling $75K/yr

[#12] Hazardous/anomalous waste handling, licensed contractor fees, secure long-term vaulting or disposal.

Replacement And Spare Parts $62K/yr

[#22] Annual replacement, warranties, calibration and consumables for robotics and sensor systems.

Supplies And Consumables $48K/yr

[#11] Specialized PPE, single-use consumables, tagging supplies, sterilization and decontamination consumables.

Medical Monitoring $38K/yr

[#20] Medical monitoring, specialized scans and occupational health oversight for staff exposed to items handled by SCP-8107.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.4M/yr

82.0% probability / year

Routine year with no major incidents: normal operations, monitoring, research, and standard logistics.

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🚨 Minor Incident $2.7M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Localized containment/transport incident requiring targeted response, increased forensic work and short-term contracting.

localized_object_release small_data_loss limited_contamination

🚨 Major Breach $4.2M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$1.8M vs baseline

Significant breach or anomalous event (multiple occlupanid releases, wide data extraction) requiring large-scale containment, use of emergency reserves, cross-site operations and legal remediation.

large_scale_release critical_data_exfiltration cross-site_containment_operations

👥 Personnel 6 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / SCP Lead	1	[#1] Senior lead researcher (Dr. Lovelace) compensation included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	4	[#3] Incremental site security staffing (2–6 FTE modeled as 4 FTE) included in staff_wages.
Licensed Therapist / Mental Health Clinician	1	[#2] Weekly therapy clinician and associated admin costs included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates use midpoints of analyst ranges; many items have wide ranges and scenariobased event costs are uncertain given anomalous behavior, so precision is moderate.

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