SCP-8114 — SCP-8114 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-8114 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-8114

Expected annual

$597K

One-time setup

$834K

Annual recurring

$590K

Personnel

Initial one-time setup and contingency budgeting are moderate-to-high due to optional heavy-containment and disposal contingencies (one-time up to mid-six-figures); recurring annual costs are driven by research staff, test-subject program upkeep, medical screening and monitoring (~$590k/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $834K

Heavy Containment Full Conversion $300K

[#14] Full conversion to heavy-containment (reinforced floor, overhead hoist/crane, strongroom/vault) if weight-accumulation necessitates; optional but budgeted.

Heavy Lift Disposal Worst Case $275K

[#16] Worst-case disposal or long-term remote-storage / secure storage contract (large-mass scenarios).

Cover Up Pr Full Scale $150K

[#18] Full-scale recall / PR operation budget in the upper range for major exposure mitigation.

Heavy Containment Prep $35K

[#14] Engineering assessment and contingency-contract preparedness in case SCP-8114 begins accumulating heavy mass (minimal preparedness budget).

Heavy Lift Transport Per Incident $28K

[#16] Typical per-incident heavy transport/removal (flatbed, crane, escort) estimate if an immobile heavy SCP requires off-site moving/disposal.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $17K

[#10, #11] Secure local servers/encrypted storage and analysis software procurement (one-time) plus SOP/legal-cover documentation creation costs.

Cover Up Pr Minimal $12K

[#18] Low-level cover story / PR costs (fake product-testing reports, limited liaison) for modest exposure risk.

Equipment $11K

[#2, #5, #12] Locker tamper/lock retrofit, instrumented measurement dumbbell or secondary instrumented dumbbell, and restraints/harnesses/safety equipment.

Facilities $6K

[#4] Construction of a small dedicated test bay with non-slip flooring, bench, mats and basic gym kit for safe exercise/testing.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $590K/yr

Test Subject Program $225K/yr

[#8] Procurement, housing, feeding, basic healthcare and administrative/support costs for a small program of ~5 active subjects.

Staff Wages $185K/yr

[#6] Salaries for research personnel: 1.0 FTE lead researcher (~$120k), 0.5 FTE lab technician (~$40k equivalized), and part-time medical oversight (~$25k equivalent).

Program Overhead $77K/yr

[#20] Opportunity cost and administrative overhead (estimated at ~15% of direct recurring program costs).

Research And Monitoring $48K/yr

[#3, #7, #10, #13] CCTV/access logging storage & monitoring, medical screening/imaging per-subject program (scaled here for program size), recurring IT/data storage maintenance and behavioral/psychological monitoring contracts.

Emergency Response And Medical Oncall $20K/yr

[#15] Additional on-call medical coverage, drills and surge capacity for subject injuries or immobilization events.

Cover Story And Legal $17K/yr

[#11, #19] Recurring SOP refreshers/training, legal contingency, small-claims and insurance allocations and minimal ongoing cover-story maintenance.

Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr

[#1, #17] Locker allocation/space overhead, utilities, routine locker maintenance and inventorying plus structural monitoring/periodic weighings and engineering reassessments.

Logistics And Transport $7K/yr

[#14, #16] Expected annual allocation for occasional heavy-lift rentals and potential long-term storage rental contingency if needed.

Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr

[#9] PPE, sanitation, disposable exercise clothing, batteries, consumables and cleaning supplies.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $590K/yr

93.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine testing, no heavy-mass progression incidents or major transport/disposal events.

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🚨 Incident Heavy Transport $617K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$28K vs baseline

One-off incident requiring external heavy-transport/removal or disposal of SCP-8114 after it becomes immobile for a subject.

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🚨 Heavy Mass Containment Upgrade $890K/yr

2.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Sustained triggering of SCP-8114's secondary property necessitates full conversion to heavy containment (structural reinforcement, hoist/crane, vault).

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👥 Personnel 3 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	1	Lead researcher (1.0 FTE) responsible for protocol design and analysis. Mapped to [#6].
Lab Technician	1	Part-time technician (~0.5 FTE) for experiment setup and sensor maintenance. Mapped to [#6].
Medical Officer	1	Part-time medical oversight (0.1–0.2 FTE) for screenings and on-call review. Mapped to [#6].

📋 Confidence Notes

Containment and operational needs are well-described (Safe-class, small object) so recurring and basic one-time costs are fairly well-bounded; uncertainty remains over the probability, timing and scale of heavy-mass progression events and disposal/worst-case scenarios, reducing confidence from high to medium.

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