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SCP-8119 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8119
Expected annual
$482K
One-time setup
$82K
Annual recurring
$461K
Personnel
5
Estimated one-time provisioning and equipment purchases are modest (~$82,000) while annual operating costs are dominated by staff wages and research/security overhead (~$461,050/year). Main cost drivers are research staff salaries, subject handling and psychological/legal safeguards.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $82K
Equipment $25K
[#1, #3, #5, #6, #10, #24, #27] Tamper-evident hardware and locker provisioning (#1); CCTV/electronic access install (#3); transport kits (#5); spare/backup camera bodies & lenses (#6); encrypted server hardware (#10); one-time redaction/tooling development allocated as capital (#24); replacement/repurchase reserve (#27).
Advanced Neuro Experiments Campaign $18K
[#13] fMRI/EEG campaign costs (small campaign estimate; one-time per campaign).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $14K
[#8, #9] Darkroom/film-processing equipment, PPE and fume-control hardware (#8) and high-resolution film scanner + digitization workstation (#9).
Human Subjects Setup $10K
[#15] Initial IRB/ethics setup, documentation, consent-form design and administrative overhead (one-time).
Materials Analysis Campaign $8K
[#12] Outsourced CT/SEM/mass-spec/materials campaigns (per discrete campaign; cost here is a representative campaign estimate).
Sop Development $6K
[#23] Initial SOP and training material development and one-off training rollout.
Facilities $2K
[#8] Ventilation and minor darkroom/site modifications for safe chemical handling and fume control.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $461K/yr
Staff Wages $310K/yr
[#4, #14] Security personnel pro-rated allocation and small permanent research team (PI, lab technician, data analyst/IT) salaries; pro-rated to SCP-8119 containment and research.
Research And Monitoring $65K/yr
[#10, #11, #15, #16, #17, #22, #23, #24] Encrypted offsite backups and maintenance (#10 recurring), data retention/indexing/archive integrity checks (#11), IRB yearly renewals/recordkeeping (#15 recurring), subject compensation (#16), psychological screening/monitoring/counseling (#17), hazardous waste disposal for darkroom chemicals (#22), SOP refreshers (#23 recurring), redaction/content-moderation tooling maintenance (#24 recurring).
Cover Story And Legal $38K/yr
[#18, #25, #26] Legal counsel and cover-story management (#18), PR contingency/cover-story budget (#25), liability insurance / institutional overhead allocation (#26).
Incident Response Fund $30K/yr
[#19] Reserved rapid-response/crisis-management budget for accidental disclosure, psychological harm claims, media leaks, emergency interventions.
Supplies And Consumables $9K/yr
[#7, #21] Film stock and developing consumables (#7) and consumables/small equipment (batteries, gloves, lens-cleaning, film cans) (#21).
Logistics And Transport $6K/yr
[#20] Secure transport/internal escorted transfers (2–6 transfers/yr pro-rated).
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#1, #2, #3, #8] Locker/cabinet maintenance & audits (#2), tamper-evidence maintenance (#1 recurring), CCTV operational/storage costs (#3 recurring), darkroom equipment maintenance (#8 recurring).
Long Term Study $0/yr
[#28] Optional/conditional multi-year longitudinal study budget (analyst-estimated range $50k–$200k/yr when active). Set to $0 in baseline recurring to reflect that this is not always active; modeled in scenarios when activated.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $461K/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine containment, periodic small campaigns, and no major incidents or program scale-up.
routine research no incidents no large-scale studies
🚨 Minor Incident $481K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Small accidental disclosure, limited psychological harm claims, or a contained media inquiry requiring extra legal/psych support.
limited disclosure participant distress minor legal action
🚨 Major Breach $711K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Public exposure or significant breach requiring large PR/amnestic/legal operations and possible replacement/destruction of assets.
public leak major legal claim large-scale emergency response
🚨 Research Scale Up $604K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$142K vs baseline
Foundation elects to run a funded multi-year longitudinal/neuroimaging expansion (activates long-term study budget and advanced experiment campaigns).
longitudinal program approval advanced neuroimaging campaign
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#4] Two on-site security/escort personnel (pro-rated allocation for SCP-8119).
Research Scientist / PI 1 [#14] Principal Investigator leading experiments and oversight.
Lab Technician 1 [#14] Runs darkroom/film processing, sample prep and routine maintenance.
Data Analyst / IT 1 [#14, #10] Handles digitization, secure storage, redaction tooling and data indexing/backup.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of provided ranges and pro-rated attributions; many costs (campaigns, scale-ups, incident sizes) are scenario-dependent, so figures are approximate but grounded in the analyst notes.
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