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SCP-8213 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-8213
Expected annual
$102K
One-time setup
$118K
Annual recurring
$98K
Personnel
0.22
One-time startup hardware, containment case, and recapture equipment are the main capital drivers (~$118k). Annual operating costs are modest but dominated by optional D‑Class retention and research/contingency funding, yielding recurring costs of about $97.7k/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $118K
Equipment $56K
[#1, #3, #4, #5, #9, #10, #11] Bulletproof containment case (#1), UV-filtering film (#3), environmental sensor hardware (#4), CCTV hardware (#5), transport crate (#9), tracking hardware (#10), recapture/drone kit hardware (#11).
Incident Contingency Seed $30K
[#15] One-time contingency / emergency repairs seed reserve (recommended $10k–50k).
Legal Liability Reserve $30K
[#24] One-time legal/external-relations reserve for public-exposure mitigation (reserve range $10k–50k).
Facilities $2K
[#2] Installation into Site PT20 lower-level vault (secure mount, mounting labor, tamper seals).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $98K/yr
D Class Retention $40K/yr
[#13] Cost for retaining a dedicated D‑Class for sympathetic testing (conditional; ~$30k–50k/yr; conservative $40k/yr used).
Research And Monitoring $17K/yr
[#4, #16, #17, #20] Sensor cloud storage/maintenance (#4 ~$100–300/yr), specialized research allocation (#16 $10k–25k/yr), archival/documentation and records management (#17 $200–800/yr), periodic deep conservation amortized (#20 amortized ~$300–2,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $11K/yr
[#18, #24] Regulatory/cover story and legal operations (#18 $5k–15k/yr) plus small annual standby/retainer for liability/external relations (#24 recurring if maintained).
Staff Wages $8K/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #12] Live-monitoring staffing or contracted monitoring (#5 ~$2,000/yr), biannual inspection labor (#6 ~$600–1,000/yr), conservator consultancy time (#7 ~$600–2,000/yr), pro-rata security allocation (#12 ~$4,000/yr).
Incident Contingency Replenishment $8K/yr
[#15] Recommended annual replenishment of emergency/incident contingency fund (~$5k–10k/yr).
Recapture Maintenance And Training $5K/yr
[#11] Annual training and maintenance for rapid-response/recapture kit (drone/net systems upkeep and training ~$5,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#25, #19] Long-term amortized capital replacement fund / facility overhead (#25 amortized $2k–5k/yr) and energy/facility overhead pro‑rata (#19 $100–500/yr).
Training And Sop Refreshers $2K/yr
[#22] Annual training and SOP refreshers for personnel handling SCP‑8213 (~$1,000–5,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $1K/yr
[#10, #21] Tracking/indoor-localization monitoring (~$200/yr) (#10) and transport/logistics for moves (~$400–2,000/yr; assume 1–2 moves/yr) (#21).
Medical Monitoring $1K/yr
[#14] Medical/psych/physical monitoring for involved personnel (researcher, D‑Class) (~$500–2,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $480/yr
[#8, #23] Tung oil and consumables (#8 ~$60–200/yr) and small-tool/PPE replacement (#23 ~$200–500/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $98K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with standard inspections, consumables, monitoring, and optional D‑Class retained.
regular_inspections no_incidents standard_research_activity
🚨 Minor Incident $128K/yr
6.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Small escape or localized incident requiring RRT deployment, minor repairs, limited legal/PR costs and contingency use.
brief_escape local_infrastructure_repair limited_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $318K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$220K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring major recapture operations, replacement of containment hardware, extensive legal/PR and site repairs.
public_exposure extended_escape major_infrastructure_damage
🚨 Research Scale Up $123K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Authorization granted for expanded esoteric testing requiring additional staff, instrumentation, and increased security/contingency budgets.
approved_research_program D-Class_intensified_testing
👥 Personnel 0.22 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.1 [#12] Pro‑rata security allocation for escorts/monitoring (0.1 FTE pro rata).
Research Scientist / Conservator (consultant) 0.05 [#6, #7] Conservator consultancy and inspection supervision (consultant hours; ~4–8 hrs/yr).
CCTV/Monitoring Contractor 0.05 [#5] Contracted/live-monitoring staff pro‑rata (~$2k/yr equivalent).
Administrative Staff 0.02 [#6] Administrative sign-off and records handling for inspections (pro‑rata).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates for each major element; object is Safe with well-described procedures and specific cost ranges, allowing reasonably high confidence in these estimates.
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