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SCP-826 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-826
Expected annual
$446K
One-time setup
$651K
Annual recurring
$435K
Personnel
11
One-time establishment costs are moderate (~$651k) driven by emergency-response setup and contingency reserve; recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages, emergency-readiness and contingency replenishment (~$435k/yr). Incident-driven search, medical, and legal costs can increase annual spending into the hundreds of thousands or millions in rare years.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $651K
Contingency Reserve Establishment $300K
[#22] Establishment of insurance/contingency reserve fund for catastrophic incidents, long missions, or permanent losses.
Emergency Response Initial $125K
[#12] Emergency Response/Recovery Team initial training, kits and multidisciplinary preparedness for a small team (4–8 people).
Equipment $106K
[#1, #2, #3, #5, #9, #19, #20, #24] Safe unit, tamper sensors, access-control hardware, CCTV/hardened storage, remote manipulator procurement & integration, environmental/cabinet-level controls, archival shelving, IT security hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $58K
[#10, #21] Initial experimental research budget (analytical instruments/initial testing) and sample-handling/contamination-prevention setup (clean area, hazardous disposal).
Field Team Kits $38K
[#13] Multi-environment field kits for insertion teams (portable power, med kit, comms, clothing, tracking beacons).
Facilities $25K
[#4] Secure containment room construction (small secure room, signage, airtight doorway, lighting/HVAC).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $435K/yr
Staff Wages $202K/yr
[#6, #7] Salaries and benefits: 1x full-time Level-2 researcher and part-time Level-3 oversight (FTE-equivalent), plus security staff (2 guards) and on-call security.
Emergency Response Readiness $80K/yr
[#12] On-call pay, recurrent training, certifications and readiness costs for emergency/recovery team.
Contingency Reserve Replenishment $50K/yr
[#22] Annual replenishment target for catastrophic-incident reserve as incidents draw funds.
Research And Monitoring $20K/yr
[#10, #21] Follow-up testing, consumables for experiments, per-sample analyses and ongoing research monitoring.
Search And Recovery Fund $20K/yr
[#14] Annual contingency allocation for small-to-moderate search & recovery missions (overtime, transport, consumables).
Medical And Amnestics $12K/yr
[#15] Annual supplies of amnestics, immediate care budgeting and psychiatric follow-up monitoring capacity.
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#16] Annual budget allocation for legal, PR contingency and cover-story expenses.
Periodic Drills And Audit $6K/yr
[#23] Quarterly drills, SOP updates and audit compliance costs.
Communications And Logging $5K/yr
[#11] Secure Experiment Log 826 maintenance, encrypted servers, transcription and archive management.
Field Kit Consumables $5K/yr
[#13] Consumables replenishment for field/team kits per deployments.
Experiment Staffing Overhead $5K/yr
[#8] Buddy-system and observer labor for scheduled experiments (assumes modest experiment frequency).
Cctv Storage And Monitoring $4K/yr
[#5] Off-site encrypted backups, recorded surveillance storage and monitoring fees.
Logistics And Transport $3K/yr
[#17] Transport & secure transfer protocols, per-transfer courier/vehicle costs amortized annually.
It Security Maintenance $3K/yr
[#24] Ongoing IT security, encrypted backups and intrusion detection maintenance.
Misc Overhead $3K/yr
[#25] Facility energy for CCTV/HVAC/safe, administrative overhead, procurement and clearance renewals.
Manipulator Maintenance $2K/yr
[#9] Maintenance and upkeep for remote-handling/robotic manipulators.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#19, #20] Environmental control energy & maintenance and archival/quarantine shelving maintenance.
Access Administration $2K/yr
[#3] Weekly code-change administration and chain-of-custody audit labor (~0.25–1 hr/wk at ~$50/hr).
Supplies And Consumables $600/yr
[#18] Consumables: keypad batteries, seals, PPE, disposable tools, cleaning supplies.
Sensor Maintenance $200/yr
[#2] Tamper sensor maintenance, replacement and calibration.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $435K/yr
93.8% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, staffing, maintenance, and planned experiments only.
no_incident routine_experiments regular_training
🚨 Minor Incident $482K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$47K vs baseline
Small search/recovery or medical incident requiring short mission, immediate care and limited legal/PR work.
short_search_mission medical_evacuations minor_public_exposure
🚨 Major Incident $1.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Complex multi-day to multi-week search & recovery with significant personnel medical/psychiatric costs and major legal/PR expenses.
extended_search_mission serious_injury_or_loss large-scale_retrieval_operations
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $1.9M/yr
0.2% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Major public exposure, prolonged inability to retrieve SCP, permanent personnel loss or multi-jurisdictional legal crisis.
public_exposure permanent_personnel_loss protracted_recovery
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 [#6] Full-time Level-2 researcher assigned to SCP-826 handling and experiments.
Senior Researcher / Level-3 oversight 1 [#6] Part-time Level-3 oversight (0.1–0.2 FTE) but one person on the roster for oversight and approvals.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#7] On-site guards for access control, escorts and enforcement of handling policies.
Emergency Response Team Member 6 [#12] Small multidisciplinary recovery team (4–8 people) maintained at readiness.
Administrative Staff 1 [#3, #11] Administrative support for weekly code changes, chain-of-custody logs, and Experiment Log maintenance (may be fractional FTE shared with research).
📋 Confidence Notes
Core containment and staffing estimates are well-defined, but many items (incident frequency, mission scale, reserve sizing, and experiment cadence) have wide ranges; estimates use midpoints and policy judgment so uncertainty remains.
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