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SCP-832 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-832
Expected annual
$830K
One-time setup
$175K
Annual recurring
$823K
Personnel
5
One-time setup costs are modest (~$175k) driven by specialized equipment and auditing software; recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages, financial monitoring/auditing, legal/compliance and contingency reserves (~$823k/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $175K
Auditing Software Integration $100K
[#16] One-time purchase and integration of financial monitoring/auditor software and associated IT integration costs.
Equipment $40K
[#1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #27] Includes primary electronically locked safe, secondary transfer safe, CCTV hardware & NVR installation, dedicated secure terminal(s), remote handling tools (manual + robotic manipulator), entry-screening hardware installation (per-site portals), evidence-handling supplies and low-cost mitigation hardware (tokens/signage).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $30K
[#23] Controlled economic sandbox and simulation environment one-time buildout for safe research/testing.
Disposal Or Archival Plan $5K
[#28] One-time costs for establishing disposal or long-term archival procedures, legal approvals, and chain-of-custody setup if chosen.
Facilities $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $823K/yr
Staff Wages $316K/yr
[#10, #11, #14, #16, #25] Ongoing personnel costs: security allocation, access-control/admin staff, research staff (lead + tech), auditors/financial monitors, and administrative record-keeping labor.
Contingent Risk Reserve $250K/yr
[#26] Conservative annual reserve to cover potential regulatory fines, legal exposure, or large contingent liabilities if SCP-derived knowledge is misused.
Cover Story And Legal $96K/yr
[#17, #18] Legal retainer / compliance counsel and cover-story / staff training / HR overhead and related communication costs.
Incident Contingency Fund $50K/yr
[#19] Annual contingency budget for incident/containment-breach response, rapid-response activation, forensics and temporary operations.
Research And Monitoring $46K/yr
[#4, #12, #23, #24] Video storage/retention, psychological screening program costs, sandbox operation, and ethics-board oversight related to research and monitoring.
Insurance Liability $28K/yr
[#20] Internal insurance reserve for property, medical/employment claims and liability related to containment operations.
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#7, #15] PPE (gloves) and experimental consumables / controlled test currencies / lab supplies.
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#3, #5, #8, #21, #22] CCTV maintenance and NVR upkeep, secure terminal maintenance, entry-screening upkeep, energy overhead, and periodic maintenance/calibration of safes and manipulators.
Medical And Psychiatric Retainer $10K/yr
[#13] On-call psychiatric/medical response retainer for acute behavioral crises and follow-up care.
Low Cost Mitigation Recurring $1K/yr
[#27] Recurring minor costs for token replacement, printed materials, stickers and periodic reminders.
Logistics And Transport $1K/yr
[#9] Administrative/logistics costs for confiscated-coin handling, evidence bags, inventory and secure returns/destruction.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $823K/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; standard monitoring, research and administrative functions proceed.
no_incidents routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $843K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Small containment or handling incident (misplaced coin, staff exposure) requiring investigation, psychological support and short-term increased monitoring.
staff_contact_with_half_dollar minor_containment_breach confiscation_investigation
🚨 Major Breach $1.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Full-scale breach or insider misuse leading to extended forensic investigation, regulatory/legal action and large contingency spend.
full-scale_breach insider_trading_investigation regulatory_exposure
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#3, #8, #10] Responsible for monitoring CCTV, entry-screening enforcement and incident response (represents partial FTE allocation for continuous oversight).
Research Scientist 1 [#14, #15, #23] Lead researcher for experiments, study design and oversight; supports sandbox and experimental planning.
Research Technician 1 [#14, #6, #5] Technician for handling remote tools, running experiments and maintaining secure research terminals.
Auditor / Financial Analyst 1 [#16, #11] Financial monitoring, flagged-transaction review, and integration with access-control/audit systems.
Administrative Staff 1 [#9, #11, #25, #18] Manages confiscated-coin inventory, access logs, record-keeping, training coordination and cover-story communications.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most categories, so estimates are moderately reliable; uncertainty remains around contingent legal/regulatory exposure and frequency/severity of breach incidents, thus not high confidence.
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