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SCP-8346 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8346
Expected annual
$5.4M
One-time setup
$14.3M
Annual recurring
$5.1M
Personnel
30
Initial capitalization is driven by facility retrofits, mobile/field kits, classified IT and a large risk reserve; recurring annual costs are dominated by specialized research staff wages, R&D and emergency readiness, totaling several million per year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $14.3M
Risk Reserve $10.0M
[#25] Central catastrophic-risk reserve for worst-case psychic/operational liabilities (held as one-time capital reserve).
Mobile Mtf Kits And Vehicles $1.2M
[#8] MTF deployable thaumaturgical rigs, portable anchors and armored vehicle/van purchases (several kits/vehicles).
Facilities $800K
[#1] Dedicated thaumaturgical containment/test chamber retrofit and structural shielding upgrades.
Emergency Reserve Fund Initial $500K
[#18] Initial emergency response / containment preparedness purchase and reserve seed.
Classified It Infrastructure $300K
[#14] Air-gapped servers, encrypted comms hardware and classified IT initial procurement.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#10] Initial lab buildout and instrumentation to support R&D programs for SCP-8346.
Site Hardening $250K
[#7] Initial site hardening, access-control upgrades and physical security hardening costs.
Equipment $200K
[#3, #16] Permanent monitoring/sensor setup and communications hardware purchased as installed facility equipment.
Redundant Power Infrastructure $200K
[#2] Installation of redundant power, UPS and conditioning to prevent collapse mid-procedure.
Decommissioning $200K
[#23] Fund to safely dismantle chambers, neutralize artifacts and destroy sensitive materials if retired.
Admin Initial Setup $200K
[#26] Departmental initial office setup, procurement systems and admin onboarding costs.
Training Development $100K
[#9] Curriculum development, simulation chambers and initial training program setup.
Records Initial Digitization $50K
[#20] Initial secure digitization and vaulting of records for long-term retention.
Ip Initial Protection $50K
[#28] Initial legal/work to secure classified IP, compacts and restricted access agreements.
Cultural Acquisitions Initial $25K
[#30] One-time cultural/linguistic acquisitions or licensed media purchases when required.
Per Instance Setup Fund $20K
[#15] Setup costs for temporary per-instance containment locations (furniture, communications, literature) per first instance.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#5, #6, #7] Salaries for PI/director, senior thaumaturges, research technicians, clinicians/mental-health staff and security personnel.
Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr
[#3, #10, #17] Ongoing R&D budget, monitoring storage/maintenance, artifact repair/reconsecration and experimental program costs.
Administrative Overhead $400K/yr
[#26] Departmental office costs, HR, procurement, secretarial staff and general admin operations.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#11, #12, #24] Legal counsel, Ethics Committee time, cover-story/OPSEC operations and PR/deniability baseline operations.
Emergency Readiness Operations $300K/yr
[#18] Readiness training, rapid-response teams, quarantines and medical countermeasure stock rotation.
Training And Certification $120K/yr
[#9] Recurring certification, simulation runs and continuing education for Foundation and MTF personnel.
Classified It Operations $100K/yr
[#14] Operations, patching and secure communications maintenance for classified IT infrastructure.
Medical Care $100K/yr
[#19] Pre/post-procedure medical care, pathology and tissue storage operational costs.
Logistics And Transport $70K/yr
[#21, #8] Armored couriers, secure inter-site transfers and maintenance/transport costs for MTF field kits.
Public Health Biosecurity $60K/yr
[#27] Coordination with biohazard teams, environmental monitoring and vaccination/containment readiness.
Data Sharing Collaboration $50K/yr
[#13] Secure liaison, travel, collaboration overhead and controlled data transfers with ICSUT and partners.
Inspections Calibration Qa $40K/yr
[#22] Regular calibration of sensors/thaumatic instruments, QA reviews and external audits.
Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr
[#1, #7] Ongoing maintenance of containment chamber environmental controls, shielding integrity and site hardening upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#4] Specialized reagents, prepared sigils, ritual oils, rare salts/metals and per-procedure consumables (assumes limited procedures annually).
Records Retention $30K/yr
[#20] Secure long-term retention, offsite backups and archival storage operations.
Per Procedure Admin $25K/yr
[#29] Administrative overhead per-procedure: approvals, committee time and scheduling (assumes limited procedures yearly).
Ip Maintenance $20K/yr
[#28] Ongoing legal maintenance, restricted-access agreements and knowledge-protection activities.
Per Instance Maintenance $12K/yr
[#15] Ongoing maintenance costs per active SCP-8346-A instance (assumes occasional, limited-duration instances).
Redundant Power Maintenance $10K/yr
[#2] Maintenance, fuel/testing and service contracts for redundant power/UPS systems.
Cultural Acquisitions $10K/yr
[#30] Ongoing purchases/translations of culturally-appropriate materials for preserved consciousness instances.
Communications And Devices Maintenance $3K/yr
[#16] Maintenance and replacement for hardened tablets, telepresence hardware and safe interfaces.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.1M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with limited procedures and no major incidents.
routine procedures no breaches standard R&D cadence
🚨 Minor Incident $5.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Small containment incident or localized psychological destabilization requiring targeted response and cover-up.
small leak/exposure single SCP-8346-A destabilization limited PR/settlement
🚨 Major Breach $8.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.7M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or multi-site incident requiring broad emergency response, legal action and replacement resources.
multi-person compromise public exposure large-scale contingency activation
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $8.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$3.7M vs baseline
Major successful experimental result that prompts approved rapid expansion of program capacity and staffed R&D.
breakthrough result O5 approval for accelerated scale-up need to procure additional equipment/staff
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Site Director / PI (Applied Thanatological Thaumaturgy) 1 [#5] Department director / principal investigator salary included in staff_wages.
Senior Thaumaturge / Research Scientist 2 [#5] Senior research staff required for procedure planning and oversight.
Research Technicians / Lab Staff 3 [#5] Technicians and postdocs to perform procedures and manage equipment.
Psychologist / Psychiatrist 3 [#6] Clinicians providing in-procedure mental-health support and follow-up.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#7] Armed guards and MTF agents for site security and potential field deployments.
Administrative Staff 4 [#26] HR, procurement, secretarial and admin functions included in administrative_overhead.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#2, #14, #22] Power, UPS, IT and instrument calibration support staff.
MTF Specialists / Field Technicians 4 [#8, #9] Deployable team specialists trained on mobile thaumaturgical kits and procedures.
Medical Officer 1 [#19] Medical support for pre/post-procedure care and pathology coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling a mid-confidence estimate; uncertainty remains in per-procedure frequency, severity probabilities, and sizing of the catastrophic risk reserve.
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