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SCP-8348 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8348
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
16
Initial one-time setup costs are approximately $1.17M driven by specialized lab fit-out and a contingency reserve; recurring annual costs (~$1.33M/yr) are dominated by research and personnel (research team, rapid-response, and monitoring). Major cost drivers are staff wages, research infrastructure, rapid-response capability, and an emergency contingency reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Contingency Reserve $625K
[#17] One-time contingency reserve for high-severity events, catastrophe fund held until case closure.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $302K
[#7, #14] Specialized thaumaturgical containment/experiment infrastructure and ritual-safe test chambers/atmospheric controls/portable field lab [#7]; initial specialized lab analyses / assay startup costs (wax/chemical dating, memetic profiling) [#14].
Equipment $174K
[#1, #4, #13, #15] Surveillance hardware (cameras, mics, housings, loggers) and installation [#1]; initial Class-C stock/setup small purchase [#4]; object-tagging/tagging-system kits [#13]; mobile lab/vehicle buyout (mid-range) [#15].
Facilities $25K
[#5] Vault fit-out, environmental controls and alarm integration for SCP-8348-1 storage (fireproof safe and vault modifications).
Legal Setup $25K
[#12] One-time legal/cover-story setup costs for incorporation/identity management and initial legal fees.
Archival Research $18K
[#8] Archival & provenance research fees, travel and document access for Order of the Sidereal Stag investigations.
Compensation One Time $4K
[#10] One-time emergency/relocation funds or immediate small subsidies for the Durants/business disruptions.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Staff Wages $882K/yr
[#2, #3, #6, #10] Monitoring operations staff salaries (2–3 FTE incl. benefits and data handling) [#2]; rapid-response agent salaries (regional on-call team portion) [#3]; applied thaumaturgy team salaries (PI + researchers + techs salary portion) [#6]; partial shop payroll/subsidy support (pro-rated) [#10].
Logistics And Transport $162K/yr
[#3, #9] Rapid-response vehicle lease/maintenance and travel budget portion [#3]; recurring field travel and logistics for research/containment team (flights, hotels, per diem) [#9].
Research And Monitoring $112K/yr
[#6, #14] Research consumables and experiment overhead for applied thaumaturgy (mid-range consumables) [#6]; ongoing specialized sample analyses / memetic assays (recurring) [#14].
Durant Compensation And Shop Support $70K/yr
[#10] Annual stipend/subsidy to the Durants plus shop payroll/compensation and bookkeeping assistance to mitigate commercial disruption.
Mobile Unit Retainer $50K/yr
[#15] Alternative recurring option: retain on-call mobile amnestic/processing contractors rather than buyout.
Psych Medical Care $13K/yr
[#11] Psychological counseling, medical oversight, and follow-up care for the subjects.
Administrative Overhead $12K/yr
[#18] Ongoing administrative reporting, redaction, data management, and minor IT support for logs.
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#12] Ongoing legal/cover-story maintenance, liaison payments, and occasional interventions to preserve shop appearance and documentation.
Supplies And Consumables $9K/yr
[#4, #13] Class C amnestic operational supplies & per‑incident administration costs [#4]; tagging/tracer replacements and forensic kit replenishment [#13].
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#5] Annual maintenance for vault, environmental controls, tamper alarms, and archival cataloguing time.
Indefinite Support Budget $0/yr
[#16] Placeholder for long-term indefinite-support scenario (not included in baseline recurring total here; handled as a scenario increment).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with monitoring, research, and on-call response operating at steady-state (no major incidents).
routine_monitoring scheduled_research no_public_breach
🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Single or a few witnessed exchange events requiring rapid-response deployments and amnestic administration.
single_public_witnessing small_response_deployment amnestic_use
🚨 Major Breach $1.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Large public exposure or multi-witness event requiring mass amnestic operations, mobile unit surge, legal interventions, and significant logistics.
mass_exposure mobile_unit_deployment legal_and_public_intervention
🚨 Indefinite Support $2.2M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$850K vs baseline
Neutralization fails or is not pursued; SCP requires long-term indefinite monitoring, support, and expanded research budget.
neutralization_failure long_term_monitoring expanded_research
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Senior Researcher / PI 1 [#6] Lead applied thaumaturgy researcher (Dr. Caldwell-equivalent) to direct experiments and field work.
Research Scientist 3 [#6] Mid-level researchers performing experiments, field interviews, and analysis.
Research Technician 1 [#6, #7] Lab technician(s) supporting ritual-safe chambers, sample prep, and consumables handling.
Monitoring Technician 3 [#1, #2] Video/sensor monitoring staff (2 FTE day/evening + part-time night coverage) managing alerts and data review.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 5 [#3] Rapid-response regional plainclothes containment unit (4–6 person team) for witness interception and masking.
Medical Officer 1 [#4, #11] Medical/amnestic administrator overseeing Class C administration, medical follow-up, and counseling referrals.
Administrative Staff 1 [#5, #12, #18] Archival/cataloguing time, legal liaison coordination, redaction/reporting, and minor IT support.
Cover / Shop Support (subsidized) 1 [#10] Part-time subsidized staff to maintain shop operations and cover-story continuity (compensated by Foundation).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are midpoints of analyst ranges and split multi-component items across appropriate categories; costs for thaumaturgical work and breach frequency are inherently uncertain, but analysts provided detailed line items allowing a medium confidence.
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