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SCP-8544 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-8544
Expected annual
$66K
One-time setup
$106K
Annual recurring
$63K
Personnel
0.21
One-time capital/setup costs are moderate (~$105.5k) driven by secure hardware, vault/upgrades, contingency seed and optional research; recurring annual operating costs are modest (~$61.8k/yr) driven by staff wages (IT/medical/psychiatry), legal/cover expenses, and monitoring/logging. Major cost drivers are frequency of amnestic administrations and any triggered medical complications or research projects.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $106K
Additional Research $30K
[#19] Optional small-scale R&D into amnestic efficacy / cognitive resilience if rediscovery recurs (mid-range project cost).
Equipment $25K
[#1, #5] Hardened server/HSM and initial access-control/policy tooling; primary capital hardware for single-recording storage and initial access-management tooling.
Contingency Fund Seed $20K
[#15] Seed for rapid-response/contingency fund for emergency evacuations, specialist consults, or unexpected care.
Sop Development $10K
[#12] One-time development of containment SOPs, memetic-safety review, and training materials.
Facilities $8K
[#2, #16] Vault/physical-security initial upgrades and tamper alarms; includes vault setup costs tied to offline backup storage and targeted server-room physical security upgrades.
Backup And Vault Hardware $6K
[#2] Offline backup hardware (LTO drive/tapes or encrypted SSDs) and initial offsite vault rental/setup.
Amnestic Inventory $5K
[#8] Initial purchase/secure storage and shelf-rotation stock of approved amnestic doses (5–10 doses, mid-range).
Destruction Per Event $1K
[#20] Audited destruction procedure cost per secure destruction event of redundant copies (per-event one-time).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $63K/yr
Staff Wages $32K/yr
[#3, #7, #10] Fractional FTE allocations: sysadmin (0.05–0.10 FTE), psychiatrist portion (0.02–0.05 FTE), and medical technician/on-call physician stipend (0.05–0.10 FTE combined).
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#14, #21] Ongoing legal/ethics oversight, counsel reviews, and modest PR/cover-story reserve.
Hr Monitoring $5K/yr
[#13] HR monitoring, access restrictions, periodic reviews of email/login activity and compliance overhead.
Research And Monitoring $4K/yr
[#11] Post-amnestic follow-up (MRI, neuropsych testing) and periodic monitoring when executed (proactive or per-event follow-up budget).
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#6, #18] Media rotation/replacement, checksum verification technician time, medical disposables (IV kits, PPE), replacement drives/tapes.
Access Audit And Log Retention $2K/yr
[#5, #17] Audit processes, keyholder workflow tooling recurring costs, SIEM/log storage and retention for access audits.
Amnestic Restocking $2K/yr
[#8] Ongoing replacement/expiry rotation for amnestic inventory consumed or expiring.
Training And Sops Refresh $2K/yr
[#12] Annual refresher training, memetic-safety briefings, and SOP updates.
Facilities Maintenance $1K/yr
[#16] Ongoing maintenance for vault alarms/CCTV/environmental controls specific to server room/vault upgrades.
Logistics And Transport $1K/yr
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Vault Rental $1K/yr
[#2] Offsite vault rental / cold-storage site fees for air-gapped backup retention.
Endpoint Monitoring $800/yr
[#4] Endpoint/EDR licenses and targeted monitoring for Dr. Veidni's workstations plus log ingestion costs (seat licensing + logging).
Medical Administration Per Event $0/yr
[#9] Per-event medical administration cost for amnesticization ($1,500–$8,000 per administration). Set to 0 in baseline recurring; handled in adverse scenarios as incremental per-event costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $63K/yr
84.0% probability / year
Uneventful year with no rediscovery events; normal monitoring, maintenance, and staffing.
no rediscovery routine audits and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $74K/yr
12.0% probability / year +$11K vs baseline
Single rediscovery event requiring one amnestic administration and standard follow-up.
single rediscovery one amnestic administration standard post-amnestic follow-up
🚨 Frequent Rediscovery $116K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$53K vs baseline
Multiple rediscoveries in one year trigger repeated amnestic administrations and a funded research response.
3+ rediscoveries multiple amnestic administrations triggered research project
🚨 Major Medical Complication $102K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$39K vs baseline
A severe adverse medical reaction to amnesticization requiring hospitalization, specialist care, and contingency expenditures.
adverse reaction hospitalization specialist/evacuation
👥 Personnel 0.21 total
Role Count Notes
Sysadmin / Infosec 0.08 [#3] Fractional FTE for patching, integrity checks, key management, and audits (0.05–0.10 FTE).
On-site Psychiatrist 0.03 [#7] Portion of psychiatrist time allocated for monthly sessions and supervision (0.02–0.05 FTE).
Medical Technician / Nurse 0.08 [#10] Fractional FTE for administration/monitoring of amnestics and on-call duties (0.05–0.10 FTE).
On-call Physician / Medical Oversight 0.02 [#10] Physician oversight/on-call stipend coverage (fractional FTE-equivalent).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and reasonable ranges, enabling a mid-confidence estimate; uncertainty remains around true frequency of rediscovery events and scope of potential medical complications or research triggers, which could materially change annual costs.
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