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SCP-8583 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-8583
Expected annual
$284K
One-time setup
$51K
Annual recurring
$267K
Personnel
0.6
One-time capital is modest (~$51k) driven by containment cabinet, access control, camera and initial research setup; recurring costs (~$266.8k/yr) are dominated by research staff salaries, medical/psych follow-up, incident contingency, and legal/administrative overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $51K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $28K
[#6, #7, #14] Initial training/SOP development, initial subject-testing program setup and participant costs, and secure data infrastructure initial setup for experiment logs and records.
Equipment $15K
[#2, #3, #11, #12, #13, #18, #19] Camera & mount + initial storage, access-control hardware/integration (hardware portion), evidence safe and chain-of-custody supplies, spare lever/parts and small bench tools, decoy fabrication, and controlled-destruction equipment/capability (lower-bound estimates used).
Facilities $8K
[#1] Dedicated secure containment cabinet (physical safe, tamper alarms, mount, installation and security-grade lock).
Expanded Research Capital $0
[#22] Large-scale neuroscience program capital (>>$200k) is contingent/optional and not included in baseline one-time total.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $267K/yr
Staff Wages $96K/yr
[#4, #5] Combined 0.5 FTE research-scientist-equivalent (0.5 FTE fully-loaded ~$90,000) plus site security partial coverage (~0.1 FTE equivalent, ~$6,000).
Incident Response Contingency $50K/yr
[#10] Holdback for remediation if operationally-critical memories are lost (retraining, temporary replacement, administrative/security remediation).
Research And Monitoring $25K/yr
[#7] Ongoing subject testing / experimental budget for routine controlled trials (scale-dependent; baseline modest research program).
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#15] Legal, cover-story, PR and reimbursement costs to mitigate staff/public exposure; mid-range baseline allocation.
Clinical Medical Evaluations $20K/yr
[#8] Baseline pre/post exposure psych evals, follow-ups, and occasional imaging (MRI/EEG) for test subjects; mid-range throughput estimate.
Insurance Reserve Personnel Replacement $20K/yr
[#21] Reserve to cover hiring, onboarding and temporary productivity loss if staff lose critical experiential memory and must be replaced.
Counseling And Reintegration $10K/yr
[#9] Licensed clinician sessions and cognitive rehab for subjects requiring reintegration or therapy.
Monitoring And Policy Enforcement $10K/yr
[#20] Periodic audits, spot-checks, vetting and admin to detect misuse or policy violations.
Ethical Oversight Admin $3K/yr
[#16] Internal oversight board administration, meeting costs, and review documentation for human testing approvals.
Archival Record Retention $3K/yr
[#24] Long-term secure archival (digital/physical) of test transcripts, redactions, and approvals.
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#17] Occasional secure transfers / courier costs (per-transfer costs prorated into annual budget).
Coin Accounting And Audit Admin $2K/yr
[#11] Annual audit/admin for logged coins, chain-of-custody supplies and occasional forensic analysis.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#12, #25] Cleaning supplies, replacement small parts, adhesives, subject refreshments, printing, postage (mid-range estimate).
Secure Data Maintenance $2K/yr
[#14] Maintenance, backups and encrypted server costs for experiment logs and redacted memetic records.
Access Control Maintenance $1K/yr
[#3] Licensing, software integration maintenance and periodic updates for badge-reader/logging system.
Training And Sop Refreshers $1K/yr
[#6] Annual memetic-safe handling refreshers and administration of the training module.
Cctv Storage And Maintenance $500/yr
[#2] Ongoing CCTV recording storage, retention and camera maintenance.
Small Electrical Energy $300/yr
[#23] Pro-rated utility costs for CCTV, access control, and occasional LED/power draw.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Expanded Research Ongoing $0/yr
[#22] Ongoing high-cost expanded neuroscience program (>>$200k/yr) is contingent and not included in baseline recurring total.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $267K/yr
78.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing and administrative overhead; no major incidents or large-scale research expansion.
routine_testing no_major_incidents standard_administration
🚨 Minor Incident $277K/yr
15.0% probability / year +$10K vs baseline
Small misuse or psychological adverse event requiring extra clinical follow-up and administrative remediation.
unexpected_subject_distress minor_protocol_violation
🚨 Major Memory Loss Incident $417K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Operator loses operationally-critical memories triggering significant retraining, replacement hires, legal mitigation and heavy contingency drawdown.
critical_memory_erasure operational_disruption legal_exposure
🚨 Expanded Research Scaleup $667K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
SCP becomes subject of large-scale neuroscience program requiring major capital outlay and sustained expanded research budgets.
research_breakthrough external_grant_or_program_launch
👥 Personnel 0.6 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 0.5 [#4] Combined 0.5 FTE of research-scientist-level oversight (two designated staff share responsibility; budgeted as 0.5 FTE fully-loaded ~$90k/yr).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.1 [#5] Partial allocation of site security time for periodic checks and on-call response (~0.1 FTE equivalent, budgeted ~$6,000/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are well-specified (cabinet, camera, staff FTE), but several items have wide ranges or are conditional (contingency, legal, large-scale research), so totals are moderate-confidence estimates.
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