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SCP-864 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-864
Expected annual
$1.6M
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$1.6M
Personnel
11
One-time capital costs for retrofitting the chamber, HVAC, waste treatment and equipment are roughly $1.42M; annual baseline operations are about $1.59M/year, driven primarily by personnel, ongoing research grants, and maintenance/consumables.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M
Equipment $497K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #12, #14, #16] One-time purchase/installation: HVAC/negative-pressure systems, robotic manipulators, camera/sensor arrays, initial drone fleet, autoclave/bioincinerator hardware, sample freezers, backup generator/UPS, and initial secure servers/offsite-capable storage.
Facilities $375K
[#1, #15] Containment chamber retrofit and drainage/effluent holding-tank installation (sealed drains, catch basins, chemical neutralization plumbing and holding tanks).
Contingency Reserve $300K
[#24] Recommended one-time insurance/contingency reserve to handle catastrophic events, legal/medical settlements, or major containment recovery costs.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#11] Laboratory buildout and initial scientific instruments (pathology/microbiology sequencing-capable equipment, sample containment kits and ULT storage installation).
Poi Custody Setup $80K
[#19] Modified secure detention cell and initial setup for custody/interrogation of POI-864 (memetic/medical safeguards, physical modifications).
Legal Cover Story Setup $20K
[#22] Initial legal/cover-story establishment costs (fake records, initial legal retainer and briefing for cover operations).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr
Staff Wages $700K/yr
[#9, #10] Salaries for containment staff and research personnel: containment specialist, remote operators, security shift coverage, hazmat technicians, and core research scientists.
Research And Monitoring $240K/yr
[#25] Ongoing research program costs (multi-year grants, external sequencing/services, imaging, specialist consults) excluding direct research salaries (included in staff_wages).
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#13, #26] Emergency medical readiness allocation (trauma/ER availability, ambulance/evacuation readiness) and a modest baseline fund for public-containment/incident obfuscation and transport/disposal logistics per serious incident.
Poi Custody $125K/yr
[#19] Annual staffing and upkeep for POI-864 custody and interrogation (guards, psychologist/medical checks, memetic containment measures).
Supplies And Consumables $103K/yr
[#7, #8, #11, #23, #3, #5] Decontamination/cleanup per-incident consumables and labor budget, PPE and cartridges, lab consumables and reagents/sequencing consumables, consumable test clothing, spare end-effectors and small-parts for robotics, and attrition/replacement for specialized drones.
Cover Story And Legal $65K/yr
[#18, #22] Record-keeping, approvals, bureaucratic overhead, ongoing legal retainers and cover-story maintenance, and information-security legal costs.
Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr
[#2, #6, #12, #14, #15, #27] HVAC energy and maintenance, autoclave/incinerator running costs, freezer power/backups, generator fuel/maintenance, effluent treatment/chemicals, and routine site maintenance/calibration.
Mortuary And Curation $40K/yr
[#20] Mortuary, forensic processing and long-term specimen curation budgets for subsumed organisms or significant specimen events.
Psychological Support $30K/yr
[#21] Ongoing counseling, memetic monitoring, and psychological safety programs for staff exposed to disturbing imagery and memetic effects.
Training And Certification $30K/yr
[#17] Regular training, BSL protocol refreshers, drone/operator certification, emergency drills, and memetic-safety training.
It And Data Hosting $24K/yr
[#4, #16] Secure data hosting, archival storage, offsite backups, and IT administration for high-bitrate video/sensor logs and memetic security.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine testing and no major containment incidents.
routine testing no breaches scheduled research
🚨 Minor Incident $1.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$45K vs baseline
Small containment incident or frequent drone/robot attrition requiring replacement, cleanup and modest legal/PR actions.
drone/robot loss local contamination event small hospitalizations or cleanup
🚨 Major Breach $1.9M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$270K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or medical/legal incident requiring major cleanup, equipment replacement, hospitalizations and expanded secrecy operations.
major subsumption event staff hospitalization public exposure requiring obfuscation
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Specialist 1 [#9] Senior scientist/lead responsible for approvals and oversight; salary portion of staff_wages.
Remote Operator / Technician 2 [#9] 24/7 remote manipulators and control-station staff for robotic operations; included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#9, #19] Shift coverage for site security and POI custody; base salaries included in staff_wages (POI custody has additional dedicated recurring costs outside this headcount).
Hazmat Technician 2 [#7, #9] Trained cleanup and decontamination personnel for responding to incidents; included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 2 [#10] On-site researchers (xenobiologist/pathologist/molecular tech) funded through staff_wages; additional grant-funded projects appear in research_and_monitoring.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item ranges provided in analyst notes are broad; many costs (research program scale, incident frequency, and chosen equipment quality) are judgment calls. Core recurring personnel and facility maintenance estimates are better-defined; incident and contingency costs have higher uncertainty.
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