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SCP-8818 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8818
Expected annual
$109K
One-time setup
$932K
Annual recurring
$98K
Personnel
0.2
Estimated one-time setup and contingency reserves are approximately $932,000, with baseline annual operating costs ~ $98,100 driven by a part-time case officer, periodic diagnostics, secure recordkeeping/IT, and small admin costs; the dominant cost risk is conditional physical containment (one-time retrofit plus high recurring staffing).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $932K
Facilities $500K
[#9] Containment contingency capital: retrofit/secure humanoid cell or wing (lower-end single room to full wing).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#7, #2] Initial research tranche for preterbiological study (postdoc/technician months, sequencing, reagents) plus occasional intensive investigative study one-offs.
Public Exposure Contingency Fund $100K
[#14] Seed contingency for PR/legal payouts, settlements, and public record manipulation in the event of exposure.
Equipment $82K
[#5, #6, #8, #11] One-time scanning/ingestion setup, IT hardware/software appliances, -80°C freezer purchase, vehicle and transfer equipment purchases.
Insurance And Black Budget Seed $30K
[#20] One-time seed to establish classified/black-budget accounts and opaque bookkeeping for off-books expenses.
Legal And Cover Setup $10K
[#4] Initial cover identity and legal groundwork: legal fees, establishing cutouts/MOUs, case file creation.
Amnestic And Psych Seed $10K
[#13] Seed stockpile for amnestics/psychological management and initial training/qualification costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $98K/yr
Staff Wages $30K/yr
[#1] Single assigned covert case officer (0.1–0.25 FTE) to handle check-ins, medical liaisons, records review, and approvals.
Rapid Response Readiness $20K/yr
[#12] On-call rapid-response team readiness, overtime reserve, call-out payouts and periodic drills.
Research And Monitoring $20K/yr
[#2, #5, #6, #18] Routine/annual specialist medical exams (~$10k/yr), recurring secure storage/admin for archives, hosting/licensing/IT maintenance, and periodic ethics/compliance audits.
Supplies And Consumables $9K/yr
[#3, #16, #8] Routine medical-record copying/redaction, office consumables/couriers, and LN2/electricity/maintenance for sample storage.
Cover Story And Legal $6K/yr
[#20] Ongoing legal retainers, classified administrative overhead and accounting to maintain cover budgets (recurring component of black-budget/insurance).
Clinic Liaison Stipend $6K/yr
[#15] Quarter-time stipend / small incentives to local clinic/hospital liaisons to facilitate record replacement and exams.
Logistics And Transport $4K/yr
[#11] Vehicle maintenance and insurance costs for the unmarked transport asset and related transfer equipment upkeep.
Amnestic Restocking $3K/yr
[#13] Consumable amnestic refills, training refreshers and small replenishment of psychological management supplies.
Facilities Maintenance $600/yr
[#17] Energy and utilities for monitoring equipment, small continuous power draw for sensors and servers.
Containment Operational Staffing $0/yr
[#10] Contingency recurring cost for guards, on-site medical attendant, 0.5–1 FTE researcher, maintenance and shift coverage if physical containment is instated (estimated $200k–$500k/yr when active; set to 0 in baseline).
Long Term Surveillance Projection $0/yr
[#19] Long-term projection/lifetime surveillance liability (planning note). This is a cumulative planning figure ($1M–$3M over decades) and is not added as an extra ongoing line item beyond baseline costs here.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $98K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with exemption from physical containment; routine monitoring and admin only.
no_change_in_anomalous_state routine_medical_checks secure_recordkeeping
🚨 Minor Incident $158K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline
Limited medical incident or small public exposure requiring emergency response, amnestic use, and PR/legal actions.
medical_emergency limited_public_exposure targeted_amnestic_deployment
🚨 Containment Instated $898K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
SCP-8818 stops aging / displays dangerous behavior and is placed into physical containment, triggering construction and staffing costs.
halted_aging self_awareness_of_anomaly detection_of_biological_activity
👥 Personnel 0.2 total
Role Count Notes
Case Officer / Covert Liaison 0.2 [#1] Single part-time assigned case officer (0.1–0.25 FTE) accounted for in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on detailed analyst notes and canonical containment policy (exemption from containment), but ranges are wide for contingency items (containment retrofit, staffing, and research tranche). Uncertainty is medium due to conditional high-cost scenarios and limited historical frequency data.
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