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SCP-8895 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-8895
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$3.0M
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
7
One-time capital costs for secure lab, compute and potential OR buildout dominate (≈$3.0M one-time if OR is built); recurring annual costs for an active research program are ≈$1.20M/yr driven by personnel, insurance, legal/OPSEC and specialized maintenance. A minimalist lock-and-don't-test posture reduces annual costs to a few thousand dollars.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.0M
Neurosurgery Or Buildout $2.0M
[#23] In-house neurosurgical suite buildout alternative to using public hospitals (~$2,000,000 conservative).
Medical Contingency Reserve $200K
[#14] Reserve fund for neurosurgical complications / emergency medical costs.
Cover Seed $150K
[#20] Seed fund for cover/OPSEC, PR and legal suppression operations (~$150k).
Equipment $115K
[#2, #16] Badge reader/camera install ($5k) and research compute cluster + software licenses (~$110k).
Bsl2 Upgrade $100K
[#13] BSL-2 access/upgrade if not available onsite (~$100k conservative).
Redundancy Reserve $100K
[#22] Recovery/response reserve for loss/damage of the single physical device (~$100k).
Forensic Lab Setup $70K
[#8] Air-gapped forensic workstation(s) + Faraday/grounding/lab setup (~$70k).
Legal Setup $50K
[#7] Institutional review / legal compliance setup and bespoke consent paperwork.
Storage Purchase $50K
[#9] Secure SAN/WORM purchase for high-capacity .adx storage (~$50k).
Cybersecurity Setup $50K
[#11] Integration of policies/tools to isolate test lab and initial malware-containment work (~$50k).
Soundproof Booth $20K
[#12] Soundproof observation booth for tests (~$20k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10K
[#5] One-time lab prep for cadaveric/ex vivo testing (~$10k).
Forensic Hardware $10K
[#10] Forensic duplicator & write-blocker hardware (~$10k).
Insurance Setup $10K
[#15] Initial broker/setup fees for insurance/indemnity (~$10k).
Training And Sop $10K
[#17] SOP development and initial training materials (~$10k).
Audit Systems $10K
[#18] Logging/audit systems and software (~$10k).
Facilities $500
[#1] Upgraded locker seals/labeling and minor containment upgrades.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Staff Wages $535K/yr
[#2, #6, #12] Dedicated research team salaries and incremental security allocation (PI, 2 neurotechs, data scientist, clinical psychologist, admin, plus security allocation).
Research And Monitoring $150K/yr
[#4] Neurosurgical per-procedure costs; baseline assumes ~1 procedure/year at ~$150k per subject (OR time, surgeon, ICU, imaging, etc.).
Cover Story And Legal $115K/yr
[#7, #20] Ongoing legal counsel/compliance and cover-OPSEC operations (~$115k/yr combined).
Mental Health Care $100K/yr
[#21] Long-term follow-up and mental-health care budget for subjects/staff (~$100k/yr).
Insurance Premiums $100K/yr
[#15] Annual insurance/indemnity/liability premiums (~$100k/yr).
Cybersecurity Monitoring $50K/yr
[#11] Ongoing malware containment monitoring, audits, and incident-response staffing (~$50k/yr).
Incident Response $50K/yr
[#24] Incident investigation / root-cause readiness and occasional investigations (~$50k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $22K/yr
[#3, #13, #25] Sterile sheaths/gloves/ESD mats (~$2k/yr), hazardous-waste contract and PPE (~$10k/yr), miscellaneous consumables and utilities (~$10k/yr).
Compute Maintenance $20K/yr
[#16] Electricity/maintenance for analysis cluster and licensed software updates (~$20k/yr).
Storage Archival $15K/yr
[#9] Offsite archival (air-gapped tapes/encrypted drives) and power/cooling (~$10k + $5k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#19] Secure courier/transport budget for occasional transfers and chain-of-custody (~$10k/yr).
Training And Drills $10K/yr
[#17] Yearly refresher training and tabletop drills (~$10k/yr).
Forensic Lab Maintenance $10K/yr
[#8] Ongoing maintenance/calibration for air-gapped forensic workstation(s) (~$10k/yr).
Audit Log Retention $5K/yr
[#18] Log storage/retention costs for immutable chain-of-custody (~$5k/yr).
Forensic Disposal $4K/yr
[#10] Secure shredding/degaussing service access (~$2k per disposal event; ~2 events/yr assumed).
Facilities Maintenance $500/yr
[#1] Locker monitoring/calibration/locker maintenance and tamper-seal checks.
Cadaveric Specimens $0/yr
[#5] Per-specimen procurement ( ~$5k–$25k each); not budgeted in baseline year (0 specimens assumed).
Observation Monitoring $0/yr
[#12] Per-test monitoring supplies (~$200/test); not budgeted in baseline (0 tests assumed).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
94.5% probability / year
Active research/testing program year with scheduled testing and full maintenance (normal, uneventful year).
scheduled_testing normal_operations no_major_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Corrupted .adx produces hazardous output or localized data loss requiring investigation, cleanup and limited medical/legal response.
corrupted_adx_hazard limited_contamination_or_data_loss small_investigation
🚨 Major Breach $3.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
bunbun.exe spreads or there is a large-scale containment/OPSEC failure causing enterprise infection, major legal exposure, and extended recovery.
enterprise_infection insider_breach public_exposure
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Principal Investigator / Lead Researcher 1 [#6] PI overseeing experiments and analysis.
Neurotech / Lab Technician 2 [#6] Two technicians for handling, sample prep and lab work.
Data Scientist / Forensic Analyst 1 [#6] Analysis of .adx files and ML/forensic processing.
Clinical Psychologist 1 [#6, #12] On-call for subject monitoring and psychological safeguards.
Administrative Staff 1 [#6, #7] Admin support for consent, IRB-equivalent and logistics.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#2] Incremental security allocation for access control and physical checks.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes include detailed line-item ranges for most categories, but several large items (number of procedures/year, whether an in-house OR is built, cadaveric specimen usage, and severity/frequency of incidents) are highly variable. Estimates are midpoint/conservative choices where ranges existed.
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