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SCP-1464 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-1464
Expected annual
$6.0M
One-time setup
$9.9M
Annual recurring
$5.9M
Personnel
35
Initial capital costs are dominated by land acquisition and on-site compound construction (total one-time ~ $9.95M). Ongoing annual costs (~ $5.90M/year) are driven by staff wages, satellite/legal operations, environmental management, and contingency/incidental response budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.9M
Facilities $7.7M
[#1, #3, #9, #10] Land purchase, perimeter installation, field research/security compound, and initial utilities/power infrastructure installation.
Equipment $1.2M
[#5, #6, #11, #12, #16, #22, #23] Patrol vehicles/ATV/boat fleet, remote monitoring install, controlled lighting rigs, observation hardware, diving/ROV/sonar equipment, initial data/IT hardware, and secure evidence shelving/room fit-out.
Large Scale Contingency Reserve One Time $1.0M
[#30] Capital reserve set aside for extraordinary mitigation, relocation, or multi-agency response (one-time portion).
Legal And Cyber Setup $125K
[#7] One-time legal/cyber setup costs for satellite-image interception/modification agreements, NDAs, and initial cyber ops legal work.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.9M/yr
Staff Wages $2.2M/yr
[#4, #13] Salaries/benefits for on-site security force, supervisors, research staff, technicians, and core operational staff (security + scientific payroll).
Satellite Imagery Ops $600K/yr
[#7] Ongoing legal/cyber operations, lawyers, and cyber staff to intercept/modify satellite imagery and monitor for disclosures.
Environmental Management $400K/yr
[#17] Tree trimming, shoreline work, debris removal, controlled planting/harvesting, heavy machinery hire, and permits to stabilize configuration parameters.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#8, #25] Front-company operating costs for the limnological cover program, PR, field trips, published reports, and community payments/engagement.
Incident Response Reserve $300K/yr
[#18] Annual reserve for accidental exposures, illegal intrusion response, emergency amnestics/PR, and rapid remediation.
Facilities Maintenance $280K/yr
[#2, #3, #10] Annual property taxes, access-road/gate/fence upkeep, seasonal forestry work, and utilities/generator maintenance/fuel.
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#28] Budget for approved experimentation, protocol oversight, instrumentation use, analysis, and suppressed publication controls.
Long Term Contingency Fund $200K/yr
[#30] Ongoing set-aside to scale responses for large or correlated SCP events (recurring portion).
Cognitive Health Program $150K/yr
[#14] Psychological screening, counselling, psychiatric care, training on cognitohazard cues, and staff mental-health programs.
Amnestics And Memetic Countermeasures $150K/yr
[#15] Procurement, stockpiles, administration, and oversight costs for amnestics and memetic suppression treatments.
Administrative Legal Compliance $150K/yr
[#19] Ongoing legal counsel, permit compliance, FOIA/press handling, and litigation defense for land/cover operations.
Airspace Restriction Management $150K/yr
[#20] Fees, negotiations, NOTAMs, and liaison costs with aviation authorities for restricted airspace management.
Satellite Aerial Monitoring $150K/yr
[#21] Purchase/tasking of commercial high-resolution imagery to monitor encroachment and illegal activity.
Logistics And Transport $140K/yr
[#5, #29] Fuel/maintenance for patrol vehicles/boats/ATVs and ongoing staff rotations, supply runs, and field logistics.
Data Handling Ops $120K/yr
[#22, #6] Secure servers, redundancy, encryption, telemetry operations costs for sensor feeds and remote monitoring systems.
Training And Personnel Vetting $100K/yr
[#24] Background investigations, certifications, ongoing memetic recognition training, dive certifications, and onboarding costs.
Replacement And Depreciation $100K/yr
[#27] Annual budget for equipment replacement, lamp/electronics depreciation, and spare parts (5–10% of capital).
Supplies And Consumables $63K/yr
[#11, #12, #23] Bulb replacements/spare parts for full-spectrum rigs, maintenance/audits for observation hardware, and consumables for evidence/sample handling.
Evidence Analysis $60K/yr
[#23] Ongoing sample analysis, external lab contracts, consumables, and chain-of-custody operational costs.
Diving And Survey Ops $50K/yr
[#16] Operational costs, maintenance, and service contracts for ROVs/AUVs, compressors, dive support, and sonar upkeep.
Insurance And Liability $40K/yr
[#26] Property and liability insurance for front company and on-site personnel.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.9M/yr
90.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, maintenance, and planned research.
routine operations scheduled research no major public exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $6.2M/yr
7.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Small unauthorized visit, isolated civilian exposure, or equipment failure requiring local remediation and targeted amnestic use.
unauthorized civilian approach single-site exposure minor equipment failure
🚨 Major Breach $7.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Widespread public exposure (viral imagery or multiple witnesses) requiring mass amnestic operations, large PR/legal response, and multi-day remediation.
viral social-media exposure mass witness reports coordinated intrusion
🚨 Large Scale Mitigation $10.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Severe configuration event or correlation to other SCP threats requiring relocation, extended multi-agency response, or major capital mitigation.
configuration correlated to other SCPs need for relocation or large-scale containment multi-agency emergency
👥 Personnel 35 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#4] Rotating armed guards to cover interdiction zone access points and patrols.
Security Supervisor 2 [#4] Shift supervisors and senior security coordinators.
Research Scientist 8 [#13] Principal investigators, aquatic ecologists, cognitive scientists.
Field Technician 3 [#13] Technicians, ROV pilots, dive support technicians.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#10, #27] Facility and equipment maintenance, generator/solar maintenance.
IT / Cyber Staff 2 [#7, #22] Secure-data, telemetry operations, and satellite/cyber image operations.
Medical Officer 1 [#14] On-call medical/psychiatric support for dive and memetic incidents.
Dive Team / ROV Operator 2 [#16] Certified divers and ROV/AUV operators for underwater surveys.
Administrative Staff 3 [#8, #19, #25] Administrative, legal liaison, and cover-company operations support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide broad ranges and clear cost drivers (land, compound, staffing), but actual costs vary widely by jurisdiction, procurement choices, and frequency of incidents; memetic/cognitohazard exposure frequency and legal approaches introduce additional uncertainty.
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