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SCP-2466 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-2466
Expected annual
$2.8M
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$2.7M
Personnel
14
Initial containment and research setup is moderate (~$1.17M one-time) driven largely by facility upgrades, research setup, and contingency seed funds; annual operations are the primary expense (~$2.67M/yr) driven by dedicated personnel, covert monitoring / rapid-response capability, and ongoing legal/mitigation reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Contingency Fund Seed $500K
[#25] One-time contingency reserve to allow rapid scaling if SCP behavior escalates or public-safety incidents occur.
Facilities $279K
[#5, #10, #13] Includes CCTV/test-room installation and a baseline persistent-town sensor-grid setup (CCTV and secure test chamber structural work and installation).
Civil Liability Seed $200K
[#16] One-time seed for victim compensation / reserve to address potential early incidents or settlements.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $130K
[#9, #24] Reverse-engineering/forensics contractor engagement + tooling/licenses and an initial analytics/one-time analysis to model town effects and support research.
Equipment $36K
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #11, #18, #19, #23] Tamper-evident locker upgrade, Faraday/EM isolation, battery-removal tooling and evidence safe, remote kill-switch hardware, automated input rig hardware, secure destruction container costs, initial archival hardware, and spare Galaxy S5 units / adapters.
Legal Fees For Destruction $20K
[#18] One-time legal/environmental compliance fees associated with secure destruction or later authorised disposal.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.4M/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #13, #14] Salaries/benefits for 1 custody/evidence technician, 2 security guards, 1 senior researcher/HMCL allocation, a 4-person covert monitoring team, and a rapid-response team (aggregate staffing cost).
Facilities Maintenance $303K/yr
[#5, #10, #13] CCTV retention/storage and routine maintenance, test-chamber upkeep, and maintenance/operational costs for the persistent sensor grid.
Insurance Risk Pooling $200K/yr
[#22] Internal insurance/risk-pooling fund contributions to offset catastrophic anomalous operations costs.
Contingency Recurring $200K/yr
[#25] Annual reserve allocation to allow rapid scaling of operations if behavior changes or unforeseen public-safety needs arise.
Medical And Psychiatric Care $150K/yr
[#17] Emergency and long-term medical and psychiatric care budgets for civilians affected by compulsions.
Cover Story And Legal $120K/yr
[#15] Annual retainer for legal/PR services and averaged incidental event spending for cover story / media management.
Civil Liability Reserve $100K/yr
[#16] Annual replenishment for liability / compensation pool to cover claims and quiet settlements.
Research And Monitoring $95K/yr
[#9, #10, #24] Ongoing reverse-engineering support/contract hours, per-test operational costs for controlled tests, and continuing analytics to monitor town effects.
Social Media Oss Monitoring $20K/yr
[#13] Lightweight OSS/social-media monitoring to detect town incidents and public chatter.
Comms Security $15K/yr
[#21] Secure communications equipment, burner devices for field teams, and periodic OPSEC audits.
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#11, #23, #14] Consumables for automated rigs and spare hardware, PPE and consumables for rapid-response/field operations.
Training Refreshers $6K/yr
[#20] Annual refresher trainings and drills for handling activations, battery removal procedures, and responder coordination.
Logistics And Transport $4K/yr
[#12] Secure transport (armored/secure courier) for inter-site moves assumed as several trips per year.
Long Term Archival Maintenance $2K/yr
[#19] Secure archival storage maintenance and redundancy for forensic images and logs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with regular monitoring, maintenance, and periodic testing but no major incidents.
no activations causing mass harm routine testing only no major public exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $2.8M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
One or two minor compelled events (e.g., small Dragon Dance/ Roost incidents) requiring local response, limited medical claims, and PR/legal action.
Flare Blitz causing localized fires or injuries Dragon Dance property damage / small fires limited need for quiet settlements and additional PR
🚨 Major Breach $5.2M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant multi-location mass-compulsion event (large Flare Blitz or Dragon Claw deployment) requiring widescale emergency response, large compensations, legal exposure, and major public cover-up.
multiple repeated Flare Blitz / Dragon Claw activations large-scale injuries/deaths or vehicle/structure destruction media exposure forcing large-scale mitigation
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Custody Technician / Evidence Tech 1 [#3, #6] Responsible for battery removal, chain-of-custody, and maintenance of evidence lockers.
Security Officer / Guard 2 [#5, #7] On-site guards for storage area and during tests; 2-person coverage for shifts.
Research Scientist (HMCL Supervisor) 1 [#8, #9, #10] Supervises tests, approves activations, and leads reverse-engineering efforts.
Rapid-Response Team (medical / fire / containment agents) 6 [#14, #17, #20] On-call team to respond to fires, assaults, mass gatherings; includes medics and containment personnel.
Covert Surveillance Agents 4 [#13] Covert local assets for monitoring █████████, CA (agents, equipment, vehicle) to detect and mitigate compelled incidents.
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment hardware and staffing costs are fairly well-specified, but major uncertainties remain around the scale and form of town-level surveillance, the frequency/severity of compelled incidents, and institutional decisions about contingency/reserve sizing; this yields a medium confidence.
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