SCP-2480 — SCP-2480 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2480 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-2480

Expected annual

$11.5M

One-time setup

$43.4M

Annual recurring

$11.4M

Personnel

One-time capital costs are dominated by construction of Site-13 and research lab/equipment; recurring costs are driven by embedded personnel/MTF readiness, research operations, community integration, and a standing contingency fund. Total one-time outlay is roughly $43.4M with recurring annual operations around $11.4M.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $43.4M

Facilities $25.0M

[#1] Construction of Dimensional Research Site-13 (labs, containment suites, living quarters, shielding and climate control).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.0M

[#9] Research instrumentation for dimensional anomaly study (detectors, spectrometers, cryogenics, containment test rigs).

Land Acquisition $3.0M

[#2] Purchase of Bodfel Manor and adjoining parcels via covert acquisitions and legal/title work.

Legal Contingency Reserve $3.0M

[#30] Legal contingency / war-chest reserve for settlements, large-scale amnestic campaigns or exposure events.

Ordnance Procurement $1.0M

[#8] Ordnance/destruction and heavy-equipment procurement (weapons, demolition charges, excavators, secure storage setup).

Incident Recovery Reserve $1.0M

[#23] One-time contingency/reserve fund for major incident repairs, rebuilding, and deep decontamination.

Transportation Fleet $650K

[#17] Purchase of armored/stealth vehicles, boats and armored vans for local response and asset transport.

Perimeter Access Control $400K

[#3] Fencing, berms, gated access roads, vehicle barriers and covert camouflage for non-violent civilian denial.

Psi9 Specialized Equipment $400K

[#7] One-time specialized equipment for MTF Psi-9 readiness (specialized weapons/equipment for Emanation Events).

Community Goodwill $375K

[#12] Initial goodwill/community compensation and covert soft-influence startup funds/infrastructure projects.

Medical Facility $375K

[#15] On-site medical/decontamination bay buildout, hazmat suits and initial hazardous-waste handling equipment.

Power Backup $350K

[#16] Backup generators, installation and initial fuel storage for uninterruptible power and HVAC redundancy.

Surveillance Grid $300K

[#4] Permanent surveillance & sensor grid (CCTV, motion/thermal/acoustic sensors, drone patrol baseline procurement).

Embedded Staff Setup $300K

[#5] One-time setup costs for embedded personnel: identity creation, housing and initial relocation expenses.

Vaults $250K

[#10] Secure archives & artifact vaulting (climate-controlled safes, Faraday cages, restricted-access storage procurement).

Communications Infrastructure $250K

[#20] Hardened networks, encrypted radios and satellite communications baseline procurement.

Maritime Monitoring $225K

[#28] Coastal monitoring hardware and purchase of a small patrol boat and shore sensors.

Pr Legal Setup $175K

[#13] One-time setup for public-relations and legal cover operations (shell company formation, initial legal retainers).

Forensic Program $125K

[#26] Initial hazardous evidence processing and forensic program startup (lab setup, protocols).

Amnestics Stockpile $100K

[#11] Initial stockpile procurement of Class A/B/C amnestics and secure pharmaceutical storage.

Specialist Retainer $100K

[#21] One-time retainer/setup fees for external specialist contractors (physicists, occultologists, linguists).

Initial Clearing $38K

[#19] Initial perimeter/vegetation clearing and controlled brush removal.

Equipment $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.4M/yr

Staff Wages $4.5M/yr

[#5, #6, #7] Embedded personnel salaries/benefits (~20 covers), MTF Epsilon-6 continuous presence, and Psi-9 readiness retainer/rotation costs.

Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr

[#9] Ongoing research operations: technicians, maintenance/calibration of detectors/spectrometers and experimental consumables.

Contingency Fund $1.0M/yr

[#23] Annual reserve for incident recovery, additional amnestic campaigns and ad-hoc large repairs after manifestations.

Cover Story And Legal $850K/yr

[#13, #27, #30] PR/legal operations, cover-shell compliance overhead and annual legal retainers for exposure mitigation.

Logistics And Transport $600K/yr

[#17, #28, #29] Fleet fuel/upkeep/insurance, maritime patrol operations, and vehicle/asset replacement reserve.

Community Compensation $500K/yr

[#12] Annual community stipends, local projects and payments to key locals to discourage reporting and maintain cover.

Supplies And Consumables $375K/yr

[#8, #11, #26] Ordnance consumables/replacements, ongoing amnestic procurement/use, and forensic consumables.

Medical Operations $300K/yr

[#15] Ongoing med bay operations, amnestic administration logistics, hazardous waste disposal and medical staff operations.

Specialist Contractors $300K/yr

[#21] Ongoing retainers/contract work for external subject-matter experts (occultologists, linguists, anthropologists).

Records Management $300K/yr

[#25] Long-term monitoring, archival staff, data analysts and watch officers for trend analysis and records upkeep.

Training And Drills $200K/yr

[#18] Annual live exercises, readiness drills, expendables and contractor training for Emanation Event response.

Power Operations $175K/yr

[#16] Fuel, maintenance and testing for backup power, HVAC redundancy and uninterruptible supplies.

Law Enforcement Liaison $125K/yr

[#14] Payments, MOUs, training and liaison programs with local law enforcement for non-violent denial coordination.

Intelligence Humint $125K/yr

[#22] Payments to informants, rumor monitoring, tip lines and HUMINT operations beyond embedded staff.

Facilities Maintenance $112K/yr

[#3, #10] Perimeter maintenance, vault/storage climate control upkeep and related site maintenance.

Surveillance Operations $112K/yr

[#4] Ongoing operations/repairs/data storage for permanent surveillance & sensor grid including drone patrols.

Cybersecurity Operations $112K/yr

[#20] Ongoing cybersecurity monitoring, secure comms upkeep and incident response for Site-13 networks.

Environmental Management $88K/yr

[#19] Regular perimeter vegetation control, controlled burns/brush removal and forest-route surveillance.

Psychological Services $50K/yr

[#24] Counseling and trauma support for embedded staff and civilians post-incident.

Forensic Processing $50K/yr

[#26] Ongoing hazardous evidence processing and forensic testing of recovered materials.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.4M/yr

92.8% probability / year

Normal operational year with routine research, embedded operations and no significant Emanation Events or exposures.

routine operations no Emanation Events no public exposure

🚨 Minor Incident $11.7M/yr

6.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline

Localized Emanation Event requiring limited site repairs, targeted amnestic campaign, contractor cleanup and temporary surge staffing.

localized Emanation Event minor structural or equipment damage small-scale amnestic ops

🚨 Major Breach $13.9M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline

Significant Emanation Event or larger containment breach requiring major repairs, mass amnestics, extended contractor engagement and legal responses.

major Emanation Event extensive structural damage widespread civilian exposure

🚨 Catastrophic Exposure $21.4M/yr

0.2% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Full-site compromise or public exposure leading to large settlements, major rebuilding, national-level response and extended remediation.

full-site compromise mass public exposure extended multi-agency remediation

👥 Personnel 46 total

Role	Count	Notes
Embedded Staff (cover identities)	20	[#5] Foundation personnel integrated into the town as full-time covers (teachers, shopkeepers, municipal roles).
Security Officer / MTF Agent (Epsilon-6)	14	[#6] Infiltrated operators maintaining continuous on-site/embedded tactical presence and rotation.
MTF Psi-9 operatives (on-call/standby)	12	[#7] On-call rapid-response MTF maintained at high readiness (statewide/national standby posture paid for via recurring readiness costs).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates use midpoints from analyst ranges and combine many recurring items; costs are well-scoped by the notes but include uncertainty around incident frequency, contractor rates, and the scale of necessary response, so confidence is medium.

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