SCP-4076
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-4076
Expected annual
$745K
One-time setup
$3.6M
Annual recurring
$727K
Personnel
4.5
Initial containment and contingency reserve dominate one-time costs (~$3.64M), while recurring costs are driven by staff wages, research/forensics, security operations, and legal/cover-up reserves (~$727k/yr). Sacrificial experiments or incidents can add large, infrequent expenses.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $3.6M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $727K/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$727K/yr
Normal year with no major incidents or authorized sacrificial experiments; routine operations and maintenance only.
stable containment
no experiments authorized
routine maintenance only
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Minor Incident
$827K/yr
Localized unauthorized exposure or small containment incident requiring hazmat cleanup and limited legal/amnestic response.
unauthorized viewing or near-miss
small-scale disappearance
single-civilian exposure
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Sacrificial Experiment
$1.0M/yr
Management authorizes sacrificial robotic/remote experiments that consume expendable robotics and trigger contingency operations.
approval for sacrificial robotics experiment
disposable hardware deployment
associated contingency/cleanup/legal costs
Personnel
4.5 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 3 | [#8] Three full-time guards to enforce two-person rules and respond to incidents (salaries included in staff_wages). |
| Research Scientist | 1.5 | [#9] 1.5 FTE containment scientists/curator-level staff responsible for chain-of-custody, maintenance, and coordination (salaries included in staff_wages). |
Confidence Notes
Line-item cost ranges and containment needs are well-documented in analyst notes, but incident probabilities, frequency of transfers/experiments, and scale of potential public exposures are uncertain; contingency reserves introduce large variance.