SCP-4081 — SCP-4081 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4081 Neutralized ~ medium confidence

SCP-4081

Expected annual

$92K

One-time setup

$654K

Annual recurring

$85K

Personnel

One-time capital costs are dominated by a contingency buildout option; baseline annual costs are modest and driven by archival, monitoring readiness, legal retainer and MTF on-call budgets.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $654K

Contingency Replication Lease Renovation $500K

[#23] Contingency capital for leasing and renovating a dedicated containment wing (low-probability, high-cost).

Scientific Research Program Seed $75K

[#22] Seed funding for a modest targeted research program (anthropology/psychology/spatial study).

Insurance Reserve Initial $20K

[#18] Initial insurance/liability reserve (lower-end reserve established).

Facilities $14K

[#1, #7] Dedicated locker purchase/installation, tamper seals, cataloging and limited door/access modifications at the gymnasium.

Equipment $12K

[#6] Portable tamper-resistant cameras, motion sensors and secure recorder installation.

Research Analysis One Time $10K

[#10] One-off contracted analytical work / modest research project seed funding.

Public Relations Fund Initial $10K

[#16] Initial contingency fund for compensation/replacement and quiet reimbursements.

Archival Digitization Setup $6K

[#3] One-time setup for scanning, secure digital storage and redaction workflow.

Training Initial $3K

[#12] Initial training and protocol documentation for guards/collection teams.

Destruction Protocols Setup $2K

[#21] Preparatory costs for secure destruction protocols (equipment, documentation templates).

Archival Supplies Initial $1K

[#20] Acid-free sleeves, archival boxes and initial environmental monitoring setup.

Initial Ppe $500

[#11] Initial gloves, archival sleeves, anti-static tools for handling anomalous paper.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $85K/yr

Mtf On Call Budget $30K/yr

[#13] On-call operational budget to cover short MTF deployments (travel, per diem, equipment).

Research And Monitoring $12K/yr

[#3, #4, #10] Ongoing archival/digitization maintenance, minimum monitoring readiness and modest recurring analysis budget.

Staff Wages $10K/yr

[#19] Part-time administrative/incident documentation support (baseline staffing included here).

Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr

[#15] Legal retainer and liaison costs with local authorities/school district.

Logistics And Transport $6K/yr

[#8] Budget for occasional secure transfers, tamper-evident packaging and couriers.

Insurance Premium $5K/yr

[#18] Annual insurance/policy premium to cover containment activities.

Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr

[#2] Allocated storage operational overhead (security, HVAC share, inventory management).

Medical And Amnestics $3K/yr

[#9] Clinician readiness, periodic amnestic stock and consumables budget.

Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr

[#11, #24] Annual PPE replenishment plus miscellaneous consumables (tape, evidence bags, batteries).

Training Refresher $1K/yr

[#12] Annual refresher training and protocol updates.

Energy And Utilities $1K/yr

[#17] Incremental electricity and utilities for monitoring equipment and climate-controlled storage.

Surveillance Maintenance $600/yr

[#6] Annual maintenance and service for portable surveillance equipment.

Archival Preservation Maintenance $600/yr

[#20] Ongoing archival preservation (environmental monitoring, replacement sleeves).

Psychological Care $0/yr

[#14] Psychological care reserve for affected civilians (budgeted only if events recur; baseline neutralized = 0).

Active Guarding $0/yr

[#5] Cost to redeploy two guards during school hours (only incurred if containment is active; baseline neutralized = 0).

Replication Staffing If Enacted $0/yr

[#23] Additional staffing for a dedicated containment site (only if replication buildout is executed; baseline = 0).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $85K/yr

92.5% probability / year

Neutralized status maintained; only archival, readiness, legal retainer and MTF on-call budgets funded.

no_events archival_maintenance routine_readiness

🚨 Minor Incident $105K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline

Isolated information breach or small localized event requiring transfers, amnestics, legal and PR work.

isolated_information_breach single_transfer_and_amnestics limited_legal_action

🚨 Reactivation Active Containment $235K/yr

2.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

SCP events recur and active containment is reimplemented (stationing guards, increased surveillance, medical responses and expanded operations).

reactivation_of_events stationing_guards increased_surveillance_and_medical

🚨 Large Scale Containment Buildout $785K/yr

0.5% probability / year +$700K vs baseline

Widespread or persistent events force establishment of a dedicated containment wing/leased facility with capital renovation and significant staffing.

widespread_events containment_replication_required facility_buildout

👥 Personnel 1 total

Role	Count	Notes
Administrative Staff	1	Part-time administrative/incident documentation support funded within staff_wages [#19].

📋 Confidence Notes

Line items and ranges were provided in analyst notes allowing a reasonable baseline estimate; large uncertainties remain for low-probability, high-cost contingency actions (site buildout, research scale-up, active redeployment), so confidence is medium.

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