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SCP-4085 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-4085
Expected annual
$10.5M
One-time setup
$16.6M
Annual recurring
$9.8M
Personnel
77
Initial setup is roughly $16.6M driven by facilities, containment hardware, and research/lab setup; recurring annual costs are roughly $9.78M driven by staff wages, research/monitoring, and contingency/reserve requirements.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $16.6M
Facilities $6.1M
[#1, #2, #14, #28, #9] Site acquisition and land/control, provisional Site-90 conversion, incinerator/disposal facility setup, preliminary excavation/drilling and major HVAC/environmental installation.
Equipment $4.0M
[#3, #10, #11, #12, #8, #23, #24, #17, #18, #19, #15] Perimeter hardware, monitoring/sensor suite, GPR equipment, robotic platforms, generators/UPS, vehicle fleet, armory procurement, cold storage, PPE, data/security servers, and medical equipment.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.4M
[#16, #26] Lab buildout for psychotropic countermeasures and initial funding/build for long-term Abaddon Energy research program.
Containment Hardware $1.8M
[#13] Specialized Standard Omega Tartarean seals and high-security containment cell fabrication for T-Entities.
Rapid Response Equipment $600K
[#5] Armored transport, riot-control equipment and rapid-response vehicles/equipment.
Incident Reserve Initial $500K
[#25] Initial reserve fund for injury/death relief and liability contingencies.
Legal And Cover Initial $400K
[#20] Initial legal, cover-story, and public affairs setup costs.
Anomalous Storage Initial $400K
[#29] Initial long-term containment modules / vitrification / memetic-dampening storage procurement.
Covert Operations Initial $250K
[#21] Initial budget for covert negotiation/liaison/black-ops contingencies.
Recruitment Onboarding $125K
[#6] Hiring/onboarding costs for scientific staff and specialists.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.8M/yr
Staff Wages $5.3M/yr
[#4, #6, #7, #15] Salaries and benefits for 24/7 armed security (~40 guards), scientific staff (≈10 researchers), technical/engineering & maintenance staff (~10), and baseline medical staffing.
Contingency Reserve $800K/yr
[#27] Expendable reserve for equipment replacement and unexpected breaches (~10–25% of operating budget).
Research And Monitoring $725K/yr
[#11, #10, #26] Ongoing GPR/geomapping campaigns and geotech, sensor calibration and high-grade monitoring maintenance, and ongoing Abaddon Energy research program funding.
Supplies And Consumables $540K/yr
[#15, #16, #12, #17, #18] Medical supplies, psychotropic/drug program consumables, robotic/drone replacement parts, cold-storage consumables, PPE replacements.
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#23, #5] Fuel/maintenance for vehicle fleet and operational/training costs for rapid-response deployment.
Administration Overhead $350K/yr
[#30] Documentation, HR, accounting, procurement, background checks and general site administrative expenses.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#20, #21] Ongoing legal, liaison, public affairs, and covert negotiation/liaison retainer/operations.
Power Operations $300K/yr
[#8] Fuel, grid electricity top-up, and generator/UPS operation costs.
Incident Contingency Provision $200K/yr
[#25] Annual provisioning for injury/death relief payouts and liability actuarial provisioning.
Facilities Maintenance $175K/yr
[#3, #9] Perimeter/fence/lighting upkeep and HVAC/environmental operations/filters maintenance.
Training And Psych Care $150K/yr
[#22] Regular emergency drills, personnel psychological care, and fatigue mitigation programs.
Containment Maintenance $100K/yr
[#13] Maintenance and inspection of Tartarean seals and high-security containment hardware.
Biohazard Disposal Operations $100K/yr
[#14] Incineration/disposal operations, burial vault upkeep and decontamination operations.
Anomalous Storage Maintenance $100K/yr
[#29] Monitoring and consumables for long-term anomalous-item storage/containment.
Armory Maintenance $50K/yr
[#24] Weapons maintenance, secure armory upkeep, and certification.
Data Security Operations $50K/yr
[#19] Operations, off-site backup rotations, encryption maintenance and secure archive upkeep.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.8M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents.
routine_operations no_breach standard_research_activity
🚨 Minor Incident $10.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized equipment losses, minor breach attempts, small-scale repairs and medical payouts.
equipment_damage minor_breach limited_personnel_injuries
🚨 Major Breach $14.8M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or coordinated attack causing structure damage, multiple casualties and major repairs.
large_scale_breach site_damage multiple_casualties
🚨 Major Interior Excavation $34.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Decision/year in which major tunneling/excavation/remediation into the 8,000 m interior is undertaken.
decision_to_excavate large_scale_geotechnical_work experimental_mitigation_builds
👥 Personnel 77 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 40 [#4] Armed security for 24/7 coverage; includes rotations and benefits.
Specialized Rapid-Response Team 6 [#5] Anti-anomaly tactical intervention team; armored transport/operators included.
Research Scientist 10 [#6] Anomalous specialists and senior researchers assigned to SCP-4085 study and Abaddon Energy research.
Technical / Engineer / Maintenance 10 [#7] Electricians, HVAC, IT, fabricators and maintenance staff for containment systems.
Medical Officer 4 [#15] On-site trauma surgeons, medics and psychiatric emergency staff.
Administrative Staff 6 [#30] Documentation, HR, accounting, procurement and administrative support for Site-90.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#30] Site leadership and executive decision-making (Director-level).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed with line-item ranges and drivers, allowing a reasoned estimate; uncertainty remains on frequency of breaches, scale of excavation decisions and Abaddon Energy effects which produce variance in multi-year totals.
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