SCP-4199 — SCP-4199 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4199 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-4199

Expected annual

$3.6M

One-time setup

$1.3M

Annual recurring

$3.5M

Personnel

One-time setup costs for IT, vault upgrades and an initial research lab are approximately $1.28M; ongoing annual costs are dominated by personnel, research, legal/cover reserves and contingency pools totaling about $3.53M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#17] Initial lab and containment setup for research program to study/neutralize antimemetic effects.

Equipment $418K

[#3, #8, #12, #13, #14, #18, #23] Record-scanning software dev and secure deployment, amnestic stockpile buildout, identity-management IT changes, biometric devices, secure reporting system deployment, secure comms hardware, and IT anti-tamper setup.

Facilities $300K

[#10, #19] Vault/infrastructure upgrades for reserve SCP custody and site lockdown/quarantine room buildouts.

Training Program Development $60K

[#11] Central development of antimemetic/cognitohazard training courses and materials.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.5M/yr

Research And Monitoring $1.0M/yr

[#17] Ongoing research program operating budget for antimemetic study and experiments.

Public Exposure Reserve $1.0M/yr

[#25] Central reserve for public cover campaigns, witness handling, and PR/amnesticization in the event of exposure.

Staff Wages $830K/yr

[#1, #2, #21] Per-site compliance officer plus central cognitohazard senior specialist and administrative support; includes central audit team salary allocation.

Logistics And Transport $200K/yr

[#7, #9] MTF readiness reserve and central inter-site transfer/admin overhead.

Contingency Pool $200K/yr

[#24] Central contingency pool for ad-hoc authorized SCP administrations and emergency approvals.

Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr

[#16] Central legal/compliance and internal ethics oversight non-wage costs (outside counsel, insurance, reviews).

Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr

[#10, #19] Vault and physical readiness maintenance and minor site lockdown upkeep.

Daily Search Software Maintenance $25K/yr

[#3] Annual maintenance and on-call retainer for the antimemetic-resistant record-scanning tool.

High Clearance Administrative Overhead $15K/yr

[#26] Administrative costs for O5 paperwork, approvals, and secure archival handling of exceptions.

Training Refreshers $10K/yr

[#11] Per-site annual antimemetic/cognitohazard refresher courses.

Documentation Operations $10K/yr

[#14] Operations/archives costs for immutable logs, multi-signature reports and secure reporting channels.

Audit Travel And Expenses $10K/yr

[#21] Travel and per-audit costs for cross-site verification audits.

It Forensics Storage $8K/yr

[#23] Offsite immutable backups, storage and forensic imaging audit costs.

Secure Comms Service $8K/yr

[#18] Service/seat costs for redundant secure communication lines and 24/7 call routing.

Drills And Exercises $7K/yr

[#22] Tabletop and full-scale incident response exercises per site.

Medical Keep Alive $6K/yr

[#6] Extra medical/preventative care and rapid-response coverage per instance.

Hr Surge Event Reserve $5K/yr

[#5] Annualized reserve for temporary HR surge staffing when no instance is present.

It Maintenance And Identity Management $5K/yr

[#12] Ongoing IT maintenance for hardened HR/identity management and auditing.

Backfill And Productivity Reserve $5K/yr

[#15] Annualized reserve for temporary backfill and lost productivity when instance duties are reallocated.

Incentives And Retention $5K/yr

[#20] Annual incentive/retention budget per instance (counseling, benefits top-up).

Psych Evaluations $3K/yr

[#4] Monthly psychological evaluations (per-site) for the instance.

Biometric Monitoring $2K/yr

[#13] Monitoring and storage costs for limited biometric telemetry on critical staff.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.5M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Normal, uneventful year with no major incidents; ongoing personnel, research, legal and contingency reserves funded.

no instance deaths no large-scale exposure standard operations

🚨 Minor Incident $3.6M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Localized event requiring HR surge, small MTF deployment, limited amnesticization and backfill; no public exposure.

short-term instance death or disappearance localized breach response temporary HR surge and small amnestic deployment

🚨 Major Breach $5.0M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Instance death or public discovery causing full MTF mobilization, large amnestic/cover operation, extensive legal and contingency spending, and emergency research scaling.

instance death with cascading breaches public exposure requiring PR/amnestics multi-site emergency response

👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
Compliance Officer / HR Liaison	1	[#1] Per-site designated compliance officer responsible for enforcement and coordination.
Central Cognitohazard Specialist	1	[#2] Senior specialist on-call for assignment, approvals and escalation.
Administrative Assistant (central)	1	[#2] Administrative support for the central coordinator and record searches.
Legal / Compliance Staff	2	[#16] Central legal and ethics oversight personnel.
Audit Team Members	3	[#21] Central audit/verification team performing cross-site audits and travel verification.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are drawn from analyst ranges but rely on assumptions about site count (single-site baseline), average incident frequencies, and chosen midpoints; antimemetic behavior and event-driven costs introduce uncertainty.

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