SCP-4274 — SCP-4274 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4274 Neutralized ~ medium confidence

SCP-4274

Expected annual

$183K

One-time setup

$86K

Annual recurring

$178K

Personnel

1.65

One-time setup (archival vaulting, basic lab, -80°C freezer) ~ $86.5k; baseline annual operating costs driven by staff, legal/PR retainer, monitoring and contingency reserve ~ $177.6k/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $86K

Initial Research And Lab Setup $35K

[#4] Basic lab capability for accessioning and preliminary autopsy/histology: dissection table, PPE, formalin fixation, paraffin embedding, microtome, light microscope; high-resolution/specialized analysis outsourced.

Facilities $22K

[#1] Secure archival acquisition and vaulting of original diaries: transport, chain-of-custody logging, cataloguing and placement in climate- and humidity-controlled archival vault (setup/use fees).

Equipment $15K

[#3] Ultra-low temperature freezer (-80°C) purchase and installation, data logger and alarm integration.

Acquisitions $10K

[#11] Museum/collector acquisitions or compensation (per significant specimen or collection; typical small acquisitions used as representative one-time figure).

Training And Sop Development $5K

[#15] One-time SOP development and initial staff training for accessioning, handling, disposition and lawful disruption methods.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $178K/yr

Staff Wages $62K/yr

[#7, #13, #2, #20] Salaries and pro-rated FTEs: monitoring analyst (primary), part-time security allocation for stored items/archives, administrative/cataloguing labor and oversight effort.

Contingency Reserve $25K/yr

[#16] Annualized contingency reserve for unexpected discovery of live POI or living anomalous individuals (rapid response, temporary containment, medical evaluation).

Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr

[#8, #9] Baseline legal retainer and PR/cover-organization contracts for routine messaging and preparedness for takedowns or controlled releases.

Logistics And Transport $15K/yr

[#6] Field retrieval team and transport budget for occasional specimen retrievals (vehicle, cold-chain packaging, courier/charter).

Disruption Operations $10K/yr

[#10] Budget for covert disruption operations (grant diversion, ghostwriting, counter-studies); intermittent and campaign-driven.

It And Cataloguing $8K/yr

[#14] IT, secure database hosting, selective redaction tools, logging, backups and related cataloguing maintenance.

Research And Monitoring $6K/yr

[#7] Monitoring academic literature, museum/collector markets and subscription/software costs (subscriptions and tooling); monitoring labor captured in staff wages.

Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr

[#2, #3] Low-value item storage overhead (shelf space, basic environment control, inventory management) and -80°C freezer power/maintenance.

Insurance And Liability $5K/yr

[#17] Internal legal indemnity and liability allocations for interactions with museums/collectors and suppression activities.

Outreach Grants $5K/yr

[#18] Grants/sponsorships to steer benign pigeon/ecology research and occupy research agendas.

Outsourced Pathology $4K/yr

[#5] Specialized pathological analyses per specimen (outsourced: DNA sequencing, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, MRI, electrophysiology). Per-incident cost is variable; baseline assumes low-frequency usage.

Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr

[#4, #19] Consumables and PPE for handling preserved tissue: gloves, fixatives, specimen jars, labels, disinfectants, sharps disposal and hazardous waste removal; histology consumables.

Auditing And Oversight $3K/yr

[#20] Periodic internal audits and oversight to ensure monitoring/disruption complies with policy.

Legal Takedown Actions $2K/yr

[#8] Per-incident digital takedowns, DMCA/cease-and-desist actions and legal support; baseline allocation for occasional actions.

Media Response Per Incident $2K/yr

[#9] Per-incident media/PR response costs for controlled messaging or reactive outreach.

Evidence Sanitization $2K/yr

[#12] Evidence destruction/sanitization operations (secure shredding, digital purges) budgeted as occasional yearly allocation.

Training And Sop Refresh $1K/yr

[#15] Recurring refresh training and SOP updates.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $178K/yr

84.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year: routine monitoring, storage, minimal lab operations and periodic refresh/training.

no_incidents routine_monitoring

🚨 Minor Incident $203K/yr

15.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline

Occasional specimen discovery requiring field retrieval, outsourced analysis, and targeted legal/media response.

specimen_discovery outsourced_analysis field_retrieval

🚨 Live Poi Discovery $378K/yr

1.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Discovery of a living person-of-interest with anomalous abilities requiring medical evaluation, temporary detainment and specialized containment actions.

discovery_of_live_POI specialized_containment medical_evaluation

👥 Personnel 1.65 total

Role	Count	Notes
Monitoring Analyst	1.0	Primary literature/market monitoring FTE referenced in item #7 (0.5-1.0 FTE). Salary included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist	0.2	Part-time research support for accessioning and preliminary tissue analysis; included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	0.2	Pro-rated security allocation for archive/specimen protection (item #13); cost included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff	0.2	Cataloguing and records maintenance support for storage and diary records (part-time).
Engineer / Maintenance	0.05	Minimal maintenance support for equipment (e.g., freezer maintenance); pro-rated FTE.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are mid-range extrapolations from analyst-provided ranges. SCP is Neutralized and described costs are generally well-scoped, but frequency of incidents (acquisitions, pathology, live POI discovery) and scale of disruption operations are uncertain, producing moderate confidence.

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