SCP-4335 — SCP-4335 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4335 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-4335

Expected annual

$2.1M

One-time setup

$2.1M

Annual recurring

$2.1M

Personnel

First-year setup (one-time purchases and reserves) is dominated by software development, server hardware, and a large catastrophic reserve; ongoing annual costs are dominated by specialist staffing, SOC/security, legal/OPSEC, and insurance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.1M

Containment Failure Reserve $1.2M

[#25] Containment failure / catastrophic reserve (one-time large reserve).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $275K

[#4] Custom containment software and development (6–12 month effort).

Equipment $188K

[#1, #3, #8, #13, #21] Server hardware ($90,000), off-site backup initial purchase ($15,000), physical security initial install ($45,000), account/bot infra initial ($6,000), secure file/archive initial ($32,500).

Emergency Reserve Allocation $175K

[#18] Dedicated contingency reserve to rapidly spin up new world/server (one-time allocation).

Amnestic Treatment $150K

[#12] Amnestic treatment and care for original server inhabitants (assumed 10 people).

Vurgent Training Initial $58K

[#11] Initial development and delivery of Vurgent-class cognitohazard resistance training curriculum and materials.

Logistics Initial Arrangement $30K

[#23] One-time cost for dedicated secure transport/logistics arrangements.

Facilities $0

[] No explicit physical construction/structural cost provided in analyst notes.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.1M/yr

Staff Wages $700K/yr

[#6] Operational staff salaries (sysadmins, containment operators, world-builders, lead admin; includes benefits/shift premiums).

Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr

[#9] Cover/OPSEC operations, legal budgets and takedown/legal defense.

Insurance $200K/yr

[#22] Insurance, liability and specialized anomaly-containment policy premiums.

Security Soc $185K/yr

[#7] Security Operations Center / monitoring, IDS/IPS, threat intel and incident response (staffing or managed service).

Research And Monitoring $115K/yr

[#19] Ongoing R&D into SCP behavior, optimization of mob farms and fail-safes.

Software Maintenance $105K/yr

[#5] Ongoing software maintenance, patching, security updates, mod updates (1–2 FTE equivalent).

Breach Contingency Fund $100K/yr

[#20] Annual contingency for rapid human response kits, replacement staff and emergency operations.

Facilities Maintenance $78K/yr

[#2, #15] Colocation/datacenter footprint (rack/power/network) estimated annual cost plus energy/utilities.

Supplies And Consumables $75K/yr

[#14] Consumables and in-world item restocking budget (operator overtime or outsourced maintenance).

Mental Health $65K/yr

[#10] Monthly Standard Mental Evaluations and counseling for assigned personnel.

Access Control Admin $42K/yr

[#26] Documentation, clearance management, audits and access control administration.

Physical Security Guards $35K/yr

[#8] Manned guard service and monitoring for colocated hardware.

Snapshot Testing $30K/yr

[#17] Snapshot/restore testing, rollback drills and temporary compute for tests.

Logistics And Transport $25K/yr

[#23] Recurring logistics and secure transport for hardware moves and emergency relocation.

Emergency Reserve Standby Fees $24K/yr

[#18] Standby/cloud credit fees associated with keeping emergency migration capacity available.

Ethics And Oversight $20K/yr

[#24] Ethics/compliance board costs and independent oversight.

Vurgent Training Refreshers $15K/yr

[#11] Recurring refresher courses and certification maintenance for Vurgent-class training.

Bandwidth $15K/yr

[#16] Bandwidth and network transit for operators, backups, telemetry and remote management.

Archive Maintenance $8K/yr

[#21] Maintenance of secure file/map archives, DLP and access controls.

Bot Hosting $7K/yr

[#13] Hosting/licensing costs for dummy accounts/automated clients.

Offsite Backup Rotation $6K/yr

[#3] Recurring off-site/air-gapped backup rotation and secure vaulting storage fees.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.1M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, maintenance, and scheduled refreshers only.

routine_operations scheduled_maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $2.2M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Localized containment incident requiring rapid remediation, limited amnestic treatments, staff overtime, and legal/OPSEC push.

localized_server_corruption operator_contamination partial_data_loss

🚨 Major Breach $3.1M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Significant containment breach with SCP-4335 escaping to public servers or mass exposure requiring emergency world spin-up, large-scale amnestic operations, and major legal/PR response.

containment_breach_with_server_escape public_exposure mass_data_spread

👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
System Administrator	2	[#6] Two sysadmins (24/7 rotation coverage) included in operational staff wage estimates.
Containment Operator / World-Builder	5	[#6] Four–six containment operators; midpoint used (5). Responsible for in-world actions, dispenser restocking and repairs.
Lead Admin / Team Lead	1	[#6] One lead administrator coordinating operations and escalation.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing mid-point estimates, but many items are range-based (staffing levels, insurance, and contingency reserve size) and involve uncertain probabilities for breaches, so confidence is medium.

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