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SCP-4405 Safe ? low confidence
SCP-4405
Expected annual
$7.3M
One-time setup
$27.2M
Annual recurring
$7.2M
Personnel
22
Initial one-time setup is dominated by R&D to detect manifestations and anti-teleportation development (~$27.2M one-time). Ongoing annual costs are dominated by research/monitoring programs and staffing (~$7.24M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $27.2M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $25.8M
[#5, #6, #9, #20] Detection/monitoring R&D and prototype sensors, anti-teleportation R&D & per-site deployment hardware, and laboratory setup for scientific analysis. (Optional large exploitation one-time program not included in baseline.)
Facilities $600K
[#7, #16] Temporary perimeter installation, secure checkpoints, and potential site-specific permanent upgrade/demobilization costs (permanent upgrade chosen for baseline).
Equipment $422K
[#2, #3, #8, #12, #14] Security kit & uniforms, specialized vehicles and harness/winch systems, on-site medical equipment, communications hardware, and initial secure file-system/vault hardware.
Initial Reserve $300K
[#17] Initial contingency/reserve fund set aside for unexpected one-time responses or purchases.
Amnestic Stock $75K
[#11] Initial stock and training for memetic/amnestic countermeasures.
Training And Certification $40K
[#1] One-time rapid-response team specialized training & certification.
Helicopter Purchase $0
[#4] Helicopter purchase excluded in baseline (charter/operation used instead); purchase option is possible but not budgeted here.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.2M/yr
Research And Monitoring $2.3M/yr
[#5, #6, #20] Ongoing monitoring/data-center operations, anti-teleportation maintenance & upgrades, and a small exploratory R&D program into side-effects/exploitation (baseline exploratory budget included).
Staff Wages $2.0M/yr
[#1, #2, #8, #9] Salaries and benefits for rapid-response team (~6 FTEs), permanent on-site security (9 guards), medical staff (2 medics), and research staff (baseline 5 researchers).
Intelligence And Counterintelligence $750K/yr
[#18] Low-intensity CI/monitoring and inter-agency operations to detect or counter entities capable of universal-transport access.
Insurance And Contingency $658K/yr
[#17] Recurring contingency/reserve (~10% of baseline recurring operational budget) to cover large-scale incidents or emergency procurements.
Logistics And Transport $420K/yr
[#3, #4] Vehicle maintenance/fuel/charging and helicopter/VTOL rapid-insertion charter/operation costs (charter/ops chosen for baseline instead of purchase).
Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr
[#10] Legal retainers, PR/cover-operation retainer fees, and contingency payments to preserve plausible deniability.
Clearance And Training $400K/yr
[#15] Background checks, clearance processing, and annual training/briefings for a pool of authorized personnel (~200 staff processed annually).
Supplies And Consumables $155K/yr
[#8, #9, #13] Medical consumables, laboratory consumables, and modest food budget for staff not dining within instances.
Amnestic And Memetic $100K/yr
[#11] Annual usage budget for amnestic treatments and memetic countermeasure administration (baseline incident-driven usage estimate).
Facilities Maintenance $40K/yr
[#7, #13] Perimeter/site maintenance and utilities (lighting, HVAC, IT) for the staging/containment footprint.
Documentation And Archival $35K/yr
[#14] Ongoing secure archival storage, cold-storage rotation, and recordkeeping maintenance.
Public Cover $30K/yr
[#19] Minimal façade/public-facing costs for a fake restaurant front (marketing, dummy filings, small maintenance).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.2M/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, staffing, and small-scale R&D; no major incidents or breaches.
routine_manifestations contained no hostile universal-transport incursions
🚨 Minor Incident $7.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring rapid-response deployment, extra repairs, limited amnestic use, and short-term logistics surge.
unexpected manifestation in populated area small-scale breach requiring on-site reinforcement
🚨 Major Breach $12.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or hostile access attempt that requires aircraft insertion, large-scale countermeasures, black-ops interdiction, and legal/compensation expenses.
hostile universal-transport incursion multi-site coordinated access attempt
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Rapid Response / Containment Team 6 [#1] Team leader, med tech, two security specialists, one containment researcher; 6 FTEs included in staff wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#2] 24/7 posted guards (3 shifts × 3 guards) included in staff wages.
Medical Officer 2 [#8] On-site medics/EMTs included in staff wages.
Research Scientist 5 [#9] Scientific/engineering staff studying the phenomenon; baseline chosen as 5 researchers (salaries included in staff wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many largest cost drivers (detection of universe-obliteration signals and universal-transport interdiction R&D) are speculative with wide uncertainty ranges; staffing and routine ops are better-defined but overall budget sensitivity is high.
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