SCP-4420
Unknown
?
low confidence
A Potato Thirst
Expected annual
$47.4M
One-time setup
$963.0M
Annual recurring
$43.0M
Personnel
104
One-time setup and hardening dominate costs (~$963M) for a purpose-built containment module, stabilizers and reserves; recurring annual operations (power, maintenance, staff, remediation readiness) run roughly $43M/year, with potential incident-driven spikes into the hundreds of millions or more.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $963.0M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $43.0M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$43.0M/yr
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine maintenance, staffing, monitoring and small consumables usage.
no containment breaches
routine maintenance
standard monitoring
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Minor Incident
$48.0M/yr
Localized containment event or generation spike requiring emergency response, limited remediation, temporary overtime and legal outreach.
localized water contamination event
small off-site spread
temporary stabilizer downtime
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Major Breach
$243.0M/yr
Significant containment breach or accelerated generation event causing widespread contamination and requiring large-scale remediation and reserve drawdown.
stabilizer failure
large-scale water transformation
regional contamination
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Catastrophic Breach
$1.0B/yr
Extensive uncontrolled generation or containment loss with long-term regional impact demanding billion-dollar scale emergency response and infrastructure replacement.
complete stabilizer cascade failure
persistent accelerated growth
widespread civilian exposure and infrastructure loss
Personnel
104 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 22 | [#17] Anomalous botany, memetics and thaumaturgy researchers (bench scientists conducting experiments and monitoring). |
| Senior Researcher / Thaumaturge | 4 | [#3, #17] Senior staff for stabilizer integration, memetic analysis and R&D leadership. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 50 | [#20] 24/7 perimeter and internal security, rapid-response containment teams. |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 10 | [#4, #6] Mechanical/thaumaturgic engineers for stabilizer maintenance, power systems and facility upkeep. |
| Robotics Technician / Operator | 9 | [#9, #10] Operators and technicians for remote manipulators, robotic fleet operation and spares management. |
| Medical Officer | 4 | [#19] On-site medical staff including psychiatry for memetic cases and decontamination support. |
| Administrative Staff | 4 | [#21, #27] Administrative, logistics and municipal liaison staff supporting cover operations and compliance. |
| Site Director / Executive Staff | 1 | [#1, #21] Site-level executive oversight and incident command. |
Confidence Notes
Estimates use wide ranges given in analyst notes and the anomalous, poorly predictable behavior of SCP-4420 (generation rates, memetic effects, and breach severity). Large single-event costs are highly uncertain; therefore confidence is rated low.