SCP-4535 — SCP-4535 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4535 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-4535

Expected annual

$3.4M

One-time setup

$2.0M

Annual recurring

$3.3M

Personnel

Upfront capital is approximately $1.96M driven by vault retrofit and purchase of specialized analytical equipment and cradle hardware. Recurring annual costs are approximately $3.23M, dominated by staff wages (security and research), ongoing research/monitoring, per-activation consumables (meat, gas, disposal), and clone payroll/medical costs.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.0M

Equipment $992K

[#2, #3, #4, #15, #16, #24] Two-chamber cradle and mounts, gas supply setup, refrigeration/freezers, purchase of specialized analytic instruments (cryo/EM/MS), initial IT/hardware installs, and vehicle retrofit/purchase.

Facilities $700K

[#1, #19, #27] Vault retrofit, initial physical security/countermeasure upgrades, and eventual decommissioning reserve.

Major Repair Reserve $100K

[#21] Capital reserve for large repairs or critical system replacements.

Background Forging Setup $55K

[#18] One-time identity/cover fabrication and account setup for initial instances.

Cover And Legal Setup $50K

[#7] One-time legal/cover-story initial setup and retainer for staged operations.

Contingency Initial Stock $40K

[#20] Initial emergency/quarantine equipment, sedatives and readiness stock.

Initial Onboarding Training $28K

[#10] Upfront training/onboarding costs for initial SCP-4535-01 instances.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.3M/yr

Staff Wages $1.7M/yr

[#8, #9, #11] Security guard payroll (8 guards, 3 shifts), research team salaries, and payroll/welfare for active SCP-4535-01 Level-0 employees.

Research And Monitoring $750K/yr

[#14, #12, #15] Molecular biology program funding (sequencing, -omics, experiments), and ongoing analytic equipment research consumables/maintenance.

Cover Story And Legal $159K/yr

[#7, #25, #18] Ongoing legal/OPSEC team, public-relations/false-flag incident responses, and identity maintenance for clones.

Subject Recruitment $110K/yr

[#6] Outreach, screening, travel and compensation for recruited prime subjects (assumes ~10 recruits/yr).

Security Audits $100K/yr

[#19] Annual cyber/physical audits, red-team testing and training to mitigate social-engineering risks.

Training And Supervision $88K/yr

[#10] Ongoing supervision, retraining and indoctrination costs for active instances (per-instance recurring supervision).

Equipment Outsourcing $75K/yr

[#15] Outsourced instrument usage fees or maintenance contracts for EM/MS/cryo if not purchased.

Psychological Services $60K/yr

[#17] Therapists, programs and individual sessions to manage attachments and socialization protocols.

Ethics And Audit $50K/yr

[#26] Internal ethical oversight panels, administrative overhead and audit costs.

Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr

[#1, #21] Ongoing vault/airlock/door/camera maintenance and small engineering contracts.

Emergency Readiness $20K/yr

[#20] Quarantine readiness drills, sedative stock rotation and emergency response training.

Utilities $20K/yr

[#22] Electricity, HVAC and refrigeration energy associated with containment and meat storage.

Public Relations $20K/yr

[#25] Annual budget for ad-hoc PR/false-flag operations in the event of public inquiries/incidents.

Logistics And Transport $15K/yr

[#24] Recurring transport costs for subjects and meat (secure courier/refrigerated transport).

It Maintenance $15K/yr

[#16] Secure database, CCTV retention and IT maintenance.

Maintenance Contracts $15K/yr

[#21] Routine calibration, service contracts and small repairs for electromechanical device.

Meat Procurement $14K/yr

[#4] Raw meat purchasing (185 kg per activation at ~10 activations/yr).

Identity Maintenance $14K/yr

[#18] Ongoing identity/account maintenance for forged identities (per-instance upkeep).

Autopsy Costs $10K/yr

[#13] Expected annualized autopsy/pathology and disposal costs (weighted by expected deaths/year).

Biohazard Disposal $10K/yr

[#5] Per-activation waste disposal fees and autoclave maintenance.

Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr

[#23] PPE, disinfectants, specimen containers and baseline consumables.

Device Spare Parts $5K/yr

[#2] Spare-parts and replacement glass doors for cradle devices.

Gas Consumables $3K/yr

[#3] Per-activation gas/canister costs and routine gas-system consumables (assumes ~10 activations/yr).

Scale Throughput Multiplier $0/yr

[#28] Scaling note (per-instance multipliers and per-activation costs are modeled elsewhere); not a direct recurring expense by itself.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.3M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with routine activations (≈10/yr) and 5 active instances; no major incidents.

routine_testing_and_monitoring regular_staffing_and_research

🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$166K vs baseline

Localized equipment failure or small containment incident requiring repairs and extra cleanup.

equipment_failure unplanned_repair_and_cleanup

🚨 Major Breach $5.7M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline

Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring large-scale response, litigation, replacement and enhanced security.

public_exposure multi-day_investigation legal_and_security_overhaul

🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $5.5M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$2.2M vs baseline

Successful research leads to decision to scale production/testing, increasing activations and headcount substantially.

promising_scientific_results management_decision_to_scale

👥 Personnel 18 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	[#8] Continuous 24/7 coverage: 3shifts × 2 guards + floaters.
Research Scientist	2	[#9] Lead researchers responsible for experimental design and oversight (part of research team payroll).
Technician	3	[#9] Laboratory and technical support staff (part of research team payroll).
SCP-4535-01 (Level-0 employee)	5	[#11] Active instances placed as Level-0 employees; payroll and housing included in recurring staff costs.

📋 Confidence Notes

Many costs are well-identified (vault retrofit, per-activation consumables, staffing), but wide ranges in item estimates (esp. research scale, equipment purchase vs outsourcing, and incident probabilities) make precise totals uncertain; therefore confidence is medium.

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