SCP-4629 — SCP-4629 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4629 Euclid ? low confidence

SCP-4629

Expected annual

$2.7M

One-time setup

$4.1M

Annual recurring

$2.7M

Personnel

Initial capital outlays for hardened testing facilities, lab setup, amnestic stockpile and an emergency reserve drive one-time costs (~$4.08M). Recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages, ongoing research/monitoring, legal/disinformation operations and amnestic replenishment (~$2.676M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.1M

Facilities $1.1M

[#8, #10] Blast-rated containment/testing chamber and secure animal-holding/quarantine construction.

Emergency Reserve Establishment $1.0M

[#24] Establishment of an emergency contingency reserve for large-scale outbreaks or media cascades.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $850K

[#11, #18] Forensic necropsy lab setup and initial research grant/instrumentation for mechanism/mitigation studies.

Amnestics Initial Stockpile $650K

[#4] Initial purchase/production stockpile of ~1,000 Foundation-grade amnestic doses.

Equipment $190K

[#9, #13] Initial purchase of specialized blast-mitigating PPE kit and two response vehicles / field hardware.

Initial Disinformation Campaign $150K

[#7] Initial media/disinformation campaign and placement to establish cover narratives (game-industry tie-ins etc.).

Monitoring Bot Development $110K

[#1] One-time development of I/O-BARAMYOU webcrawler/NLP pipeline and ticketing integration.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr

Staff Wages $1.2M/yr

[#2, #3, #5] Salaries and benefits for investigators/digital analysts (6 FTE), field response roster (4–6 avg counted as 5 FTE), and 2–3 medical staff (counted as 3 FTE).

Research And Monitoring $450K/yr

[#11, #18] Ongoing controlled experiments, specialist hires, instrumentation operation and necropsy/pathology operating budget.

Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr

[#6, #7] Legal retainer/digital takedown operations and ongoing small-scale disinformation/PR placement campaigns.

Amnestics Replenishment $125K/yr

[#4] Replenishment and quality-control budget for amnestic doses used during incidents.

Compensation Payments $125K/yr

[#14] Annual budget for cover/compensation payments to farmers and witnesses (livestock/property loss, NDAs).

Poi Custody $100K/yr

[#20] Costs for custody, secure interview facilities, surveillance and monitoring of persons of interest.

Facilities Maintenance $80K/yr

[#8, #10, #23] HVAC/HEPA/negative-pressure maintenance, structural upkeep of blast chamber and pens, and utilities contribution.

It Security $60K/yr

[#17] OPSEC, encryption, redundancy and security for monitoring and takedown infrastructure.

Liability Insurance $60K/yr

[#26] Insurance, legal defense contingency and regulatory compliance budget.

Public Safety Contingency $50K/yr

[#15] Coordination costs, reimbursements and temporary cordon/crowd-control contingencies with local authorities.

Monitoring Bot Hosting $48K/yr

[#1] Hosting, index maintenance and devops for I/O-BARAMYOU (monthly hosting/maintenance costs).

Digital Monitoring Subscriptions $36K/yr

[#16] Commercial API and social-listening subscriptions for platform monitoring and flagged-content feeds.

Logistics And Transport $25K/yr

[#13] Fuel, vehicle maintenance, sample transport, occasional rental/airlift contingencies.

Biohazard Disposal $25K/yr

[#12] Annual contingency for carcass removal, incineration and chemical decontamination.

Psychological Care $25K/yr

[#19] Counseling and staff resilience programs for traumatic exposure and witness care post-amnestic.

Emergency Reserve Maintenance $25K/yr

[#24] Ongoing costs to maintain or replenish the emergency contingency reserve.

Supplies And Consumables $22K/yr

[#22, #9, #11] Field and lab consumables (syringes, disposables), PPE consumable replacement, and per-necropsy disposables.

Training And Drills $20K/yr

[#21] Regular SOP training, drills and instructor time for touch-count protocols and scene safety.

Archive Records $15K/yr

[#25] Archive, legal records, creation of cover documentation and long-term records management (NDAs, fake media assets).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr

87.5% probability / year

Normal year with routine monitoring, research, personnel costs and no major incidents.

no confirmed real-world incidents routine testing and research only

🚨 Minor Incident $2.8M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline

Single small farm/field event requiring on-site response, limited amnestic use, cleanup and limited compensation.

single-animal or small-scale event local cleanup and per-event amnestic deployment

🚨 Media Cascade $3.4M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline

Viral public attention causes multiple investigations, mass takedowns, larger amnestic campaigns and PR/compensation spending.

viral mentions / coordinated online propagation mass witness exposure and multiple concurrent incidents

🚨 Major Multisite Outbreak $4.2M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Rare catastrophic multi-site outbreak or coordinated incidents causing extensive cleanup, mass amnestic deployment and emergency reserve drawdown.

multi-site coordinated incidents widespread media exposure + many simultaneous events

👥 Personnel 14 total

Role	Count	Notes
Analyst / Investigator	6	[#2] Digital analysts and investigators to review bot hits, triage incidents and coordinate responses (6 FTE).
Field Response / Security	5	[#3] Rapid-response roster (hazmat, animal handlers, med techs, vets) averaged to 5 FTE for coverage and on-call rotations.
Medical Officer	3	[#5] Doctors/nurses to evaluate witnesses, administer amnestics and monitor adverse reactions (2–3 FTE counted as 3).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on wide ranges provided in analyst notes and several subjective mid-point choices; SCP-4629's low frequency but high-impact nature and uncertainty about event frequency and per-event resource use reduce confidence.

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