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SCP-4630 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-4630
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$785K
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
12
First-year capital and reserves are approximately $785,000 driven by construction, secure media, and initial vetting/reserve funds; recurring annual costs are approximately $1,187,000 driven by staff wages, contractor psychologists, amnestic program costs, administrative overhead, and secure operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $785K
Facilities $300K
[#1, #4] Containment room build-out including two hydroponic cells, partitioning and heavy soundproofing (structural work and room retrofitting).
Equipment $215K
[#2, #3, #5, #14] HVAC/environmental control hardware (#2), hydroponic hardware and LED lights (#3), secure media hardware and HSMs (#5), and biobank freezers/LN2 hardware (#14) - all initial hardware purchases.
Contingency Reserve $150K
[#23] One-time contingency fund reserve for emergency procurement, GoI interaction, relocation, or external specialist consults.
Psychologist Vetting $60K
[#11] Initial background checks and vetting for psychologist pool (one-time pool onboarding cost).
Cover Story Contingency Reserve $50K
[#16] One-time contingency reserve for extraordinary leak/legal action related to cover story maintenance.
Incident Response Kit $10K
[#21] Initial purchase of non-lethal incident response kit and specialized handling tools.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Staff Wages $710K/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #9, #13] Partial IT/sysadmin allocation (#6), 24/7 security guards (6 FTE) (#7), hydroponics technician + lab tech (#8), research staff (senior + assistant support) (#9), and medical staffing (part-time nurse/med tech allocation) (#13). Total payroll allocated to containment operations.
Administrative Overhead $150K/yr
[#25] Pro-rated facility overhead (HR, procurement, finance), allocated at ~20–30% of direct payroll and direct recurring costs as specified.
Psychologist Contractors $60K/yr
[#10] Contractor psychologist session costs (~50 sessions/yr × $1,200/session).
Amnestic Program $55K/yr
[#12] Class-C amnestic administration costs including drug supply, administration, observation and part-time nurse/med tech support (~50 administrations/yr + support).
Research And Monitoring $52K/yr
[#15, #17] Genomics and sequencing runs, reagents and consumables for characterization research (#15) plus ethics oversight, compliance audits and documentation control (#17).
Insurance And Risk Reserves $50K/yr
[#24] Insurance/liability and internal risk reserve allocations for personnel claims and damages.
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#16] Annual legal/PR retainer and cover-identity maintenance costs.
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#2, #4, #14, #18] HVAC power/maintenance (#2), acoustic verification/maintenance (#4), biobank LN2/equipment maintenance (#14), and utilities (electricity/water/waste) for two containment rooms (#18).
Supplies And Consumables $13K/yr
[#3, #19] Hydroponic consumables and spare parts (#3) and general consumables/PPE/sterilization supplies (#19).
Secure Media Operations $12K/yr
[#5] Ongoing backups, media rotation, secure destruction and offsite encrypted backup operations for recorded evaluations.
Psychologist Vetting Annual $10K/yr
[#11] Annual top-up for vetting, background checks, and rotation logistics for the psychologist pool.
Transcription And Redaction $10K/yr
[#22] Secure transcription, redaction, and archive management for recorded evaluations.
Biosecurity And Waste Disposal $5K/yr
[#20] Contracted biohazard/plant tissue waste removal, decontamination chemicals and periodic deep-clean.
Training And Exercises $5K/yr
[#21] Annual training refreshers and tabletop exercises for incident response.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
92.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year: regular operations, scheduled maintenance, psychologist sessions and routine amnestic program.
no incidents standard scheduled activities
🚨 Minor Incident $1.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Small containment incident or data security lapse requiring investigation, extra cleaning, limited overtime, and emergency amnestics.
localized contamination small security or data incident
🚨 Major Breach $1.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring relocation, major repairs, external contractors, legal actions and large-scale amnestic campaigns.
breach requiring relocation public leak/GoI intervention
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $1.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Decision to resume active experimentation/scale-up requiring upgraded BSL-equivalent facilities, additional staff, equipment and insurance.
resumption of implantation experiments decision to scale up research
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#7] 2 guards per shift × 3 shifts = 6 guards (24/7 coverage), benefits included.
Hydroponics Technician 1 [#8] One full-time hydroponic technician for daily plant care and system maintenance.
Lab Technician 1 [#8] One shared lab technician for sampling, cleaning, and containment procedures.
Research Scientist 1 [#9] One senior researcher (lead) overseeing genomic analysis and liaison duties.
Research Assistant 1 [#9] Partial research assistant support (counted as 1 FTE equivalent in staffing allocation).
IT / Systems Administrator 1 [#6] Dedicated or partially allocated sysadmin/IT security specialist for encrypted storage and audits.
Medical Officer / Nurse 1 [#12, #13] Part-time nurse/med tech allocation for amnestic administration and health monitoring.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes are detailed and give explicit line-item estimates for most categories (construction, staffing, contractors), but some items (probability of incidents, long-term costs if experimentation resumes) are inherently uncertain; confidence is medium.
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