SCP-4651 — SCP-4651 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4651 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-4651

Expected annual

$13.1M

One-time setup

$89.2M

Annual recurring

$12.9M

Personnel

Initial capital outlay is dominated by property acquisition and urban hardening (~$89M one-time); annual operations driven by personnel wages, security/MTF readiness, legal/PR, and contingency reserves (~$12.9M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $89.2M

Facilities $81.5M

[#1, #2, #3] Purchase of SCP building + neighbouring buffer properties (acquisition), one-time façade construction/visage, and structural hardening/blast mitigation.

Contingency Reserve $5.0M

[#24] One-time contingency reserve / emergency fund for large-scale incidents or exposures.

Vehicle Fleet $1.0M

[#27] Purchase of site vans/armored response vehicles and small transport fleet.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#18] Initial lab buildout and instrumentation to support containment research and experiments.

Tactical Equipment $300K

[#9] Ballistic shields, breaching gear, body armor, specialty equipment one-time purchase.

It Infrastructure $300K

[#17] Hardened servers, encrypted comms setup and secure VPN initial deployment.

Specialized Sensors $225K

[#19] Initial purchase of behavioral, biometric and exotic sensors for research/monitoring.

Forensic Kits $125K

[#21] Rapid-response forensic/evidence-capture kits and chain-of-custody equipment.

Power Backup $125K

[#6] Emergency generators and UPS initial purchase and installation.

Equipment $120K

[#4] Initial covert surveillance hardware (cameras, sensors) and installation.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.9M/yr

Staff Wages $5.3M/yr

[#5, #7, #14, #18, #10, #17, #30] Salaries for monitoring analysts, on-site security guards, front-organisation staff, research team, medics, IT/admin and general program staff.

Administrative Overhead $1.5M/yr

[#30] Procurement, HR, accounting, vetting, and general program administrative overhead (~10-20% of operational budget).

Facilities Maintenance $1.2M/yr

[#2, #15, #6] Façade maintenance/noise-dampening upkeep, property taxes/insurance, generator fuel/testing and routine building maintenance.

Mtf Readiness $550K/yr

[#8] Annual MTF training, equipment amortization, readiness exercises and pre-deployment preparedness costs.

Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr

[#12, #13, #28] Baseline disinformation/PR team and legal retainer costs; includes ongoing municipal relations and permit work.

Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr

[#24] Annual replenishment target for the contingency reserve after usage in major incidents.

Medical Services $400K/yr

[#10] On-call medics, ambulance standby retainer, occupational healthcare, and medical supplies.

Logistics And Transport $360K/yr

[#27] Fuel, maintenance, leases, and baseline vehicle operations for site transport and evidence transfer.

Research And Monitoring $350K/yr

[#5, #18, #19, #21] Non-salary research costs: lab supplies, experiment costs, sensor consumables, and monitoring program support.

It Support And Cybersecurity $300K/yr

[#17] Ongoing licenses, SOC staffing, secure backups, and cyber ops supporting disinformation & cover.

Spare Equipment Reserve $300K/yr

[#20] Budget for replacing cameras, sensors, comms and other equipment destroyed during SCP-4651-1 events.

Utilities $250K/yr

[#16] Electricity, gas, water, high-bandwidth internet for multiple buildings and continuous systems.

Amnestic Supplies $200K/yr

[#11] Purchase/production and secure storage of amnestic agents and administration supplies (baseline usage budget).

Municipal Relations $200K/yr

[#28] Ongoing lobbying, permit fraud mitigation, and municipal relationship expenses.

Front Organization Operations $150K/yr

[#14] Non-payroll operating costs for front organisations: office leases, utilities, bookkeeping, and legitimacy operations (payroll included in staff_wages).

Community Relations $150K/yr

[#23] Long-term outreach, sponsorships, and community programs to maintain cover.

Staff Training And Counseling $150K/yr

[#25] Ongoing staff training, psychological resilience programs, and counseling for exposed personnel.

Hazmat Services $125K/yr

[#22] HAZMAT team retainer and equipment; per-incident cleanup charged to incident scenarios when required.

Catering $125K/yr

[#26] Catering and food service budgets for on-site staff and staged cafeteria operations.

Security Equipment And Training $75K/yr

[#7] Uniforms, non-capital equipment replacements, and recurring security training.

Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr

[#5] Short-term high-resolution storage, media retention costs and consumables for monitoring systems.

Archival And Storage $60K/yr

[#29] Secure long-term digital and physical archival storage costs for video, sensor data, and incident logs.

Tactical Equipment Replacement $50K/yr

[#9] Recurring replenishment/replacement budget for breaching gear and tactical consumables.

Specialized Sensors Replacement $50K/yr

[#19] Annual replacements and consumables for exotic/biometric sensors.

Forensic Ops $10K/yr

[#21] Baseline funding for forensic rapid-response operations (per-event costs handled in incident scenarios).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.9M/yr

70.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, monitoring, and scheduled training/maintenance only.

no_SCP-4651-1_events no_large_public_exposure

🚨 Minor Incident $13.1M/yr

25.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

One limited SCP-4651-1 event or small public-facing incident requiring MTF dispatch, amnestic runs, equipment replacement and localized PR/legal response.

single_small_promotion_event localized_media_attention

🚨 Major Incident $15.9M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline

Large SCP-4651-1 event with extensive structural/equipment damage, multiple deployments, large-scale amnesticization, legal settlements and contingency fund usage.

multi-floor violent episode significant public casualties or exposure multiple simultaneous breaches

👥 Personnel 73 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	8	[#18] Anomalous behavior research team (researchers and techs) included in staff_wages.
Monitoring Analyst	10	[#5] 24/7 continuous video/audio monitoring staffing (3 shifts) accounted in staff_wages.
Security Officer / On-site Guard	18	[#7] 24/7 on-site security with relief shifts; wages included in staff_wages.
Front Organisation Staff	25	[#14] Public-facing employees maintaining cover businesses; payroll included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer	3	[#10] On-call medics and EMS retainer; salaries included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#3, #6] Building/structural maintenance and generator/UPS maintenance staff; included in staff_wages.
IT / Systems Administrator	2	[#4, #17] IT support and cybersecurity staffing for encrypted comms and SOC; included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff	4	[#30] Procurement, HR, accounting and administrative overhead staff; included in staff_wages.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#30] Program/site director oversight included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and operational practices, but SoHo real-estate and per-incident variability (equipment destruction, legal settlements, frequency of promotion events) create significant uncertainty in both one-time capital and per-incident recurring costs.

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