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SCP-4677 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-4677
Expected annual
$20.3M
One-time setup
$1.0B
Annual recurring
$19.1M
Personnel
37
One-time setup and contingency reserves dominate costs (totaling over $1.04B if extreme corporate-acquisition options are used); baseline annual operations are driven by legal/influence programs and dedicated security/research staff (~$19.14M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.0B
Coca Cola Option A $1.0B
[#17] Option A: direct acquisition / board-seat purchase (practical upper-bound; effectively billion-dollar scale).
Escalation Reserve $20.0M
[#30] Scenario-specific escalation reserve (rapid R&D & scale-up fund for worst-case exploitation/pandemic risk).
Breach Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#16] One-time contingency reserve for major public breach / settlements as referenced in legal contingency (~$10M lower-bound).
Insurance Contingency Fund $10.0M
[#22] Insurance-equivalent contingency fund / public emergency budget (reserved).
Facilities $3.0M
[#1] Containment chamber retrofit (structural reinforcement, sealed drains, gantry/overhead handling, ritual-attenuation fixtures).
Equipment $2.0M
[#2, #3, #5, #9, #14, #15, #20, #25, #29] Vault/locker upgrade, CCTV & access hardware, QRT equipment/training startup, high-resolution scanning equipment, emergency neutralization hardware, long-term sample hardware, air-gap/IT hardware, conservation treatment, misc legal/front company setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K
[#8, #10] Secure bio/chem lab upgrade (BSL-3-style controls) and initial translation/annotation program startup; lab instruments and initial workflows.
Initial Personnel Vetting $75K
[#11] Initial background checks (~$2,500/person for ~30 staff).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $19.1M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $14.8M/yr
[#16, #17, #18, #19, #24, #29] Legal/compliance retainers and operations, Option B corporate influence costs (covert influence/retainers), academic influence/disinformation grants & PR, media monitoring & rapid-response, cultural artifact/religious mitigations, and recurring front-company maintenance.
Staff Wages $2.9M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #7] 24/7 dedicated guards (18 staff incl. benefits), QRT operator salaries (10 operators), research team (6 personnel), and med/hazmat staff (3 personnel).
Research And Monitoring $785K/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #15, #20, #26, #27, #28] Lab operations/compliance, archival secure storage, ongoing translation & annotation, continuous personnel monitoring, ritual-suppression training, forensic/sample storage operations, IT audits/maintenance, secure interview log dissemination, internal audit/compliance, and containment drills/exercises.
Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr
[#7, #13, #23] Emergency medical supplies, PPE/decon consumables, ongoing experiment/feeding substrates and disposal.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#21] Armored transport and secure courier moves (estimated ~2–3 moves/year at mid-range per-move cost).
Facilities Maintenance $155K/yr
[#2, #3, #25] Locker & vault maintenance, CCTV/monitoring upkeep, and ongoing specimen/conservation maintenance.
Emergency Readiness $75K/yr
[#14] Readiness & permits for emergency neutralization/disposal capability (mobile incinerator, chemical neutralants, permits, standby readiness).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $19.1M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine containment, research, monitoring, and legal/cover operations proceed as planned.
no breach no public exposure standard research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $21.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized containment incident or attempted ritual (detected early) requiring QRT response, increased medical response, short-term legal/PR activity and repairs.
unauthorized ritual attempt localized breach small leak of information
🚨 Major Breach $69.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Significant public exposure, large-scale containment breach, or widespread distribution of SCP-4677-2 requiring activation of contingency reserves, large-scale R&D response, mass treatment/suppression, and major legal/PR expenditures.
public leak/exposure mass addiction or public-health incident large-scale ritual reactivation
👥 Personnel 37 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 18 [#4] 24/7 dedicated guards (18 total to allow rotations); salary basis included in staff_wages.
Tactical QRT Operator 10 [#5] Rapid intervention team (10 operators); salaries included in staff_wages; equipment/training startup captured in one-time costs.
Research Scientist 6 [#6] Multi-disciplinary research/containment team (occultist/historian, toxicologist, chemists, linguist, conservator); salaries included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer / Hazmat 3 [#7] On-site medical/hazmat staff and addiction specialists; salaries and supplies partially captured in staff_wages and supplies.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items contain wide ranges and optional high-cost strategies (notably corporate acquisition or sustained influence campaigns). Several estimates are policy-dependent (choice of Option A vs B) and contingent on scenario likelihoods, producing significant uncertainty.
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