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SCP-4678 Neutralized ~ medium confidence
SCP-4678
Expected annual
$2.3M
One-time setup
$888K
Annual recurring
$2.2M
Personnel
12
One-time startup and contingency funding of $887,500 (locker, recovery, equipment, lab/setup, documentation, and a large contingency reserve). Annual recurring program costs are estimated at $2,200,000 driven primarily by staff wages, specialized readiness/response, per-test operational costs, and administrative overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $888K
Contingency Reserve $625K
[#24] Contingency / unexpected-cost reserve (one-time large reserve for unforeseen temporal side effects, international incidents, emergency black ops).
Equipment $85K
[#12, #17] High-fidelity recording hardware and vaulting (initial kit) [#12]; risk mitigation / neutralization tooling and containment triggers preparation/testing (one-time) [#17].
Initial Recovery And Transport $60K
[#3] Initial recovery & transport (2001 field op: travel, logistics, secure courier, temporary lodging, on-site stabilization, shipping to Site-47).
Facilities $30K
[#1] Secure locker installation (vault-grade safe, biometric locks, tamper sensors, freight, installation, certification).
Documentation And Redaction Workflow $28K
[#5] Containment documentation, classification and redaction workflow (labor, IT security costs for records and redactions).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $20K
[#4] Forensic / laboratory analysis (geochemical, material characterization, trace analysis, translator/preservation of booklet).
Ethical Review Setup $20K
[#19] Ethical review & oversight boards initial setup (internal review infrastructure, external expert retainers setup).
Ritual Training Setup $15K
[#16] Initial ritual/ceremonial materials & training setup (training program buildout, documented safe ritual spaces).
Archival Preservation $5K
[#21] Archival preservation of historical materials (booklet preservation, digital transcription, secure physical archive).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.2M/yr
Staff Wages $945K/yr
[#6, #7, #20] Operational security staffing (2 guards incl. benefits) [#6]; Project XN core team salaries (research lead, 2 researchers, lab tech, administrative support) [#7]; analysis & exploitation staffing (analysts, economists, SMEs) [#20].
Research And Monitoring $250K/yr
[#10, #4] Ongoing research, test program administration and monitoring; includes per-test analysis/monitoring aggregated across baseline cadence and follow-up studies. (Per-test line-item cost is also broken out separately) [#10].
Specialized Temporal Contingency $225K/yr
[#13] Specialized 'temporal contingency' rapid-response capability (MTF standby readiness, drills, salvage fund, training/exercises).
Per Test Operational $200K/yr
[#10] Per-test operational costs (baseline $40,000/test assumed, 5 tests/year baseline → $200,000/year). Includes monitoring equipment hire, consumables, subject stipend, amnestic administration and follow-up.
Administrative Overhead $200K/yr
[#23] Administrative overhead (accounting, procurement, HR, payroll, compliance) — budgeted as ~10% of program recurring costs.
Clinical Support And Subject Care $100K/yr
[#8] Clinical support & subject care (medical screening, ongoing monitoring, life-insurance/indemnity reserves and program-level coverage).
Cover Story And Legal $75K/yr
[#14] Legal & external cover-up operations (amnestics for external witnesses, liaising with local authorities, misinformation campaigns).
Psychological Aftercare $50K/yr
[#9] Psychological aftercare & counselling (program-level psychotherapy and counselling for subjects and exposed staff).
Amnestic Production And Administration $50K/yr
[#11] Amnestic production & administration reserve (secure pharmaceuticals, trained staff, documentation; program reserve).
Ethical Review Retainer $30K/yr
[#19] Ethical review & oversight boards recurring costs (meetings, retainers for external experts).
Incident Response Reserve $25K/yr
[#18] Incident response per-casualty reserve (mortuary, autopsy, cleanup, family placation); annual replenishment reserve to cover occasional incidents.
Logistics And Transport $13K/yr
[#15] Transport & secure movement aggregated (armored courier, secure packaging, transit insurance; estimated moves per year aggregated).
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#2] Site-47 dedicated storage footprint (floor space allocation, prorated site overhead, monitoring equipment custodial responsibilities).
High Fidelity It Maintenance $10K/yr
[#12] High-fidelity recording, secure IT & archival maintenance (tape rotation, isolated backups, audit cycles).
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#22] Miscellaneous consumables and facility utilities (PPE, cleaning, electricity for monitoring equipment, janitorial overhead).
Ritual Training And Consumables $6K/yr
[#16] Ongoing ritual consumables and refresher training (consumables, refresher instruction, safe rehearsal costs).
Risk Mitigation Maintenance $3K/yr
[#17] Risk mitigation / failsafe equipment periodic testing and small maintenance budget.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.2M/yr
89.0% probability / year
Uneventful year with moderate testing cadence (5 tests), routine maintenance, normal staffing and no major incidents.
normal_operations scheduled_tests no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$380K vs baseline
Single non-catastrophic incident (subject injury/death or limited containment breach) requiring emergency response, extra legal/cover costs and forensics.
subject_death localized_containment_failure unexpected_temporal_side_effect
🚨 Major Breach $4.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Large-scale breach or political/public exposure requiring cross-site response, international ops, large cover-up expenditures and possible site repair/replacement.
major_breach political_exposure catastrophic_temporal_event
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 Dedicated guard presence for locker and immediate area; salaries/benefits included in staff_wages [#6].
Research Lead 1 Project XN lead researcher; salary included in staff_wages [#7].
Research Scientist 2 Project researchers conducting experiments and analysis; salaries included in staff_wages [#7].
Lab Technician 1 Lab technician for test setup, instrumentation and sample handling; salary included in staff_wages [#7].
Administrative Staff 1 Admin support for Project XN (procurement, scheduling, documentation); salary included in staff_wages [#7].
Analyst / Exploitation Specialist 5 Analysts and subject-matter experts for analysis & exploitation of future data; salaries included in staff_wages [#20].
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are well-specified (locker, recovery, per-test cost ranges, staffing) but the single largest uncertainties are test cadence, chosen contingency sizing, and the frequency/severity of incidents; assumptions (5 tests/year, reserve sizing) drive totals.
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