SCP-4733 — SCP-4733 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4733 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-4733

Expected annual

$3.0M

One-time setup

$5.4M

Annual recurring

$3.0M

Personnel

One-time capital expenses (property purchase, vault retrofit, robotics, and specialized equipment) are roughly $5.4M; annual operating costs are dominated by personnel, ongoing R&D, MTF retainers, and contingency/reserve funds totaling about $2.83M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.4M

Facilities $1.1M

[#2, #8] Vault/room retrofit for Nora containment (airlocks, reinforced doors, blast-rated flooring, seals) and installed climate/archival environmental upgrades (UPS/backup HVAC).

Equipment $788K

[#3, #4, #5, #6, #14, #17] Robotic manipulators, Faraday/RF shielding installation, customized safe-class containers, chemical fume hood/benchtop containment, initial memetic-filtering hardware/software development, and sample-handling equipment (cryo/chem cabinets).

Property Acquisition $750K

[#1] Purchase and covert title/accounting of PoI-1851's Victorian apartment (mid-range urban property estimate).

Personnel Cognitive Contingency Reserve $650K

[#27] Reserve fund for lifetime care, disability, legal settlement costs for severe cognitive-injury cases.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $550K

[#16] Initial R&D program setup including analytical instruments (GC-MS, ICP-MS) and lab buildout for SCP-4733-2 analysis and controlled trials.

Insurance Capital Contingency $475K

[#22] Covert insurance / capital contingency reserve for large repairs, replacement of unique artifacts, or settlements.

Transport Nora Specialized $325K

[#18] Specialized Nora relocation contingency (extreme memetic isolation and shielding; specialist teams).

Medical Contingency Reserve $200K

[#15] Reserve for severe-case long-term care/recovery for staff (initial capital reserve).

Training Development $150K

[#13] One-time development of memetic-safe SOPs, training materials, and initial simulated drills.

Legal Cover Setup $100K

[#20] Initial legal/cover-story work: purchase paperwork, liaison setup, and immediate incident legal prep.

Specialist Consultant Fees $70K

[#29] Engagement fees for Victorian-era historians / thaumaturgic specialists for initial assessments.

Archival Conservation $52K

[#19] Initial conservator work, restoration of delicate clockworks, and museum-grade archival cases/cataloguing.

Medical Initial Stockpile $42K

[#15] Initial amnestic/medical stockpile, emergency medicines, SCBA, decon supplies.

Transport Typical Relocation $35K

[#18] Typical secure relocation operation (armored transport, containment crates) per-move estimate.

Public Works Redaction $35K

[#28] One-time redaction of public records, journals, and local archives relating to PoI-1851 and associated references.

Documentation And Database Setup $30K

[#30] Creation of memetic-safe documentation, classified database entry, secure backups, and locked archival records.

Hazardous Waste Initial Disposal $28K

[#7] Initial bulk mercury/contamination cleanup and certified hazardous disposal upon site recovery.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.0M/yr

Staff Wages $1.3M/yr

[#9, #10, #11] On-site security (6 guards) and specialized research staff (3–4 FTE) plus technical/maintenance staff (3–4 FTE); salaries + benefits/overhead.

Research And Monitoring $475K/yr

[#16, #23] Ongoing SCP-4733-2 research programs, controlled trials, and periodic amnestic-resistance testing/monitoring.

Mtf Retainer $300K/yr

[#12] Retainer/rotation costs for Mobile Task Force readiness, training rotations, and travel for rapid response.

Legal Retainer And Incident Response $200K/yr

[#20] Annual legal retainer, liaison with local authorities, and incident-response legal budgeting.

Public Containment Contingency $150K/yr

[#21] Annual contingency fund for rapid amnestic operations, localized PR, and civilian containment tasks.

Monitoring Amnestic Testing $125K/yr

[#23] Controlled human-subject/surrogate testing budgets for amnestic-resistance monitoring and long-term follow-up.

Medical Replacements And Health Monitoring $100K/yr

[#15] Ongoing replacement of amnestic stockpile, occupational health monitoring, and routine medical supplies.

Emergency Drills $65K/yr

[#24] Annual breach drills, replacement parts after drills, travel, and overtime costs.

Memetic Software Support $60K/yr

[#14] Support, updates, and secure logging for memetic-filtering surveillance pipelines and automated redaction systems.

Training And Memetic Sop Refreshers $55K/yr

[#13] Annual refresher training, memetic-safety SOP updates, and simulated drills.

Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr

[#2, #8, #19, #24] Ongoing vault and structural maintenance, filter replacements, routine conservator checks, and facility upkeep.

Robotic Manipulator Maintenance $35K/yr

[#3] Annual maintenance, calibration, and spare parts for multi-axis robotic manipulators and remote-handling systems.

Archival Maintenance $20K/yr

[#19] Ongoing conservator maintenance and artifact care for clockworks and hybrid devices.

Consumables Ppe $16K/yr

[#25] Gloves, suits, filters, solvents, seals, spare parts, and routine disposables.

Climate Control Energy Maintenance $12K/yr

[#8] Energy costs, HVAC servicing, and archival environmental system maintenance.

Documentation Storage Auditing $10K/yr

[#30] Secure storage, auditing, and access control costs for classified documentation.

Hazardous Waste Disposal $8K/yr

[#7] Ongoing hazardous/mercury disposal contracts, periodic cleanups, and packaging.

Rf Em Monitoring $4K/yr

[#4] Continuous RF/EM monitoring, sensors, and periodic Faraday calibration.

Ln2 And Sample Upkeep $4K/yr

[#17] LN2 supply, cold-chain upkeep, and sample-storage maintenance for sensitive research samples.

Chemical Hood Maintenance $3K/yr

[#6] Fume hood filter replacement, scrubbing media, and local-exhaust upkeep.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr

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Indefinite Containment Reserve Note $0/yr

[#26] Summary note: long-term indefinite-containment baseline is represented by the aggregation of recurring line items above (not double-counted here).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.0M/yr

91.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents.

routine operations ongoing R&D and maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr

6.0% probability / year +$125K vs baseline

Localized incident or minor containment breach requiring emergency response, limited amnestic operations, and targeted repairs.

localized exposure small-scale breach equipment failure

🚨 Major Breach $4.3M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.4M vs baseline

Major containment breach or artifact activation requiring large-scale remediation, reconstruction, mass amnestic deployment, and potential relocation of assets.

significant breach asset relocation mass amnestic deployment

🚨 Political Exposure $4.8M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.9M vs baseline

Public exposure or legal/political fallout requiring extensive PR, legal settlements, broad amnestic operations, and long-term remediation.

media leak local authority litigation large civilian exposure

👥 Personnel 14 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#9] On-site 24/7 security staffing (6 guards for small dedicated site; salaries + benefits included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist	4	[#10] Memetics specialist, parapsychologist/paraengineer historian, analytical chemist, neuroscientist/psychologist (3–4 FTE; mid-range used).
Engineer / Maintenance	4	[#11] Robotics technician, conservator, HVAC/maintenance tech, hazmat technician (3–4 FTE; mid-range used).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates combine concrete line-item ranges from analyst notes with mid-point approximations; memetic/operational uncertainties and possible accounting choices (one-time vs. recurring reserves) reduce confidence to medium.

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