SCP-4744 — SCP-4744 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4744 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-4744

Expected annual

$3.4M

One-time setup

$3.5M

Annual recurring

$3.4M

Personnel

Initial setup costs are primarily one-time site, outpost and equipment purchases (~$3.49M total) while annual operations are dominated by staff wages and legal/contingency costs (~$3.41M/yr). Major incident responses can add multi-hundred-thousand to multi-million dollar costs.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.5M

Equipment $999K

[#4, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10, #13, #14, #15, #21, #25] Vault HVAC & cabinets, generator/UPS, surveillance systems, recovery vehicles & retrieval drones, inspection drones, medical equipment, EEG rigs, initial art stock and wearable kits, IT hardware, and initial archive digitization hardware.

Facilities $800K

[#2, #3] Perimeter installation and containment outpost construction (structural/building work).

Relocation And Sealing $500K

[#28] One-time costs for potential relocation, major structural work or sealing operations if required.

Forensic Cleanup $450K

[#17] One-time forensic recovery, biohazard cleanup and UXO/bomb-squad response from initial Site-223 destruction.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K

[#12] Laboratory buildout, research benches, instrumentation racks, and initial setup for neuroscience/art-perception research.

Contingency Seed $200K

[#27] Initial seed for escalation/emergency reserve for first-year unexpected costs.

Public Compensation Seed $100K

[#29] One-time reserve for initial settlements/claims in worst-case exposures.

Cover Story Rollout $50K

[#19] One-time cover/PR rollout to establish local narratives and initial legal/permit expenses tied to public messaging.

Environmental Survey $50K

[#26] Initial in-depth environmental survey of the site (groundwater/soil/air testing).

Sop Development $40K

[#22] Initial SOP writing, initial staff training program development and associated materials.

Land Acquisition Purchase $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.4M/yr

Staff Wages $2.1M/yr

[#7, #12, #10, #16, #30] Salaries and benefits for security (12 guards + 1 supervisor), research team (scientists/techs), on-site med staff, conservator, and program management/admin.

Psych Followup $200K/yr

[#11] Ongoing psychiatric follow-up, counseling and medications for affected individuals.

Research And Monitoring $160K/yr

[#12, #13, #25] Research consumables, imaging service contracts (fMRI scans budget) and ongoing documentation/curation support.

Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr

[#19] Legal retainers, permits, local-liaison costs and ongoing cover-story maintenance.

Contingency Reserve Annual $150K/yr

[#27] Annual reserve fund to cover unexpected mass effects or surge staffing.

Testing Program Liabilities $100K/yr

[#23] Volunteer compensation, per-test insurance and liability coverage for controlled testing programs.

Insurance And Liability $100K/yr

[#20] Premiums or captive-fund contributions for specialized liability/property insurance.

Land Lease $55K/yr

[#1] Annual lease/compensation for control of surrounding land (assumes lease rather than purchase).

Medical Incident Fund $50K/yr

[#10] Budget for emergency transports, ICU bed usage and per-incident acute care contingencies.

Public Compensation Fund Annual $50K/yr

[#29] Annual allocation toward civilian claims and settlements as needed.

Facilities Maintenance $40K/yr

[#2, #3, #4] Perimeter and outpost maintenance, vault HVAC servicing and routine repairs.

Vehicle Maintenance And Fuel $38K/yr

[#8] UTV/4x4 and rapid-recovery vehicle maintenance and fuel.

Surveillance Maintenance $32K/yr

[#6] Camera/sensor monitoring contracts and routine repairs.

Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr

[#24] Ongoing art supplies, PPE, batteries, small tools and vehicle consumables.

It Hosting And Maintenance $30K/yr

[#21] Hosting, secure backups, encrypted comms maintenance and IT security.

Training And Drills $30K/yr

[#22] Recurrent drills, refresher training and SOP updates.

Environmental Monitoring $30K/yr

[#26] Ongoing groundwater/air/soil testing and public-health monitoring.

Art Replacement And Issuance $20K/yr

[#14, #15] Annual replacement of protective tokens and wearable-kit replacements for staff/visitors.

Biohazard Disposal $18K/yr

[#18] Routine medical/biohazard waste management and disposal.

Drones Maintenance $15K/yr

[#9] UAV/robot maintenance, spare parts and training refreshers.

Generator Fuel And Testing $12K/yr

[#5] Fuel contracts, generator testing and UPS maintenance.

Archive Storage $6K/yr

[#25] Long-term digital storage and curation costs for token documentation.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.4M/yr

89.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with routine monitoring, testing and occasional small recoveries.

routine_operations small-scale_testing no_major_incident

🚨 Minor Incident $3.5M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline

Single-site exposure/coma event requiring emergency recovery, transport and a few days of ICU care for one or two people.

single_coma_recovery emergency_transport short_term_ICU_use

🚨 Major Breach $5.7M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$2.3M vs baseline

Mass exposure or destructive event (e.g., implosion, large-scale detonation) triggering mass recoveries, large forensic cleanup, relocation/sealing and significant public claims.

mass_exposure site_implosion civilian_casualties

👥 Personnel 30 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	13	[#7] 12 perimeter guards + 1 supervisor for 24/7 coverage.
Research Scientist	4	[#12] Neuroscience and art-perception researchers conducting studies.
Lab Technician	2	[#12] Support for experiments, consumables and imaging coordination.
Conservator	1	[#16] Token conservation, restoration and quarantine handling.
Medical Officer / EMT	2	[#10] On-site med techs/EMTs for immediate response and stabilization.
Special Operations / Rapid Recovery Team	4	[#8, #9] Trained recovery crew, vehicle/drone operators for remote retrieval.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#30] Program oversight, compliance and liaison.
Administrative Staff / Bookkeeping	2	[#30] Payroll, legal coordination and admin support.
IT / Systems Administrator	1	[#21] Secure servers, CCTV archives and encrypted communications maintenance.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates use analyst ranges and reasonable midpoints but many inputs (land costs, frequency of comas, whether printed tokens suffice) are uncertain; staff counts and per-incident medical costs drive most variance.

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