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SCP-4813 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-4813
Expected annual
$7.0M
One-time setup
$37.7M
Annual recurring
$6.5M
Personnel
33
Initial capital and containment setup are heavily front-loaded (one-time ~ $37.7M) driven by secure housing, neuroimaging/HPC and memetic R&D; annual operations are dominated by staff wages, ongoing R&D and monitoring (~$6.45M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $37.7M
Contingency Reserve $20.0M
[#21] Containment breach contingency reserve for large-scale emergency responses and political/legal fallout.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.3M
[#2, #25] fMRI/MEG/neuroimaging procurement and initial HPC/compute cluster (initial cluster purchase).
Facilities $5.0M
[#1, #29] Secure residential/containment wing construction and one-time site visual/linguistic modifications.
Decommissioning And Dememeticization $2.8M
[#27] Budget for decontamination, de-memeticization, facility decommissioning and legal processes.
Memetic Rnd Initial $2.0M
[#10] Initial memetic containment R&D and prototyping (dampeners, seals, hardware prototypes).
Equipment $988K
[#3, #12, #13] Robotic/medical assistance systems (purchase+integration), secure memetic-locked storage safe, and armored vehicle purchase.
Recruitment Background Checks $250K
[#18] Initial deep background investigations and long-duration psych profiling (50 screened).
Psych Screening Initial $115K
[#8] Initial multi-stage psychometrics and training for 10 agents (group initial cost).
Info Security Setup $100K
[#19] One-time encrypted air-gapped storage and secure archival setup.
Redaction Project $65K
[#28] One-time secure transcript redaction project (specialist memetic editors).
Documentation Creation $50K
[#20] One-time creation of cover-story documentation and related legal paperwork.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.5M/yr
Staff Wages $2.5M/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #17, #20] 24/7 security (9 FTE), medical staff (psychiatrist + nurses/medtechs), dedicated metaphysics research team payroll, hazard pay for 10 wielders, and on-site Researcher salary.
Research And Monitoring $2.4M/yr
[#9, #11, #15, #16, #22, #25, #28, #29, #30] Recertification training for wielders, memetic systems maintenance, exposure screening (fMRI/EEG), post-exposure treatment programs, emergency drills, recurring compute licensing/support, ongoing redaction, training refreshers, and ongoing neutralization/mitigation R&D.
Liability Reserve $500K/yr
[#31] Annual liability reserve for collateral damages, lawsuits, settlements and legal defense related to field use.
Facilities Maintenance $280K/yr
[#4, #23] Ongoing maintenance contracts/spare parts for automated systems and utilities/backup generator fuel and building environmental controls.
Information Security Operations $225K/yr
[#19] Ongoing secure archiving, redaction staff operations, and information-security maintenance/patching.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#13, #14] Armored vehicle maintenance and per-deployment operational support costs aggregated annually.
Staff Support And Turnover $150K/yr
[#26] Counseling programs and recruitment/turnover replacement costs for stressed or departing staff.
Supplies And Consumables $125K/yr
[#24] Laboratory consumables, PPE, disposables and specialized memetic consumables.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#20] Legal/PR retainer and cover-story HR/PR management operations.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.5M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine maintenance, staffing, training and scheduled R&D; no major containment incidents.
no_incident scheduled_maintenance routine_deployments
🚨 Minor Incident $7.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized accidental conceptual exposure or isolated field mishap requiring extra screening, treatment and containment mobilization.
single_person_exposure minor_field_misuse localized_memetic_contamination
🚨 Major Breach $26.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Widespread metaphysical contamination or large-scale unauthorized dissemination requiring mass screening, emergency response, legal/PR mobilization and potential political containment measures.
large_scale_contamination political_exposure mass_deployment_failure
👥 Personnel 33 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#5] 24/7 onsite security staffing (three shifts).
Research Scientist 4 [#7] Senior researchers on the metaphysics/containment research team.
Lab Technician / Research Tech 6 [#7] Laboratory technicians and support staff for neuroimaging and memetic experiments.
Medical Officer 3 [#6] Psychiatrist/physician and nurses/medtechs for on-call and emergency care.
Authorized Wielders / Field Agents 10 [#8, #17] Certified agents authorized to wield SCP-4813 (psych screening + hazard pay).
On-site Researcher 1 [#1, #20] Researcher residing in the on-site residential suite (cover-story payroll).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed and provide ranges for most items, enabling midpoint estimates, but large uncertainties remain around frequency of deployments, chosen R&D intensity and appropriate contingency reserves; memetic/cognitive risks are inherently hard to quantify.
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