SCP-4879
Safe
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medium confidence
SCP-4879
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$727K
Annual recurring
$1.9M
Personnel
4
One-time setup costs are modest (~$0.7M) driven by secure containment, remote-handling equipment, and contingency seed funds; recurring annual costs are dominated by staffing (security and D-Class program) and a research program, producing roughly $1.86M/year baseline operating costs.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $727K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $1.9M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$1.9M/yr
Normal uneventful year with routine monitoring, scheduled research activity, and no major exposure events.
no accidental exposures
regular research cadence
routine maintenance
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Minor Incident
$1.9M/yr
Single accidental exposure or small containment lapse affecting one individual requiring medical care, administrative action and limited replacement/retraining.
single staff/proximal exposure
broken lead box or brief protocol breach
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Major Breach
$2.9M/yr
Significant containment failure or multiple high-value staff exposures requiring expensive replacements, larger medical/research investigations and intensified cover/legal actions.
multiple high-value staff exposed
public witness exposure requiring amnestics/legal action
Personnel
4 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 4 | [#8] Minimum continuous coverage: 4FTE guards (loaded cost basis used in staff wages). |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and sensible estimates, but several items (research scale, frequency of incidents, replacement-payouts) have wide ranges and scenario probabilities are judgment-based, so uncertainty remains.