SCP-4921 — SCP-4921 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4921 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-4921

Expected annual

$2.5M

One-time setup

$4.7M

Annual recurring

$2.5M

Personnel

Initial containment and memetic-safe automation require significant one-time capital (approx. $4.7M) driven by AI/software development, robotics, and contingency reserves; annual operations run roughly $2.5M driven by staffing, research, and specialized maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.7M

Equipment $1.6M

[#2, #4, #8, #17, #18, #20, #25] Automated care hardware, memetic-safe information displays/servers, medical outfitting, secure destruction hardware (one-time portion), sensors, transport module, initial spare-parts inventory (midpoints).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.4M

[#6, #12] Development of specialized software/AI for hazardous documentation and initial training/SOP creation (midpoints).

Incident Contingency Reserve $1.2M

[#26] One-time catastrophic/incident contingency reserve (midpoint of recommended reserve range).

Facilities $525K

[#1, #19] Containment cell construction with memetic-safe viewing port and installation of redundant HVAC/power systems (midpoint of provided ranges).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.5M/yr

Staff Wages $1.0M/yr

[#5, #9, #10, #11, #13] Salaries and overhead for IT/sysadmin, medical staffing, emergency response team, on-site security guards, and personnel-rotation overhead (summed midpoints of wage-relevant items).

Research And Monitoring $600K/yr

[#21] Annual budget for cognitohazard countermeasures and ethically-safe experimental design (midpoint).

D Class Operations $250K/yr

[#22] D-class/test-subject recruitment, housing, supervision and legal overhead if used for studies (midpoint example).

Compute And Hosting $150K/yr

[#7] Air-gapped compute cluster, backups, secure storage for AI/document-processing (annual midpoint).

Cover Story And Legal $110K/yr

[#15, #23] Legal, PR, compliance, and records redaction/identity management (combined midpoints).

Robotics Automation Maintenance $100K/yr

[#3] Maintenance contract, spares, firmware patches, emergency repairs for automated care systems (midpoint).

Psychological Support $50K/yr

[#14] Counseling, psychiatric care, and monitoring for affected staff (midpoint).

Power And Environment Ops $40K/yr

[#19] Fuel, generator maintenance, HVAC filters and negative-pressure system upkeep (annual midpoint).

Spare Parts Replenish $40K/yr

[#25] Annual replenishment of spare motors, sensors, filters, robotics parts (midpoint).

Refresher Training $35K/yr

[#12] Annual refresher courses and simulation maintenance (midpoint).

Logistics And Transport $30K/yr

[#20] Maintenance/fuel and upkeep for transport/emergency relocation kit (annual midpoint).

Amnestic Budget $30K/yr

[#16] Amnestic treatment supplies and deployment budget (annual midpoint).

Sensors Maintenance $20K/yr

[#18] Maintenance and calibration for vitals/motion/chemical sensors and memetic-safe CCTV (annual midpoint).

Supplies And Consumables $13K/yr

[#24] Consumables and PPE (annual midpoint).

Secure Document Destruction Ops $6K/yr

[#17] Operating costs for secure shredding/incineration (annual midpoint).

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Operational Posture Summary $0/yr

[#27] Summary note provided by analyst; underlying recurring items represent the operational posture costs above.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.5M/yr

94.0% probability / year

Routine year with no major incidents: regular maintenance, staffing, research, and operations only.

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🚨 Minor Incident $2.8M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Localized failure or medical incident requiring emergency response, temporary repairs, amnestic use, and overtime.

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🚨 Major Breach $4.3M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.8M vs baseline

Significant containment breach or protracted human exposure requiring large-scale incident response, replacement hardware, PR/legal expenses, and possible relocation.

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👥 Personnel 15 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#11] Rotation staffing example provided (6 guards at ~$50k each); included in recurring security wages.
Emergency Response Team / Hazmat	4	[#10] Trained rapid-reaction team for breaches and rescue (salaries + training included in recurring emergency response line).
Research Scientist / Project Lead	1	[#6, #21] Lead scientist overseeing countermeasure research and protocols; salary included in staff/research budgets.
Medical Officer	1	[#9] On-call clinician for remote operation and medical oversight (part-time coverage included in recurring medical staffing).
IT / Sysadmin	1	[#5, #7] Sysadmin support and secure operations for memetic systems and compute hosting.
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[#3, #25] Robotics/automation maintenance engineer and on-site maintenance support; spare-parts management.
Administrative Staff	1	[#13, #23] Admin/legal/compliance support for rotations, documentation control, and internal audits.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing midpoint-based estimates, but uncertainties remain (range widths, incident probabilities, and policy choices about human interaction vs full automation), so confidence is medium.

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