SCP-4950 — SCP-4950 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-4950 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-4950

Expected annual

$9.9M

One-time setup

$218.2M

Annual recurring

$9.7M

Personnel

One-time capital (vault, pentacular grid, automated exorcists, redundant facility) is dominated by large contingency/reserve allocations; recurring annual costs are driven by security, countercult operations, emergency response, and a continuing reserve contribution. Baseline annual operations are estimated under $10M, while catastrophic mitigation reserves push one-time capital into the hundreds of millions.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $218.2M

Catastrophic Mitigation Reserve $200.0M

[#24] Large-scale contingency allocation for worst-case coordinated sacrificial campaign / national/global mitigation planning (planning-level allocation; actual mitigation could scale higher).

Long Term Reserve Fund $10.0M

[#23] One-time capital reserve to fund multi-decade upkeep, replacements, and inflation (seed allocation; organization may prefer recurring contributions instead).

Equipment $3.5M

[#2, #3, #4, #9, #19] Pentacular grid materials/installation, two automated exorcist units (primary + hot spare), initial control & monitoring electronics/software deployment, initial CCTV/alarm/perimeter sensors, initial IT security hardware.

Decommissioning Major Experiment $2.0M

[#25] One-time funding for a major neutralization / decommissioning experiment (high-risk, multi-discipline operation).

Redundant Offsite Facility $1.2M

[#13] Secondary cold containment vault and duplicate grid components to enable transfer in catastrophic scenarios (includes secure transport crates design).

Facilities $800K

[#1] Reinforced sealed containment vault construction with electromagnetic shielding, humidity/temperature control, and auric dampening lining; mid-range estimate assuming partial reuse of existing facility.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K

[#11, #25] Initial occultology research lab acquisitions, library purchases, and initial instrumentation to begin containment-relevant research; also seed funding for initial decommissioning experiment phases.

Emergency Response Outfitting $200K

[#12] Initial outfitting for on-call rapid containment/ritual response team (armored transport retrofit, ritual kits, specialized equipment).

Power Infrastructure $150K

[#5] UPS, generator(s), transfer switching and installation for 72-hour backup capability.

Transfer Simulations $50K

[#13] Simulated transfers and validation exercises for off-site transfer procedures.

Environmental Control Initial $40K

[#6] Initial climate / inert-atmosphere capability and corrosion prevention hardware for remains storage.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.7M/yr

Catastrophic Ops Recurring $5.0M/yr

[#24] Ongoing international-level mitigation posture (sustained monitoring, interdiction, and diplomatic/legal efforts) if organization elects continuous global operations.

Staff Wages $1.0M/yr

[#8, #9] Salaries and benefits for on-site personnel (2 ritual technicians/research scientists, 8 security officers, 1 IT/admin, 2 administrative staff).

Countercult Operations $800K/yr

[#10] Covert monitoring, agent/informant network maintenance, disruption raids and intelligence operations targeting GoI-66654 remnants and recruitment vectors.

Long Term Reserve Contribution $500K/yr

[#23] Annual contribution option toward long-term maintenance reserve (alternative to single large endowment).

Decommissioning Project Recurring $500K/yr

[#25] Multi-year program costs for research into neutralization/decommissioning methods, experiments, and associated safety overhead.

Research And Monitoring $450K/yr

[#11, #22] Ongoing occultology research, postdoc support, instrumentation for remote sensing, containment testing and validation, and R&D upgrades.

Emergency Response Recurring $400K/yr

[#12] Ongoing training, readiness, and equipment sustainment for rapid containment/ritual response teams.

Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr

[#17] Legal fees, covert agreements with authorities, media management, and cover-story operations.

Logistics And Transport $125K/yr

[#14] Secure transfer contingency, armored convoy / specialized transfer readiness and periodic transport drills.

Power Fuel Maintenance $120K/yr

[#5] Generator fuel provisioning and generator maintenance for backup power (estimated monthly fuel/maintenance aggregated).

Facilities Maintenance $75K/yr

[#1, #6, #13] Routine maintenance of containment vault, auric-dampening lining, environmental systems and off-site cold facility upkeep.

Control Software Updates $60K/yr

[#4] Ongoing software updates, maintenance, and support contracts for real-time monitoring stack and anomaly detection systems.

It Security Operations $60K/yr

[#19] Secure servers, air-gapped backups, cryptographic services and ongoing IT security operations.

Public Safety Drills $60K/yr

[#18] Off-site mitigation planning, coordination with emergency services, and community drills under cover narratives.

Training And Certification $50K/yr

[#20] Regular training for technicians and security in ritual safety, containment protocols, and certification upkeep.

Psychological Support $40K/yr

[#21] Counseling, debriefs, and HR overhead for staff exposed to disturbing lore; turnover replacement support.

Supplies And Consumables $37K/yr

[#6, #15] Arcane reagents, sanctified salts/inks, consumables for grid refresh and inert-atmosphere consumables.

Decontamination $30K/yr

[#16] Certified hazardous/occult waste disposal and periodic cleanup contracts; single-incident costs may be much higher.

Weekly Inspection Labor $25K/yr

[#7] Contractor/tech labor for weekly grid and exorcist inspections, small repairs and logging.

Cctv And Alarm Maintenance $15K/yr

[#9] Maintenance and servicing of CCTV, perimeter sensors, badge access and alarm systems.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.7M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Normal year with planned operations, maintenance, and steady countercult activity; no major containment incidents.

steady monitoring routine maintenance low cult activity

🚨 Minor Incident $10.3M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline

Localized degradation or ritual weakening requiring emergency repairs and targeted countercult action.

grid degradation localized breach attempts small-scale cleanup

🚨 Major Breach $12.7M/yr

1.9% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline

Containment breach requiring transfer to redundant facility, replacement of equipment, large cleanup and legal/PR containment.

coordinated cult attack exorcist failure significant grid compromise

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $159.7M/yr

0.1% probability / year +$150.0M vs baseline

Worst-case coordinated sacrificial campaign or containment failure requiring activation of large-scale mitigation reserves and national/global measures.

nation-scale cult mobilization simultaneous multi-site attacks NK-class escalation risk

👥 Personnel 13 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Ritual Technician	2	Full-time occult/engineering specialists responsible for monitoring the grid and exorcist.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	On-site 24/7 guarded posture across shifts (vetting, armed response).
IT / Systems Administrator	1	Maintains monitoring stack, secure telemetry, and backups.
Site Director / Administrative Staff	2	Site management and administrative support for containment and cover operations.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates combine concrete hardware/labor figures with wide-ranging, high-uncertainty contingency allocations (items #23–#24). Recurring operational spending has moderate confidence; catastrophic/long-reserve items carry high uncertainty.

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