SCP-497 — SCP-497 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-497 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-497

Expected annual

$4.2M

One-time setup

$890K

Annual recurring

$4.1M

Personnel

One-time setup costs are moderate (~$0.9M) for a soundproofed containment cell, transport, instrumentation and initial training; recurring costs are dominated by continuous dedicated staffing, legal/administrative reserves, and contingency funds (~$4.12M/yr). Personnel wages and liability/reserve allocations are the main recurring drivers.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $890K

Decommissioning Or Relocation $300K

[#25] Cost to safely transfer, rebuild containment, or permanently isolate/move SCP-497 if required.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $175K

[#11, #22] Purchase of sensitive acoustic measurement gear and initial long-term archival/cold-storage equipment.

Facilities $150K

[#1] Construction of a dedicated soundproof/anechoic containment cell with blast-rated doorway, viewing port, and feed-throughs.

Equipment $150K

[#2, #14, #20] CCTV and redundant observation hardware & installation, hardened transport case and vehicle upfits, UPS/emergency shutdown hardware (initial).

Training Initial $50K

[#8] Initial SOP curriculum development and delivery for containment, emergency response and specialized handling.

Medical Isolation Conversion $40K

[#9] Conversion of a medical ward isolation bay / dedicated quarantine bed and processing setup (one-time conversion).

Ppe Initial $25K

[#7] Initial fit-testing and supply of custom molded ear protection, active headsets and initial PPE issuance.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.1M/yr

Staff Wages $1.7M/yr

[#4, #5, #6] Dedicated security guards, medical staff, monitoring technicians and pooled on-call specialists (salaries + ~30% benefits for primary staff).

Liability Reserve $1.0M/yr

[#24] Contingency reserve / insurance backstop for worst-case exposures, litigation, relocations or mass-casualty events.

Administrative Overhead $250K/yr

[#23] Site director allocation, administration, compliance and facility amortization attributable to SCP-497 containment.

Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr

[#17] Legal retainer, cover-story operations, redaction and outside inquiry management.

Contingency Surge Staffing $200K/yr

[#13] Reserve for overtime, surge hires and emergency coverage during activation/acceleration events.

Psychological Care And Monitoring $185K/yr

[#16] Counseling program, trauma care and hazard-pay differential for affected staff.

Research And Monitoring $140K/yr

[#10, #11, #22] Recurring autopsy/pathology budgets, sequencing/mass-spec/advanced analysis contracts and research service access.

Medical Processing And Quarantine $100K/yr

[#9] Per-event processing, diagnostics, triage and quarantine staffing budget for typical caseload.

Diamond Extraction Reserve $100K/yr

[#12] Per-authorized-extraction tooling, containment rigs and emergency staffing reserve (annualized).

Records Management $50K/yr

[#18] Classified document storage, redaction labor and secure data systems maintenance.

Incident Investigation Reserve $50K/yr

[#21] Rapid investigation, forensics and remediation fund for unexpected materialization patterns or breaches.

Training Recurring $35K/yr

[#8] Annual drills, staff re-certification and SOP refreshes.

Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr

[#7] Ongoing PPE consumables and replacement ear protection for staff.

Biohazard Disposal $30K/yr

[#15] Disposal costs for deceased subjects, incineration, hazardous waste handling and associated paperwork.

Continuous Video Storage $15K/yr

[#3] 24/7 high-resolution recording retention (90–180 day retention) and encrypted storage costs.

Archival Storage Recurring $10K/yr

[#22] Ongoing cold-storage costs, chain-of-custody and redundancy for samples.

Utilities And Hvac $9K/yr

[#19] Incremental electricity and HVAC maintenance for containment cell (vibration-isolated systems).

Logistics And Transport $5K/yr

[#14] Vehicle escort operational costs, route planning and transport procedures (fuel, minor ops).

Redundant Power Maintenance $3K/yr

[#20] Annual maintenance for UPS and emergency shutdown systems.

Cctv Maintenance $2K/yr

[#2] Annual maintenance/support for cameras, NVR failover and monitoring consoles.

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.1M/yr

88.9% probability / year

Normal year with routine monitoring, standard number of materializations and no major incidents.

no major breaches routine materializations standard staffing and training cycles

🚨 Minor Incident $4.3M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Localized incident requiring extra autopsies, short surge staffing and additional legal/cover actions.

unexpected materialization cluster one-off legal exposure short surge staffing

🚨 Major Breach $5.6M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Accelerated activity or damage to SCP-497 leading to multiple materializations, significant surge staffing, relocation planning and expanded legal response.

authorized extraction accelerates activity simultaneous multiple materializations medical mass-casualty response

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $9.1M/yr

0.1% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Worst-case year with multi-site exposure, prolonged relocation or rebuilding, heavy litigation and large payouts/insurance draws.

widespread civilian exposure forced relocation or site rebuild major litigation/settlements

👥 Personnel 20 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	5	[#4] One armed guard posted at door 24/7; 4–6 FTE planned (estimate uses 5).
Medical Officer	9	[#5] Two medical personnel at door continuously; 8–10 FTE planned (estimate uses 9).
Monitoring Technician	3	[#6] Technicians to monitor video/audio feeds and consoles (2–3 FTE; estimate uses 3).
On-call Specialist (Pathology/Psych/Ethics)	3	[#6, #10, #16] Rotating pooled specialists budgeted for pathology, psychology and ethics consults (pooled FTE equivalent).

📋 Confidence Notes

Staffing numbers and primary recurring cost drivers are well-documented in the analyst notes, but many line items have wide ranges or conditional/contingency character (per-experiment costs, reserves and insurance). This yields moderate confidence in order-of-magnitude totals but not precision.

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