SCP-4970
Safe
~
medium confidence
SCP-4970
Expected annual
$2.6M
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$2.5M
Personnel
22
Initial setup (building purchase, secure refurbishment and equipment) is the primary one-time expense (~$1.4M). Recurring costs are dominated by staff wages for security and research, plus a contingency fund, resulting in ~ $2.54M/year ongoing.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $1.4M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $2.5M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$2.5M/yr
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine research and containment operations.
routine operations
scheduled sessions only
no security incidents
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Minor Incident
$2.7M/yr
Localized incident (unauthorised conversation or leakage) requiring incident response, extra amnestics, consultant forensics and legal PR response.
unauthorized session
minor leak requiring amnestics
targeted media inquiry
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Major Breach
$3.7M/yr
Significant containment compromise or public exposure requiring major incident response, large-scale amnestics, extended legal defense and replacement equipment/forensics.
public exposure
large-scale leak
multi-agency involvement
Personnel
22 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 8 | 24/7 on-site guards (8 FTE to cover shifts/leave) per analyst note. |
| Research Scientist / Senior Researcher | 1 | Senior researcher to lead linguistics/telecom research. |
| Engineer / Telecom Engineer | 2 | Telecommunications engineers for ISDN isolation, emulation and hardware maintenance. |
| Research Scientist / Linguist | 2 | Linguists/comparative phonologists for dialect analysis. |
| Data Scientist / ML Specialist | 1 | ML specialist for computational linguistics and model training. |
| Lab Technician | 1 | Hands-on technician to assist experiments and maintain recording hardware. |
| Communications Operator / Session Controller | 5 | 24/7 operators to initiate/record sessions and enforce protocols (4–6 suggested; midpoint used). |
| Medical Officer | 1 | Medical staff/amnestic administrator (retainer/on-site presence as needed). |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | Administrative/legal liaison for cover story maintenance and site administration. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-items and ranges, allowing reasonable scoping, but many items (site price, staffing level, research ambition) have wide ranges and some operational uncertainty; therefore medium confidence.