SCP-744 — SCP-744 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-744 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-744

Expected annual

$2.2M

One-time setup

$6.8M

Annual recurring

$2.1M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup and contingency reserves are the primary cost drivers (property acquisition, AIC development, containment planning), while ongoing yearly costs are dominated by staff wages, AIC operations, cover/legal/PR maintenance, and contingency replenishment.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.8M

Containment Planning $2.0M

[#26] One-time contingency planning/design costs for potential future containment/neutralization capability (design studies, prototypes, contracts).

Equipment $1.3M

[#8, #10, #11, #15, #23] One-time purchase/integration of perimeter hardware (fencing/CCTV), BENTHAM.AIC development/licensing/integration, on-site compute servers/GPU racks, backup archival hardware, and specialty transport vans/trailers.

Insurance Seed Reserve $1.0M

[#27] Seed for self-insurance reserve against anomaly-driven losses (recommended large contingency).

Property Acquisition $800K

[#1] Purchase/closing payment to GoI-952 including clandestine premium and legal obfuscation.

Facilities $350K

[#7, #24, #30] Environmental remediation, one-off capital improvements/repairs, and decommissioning/mothballing demolition costs for the site.

Emergency Reserve Seed $300K

[#16] Seed reserve for emergency response / incident contingency (rapid MTF activation, hazmat, surge logistics).

Legal Retainer One Time $300K

[#20] Up-front legal retainer/indemnity fund to respond to subpoenas, leaks, or legal exposure.

Covert Procurement One Time $200K

[#4] One-off handover/bribe/consulting payment to GoI-952 related to acquisition and transfer.

Decommissioning One Time $200K

[#30] Estimated cost to securely mothball, remediate, destroy sensitive hardware/records and sever staff if the program ends.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K

[#18] Specialized measurement and calibration instruments, lab buildout for observational experiments.

Pr Initial Campaign $75K

[#21] Initial cover-story / public-relations campaign to establish plausible local presence and narratives.

Training Initial $40K

[#19] Initial safety/training, psychological screening and PPE procurement.

Cybersecurity Initial Hardening $30K

[#14] Initial hardening, tooling and audits for secure monitoring stack.

Front Company Setup $25K

[#2] Incorporation, nominee directors, shell banking setup and initial legal fees for the front company.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.1M/yr

Staff Wages $980K/yr

[#9, #13, #14, #17, #28] On-site security staff, human analysts/watch team, cybersecurity staff portion, research team salaries, and program manager/administrative staff wages.

Cover Story And Legal $373K/yr

[#3, #4, #20, #21, #22] Ongoing front-company accounting/legal maintenance, periodic covert payments/consulting, insurance/indemnity premiums, PR upkeep, and community/hush payments.

Facilities Maintenance $123K/yr

[#5, #6, #8, #24] Property taxes/local fees, utilities and seasonal maintenance, perimeter hardware upkeep, and annual capital depreciation/repairs.

Research And Monitoring $110K/yr

[#12, #25] AIC operating/cloud compute/storage costs for continuous surveillance and data analysis/classification maintenance costs.

Emergency Fund Replenish $100K/yr

[#16] Annual replenishment to maintain emergency/rapid-response reserve.

Insurance Replenish $100K/yr

[#27] Annual replenishment to self-insurance reserve against large anomaly-driven losses.

Opportunity Cost Buffer $100K/yr

[#29] Budget buffer for personnel/equipment diversion when SCP-744 monitoring spikes demand other program resources.

Program Overhead Non Wage $80K/yr

[#28] Non-wage administrative costs, compliance, internal audits, and program billing overhead.

Cybersecurity Tooling $60K/yr

[#14] Recurring tooling, licenses, audits and IDS/secure comms costs for BENTHAM and video feeds (non-wage portion).

Supplies And Consumables $38K/yr

[#15, #18, #19] Archival/media rotation and maintenance, consumables/calibration for measurement equipment, and recurring training/PPE refreshes.

Logistics And Transport $15K/yr

[#23] Fuel, vehicle maintenance, and secure transport of personnel/equipment.

Containment Implementation $0/yr

[#26] Recurring costs if full physical containment/neutralization is implemented (set to 0 because containment currently not implemented).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.1M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal, uneventful year with routine monitoring, maintenance, cover operations, and no major incidents.

steady surveillance routine maintenance normal research cadence

🚨 Minor Incident $2.4M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Localized anomalous activity requiring a single MTF/hazmat deployment, temporary investigation, equipment repair, and some legal/PR response.

single MTF deployment AIC false-positive needing manual triage and repair minor local exposure/leak

🚨 Major Breach $7.1M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Significant dissociation/demonstrated escalation requiring large-scale containment/neutralization effort, large emergency spending, and decommissioning/relocation.

widespread dissociation event mass casualty/ disappearance event need for bespoke containment construction

👥 Personnel 13 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#9] Two on-site guards (rotating shifts) as minimal physical presence.
Research Scientist	3	[#17] Research staff for periodic inspections and experimental observations (FTE equivalents).
Research Technician / Analyst	4	[#13] Human analysts and watch team for AIC oversight, triage, and decision authority.
Cybersecurity Specialist	1	[#14] On-call specialist for secure communications, IDS, and BENTHAM stack security.
Program Manager / Administrative Staff	2	[#28] Program manager and administrative support to manage front-company cover and internal compliance.
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[#6, #24] Maintenance/engineering support for facility systems, HVAC for servers, and seasonal repairs.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are derived from analyst ranges and program-level judgments; many line items (anomalous behavior, contingency responses, covert payments) have wide uncertainty and tail-risk, producing moderate confidence.

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