SCP-7466 — SCP-7466 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7466 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-7466

Expected annual

$3.4M

One-time setup

$4.7M

Annual recurring

$3.2M

Personnel

Initial capital (including contingency reserves) is approximately $4.67M; baseline annual operating costs are approximately $3.16M, driven mainly by staff wages, remote sensing/imagery, and public-information/legal suppression.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.7M

Scaling Contingency Reserve $3.0M

[#20] Large-scale escalation/scale-up contingency available if SCP behavior changes (~$1–5M).

Legal Contingency Reserve $375K

[#14] One-time reserve for litigation, emergency payoffs, covert record acquisition (~$250–500k).

Artifact Handling Facility $325K

[#8] Secure warehouse fit-out, climate control, large-item handling equipment (~$250–400k).

Field Lab Setup $225K

[#7] Prefab modular shelters, basic lab benches, install and comms (~$150–300k).

Fixed Sensor Network $160K

[#4] Deployment of ground sensors, time-lapse cameras, LIDAR surveys and remote power (~$120–200k).

Off Road Vehicles $140K

[#2] Purchase of 2–3 rugged 4x4 vehicles for patrol & response (3 vehicles @ ~$35–40k each).

Permitting And Initial Buyin $125K

[#13] Initial land-access payments or agreements / buy-in (~$50–200k).

Satellite Imagery Setup $100K

[#11] Vendor contracts, software and initial manipulation capability (~$60–150k).

Drone Fleet $80K

[#3] Initial purchase of 3–5 medium drones, spare batteries, ground stations and setup (~$60–100k).

Energy And Comms Hardware $45K

[#15] Solar arrays, batteries, satellite radios and comms hardware (~$30–60k).

Data Infra $40K

[#5] Encrypted servers, backups and initial software setup (~$30–50k).

Amnestic Supplies Initial $30K

[#10] Initial purchase of pharmaceutical amnestics, delivery kits and mobile supplies (~$20–40k).

Ppe And Decon Supplies Initial $20K

[#18] Initial PPE, decon equipment and OHS setup (~$10–30k).

Facilities $0

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Equipment $0

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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr

Staff Wages $1.6M/yr

[#1, #3, #5, #6, #8, #10, #11, #12, #21, #22] Salaries, benefits, on-call overtime and staffing for security patrols, research scientists, technicians, drone operators, IT/imagery editors, conservation/inventory staff, PR/legal liaisons, medical oversight, engineers and admin.

Research And Monitoring $285K/yr

[#6, #16, #17] Non-salary research costs: field sampling, contracted environmental studies, lab analysis, long-term population monitoring and demographic modeling (~$100–250k + $40–80k).

Cover Story And Legal $275K/yr

[#11, #12] Ongoing public-information management, PR specialists, liaison officers, legal retainer and cover-story work (~$150–400k/yr); some imagery suppression work excluded here (see satellite_imagery_recurring).

Satellite Imagery Recurring $225K/yr

[#11] Annual imagery purchases, credits, in-house manipulation operations and takedown activity (~$150–300k/yr).

Facilities Maintenance $110K/yr

[#7, #8, #15] Utilities, HVAC/CL control, generator & field-station upkeep, building upkeep for field lab and artifact facility.

Heavy Equipment Rental $100K/yr

[#9] On-call rental & operator budgets for excavators, graders, dump trucks when removal/alteration is required (~$50–150k/yr contingency usage).

Public Exposure Incident Budget $100K/yr

[#19] Per-incident emergency costs (rapid transport, temporary closures, amnestics, media suppression) budgeted across expected incidents (~$10–200k/yr depending on frequency).

Permitting Recurring $60K/yr

[#13] Annual easements, land-access payments and local compensation (~$20–200k/yr variable).

Data Infra $50K/yr

[#5] Cloud storage, backups, software licenses, cybersecurity and IT staff share (~$40–60k/yr).

Artifact Ops $50K/yr

[#8] Inventory operations, conservation consumables, climate control energy and handling staff (~$40–60k/yr).

Transportation Logistics $50K/yr

[#22] Secure transport of large artefacts and personnel transfers to Site-53, air/ground transport and handlers (~$10–100k/yr).

Amnestic Recurring $45K/yr

[#10] Ongoing replacement amnestics, medical oversight, training and mobile kit replenishment (~$30–60k/yr).

Documentation Training $35K/yr

[#21] SOP updates, training modules, simulation exercises, compliance audits (~$20–50k/yr).

Drone Ops Maintenance $30K/yr

[#3] Operator overtime, maintenance, replacement batteries and spares (~$40–60k total in note; salaries included in staff_wages).

Energy Telecom $30K/yr

[#15] Satellite link fees, telecom subscriptions, solar/battery replacement and generator maintenance (~$20–40k/yr).

Off Road Vehicles Maintenance $25K/yr

[#2] Fuel, routine maintenance, tires and spare parts for patrol & response vehicles (~$25k/yr).

Fixed Sensor Maintenance $20K/yr

[#4] Sensor upkeep, occasional LIDAR surveys, solar power maintenance (~$15–25k/yr).

Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr

[#18] Ongoing PPE replacement, consumable disposables and routine medical supplies (~$10–20k/yr).

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr

78.0% probability / year

Normal year with steady containment operations, no major incidents or large-scale exposure events.

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🚨 Minor Incident $3.3M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Single civilian discovery or visible SCP-7466 project requiring rapid response, amnesticization, limited heavy-equipment use and media suppression.

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🚨 Major Escalation $6.7M/yr

7.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline

Significant behavior change, large-scale construction visible to many civilians, or reclassification requiring rapid scale-up and major remediation.

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👥 Personnel 20 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#1] Two-person patrols twice daily + rapid-response on-call; staffing to cover daylight and peak discovery hours.
Research Scientist	3	[#6] Field biologists/ethologists/physicists/anthropologists to study behavior and supervise interactions.
Technician	2	[#6, #7] Field and lab technicians to support research and field-lab operations.
Drone Operator	2	[#3] Operators for persistent aerial surveillance and periodic higher-altitude tasking.
Data / IT Analyst	1	[#5, #11] IT support, cybersecurity and image-processing / ML tool maintenance.
Conservation / Inventory Staff	1	[#8] Artifact handling, cataloguing and conservation.
PR / Liaison / Legal Specialist	2	[#12, #13] Public-information management, government liaison and legal cover tasks.
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[#2, #15] Maintenance of vehicles, generators, solar arrays and field infrastructure.
Medical Officer	1	[#10, #18] Medical oversight for amnestic administration and OHS readiness.
Administrative Staff	1	[#21] Administration, recordkeeping, SOP updates and training coordination.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on detailed analyst notes with ranges; many line items have wide ranges and contingency items depend on unpredictable public-exposure events, so overall confidence is medium.

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