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SCP-5002 Neutralized ~ medium confidence
SCP-5002
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$3.2M
Annual recurring
$2.0M
Personnel
11
One-time setup and intellectual-property containment (rights buyouts, emergency fund, secure vaults/systems) drive most expense (~$3.1M one-time), while annual staffing, monitoring, legal support and contingency reserves drive recurring costs (~$1.95M/year).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.2M
Rights Buyout And Takedown $1.0M
[#12] One-time global rights buyout / publisher negotiations / discrete replacement of institutional copies.
Emergency Response Fund $1.0M
[#21] Reserved emergency fund for narrative-initiated incidents (one-time capitalization/reserve).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#15] Initial research program budget for experiments, modeling and instrumentation to study re-reading mechanism.
Legal And Diplomatic One Time $200K
[#14] One-time legal/diplomatic costs for cross-border warrants, negotiations, and complex jurisdictional work.
Replacement And Recall $200K
[#19] Covert buys / replacement of civilian-held copies (initial recall program).
Equipment $166K
[#1, #3, #4, #10, #11, #23] Hardware and systems: upgraded body tray/locking hardware, vault CCTV/access hardware, air-gapped archival servers and hardened workstation, access-control deployment, in-house incinerator, publisher IT cloning equipment.
Facilities $115K
[#2, #3] Structural work: morgue bio-containment upgrades and vault construction (split out equipment separately).
Capture And Seizure $70K
[#6] Covert operational capture and seizure costs (initial containment/evidence seizure).
Autopsy Services $30K
[#16] One autopsy/forensic pathology campaign (histology, toxicology, sequencing) as a single-event cost.
Sop Development $25K
[#17] One-time SOP and training-material development for handling text-trigger anomalies.
Decommissioning $20K
[#25] Final secure disposal/sequestration costs when neutralization approved.
Records Conversion $20K
[#24] One-time conversion to secure formats / initial secure backups and media formatting.
Vetting Initial $20K
[#9] Initial personnel vetting and clearance costs for team (background checks, polygraphs).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.0M/yr
Staff Wages $770K/yr
[#7, #8, #18, #20] Salaries for dedicated security officers, designated containment/handling team (researchers/archivists), archivists/technicians and monitoring analyst(s).
Emergency Response Reserve $300K/yr
[#21] Annual contingency reserve to replenish rapid-response funds after use and maintain readiness.
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#15] Ongoing research program and controlled testing to study mechanism and limits (staff + experiments budget).
Cover Story And Legal $190K/yr
[#13, #14] Recurring legal maintenance and covert cover/amnestic campaign budgeting used for counterintelligence and PR cover operations.
Insurance And Liability $150K/yr
[#22] Internal insurance/indemnity and liability accounting reserve.
Misc Overheads $120K/yr
[#26] Pro-rated Site-06 utilities, administration, HR, benefits and general overheads attributable to containment operations.
Inventory Management $60K/yr
[#18] Archivist/technician labor for cataloging, audits and verification of holdings.
Security Training And Equipment $40K/yr
[#7] Annual training, certification and equipment refresh for security staff (separate from base wages).
Monitoring And Detection $40K/yr
[#20] Tooling (web crawlers, customs alerts) and automated monitoring; analyst wages included under staff_wages.
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#5] Secure transport for occasional transfers and evidence movement (armored vehicle + security detail per operation averaged annually).
Records Archival Maintenance $15K/yr
[#24] Secure records storage media refresh cycles and archival maintenance.
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#1, #3] Morgue refrigeration/power/alarms and vault maintenance.
It Monitoring $10K/yr
[#23] Ongoing coordination with publisher IT, monitoring of digital masters and revocation mechanisms.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#2, #4] Biohazard consumables/decontamination procedures and replacement of write-once media / validation consumables.
Training Refreshers $8K/yr
[#17] Annual refresher training for SOPs and handling protocols.
Personnel Vetting $7K/yr
[#9] Periodic rechecks, polygraph and background re-screening for team (annualized).
Destruction Events $6K/yr
[#11] Contractor incineration / secure destruction events (annualized estimate for periodic mass-destruction as needed).
Access Software Maintenance $4K/yr
[#10] Ongoing maintenance/licensing for access-control and audit software.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.0M/yr
91.0% probability / year
Routine year with no major unauthorized circulation or large incidents; normal operations, maintenance, monitoring and research continue.
routine_maintenance no_unauthorized_copies_detected
🚨 Minor Incident $2.2M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized unauthorized copy detected or small-scale leak requiring targeted takedown, focused amnestic campaign, legal action and transport.
unauthorized_copy_discovered localized_readings limited_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $4.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Widespread circulation or discovery of multiple accessible copies (domestic or international) requiring rights buyouts, major emergency response, large amnestic/cover campaigns and diplomatic/legal operations.
mass_reprints_or_piracy international_publisher_exposure large_public_readings
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#7] Continuous coverage for morgue, vault and on-site rapid response (3–6 recommended; 4 FTE used for budget).
Research Scientist / Anomaly Researcher 3 [#8, #15] Designated containment and analysis team (forensic linguist/analyst, anomaly researcher, legal liaison time included).
Archivist / Technician 2 [#18, #3] Cataloging, inventory management and vault handling staff (1–2 recommended; 2 used).
Monitoring Analyst 1 [#20] Online and customs monitoring analyst; tooling costs are separate recurring line item.
Administrative / Legal Liaison 1 [#14, #12] Point-of-contact for publisher negotiations, legal paperwork, and coordination with external counsel (annualized legal costs separate).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates derive from provided ranges and analyst judgment; many large items (rights buyout, emergency fund size, frequency of destructive events) have wide ranges and jurisdiction-dependent variability, so figures are approximate but grounded in the noted ranges.
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