SCP-5010 — SCP-5010 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5010 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-5010

Expected annual

$1.6M

One-time setup

$1.3M

Annual recurring

$1.6M

Personnel

First-year (one-time + recurring) costs are dominated by secure SRU construction, RF shielding and contingency reserves; recurring costs are dominated by staff wages, readiness/reserve funding and administrative overhead.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M

Facilities $700K

[#1, #2, #3] SRU construction (reinforced, RF-shielded residential unit), perimeter/access control installation, and RF shielding installation/site prep and connections. Higher-than-normal secrecy/anti-tamper build specification assumed.

Breach Response Reserve $250K

[#21] Initial contingency/reserve fund allocation for major breach response, property damage or large-scale incident response.

Equipment $213K

[#4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #13, #17, #23] Secure communications/network hardware, occupancy/interlock systems, CCTV and recording servers, UPS/generator, HVAC hardware, on-site medical kit, secure vehicles, initial data servers/storage and initial security spares.

Legal Cover Story Initial $60K

[#16] Initial cover-story/liaison work, permits and small up-front payments to local entities to establish plausible explanation.

Software Development $40K

[#18] Bespoke scheduling/enforcement software development to enforce 3-person rule, integration with access control.

Personnel Screening Initial $10K

[#12] Initial enhanced vetting, polygraph/psych evaluations for initial access list (estimate assumes modest initial cohort).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr

Staff Wages $750K/yr

[#10] Research and security rotation payroll including employer taxes, benefits and rotation/on-call coverage to avoid 4+ persons on-site.

Misc Administrative Overhead $155K/yr

[#28] Administrative allocation (HR, purchasing, accounting, internal audit and portion of Site-221 overhead).

Research And Monitoring $125K/yr

[#19] Scientific research budget for controlled experiments, staff time, participant compensation, Site lab time and consumables.

Breach Response Readiness $125K/yr

[#21] Rapid response team readiness (training, equipment, transport) and temporary quarantine readiness costs.

Cover Story And Legal $105K/yr

[#16, #22] Ongoing cover-story maintenance, local liaison, permits and insurance/indemnity equivalents.

Depreciation Reserve $75K/yr

[#27] Annual capital replacement reserve to fund eventual replacement of building components, electronics and vehicles.

Records Redaction Amnestics $50K/yr

[#26] Ongoing budget for amnestic administration, legal settlements or redaction contingencies (contingent/variable year-to-year).

Staff Overtime $35K/yr

[#25] Overtime and on-call premiums to maintain strict rotation and avoid overlaps exceeding 3 persons.

Training And Compliance $30K/yr

[#11] Annual training, SOP refreshers, tabletop exercises, compliance audits and simulated breach drills.

Psychological Support $25K/yr

[#20] Counseling and aftercare services for exposed staff and those involved in violations.

Personnel Screening Rechecks $20K/yr

[#12] Annual rechecks, continuous monitoring and follow-up evaluations for staff with access.

Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr

[#2, #8, #15] Perimeter upkeep and repairs, HVAC filter replacements/calibration, regular housekeeping and minor facility maintenance.

Sample Analysis And Pathology $18K/yr

[#24] Budget for occasional tissue scans, imaging, histology and DNA analysis at Site labs.

Logistics And Transport $10K/yr

[#13] Secure vehicle fuel and maintenance and routine transport between Site-221 and SRU.

Data Storage And Recordkeeping $10K/yr

[#17] Secure archival administration, encrypted backups, offsite vaulting and indexing of records.

Cctv Maintenance And Storage $8K/yr

[#6] Video/audio storage, encrypted backup maintenance, retention costs and system upkeep.

Software Support $8K/yr

[#18] Ongoing support, bug fixes and small enhancements for bespoke scheduling/enforcement software.

Secure Network Maintenance $6K/yr

[#4] Maintenance of air-gapped systems, routers, one-way transfer hardware and secure storage.

Power Redundancy Maintenance $6K/yr

[#7] Generator fuel, UPS maintenance, periodic load testing and small repairs.

Occupancy System Maintenance $4K/yr

[#5] Maintenance, software updates and support for badge readers, occupancy sensors and enforced scheduling.

Rf Shielding Recertification $4K/yr

[#3] Annual RF shielding recertification, measurement and regulatory testing.

Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr

[#9, #14] Medical replenishment, PPE, welfare consumables (books, tea supplies), crockery replacement and small consumables.

Security Spares Replacement $2K/yr

[#23] Annual replacement budget for spare locks, biometric readers, cameras and tamper-repair kits.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr

94.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents and only scheduled maintenance/training.

routine_operations no_incident

🚨 Minor Incident $1.7M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Small containment incident requiring investigation, limited repairs, some amnestic/legal actions and overtime.

minor_breach equipment_failure limited_amnestics

🚨 Major Breach $2.3M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline

Significant breach or public exposure requiring SRU replacement, large-scale amnestic/legal action, long response deployments and major settlements.

full_breach extensive_property_damage large_scale_amnestics_or_legal_action

👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
Senior Researcher	1	[#10] Senior researcher (example salary basis ~$120k) responsible for oversight and senior decisions.
Research Scientist / Junior Researcher	2	[#10] Junior researchers (example ~$70k each) for experiments, interviews and monitoring.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	4	[#10] Rotating security staff (example ~$50k each) to enforce access rules and perform transport duties.
Engineer / Maintenance / Tech	1	[#10] On-call technician for systems, UPS/generator, HVAC and routine maintenance (example ~$60k).

📋 Confidence Notes

Containment needs and equipment lists are well-described allowing reasonable line-item estimates, but many items (amnestics, large legal exposure, contingency/reserve sizing) are highly uncertain leading to moderate confidence.

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