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SCP-5036 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-5036
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$1.6M
Annual recurring
$1.9M
Personnel
18
One-time setup and contingency reserves total roughly $1.59M; ongoing annual costs are about $1.89M/yr driven primarily by personnel (security and containment), research/R&D, and incident-response/cover-up budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.6M
Vault Room Construction $600K
[#1] Optional higher-assurance option: new masonry vault rooms for each segment (alternative to commercial safes).
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#20] Liquid contingency & liability reserve for unforeseen large-scale incidents, suits, settlements or long-term rehabilitation (recommended reserve).
Equipment $140K
[#2, #4] Initial RTLS hardware and installation plus CCTV/access-control/alarm infrastructure installation.
Facilities $80K
[#1] Cost selected for eight high-security commercial safes with tamper sensors and climate-control inserts (baseline, lower-cost facility option).
Transport Vehicle Purchase $80K
[#9] Purchase of one dedicated secure cargo van for special-case transport infrastructure.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $55K
[#7, #12] Conservation assessment & initial treatment and one-time lab outfitting for behavioral research/human-subject work.
Building Security Upgrades $50K
[#23] One-time physical modifications to enforce 6 m spacing within a building (bollards, barriers, reconfiguration).
Background Checks Initial $35K
[#17] Initial background checks / personnel vetting for ~30 personnel (range provided in notes).
It And Records Setup $20K
[#15] One-time encrypted server/storage setup and secure backups for classified records and provenance docs.
Documentation One Time $15K
[#22] One-time historical provenance research and documentation to support cover stories and legal coordination.
Training Program Development $14K
[#16] Initial development of training program and tabletop exercises to enforce separation rules and post-breach procedures.
Consumables Initial Kit $1K
[#19] Initial forensic/handling kit (gloves, evidence bags, tags, sampling tools).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr
Staff Wages $780K/yr
[#5, #6] On-site security personnel (6 full-time @ ~$55k each) plus quick-reaction team retainer and containment/custodial specialists (3 specialists).
Research And Monitoring $630K/yr
[#12, #13, #22, #25] Behavioral research/testing staff & operations, counter-memetic R&D budget, ongoing documentation/provenance liaison, and social-media/monitoring analyst costs.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#14] Legal retainers, PR operations, witness relocation/non-disclosure compensation and settlement reserve for incidents.
Logistics And Transport $80K/yr
[#8, #21] Secure per-transfer logistics (staggered moves/escorts) assuming a small number of planned moves plus community-level theft-mitigation / undercover operations.
Facilities Maintenance $78K/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #9, #18, #24] RTLS/cloud/license & alarm maintenance, CCTV monitoring/storage maintenance, vehicle upkeep, HVAC/utilities for vaults, and periodic compliance audits.
Medical And Psychiatric Care $75K/yr
[#11] Medical triage, acute care, psychiatric intervention and follow-up counseling budgeting.
Breach Response Reserve $60K/yr
[#10] Annual reserve to fund per-event mobilization of emergency breach response teams (medics, containment techs, travel, overtime).
Training And Exercises $20K/yr
[#16] Annual refresher trainings, drills and tabletop exercises to maintain separation and post-breach procedures.
It Hosting And Maintenance $10K/yr
[#15] Secure hosting, maintenance and audits for encrypted databases and off-site backups.
Background Check Renewals $6K/yr
[#17] Periodic reinvestigations/renewals for vetted personnel.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#7, #19] Ongoing conservation consumables (humidity packs, mounts) and forensic handling replenishment.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, no major Nμ events or policy changes.
no breaches infrequent transfers routine maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Single, limited Nμ event or localized exposure requiring targeted response and some medical/amnestic expenses.
single Nμ-event small civilian exposure limited legal/amnestic actions
🚨 Major Breach $2.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Large-scale breach or coordinated incident causing multiple affected civilians, large mobilization, and significant legal/contingency payouts.
multi-site breach mass exposure large settlements / prolonged response
🚨 Distributed Storage $2.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Operational choice to place segments at multiple distant facilities increases annual operating overhead (duplicate site costs, added transport complexity).
policy: one segment per remote site increased duplicate overhead more frequent transfers
👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#5] Core 24/7 security staffing (rotating shifts), fully-burdened salary used in staff_wages.
Quick-Reaction Team (retainer) 5 [#5] 4–6 person rapid-response team retained for breaches (count reflects mid-range retainer team).
Containment Specialist / Custodial Specialist 3 [#6] Trained containment techs/conservators to handle and move segments per handling rules.
Research Scientist 4 [#12, #13] Small research team conducting behavioral experiments, memetic R&D and counter-memetic development (salaries included in research_and_monitoring).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing a reasoned estimate, but many items are given as wide ranges and some choices (vaults vs safes, site distribution) materially change totals; therefore confidence is medium.
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