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SCP-5075 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5075
Expected annual
$5.9M
One-time setup
$6.0M
Annual recurring
$5.7M
Personnel
34
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $5.97M driven primarily by contingency/reserve funds and facility buildouts; ongoing annual operations are roughly $5.70M/yr dominated by dedicated MTF personnel, monitoring and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.0M
Contingency Escalation Reserve $3.0M
[#24] Contingency escalation / catastrophic response fund to allow rapid scale-up in the event of widespread manifestation.
Insurance Large Claims Reserve $1.0M
[#18] One-time reserve for large liability claims / catastrophic legal exposure.
Facilities $687K
[#6, #7, #11] Permanent memetic/isolation chamber buildout (~$500k) plus secure short-term holding modifications (~$187k) and minor archive facility adjustments.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $565K
[#10, #8, #19] Research program startup (lab equipment, secure servers) (~$425k), amnestic inventory & secure pharmacy setup (~$100k), initial personnel training/curriculum setup (~$40k).
Equipment $515K
[#3, #5, #4, #11, #12] Rapid-response vehicles & outfitting (~$300k), acoustic testing hardware and audio-filter rigs (~$95k), PPE & memetic countermeasure procurement (~$25k), archival hardware (~$50k), event containment kit (~$45k).
Hush Money Initial Fund $200K
[#17] Initial hush-money / compensation contingency fund (small reserve).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.7M/yr
Dedicated Field Mtf Personnel $2.4M/yr
[#2] Dedicated field MTF salaries, benefits, travel and equipment for recon/attendance teams (example: 24operatives at ~$100k fully burdened each).
Cover Story And Legal $900K/yr
[#14, #15, #16, #17, #18] Cyber takedown & online content removal (~$200k), legal & municipal operations/permits (~$200k), covert media management (~$250k), hush-money replenishment (~$100k), insurance premiums/legal retainer (~$150k).
Staff Wages $660K/yr
[#10, #11, #22] Salaries for research team portion (~$450k), maintenance/custodial/security (non-MTF) staff (~$190k), archive/cataloging staff included here (~$20k of the research/operations payroll).
Psychiatric Followup $300K/yr
[#9] Ongoing psychiatric follow-up and rehabilitation program costs for SCP-5075-A cases (program budget for small caseload).
Holding Operations $275K/yr
[#7] Recurring staffing and operations for secure short-term holding for affected civilians/detainees.
Intelligence Monitoring $250K/yr
[#1] Continuous intelligence & venue monitoring (social-media tools, analyst time, informant/venue contacts).
Logistics And Transport $240K/yr
[#12, #13, #23] Event deployment consumables and per-event costs (~$90k), on-call medical/ambulance contracts (~$120k), transportation of physical evidence and chain-of-custody logistics (~$30k).
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#10] Non-salary research costs: EEG consumables, secure data handling, publications, software and lab consumables.
Amnestic Administration $200K/yr
[#8] Annual usage budget for amnestic drugs and administration (approx. 100 treatments/yr assumed).
Facilities Maintenance $100K/yr
[#3, #6, #21] Vehicle upkeep/dep (~$35k), isolation chamber utilities & maintenance (~$30k), facility utilities & secure communications (~$35k).
Personnel Training Recurring $75K/yr
[#19] Recurring memetic safety training, psychological screening and staff support budgets.
Audit And Compliance $50K/yr
[#25] Ongoing internal audits, reclassification reviews, and memetic hazard protocol upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $35K/yr
[#4, #20] PPE replacement and memetic countermeasure consumables (~$10k) and general consumables/small equipment replacement (~$25k).
Acoustic Testing Maintenance $12K/yr
[#5] Maintenance and calibration for acoustic containment and audio-filtering rigs (~$5–20k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.7M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, scheduled events and no major incidents.
no_major_manifestation routine_deployments steady_monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $6.5M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$850K vs baseline
Localized manifestation or violent event at one or a few venues requiring extra deployments, amnestics and legal/PR work.
localized_manifestation crowd_violence multiple_detentions
🚨 Major Breach $11.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.5M vs baseline
Widespread propagation or mass incidents requiring national-level emergency response, large-scale amnestic campaigns and major legal/insurance payouts.
widespread_manifestation mass_casualties rapid_spread_via_learning
👥 Personnel 34 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 24 [#2] Dedicated field MTF operatives assigned to recon/attendance teams (example sizing in notes: 24operatives).
Research Scientist 6 [#10] Memetic researchers, neuropsychologist, sound engineer and technical support (multidisciplinary research team).
Maintenance / Custodial / Security (non-MTF) 3 [#22] Site maintenance and custodial staff for containment locations.
Archive / Cataloging Staff 1 [#11] Audio forensics and archival cataloging / climate-controlled archive management (part-time/full-time equivalent).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are medium confidence: SCP dossier and analyst notes provide many concrete line items and ranges, but wide ranges for staffing, incident frequency and contingent reserves produce significant uncertainty.
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