SCP-5077 — SCP-5077 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5077 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-5077

Expected annual

$3.4M

One-time setup

$4.8M

Annual recurring

$3.4M

Personnel

Initial (one-time) containment and mitigation across Site-61 plus ~9 associated D-Class lodging sites is estimated at roughly $4.8M one-time, with recurring annual operating costs driven by specialist staff, device upkeep, monitoring, and D-Class maintenance totaling about $3.15M/year.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.8M

Equipment $2.4M

[#3, #4, #5, #7, #21] Ritual-breaker prototype and per-site lodging installations, power/UPS/generator hardware, sensor packages, EMP-hardening hardware and related installed devices.

Facilities $1.1M

[#14, #23] Site structural work: Site-61 cafeteria repairs/infrastructure replacement and decommissioning/demolition contingency.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $650K

[#9] Secure memetic-safe research lab buildout and specialized instrumentation (EM generators, analysis rigs, isolation rooms).

Insurance Reserve One Time $300K

[#25] Internal reserve set-aside for unforeseen one-time contingencies and larger remediation projects.

Cover Operation One Time $175K

[#15] One-time major cover/PR/legal operation and record-forgery/settlement costs for a significant exposure event.

Memetic Systems Development $150K

[#10] Development of memetic-safe deletion/containment software, hardened databases, secure deletion scripts and tooling.

Training Development $50K

[#18] One-time curriculum and SOP development for memetic-safe training for staff and D-Class.

Environmental Monitoring One Time $30K

[#22] Initial toxicology/air/water testing kit purchases and setup.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.4M/yr

Staff Wages $1.1M/yr

[#2, #8, #19] Salaries and benefits: memetic/thaumaturgical research team payroll, security personnel salaries, and HR/administrative FTEs to manage D-Class and operations.

Opportunity Costs $400K/yr

[#24] Estimated lost productivity / mission diversion cost due to senior memetic/thaumaturgical staff dedication.

Device Maintenance $300K/yr

[#6] Regular maintenance, calibration, parts replacement, and specialized technician labor for ritual/thaumic devices (multi-site).

D Class Maintenance $250K/yr

[#1] Housing, food, healthcare, bedding and administrative processing for ~10 assigned D-Class on rotation (two present 24/7).

Amnestic And Psych Treatment $200K/yr

[#11] Amnestic procedures, post-procedure monitoring, psychological treatment and medical facility use (estimated ~50 people/year variable).

Emergency Medical Reserve $200K/yr

[#13] EMS, hospital stays, long-term care reserves, workers' comp and replacement staffing for moderate incidents.

Mtf Readiness $200K/yr

[#17] Rapid-response MTF readiness, exercises, vehicle/equipment upkeep and coordination budget.

Training And Sop $120K/yr

[#18] Annual refresher training for staff and D-Class, delivery costs and periodic SOP updates.

Sensors Operations $100K/yr

[#7] Operations, tamper-detection monitoring, memetic-hardened logging and sensor maintenance across D-Class lodging sites.

Legal Contingency $100K/yr

[#20] Annual contingency for external contractors engaged under cover, NDAs and legal risk mitigation.

Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr

[#6, #11, #22] Consumables for device upkeep, amnestic/pharmaceutical supplies, and environmental testing consumables.

Research And Monitoring $60K/yr

[#8, #10] Ongoing memetic research operations, system audits, and specialized monitoring analytics beyond payroll.

Audit And Reserve $50K/yr

[#25] Annual internal audits and small recurring reserves for memetic safety compliance.

Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr

[#15, #20] Ongoing PR/legal retainer and small recurring costs for cover-story maintenance and external contractor coordination.

Device Energy Maintenance $30K/yr

[#5] Electricity, UPS/generator maintenance and fuel costs across multiple sites.

Emp Spares Inventory $30K/yr

[#21] Spare inventory replacement and small-scale EMP-related electronics replacements.

Logistics And Transport $25K/yr

[#12, #17] Routine logistics for targeted deletion sweeps, forensic transport, and limited deployment transport costs.

Deletion Operations Incidents $25K/yr

[#12] Costs per-year for ad hoc forensic deletion sweeps / hard drive destruction / administrative purges (frequency variable).

Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr

[#14] Increased site maintenance cycles and inspections due to corrosion; ongoing small-scale structural maintenance.

Environmental Consumables $12K/yr

[#22] Consumables for toxicology screening, antidotes, and routine air/water testing.

Mortuary Costs $10K/yr

[#16] Mortuary/disposal and related paperwork for unrecoverable/terminated D-Class (reserve depending on frequency).

Administrative Overhead $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.4M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Normal year with containment procedures functioning, regular maintenance, staffing, and routine operations; no major incidents.

normal_operations no_major_incident

🚨 Minor Incident $3.5M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Local incident involving injuries/poisoning or a small unconfirmed sighting requiring targeted deletion sweeps, MTF dispatch, amnesticization and repairs.

single-site_medical_incident localized_deletion_sweep limited_MTF_deployment

🚨 Major Breach $5.6M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$2.2M vs baseline

Significant containment failure requiring mass amnesticization, full MTF operations, major infrastructure remediation or decommissioning/demolition of affected facility.

cascading_containment_breach mass_decommissioning large_scale_amnestic_campaign

👥 Personnel 11 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	4	[#8] Senior memetic/thaumaturgical researchers involved in study and protocol development (part of staff_wages).
Research Technician / Analyst	1	[#8] Technical support for calibration, instrumentation, and memetic-safe operations (part of staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent	5	[#2] Guarding and supervision rotations to supervise D-Class and respond to incidents (salaries included in staff_wages).
Administrative Staff	1	[#19] HR/logistics staff to manage D-Class rosters, amnestic orders and paperwork (included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on detailed analyst notes and plausible per-site scaling but many figures are ranges and SCP is cognitohazardous; frequency and scale of ad hoc incidents (deletions, MTF deployments, demolition) are uncertain, so medium confidence is appropriate.

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