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SCP-5090 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5090
Expected annual
$3.6M
One-time setup
$2.5M
Annual recurring
$3.6M
Personnel
17
Initial capital (vivarium, Faraday cage, secure network, monitoring equipment) drives one-time costs (~$2.46M). Ongoing annual costs are dominated by skilled staff wages, breeding/egg-provisioning options, and digital/public-mitigation efforts (baseline recurring ~ $3.55M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.5M
Loggerhead Breeding Startup $1.2M
[#7] Start-up costs for captive-breeding program, brood tanks, permits and specialist staff (one-time).
Emergency Response Reserve $525K
[#23] Emergency rapid-response reserve for large-scale relocation, neutralization, or public-response expenses (one-time / contingency reserve).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $175K
[#9] R&D lab buildout and initial validation experiments for artificial egg substitutes (one-time R&D capital).
Facilities $155K
[#1, #2] Vivarium construction and Faraday cage installation (tidal vivarium + RF shielding).
Decommissioning $135K
[#25] Facility decontamination, colony rehoming/termination costs, archive sealing and environmental remediation (one-time).
Equipment $92K
[#3, #15] Secure hardwired/network hardware, monitoring cameras/sensors and associated installation.
Redundant Containment Setup $85K
[#14] Independent backup vivarium/colony setup at separate location, transport cases and relocation infrastructure (one-time).
Site Capital And Security Infrastructure $42K
[#28] Minor building/site capital: CCTV, badge systems, secure storage and UPS/backup power (one-time).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.6M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#4, #5, #6] IT ops (network engineers / SOC) + on-site security personnel + scientific staffing (marine biologist, ethologist, veterinarian, animal technicians).
Research And Monitoring $572K/yr
[#16, #20, #21, #27, #15, #9] Digital forensics / honeypots, recordkeeping & secure archive storage, behavioral/cognitive research program, ethics oversight, storage/processing for behavioral monitoring, and ongoing validation/testing costs for artificial egg R&D.
Black Market Egg Procurement $402K/yr
[#8] Illegal/emergency egg procurement option (high risk; cost shown for completeness; not recommended as baseline).
Cover Story And Legal $385K/yr
[#17, #18, #26] Public mitigation/disinformation operations, legal retainer & compliance counsel, and community liaison / cover program budgets.
Legal Contingency Reserve $250K/yr
[#18] Contingency reserve for fines, litigation, emergency legal costs tied to incidents (annualized reserve).
Loggerhead Breeding Operating $250K/yr
[#7] Annual operating costs for captive-breeding program: brood care, permits, specialist staff and facility operation.
Insurance And Indemnity $105K/yr
[#24] Insurance, indemnity and reputational remediation funds (annual premiums / reserves).
Small Public Incident Budget $55K/yr
[#30] Small-scale incident triage budget for manual browser fixes, site visits and soft-cover explanations (annualized incident budget).
Psychological Care $52K/yr
[#29] Psychological care, trauma counseling and amnestic/liaison budgets for affected civilians or personnel.
Facilities Maintenance $38K/yr
[#11, #22] Vivarium utilities/energy and containment auditing/compliance inspections maintenance budgets.
Redundant Containment Upkeep $30K/yr
[#14] Ongoing upkeep for backup vivarium/colony (housing, transport readiness, inspections).
Logistics And Transport $28K/yr
[#19] Routine specimen transport, staff travel, secure vehicles and cold-chain transport for eggs/samples.
Veterinary Care And Medical $28K/yr
[#13] Regular health checks, emergency procedures, diagnostics and necropsy capabilities for marine invertebrates.
Supplies And Consumables $17K/yr
[#10, #12] Saltwater provisioning/exchange, filtration media, substrate refresh, PPE and routine consumables.
Site Capital Maintenance $11K/yr
[#28] Annual maintenance budget for minor site capital and security infrastructure.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.6M/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; captive-breeding may be active or eggs sourced legally per baseline recurring budget.
no public breach regular operations legal egg supply or R&D production in place
🚨 Minor Incident $3.8M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized public exposure or small containment incident requiring emergency triage, additional PR and legal work.
small public sightings one-off website spread limited law/PR response
🚨 Major Breach $5.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant public breach or containment failure requiring large-scale emergency response, legal settlements, and potential decommissioning or relocation.
widespread web exposure physical breach or colony escape major litigation/regulatory action
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Network Engineer / SOC Analyst 2 [#4] 24/7 monitoring, incident response and IDS/SOC operations (part of IT ops staffing).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#5] On-site continuous armed/site guards, multiple shifts to provide 24/7 coverage.
Research Scientist 2 [#6, #21] Marine biologists/ethologists leading behavioral and cognitive research programs.
Veterinarian 1 [#6, #13] Marine invertebrate health specialist for regular checks and emergencies.
Animal Technician 2 [#6, #12] Daily husbandry, feeding, water exchanges and consumables management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes contain detailed line-item ranges and clear cost drivers (eggs, staffing, IT/public mitigation), but large uncertainties remain around egg-provisioning strategy (captive-breeding vs illegal sourcing vs artificial substitute), incident frequency/severity, and contingency sizing; hence medium confidence.
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