SCP-5097 — SCP-5097 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5097 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-5097

Expected annual

$2.0M

One-time setup

$12.2M

Annual recurring

$2.0M

Personnel

One-time stand-up and contingency reserves are dominated by large emergency/insurance and extreme-contingency reserves; ongoing annual costs are driven by staff wages (security, response and research) plus routine monitoring and maintenance totaling under $2M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $12.2M

Extreme Contingency Reserve $10.0M

[#25] Extreme reality/temporal-instability reserve (treated as a large one-time program-level reserve; lower-bound modelled at $10M).

Containment Breach Insurance Fund $1.0M

[#21] Baseline legal/cleanup/indemnity contingency reserve recommended ($1,000,000).

Facilities $350K

[#2] Humanoid containment cell construction (basic secure cell).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K

[#7] One-time lab setup ($150,000) and instrumentation/specialized sensors ($200,000).

Surveillance Detection Equipment $100K

[#8] Redundant cameras, biometric readers and specialized temporal logging devices.

Secure Transport Mods $80K

[#9] Armored transport van modifications and transport capsule/rack.

Cell Environmental Systems Setup $75K

[#3] HVAC, redundant life-support controls, UPS tie-in and sensor array setup.

Backup Power Infrastructure $50K

[#16] UPS and backup power hardware install.

Consumable Contingency Reserve $50K

[#20] Emergency materials / rapid-repair reserve fund (establish).

Legal Administrative Hearing $30K

[#10] Formal hearing and legal review one-time costs.

Data Security Hardware $30K

[#13] Secure servers, air-gapped backup hardware.

Cover Story Initial $25K

[#11] Initial fabrication of cover-story / fake records.

Memetic Mitigation Upgrades $25K

[#18] Specialized binding, isolation glass and anti-meme display infrastructure.

Anomalous Items Locker Upgrade $5K

[#1] Upgrade/catalog for anomalous-items locker holding the note.

Archival Forensics Setup $5K

[#17] One-time specimen store / archival setup.

Equipment $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.0M/yr

Staff Wages $1.7M/yr

[#4, #5, #6, #7, #24] 24/7 security staffing (~$625,000/yr), specialized response team salaries (~$320,000/yr), medical/psychiatric staff (~$200,000/yr), research team salaries (~$360,000/yr), administrative/project management (~$150,000/yr).

Training And Drills $50K/yr

[#12] Regular memetic inoculation training, SOP refreshers and drills.

Capital Depreciation Setaside $38K/yr

[#22] Annual set-aside for scheduled upgrades and replacement (amortized).

Cover Story Maintenance $25K/yr

[#11] Media monitoring, fake records upkeep, NDA administration.

Legal Administrative $20K/yr

[#10] Ongoing counsel, records maintenance related to hearings and personnel files.

Staff Psych Aftercare $20K/yr

[#19] Counseling and post-incident debrief/aftercare for exposed staff.

Transportation Travel $15K/yr

[#23] Fuel, vehicle upkeep and occasional specialist travel.

Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr

[#14] Consumables, sedatives, PPE, reagents and disposables.

Cell Environmental Maintenance $10K/yr

[#3] HVAC, life-support maintenance and generator fuel/testing.

Surveillance Maintenance $10K/yr

[#8] Calibration, data storage and sensor upkeep.

Data Security Maintenance $10K/yr

[#13] Maintenance, audits and encrypted/air-gapped backup upkeep.

Consumables Medical $10K/yr

[#14] Ongoing medical consumables replenishment.

Energy Utilities $10K/yr

[#15] Electricity, HVAC loads, backup generator testing/fuel.

Archival Forensics Tests $10K/yr

[#17] Ongoing forensic tests, biometrics and lab analysis.

Transport Maintenance $5K/yr

[#9] Maintenance and consumables for transport/modifications.

Backup Power Maintenance $3K/yr

[#16] UPS maintenance schedule and minor repairs.

Anomalous Items Locker Maintenance $2K/yr

[#1] Ongoing locker monitoring, environmental control and cataloging.

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Research And Monitoring $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.0M/yr

94.8% probability / year

Normal year with no reappearance or major incidents; routine monitoring, maintenance and staffing only.

no return of SCP-5097 routine maintenance and training

🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$190K vs baseline

Small-scale reappearance or localized containment incident requiring on-call team deployment, medical care, overtime and short-term equipment replacement.

temporary reappearance of SCP-5097 minor breach or equipment failure

🚨 Extreme Temporal Instability $21.9M/yr

0.2% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline

Major reality/temporal instability event tied to SCP-5097 requiring large-scale research campaign, multi-site response, evacuation or prolonged mitigation.

large-scale temporal destabilization multi-agency emergency response

👥 Personnel 21 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	10	[#4] Minimum continuous guard presence + supervisor/control-room operator.
Specialized Response Team / MTF Operator	4	[#5] On-call tactical/containment team (4 operators modeled).
Research Scientist	3	[#7] Multi-disciplinary research team (3 FTEs).
Medical Officer / Psychiatrist	2	[#6] Part-time clinicians and on-call psychiatric coverage aggregated (~$150k–$250k/yr).
Administrative Staff / Program Manager	2	[#24] Program lead and admin support (1.25 FTE represented as ~2 personnel).

📋 Confidence Notes

Most line items are explicitly estimated in the analyst notes so aggregation is straightforward; uncertainty remains around choice of posture, the true frequency of returns and the unbounded extreme-contingency costs, so confidence is medium.

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