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SCP-5108 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5108
Expected annual
$6.5M
One-time setup
$6.7M
Annual recurring
$6.4M
Personnel
50
Initial one-time containment and setup costs are estimated at roughly $6.59M driven by hardened vault construction, specialized instrumentation, and a large disinformation campaign; ongoing baseline recurring costs are about $6.36M/yr driven by staff wages, covert operations, and maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.7M
Disinformation Campaign $2.0M
[#16] Initial one-time costs for controlled leaks, staged witnesses, false archival creation, and major suppression/set-piece actions to establish the cover narrative.
Facilities $1.6M
[#3, #10, #28] Vault retrofit/seismic isolation, BSL upgrade/negative-pressure room construction, and end-of-project decommission/long-term storage contingency (structural and major retrofit work).
Equipment $1.3M
[#1, #5, #6, #11, #12, #13, #14, #20] Purchase and installation of ULT freezer/cryo dewars and monitoring (#1), CCTV/access control hardware (#5), air-gapped server hardware (#6), initial engineering spares and test fixtures (#11), specialized transport containers and vehicle retrofit items (#12), rapid-response containment gear (#13), emergency generator/UPS (#14), and IT/OPSEC deployment/hardware (#20).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#8] Specialized research instrumentation and laboratory buildout (neuroimaging access/purchase, EEG/ECoG rigs, autopsy/surgical suite equipment, custom interface rigs).
Contingency Fund Initial $500K
[#24] Initial secret contingency/slush fund reserved for emergency payouts, asset relocation, and unplanned procurement.
Liaison Setup $150K
[#15] One-time legal/liaison setup costs for covert interagency coordination and secure communications with CIA/partners.
It Deployment $150K
[#20] Initial deployment of IT auditing and counter-forensics tooling (one-time element of #20).
Records Destruction $75K
[#17] Forensic-grade records destruction and secure archival setup for sanitized records and initial forensic audits.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.4M/yr
Staff Wages $3.3M/yr
[#2, #4, #7, #13] Salaries and benefits for biobank tech(s) and supervisor (#2), 24/7 armed security staffing (#4), Project Morningstar research team salaries (#7), and Rapid Response/containment team staffing (#13).
Cover Story And Legal $1.2M/yr
[#15, #16, #18] Ongoing covert liaison/interagency coordination (#15), maintenance of disinformation campaign and media monitoring (#16), and legal defense/internal counsel retainers and case management (#18).
Logistics And Transport $400K/yr
[#12, #26] Ongoing secure transport, vehicle leases, drivers, insurance and escorts (#12), plus field sustainment and remote-site logistics for Operation MKDalton maintenance (#26).
Research And Monitoring $280K/yr
[#8, #21, #27] Instrument maintenance/calibration (#8), long-term monitoring and test protocol costs for psychic/remote-viewing trials (#21), and periodic forensic/autopsy follow-ups per event averaged annually (#27).
It Opsec And Monitoring $280K/yr
[#6, #20] Recurring operations for air-gapped infrastructure (#6) plus IT auditing, OPSEC monitoring, intrusion detection and counterforensics retainers (#20).
Contingency Fund Replenish $250K/yr
[#24] Annual replenishment allocation for the contingency/emergency fund (bribes, hush-money, emergency procurement, settlements).
Facilities Maintenance $190K/yr
[#1, #3, #5, #10, #14, #23] Energy and LN2/refills and monitoring for freezers (#1), vault HVAC/maintenance (#3), CCTV/monitoring/storage maintenance (#5), biosafety consumables and certifications (#10), generator fuel/maintenance (#14), and hazardous waste disposal operations (#23).
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#9] Consumables for biological research and preservation (fixatives, reagents, PPE, cryovials, sequencing reagents, LN2 top-up beyond energy line item).
Engineering Maintenance $100K/yr
[#11] Recurring electrical/mechanical engineering labor, spare parts and firmware support for SCP-5108-2 and associated rigs.
Clearance And Backgrounds $100K/yr
[#19] Periodic personnel background reinvestigations, polygraphs and clearance renewals for the estimated project staff (~50 personnel).
Training And Drills $60K/yr
[#25] Regular tabletop and live drills, SOP revisions, compliance and ethics training and documentation updates.
Psychological Support $30K/yr
[#22] Counseling, debriefing and aftercare programs for staff working with anomalous corpse/technology.
Archives And Audit $25K/yr
[#17] Ongoing archival maintenance and periodic forensic audits of sanitized records and off-site archives.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.4M/yr
93.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; contains routine testing, maintenance, and ongoing disinformation operations.
routine_operations no_breach ongoing_research
🚨 Minor Incident $6.9M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized containment incident (e.g., freezer failure, limited equipment damage, small leak of data) requiring emergency replacement, investigation, and short-term surge staffing.
freezer_loss localized_equipment_failure minor_data_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $11.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment or physical breach affecting SCP-5108 assets or destruction/compromise of biological samples and/or SCP-5108-2 hardware requiring vault rebuild, sample replacement efforts, major PR/legal response and extended RRT deployment.
physical_breach sample_loss extended_RRT_deployment
🚨 Political Exposure $14.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Public political exposure or major leak that forces large-scale legal defense, full-scale disinformation surge, settlements, and possibly relocation/termination costs.
major_leak congressional_inquiry media_exposé
👥 Personnel 50 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 15 [#4, #13] 24/7 armed guard rotations and security supervisors for Site-51 and Warehouse 3; portion of RRT overlap.
Research Scientist 8 [#7, #21] Neuroscientists, biomedical engineers and anomaly specialists assigned to Project Morningstar and monitoring/trial protocols.
Biobank Technician 1 [#1, #2] Full-time biobank technician handling sample accessioning, chain-of-custody and QA/QC.
Site Supervisor / Project Lead 1 [#2] Supervisor/manager oversight for biorepository and site operations.
Rapid Response Team / Containment Specialist 10 [#13] On-call RRT staffing for containment breach response and field operations.
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#11, #14] Electrical/mechanical engineering staff for device upkeep, generators, and facility systems.
Medical Officer 3 [#8, #27] Medical staff for autopsy follow-ups, clinical oversight and forensic analyses.
Administrative Staff 4 [#15, #17, #25] Admin and records staff handling documentation, FOIA management, and training coordination.
IT / OPSEC Specialist 2 [#6, #20] Air-gapped systems administration, IT auditing and counterforensics specialists.
Legal / Liaison Staff 2 [#15, #18] Covert liaison, interagency coordination and legal counsel support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are built from the analyst-provided ranges and project-specific line items; significant uncertainty remains due to unknown object-class behavior, potential scale of required vault hardening, and the unpredictable scale of disinformation/legal responses.
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