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SCP-5109 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5109
Expected annual
$1.7M
One-time setup
$2.8M
Annual recurring
$1.6M
Personnel
5
First-year one-time setup is approximately $2.75M driven by R&D and an incident-response reserve; recurring annual costs are about $1.63M dominated by personnel, ongoing R&D/monitoring, incident-readiness, and legal/OPSEC budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.8M
R And D Program $2.0M
[#17] Initial R&D program to pursue non-human storage / cognitive prosthetics (midpoint of $1M–$3M range used).
Incident Response Reserve $500K
[#16] One-time standing fund / reserve for emergency containment and rapid response setup.
Equipment $70K
[#6, #7] One-way radio devices ($20,000) and initial radio infrastructure setup ($50,000); devices and installed comms hardware.
Training Setup $50K
[#10] Initial permitted-use protocol training and drills for ~10 personnel.
Succession Planning Per Event $50K
[#18] Per-replacement event costs (recruitment, travel, secure transfer chambers) estimated per event.
Secure Admin Systems $25K
[#11] One-time development of tamper-evident cryptographic/physical token system and audited logging.
Clearance Processing $20K
[#9] Initial Level-3+ vetting and background checks for up to 10 authorized personnel.
It Adjustments $15K
[#20] One-time IT/physical infrastructure adjustments at Site-43 to prevent audio logging and disable consumer voice-recording features.
Device Free Infrastructure $10K
[#12] Secure lockers and signal-blocking storage hardware to enforce device-free policy.
Documentation Archival $10K
[#23] Hardened non-audio storage and initial archival/vaulting setup for written/visual records.
Facilities $0
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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr
Staff Wages $640K/yr
[#1, #2, #5, #19] Keeper compensation (~$200,000), hazard/retention premium (~$40,000), memetic/psych team (3 FTE × ~$120,000 = $360,000), and part-time program admin (~$40,000).
Research And Monitoring $540K/yr
[#4, #17] Medical & psychiatric monitoring program (~$40,000/yr) and ongoing R&D follow-up (~$500,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#14, #15, #22] Legal/classification/records overhead (~$50,000/yr), OPSEC/disinformation contingency (~$100,000/yr), and legal indemnity/liaison retainer (midpoint ~$50,000/yr).
Incident Response Readiness $100K/yr
[#16] Annual readiness/maintenance budget for rapid response team, transport and quarantine readiness.
Contingency Buffer $50K/yr
[#24] Miscellaneous contingency and inflation buffer for unforeseen expenses, legal fees, or overtime.
Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr
[#3] Secure on-site housing & subsistence for keeper (incremental onsite living costs).
Training And Drills $20K/yr
[#10] Annual refresher training and drills for authorized personnel and O5 exercises.
Audio Prohibition Enforcement $15K/yr
[#13] Periodic compliance audits, spot inspections, RF sweeps and enforcement labor.
Radio Infrastructure $10K/yr
[#7] Ongoing maintenance/operations for dedicated one-way radio infrastructure.
Device Free Inspections $8K/yr
[#12] Ongoing locker management, inspections and admin to enforce device-free policy.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#8, #21] Radio consumables/replacement budget (~$500/yr) and operational consumables (~$5,000/yr).
Secure Admin Systems Ops $5K/yr
[#11] Annual operations and minor updates for tamper-evident transfer system and logging.
Documentation Archival Ops $3K/yr
[#23] Annual maintenance and occasional access audits for hardened non-audio archives.
Clearance Processing Ops $2K/yr
[#9] Recurring rechecks and periodic background screening for authorized personnel.
It Maintenance $2K/yr
[#20] Ongoing maintenance for audio-logging prevention and secure telephone policy enforcement.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, monitoring, training, and reserves retained.
no incidents routine maintenance and training
🚨 Minor Incident $1.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Temporary keeper incapacitation or minor breach requiring a one-off replacement, medical treatment, and limited incident response.
temporary incapacitation limited containment transfer minor legal/OPSEC response
🚨 Major Incident $2.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$650K vs baseline
Keeper incapacitated or compromised leading to activation of incident-response reserve, large legal/OPSEC response, and extended containment operations.
keeper incapacitation containment breach requiring reserve major external/legal exposure
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $2.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
A decision to aggressively scale R&D for non-human containment following promising results, requiring additional program funding.
successful R&D milestone management decision to scale program
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Keeper (Identity & Technocryptography Chief) 1 [#1, #2] Chief Veiksaar or equivalent keeper; salary and hazard premium included in staff_wages.
Memetics / Memetic Containment Specialist 3 [#5] Dedicated memetic/psych team (analyst estimate 2–4 FTE; 3 FTE used) included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff / Program Coordinator 1 [#19] Part-time program manager and admin support (~0.5–0.75 FTE, rounded to 1 headcount) included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are explicitly estimated by the analyst and mapped to categories, but several large items (R&D, reserves, legal retainer) were given wide ranges and require judgment (midpoints and conservative choices used). Operational dependencies on existing site budgets also create uncertainty.
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