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SCP-5116 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-5116
Expected annual
$5.3M
One-time setup
$5.7M
Annual recurring
$5.2M
Personnel
47
Initial capital outlay is approximately $5.68M driven by property acquisition, MTF vehicles, facility fit-out and specialized shaft/heat-sink instrumentation; ongoing annual costs are ~ $5.17M driven primarily by personnel (MTF and research/security) and property/monitoring operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.7M
Property Acquisitions $3.0M
[#15] Purchase and cover-up acquisition of Dan Dunn property + ~4 employee residences under shell corporations.
Mtf Vehicles $1.0M
[#22] Capital purchase of armored transport, secure vans, containment trailers and mobile decon/ritual platforms.
Emergency Contingency Fund $500K
[#27] One-time emergency reserve for escapes, seizure operations, emergency amnestic campaigns and rapid contracting.
Amnestic And Relocation Pool $300K
[#30] Initial pool for civilian relocation / amnestic treatments (~30 cases @ $10k avg).
Facilities $250K
[#1] Construction/fit-out of dedicated containment room (5x5 grid, RF/EM shielding, reinforced walls, HVAC sized for 25 CRTs and personnel).
Equipment $150K
[#2, #3, #6, #12] Furniture/mounts for 25 stations (#2: $5,000), power infrastructure & UPS initial install (#3: $40,000), CCTV/DVR/security hardware (#6: $60,000), lead-lined/padded vaults for SCP-5116-B items (#12: $45,000).
Heat Sink Installations $150K
[#17] Abernathy Heat Sink procurement and basement retrofits (10 affected basements @ $15,000 each).
Shaft Instrumentation $150K
[#19] Initial borehole/shaft instrumentation, thermal cameras, fiber-optic cameras, and ventilation/heat extraction equipment for the shaft platform.
Legal And Corporate Cover $150K
[#25] Initial legal/corporate cover setup (shell companies, permitting, attorneys) one-time setup costs.
Crt Spares $30K
[#11] Initial spares stockpile for CRTs/vintage console parts and procurement of cannibalized units.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.2M/yr
Staff Wages $4.5M/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #14, #21] Salaries and benefits: 6FTE guards ($312k), 3 night-shift operators ($255k), 3 researchers + 2 technicians ($540k), 3 monitoring FTEs for living individuals ($220k), MTF-א standing unit fully-loaded (~30 personnel & support, ~$3,200k).
Facilities Maintenance $135K/yr
[#4, #16] Generator fuel/maintenance/contracts ($15k/yr) and property maintenance/permits/taxes/insurance for owned houses ($120k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#25] Ongoing legal/PR retainer and cover-story management ($100k/yr).
Goi Liaison And Contracts $100K/yr
[#26] GOI liaison, diplomatic/contingency contract management and negotiator staffing ($100k/yr).
Medical And Decontamination $75K/yr
[#24] Medical, psychiatric care, decontamination, amnestic treatments and medevac contingencies ($75k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $60K/yr
[#29] Data analysis, experiment budget, software, telemetry capture and compute time ($60k/yr).
Shaft Monitoring $35K/yr
[#20] Ongoing shaft sensor maintenance, periodic descent operations and technician climbs ($35k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $25K/yr
[#28] Secure transport/logistics contracts for moving artifacts and classified material ($25k/yr).
Radiation Safety Program $25K/yr
[#13] Dosimeters, monitors, RSO staffing/training and radiation safety consumables ($25k/yr).
Insurance And Audits $20K/yr
[#31] Specialist insurance accounting, periodic audits and compliance overhead ($20k/yr).
Utilities Energy $20K/yr
[#5] Electrical energy consumption for CRT consoles, HVAC and continuous operation (~15 kW draw; $20k/yr at $0.15/kWh).
Heat Sink Maintenance $15K/yr
[#18] Maintenance contracts and spare parts for Abernathy Heat Sinks (10 units @ $1,500/yr each).
Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr
[#23] Ritual supplies, expendables and contracted clerical liaisons ($12k/yr).
Video And It Operations $12K/yr
[#7] Recurring costs for secure servers, offsite encrypted backups, retention and periodic forensic analysis ($12k/yr).
Crt Spares Support $12K/yr
[#11, #32] Ongoing CRT/console specialist contract and parts/obsolescence mitigation ($6k/yr from #11 + $6k/yr from #32 = $12k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.2M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major breach or extraordinary incidents; all recurring costs as budgeted.
no breaches routine maintenance and operations
🚨 Minor Incident $5.4M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Limited containment incident or equipment failure requiring short MTF deployment, overtime, emergency repairs and limited amnestic use.
localized breach/escape power outage requiring emergency response equipment/sensor failure
🚨 Major Breach $7.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant escape or public exposure requiring extended MTF operations, large-scale amnestic campaign, legal settlements, property seizures and increased PR/cover operations.
entity escape into public large-scale discovery of affected properties prolonged shaft escalation
👥 Personnel 47 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Guard 6 [#8] Six FTE guards to cover 24/7 access control and enforcement of no-contact hours.
Night-shift Monitoring Staff / Operator 3 [#9] Three specialized night-shift operators (12–6 AM) enforcing midnight restrictions and coordinating with research/MTF.
Research Scientist 3 [#10] Three anomalous researchers assigned to SCP-5116 study and experiment design.
Technician 2 [#10] Two technical staff for laboratory support, hardware maintenance and experiment execution.
Monitoring Staff (living individuals) 3 [#14] Three FTE monitoring personnel for continuous surveillance of SCP-5116-A associated individuals.
MTF Agent / Field Exorcist (MTF-א) 30 [#21] Standing MTF regiment (~30 personnel) trained for field exorcism/containment and rapid response.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes contain detailed line-item estimates (one-time and recurring) and specific staffing counts, enabling an aggregated budget with reasonably high confidence. Uncertainty remains around breach frequency and future discovery of additional affected properties, but baseline staffing/property numbers are well-specified.
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