SCP-5117 — SCP-5117 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5117 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-5117

Expected annual

$5.3M

One-time setup

$5.1M

Annual recurring

$5.2M

Personnel

Up-front capital to establish robotic-only containment, duplicated vaults and secure transport is approximately $5.1M; ongoing annual operations (security, research, legal/cover, rapid-response and monitoring) run roughly $4.2M/yr, driven mainly by staffing, legal/cover budgets, and ongoing research/readiness.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.1M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M

[#13, #16] Initial research program funding and memetic/countermeasure development R&D startup.

Containment Emergency Reserve $1.0M

[#17] Liquid contingency funds reserved for rapid large-scale response or infrastructure repair.

Facilities $750K

[#1] Reinforced vault construction, blast-rated door, integration into site security and civil work.

Duplicate Site Setup $600K

[#12] Duplicate minimal containment envelope/vault and capsule at second site (initial build/reserve).

Equipment $515K

[#2, #3, #4, #5, #11, #19, #23] Two inert hermetic capsules ($50k), telemanipulator/robotic hardware ($150k), environmental/tamper sensors ($40k), CCTV/monitoring servers ($75k), transport cases ($50k), IT security initial systems ($100k), UPS/generator ($50k).

Waste Decon Reserve $500K

[#20] Larger reserve for major incident disposal/remediation (kept available).

Armored Vehicle Purchase $300K

[#11] Optional acquisition of an armored transport vehicle for inter-site transfers.

Procurement Overhead Initial $150K

[#24] Covert procurement premiums and overhead on initial equipment purchases.

Amnestic Initial $100K

[#14] Initial stockpiles, training and provisioning for emergency amnestics and medical supplies.

Waste Decon On Hand $50K

[#20] On-hand budget for immediate decontamination/cleanup supplies and small hazmat response.

Background Checks Initial $40K

[#9] Initial background checks/forensic vetting for ~20 authorized staff.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.2M/yr

Staff Wages $1.1M/yr

[#6, #8] Loaded security guard payroll (~9 guards) plus research/oversight team (1 senior anomalist + 3 technical staff).

Cover Story And Legal $750K/yr

[#15] Legal, cover-story, front-company and information-control operations budget.

Legal Cover And Information Control $750K/yr

[#15] (Duplicate of cover-story/legal above for clarity) Ongoing legal/PR and veil maintenance costs.

Research And Monitoring $500K/yr

[#13] Ongoing funded research program into neutralization/separation and permitted remote experiments.

Rapid Response Team $500K/yr

[#7] On-call SRT readiness, drills, weapons, transport and medical support for anomalous intervention.

Duplicate Site Recurring $300K/yr

[#12] Minimal staffing and site-ops costs to maintain redundant storage at second location.

Supplies And Consumables $225K/yr

[#14, #9, #20] Amnestic resupply and medical consumables, periodic low-level vetting costs, small recurring decon supplies.

Amnestic Recurring $200K/yr

[#14] Annual resupply and staff costs for amnestic/medical capability and psychiatric support.

Containment Insurance $200K/yr

[#18] Insurance premiums / captive-insurance reserves where viable, or self-insurance budgeting.

Logistics And Transport $130K/yr

[#11] Per-transfer armored-hire / convoy costs estimated for routine transfers (~$80k/yr operations) plus transport admin and staging.

Training Drills $100K/yr

[#10] SOP development, tabletop and full-scale drills for staff and response teams.

Consultant Fees $100K/yr

[#22] Specialist short-term contractors for materials analysis and legal/technical advice.

Memetic Recurring $75K/yr

[#16] Maintenance and updating of memetic countermeasures, signage, and related training.

Red Team Audits $75K/yr

[#21] Contracted adversarial audits (1–2/yr) to validate procedural robustness.

Procurement Overhead Recurring $50K/yr

[#24] Ongoing covert procurement premiums and classified-channel overhead.

Public Safety Exercises $50K/yr

[#25] Coordinated covered exercises and mutual-aid agreements with local services.

It Operations $40K/yr

[#19] Air-gapped backups, forensic backups, and secure IT operations costs.

Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr

[#1, #23] Ongoing structural and systems maintenance for vault, doors, seals and backup power upkeep.

Monitoring Operations $25K/yr

[#5] CCTV operations, secure logging storage and encrypted archival operations.

Background Checks Recurring $25K/yr

[#9] Periodic re-screening, polygraphs and continuous vetting for authorized staff.

Archival Stewardship $25K/yr

[#26] Long-term secure archival, cataloguing and records retention.

Energy Utilities $15K/yr

[#23] Power and UPS fuel/maintenance for vault automation and climate control.

Robotic Maintenance $12K/yr

[#3] Annual maintenance, spares and support for telemanipulators/robotic tooling.

Sensors Maintenance $3K/yr

[#4] Calibration and upkeep for proximity/tamper sensors and strain gauges.

Waste Decon Annual $0/yr

[#20] Routine recurring decon budget minimal; major reserve funded one-time.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.2M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal year of operations with no major incidents; all controls active and routine research/maintenance occurs.

routine operations scheduled research and audits no containment breach

🚨 Minor Incident $4.5M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$-775000 vs baseline

Small containment incident or accidental near-contact requiring limited amnestic use, localized repairs, and extra legal/cover activity.

accidental exposure minor reality-alteration localized limited amnestic deployment

🚨 Major Breach $6.2M/yr

1.5% probability / year +$975K vs baseline

Containment breach with significant site damage, required mobilization of contingency funds, forensic recovery and expanded legal action.

partial vault compromise multiple-system failures major reality-altering event

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $24.2M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$19.0M vs baseline

Rare, systemic containment failure causing wide-area reality effects, multi-site mobilization, evacuation and major legal/Veil expenditures.

systemic multi-site failure large-scale reality alteration public/political exposure

👥 Personnel 13 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	9	[#6] Nine guards (3 shifts) reflected in loaded security payroll.
Research Scientist / Senior Anomalist	1	[#8] Senior anomalist overseeing research and containment protocols.
Technician / Lab Technician	2	[#8] Technical staff supporting monitoring and analysis.
Engineer / Robotic Operator	1	[#8, #3] Robotic operator to run telemanipulators and remote handling systems.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes enumerate most cost categories and provide ranges; values above use mid-to-conservative point estimates and reasonable assumptions about transfer frequency and staffing. Uncertainty remains around breach probability, extent of legal/cover spending, and whether equipment purchases (e.g., armored vehicle) are one-time or leased, hence a medium confidence.

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