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SCP-5126 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5126
Expected annual
$3.5M
One-time setup
$1.8M
Annual recurring
$3.5M
Personnel
26
One-time setup costs are moderate (~$1.78M) driven by secure observation wards, software and webcrawler development, and contingency reserves; recurring annual costs are dominated by personnel, cloud monitoring/research, and legal/PR/response overhead (~$3.48M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.8M
Facilities $600K
[#10] Build-out of exposed-subject monitoring facility (2–6 secure single-occupancy observation rooms) and associated physical modifications.
Contingency Reserve $300K
[#24] One-time contingency/reserve fund for major unexpected decommissioning or replacement operations.
Webcrawler Development $275K
[#4] One-time development cost for the continuous webcrawler and ML detection pipelines.
Software Viewer $200K
[#2] Custom memetic-safe viewer development to prevent human-legible rendering (one-time development).
Equipment $198K
[#1, #11, #23, #30] Secure digital containment server hardware/racks/HSM components and UPS/fire suppression (part of #1), remote one-way monitoring cameras/sensors (#11), initial device lockdown kit supply (#23), and minimal secure-destruction equipment capability (#30).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $195K
[#19, #22, #13, #15] One-off experimental apparatus for mechanism studies (#19), development of training/SOP materials (#22), initial emergency pharmaceuticals stock (#13), and initial replacement-item inventory (#15).
Backup Media $12K
[#3] Offline/air-gapped backup media and rotation infrastructure (initial purchase).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.5M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#5, #9, #12, #28] Cybersecurity/memetics ops team and on-call incident response (~10 staff), hotline/triage staffing, contracted medical staffing and emergency responders, and incident documentation/analyst staffing.
Research And Monitoring $815K/yr
[#19, #20, #21, #4, #22] Ongoing research program and experiments (#19), compute/GPU/cloud for ML detection and forensic analysis (#20), bandwidth and evidence storage (#21), ongoing cloud/ops costs for webcrawler (#4), and recurrent training delivery (#22).
Cover Story And Legal $800K/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #24, #27] Retainers and operational budgets for takedown/third-party removal (#6), international legal counsel and jurisdictional retainers (#7), public relations/cover-story campaigns (#8), insurance premiums (~#24), and cross-agency liaison/cooperation budgets (#27).
Facilities Maintenance $291K/yr
[#1, #10, #11] Ongoing server/hardware maintenance and spare parts (#1), observation-ward baseline operations and overhead (#10), and monitoring system maintenance (#11).
Amnestics Program $150K/yr
[#17] Annual program budget for amnestic pharmaceuticals, administration, monitoring, and follow-up therapy.
Exercises And Simulations $60K/yr
[#29] Annual program costs for crisis simulations, tabletop exercises, and readiness drills.
Rapid Procurement Fund $50K/yr
[#16] Maintainable contingency fund for expedited purchases, auctions, or custom fabrication of unique replacements.
Biohazard Contracts $30K/yr
[#14] Annual contracts for biohazard cleanup, mortuary services readiness, and decontamination capability.
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#13, #15, #23] Annual replenishment of emergency pharmaceuticals and consumables (#13), replacement-item stock replenishment (#15), and device lockdown kit replenishment (#23).
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#25] Annual contracts for rapid courier services, regional and international replacement delivery and asset transport.
Software Updates And Audits $20K/yr
[#2] Ongoing software updates, code audits, and memetic-safety validation for the viewer and sanitizers.
Health Monitoring $20K/yr
[#18] Longitudinal health and mental-health follow-up program costs for exposed subjects.
Offsite Backup Storage $2K/yr
[#3] Annual storage facility fees and integrity-check operations for offline backups.
Forensic Preservation $2K/yr
[#26] Average annual cost to forensically image and preserve removed instances (baseline retention workload).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.5M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, takedowns, and occasional isolated exposures handled within standard operating budgets.
routine_detection_and_takedown isolated_exposures no_widespread_leak
🚨 Minor Incident $3.7M/yr
9.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized or platform-limited leak requiring elevated takedown, extra legal/PR work, several replacement/amnestic cases and limited medical response.
localized_leak viral_spread_on_single_platform multiple_exposures
🚨 Major Outbreak $6.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Wide international dissemination with mass exposures requiring large-scale takedown campaigns, mass amnestic operations, extensive medical triage, and major PR/legal response.
viral_image_outbreak cross-border_spread simultaneous_multiple_platforms
👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
Cybersecurity / Memetics Ops 10 [#5] Senior memetics/cyber lead, dev/ops and analysts/moderators for 24/7 detection and takedown operations.
Research Scientist 2 [#19] Researchers for mechanism study, detection improvement, and controlled experiments.
Medical Officer 4 [#12] Nurses, on-call physicians and emergency medical staff for observation wards and incident response.
Incident Investigator / Analyst 3 [#28] Team producing incident reports, documentation, and lessons-learned after exposures.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#10] On-call field/security personnel for subject retrieval, observation ward security, and rare field deployments.
Administrative Staff / Hotline Operators 2 [#9, #25] Staff for hotline/triage workflows, logistics coordination, and vendor liaison.
PR / Communications Specialist 2 [#8] Public relations and cover-story operations staff for rapid response and campaign management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges but many figures are range-based and incident-driven; medium confidence reflects solid grounding in operational needs but uncertainty in frequency/severity of incidents and overlap between categories.
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