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SCP-5139 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5139
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$1.7M
Annual recurring
$1.4M
Personnel
13
Initial stand-up (property purchase, secure containment cabinetry, playback suite, legal cover and contingency reserve) drives one-time costs; ongoing annual costs are dominated by staff wages (research, security, medical), specialist consultancy/AI maintenance, monitoring, and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.7M
Containment Upgrade Reserve $625K
[#27] Containment upgrade contingency / decommission reserve for unexpected discoveries or required rapid development.
Equipment $410K
[#6, #7, #8, #9] Upgrading Site-26 lockers to anomalous-safe standards (#6), dedicated containment cabinets/chambers for SCP-5139-2 through -5 (#7) (one-time portion), cognito-safe audio handling/playback suite (#8), air-gapped secure data storage hardware (#9 one-time portion).
Facilities $250K
[#1] Purchase of two-storey terraced house (market acquisition under shell ownership).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $125K
[#17] One-time AI/hardened-compute development and secure-computation hardware for safe transcription attempts.
Memetic Consultancy Project $100K
[#16] One-time/episodic specialist memetics/semantic-dissociation consultancy engagements (per-project cost estimate).
Incident Response Kit $100K
[#22] Incident response & rapid containment team initial kit and training (vehicles, hazmat, containment tools, extra amnestics, drills setup).
Hazardous Waste Disposal $25K
[#25] Hazardous waste disposal / decommissioning contingency (secure incineration/storage/documentation contingency).
Shell Company Setup $22K
[#2] Shell company setup and initial legal/cover paperwork (company creation, legal fees, false ownership docs, initial retainer).
Secure Recordkeeping One Time $15K
[#24] One-time secure recordkeeping, logging, and chain-of-custody system procurement/installation.
Initial Transport $10K
[#4] Initial seizure/secure transport of SCP-5139 and SCP-5139-2 through -5 to Site-26 (armored transport, security call-out, vehicle hire, secure packaging).
Ppe One Time $10K
[#14] Initial PPE, decontamination and biosecurity supplies purchase (suits, respirators, disinfectants, training supplies).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.4M/yr
Staff Wages $690K/yr
[#10, #11, #12] Salaries and employer overhead for dedicated research staff (#10), security personnel (#11), and medical / amnestic administration team (#12).
Research And Monitoring $322K/yr
[#16, #17, #21, #24, #26] Recurring specialist memetics consultancy budget (#16 recurring allocation), AI research / secure-computation maintenance (#17 recurring), active monitoring/surveillance of surviving family members (#21), secure recordkeeping maintenance and audits (#24 recurring), and psychological support/aftercare for exposed personnel (#26).
Cover Story And Legal $128K/yr
[#3, #20, #23, #29] Annual shell company maintenance and filings (#3), local liaison & hush/community payments / cover-story expenses (#20), legal contingency / covert litigation fund (#23), and public relations / cover incident simulation budget (#29 baseline allocation).
Supplies And Consumables $79K/yr
[#13, #14, #15] Class-B amnestic procurement and consumables (#13), recurring PPE replacements and consumables (#14), laboratory consumables and forensic analysis costs (#15).
Logistics And Transport $54K/yr
[#5, #22] Ongoing secure transport budget for periodic transfers and emergency call-outs (#5) and incident-response readiness refresh/consumables/drills (#22 recurring refresh).
Administrative Overhead $50K/yr
[#28] Administrative overhead allocation: HR, payroll, internal audit, and site-level pro-rated overhead associated with containment operations.
Facilities Maintenance $14K/yr
[#18, #19] Ongoing energy costs for climate control/servers (#18) and property maintenance/utilities/council tax for SCP-5139 (#19).
Containment Cabinet Maintenance $12K/yr
[#7] Recurring monitoring & maintenance for dedicated containment cabinets/chambers for SCP-5139-2 through -5 (environmental monitoring, alarms, seals).
Data Media Rotation $3K/yr
[#9] Annual costs for physical backup rotation, write-once media replacement, and geographically separated storage logistics for SCP-5139-1 recordings.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.4M/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; contains regular monitoring, maintenance, research, and cover operations.
no breaches planned research only routine monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or limited exposure event requiring emergency response, additional amnestics, overtime, targeted PR/legal action, and short-term consultancy.
unauthorised listening of voicemail small breach during handling local curiosity / minor media attention
🚨 Major Breach $2.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant containment failure involving wider exposure or multiple personnel affected, requiring major containment upgrades, large external consultancy engagement, legal action, and potential decommissioning/disposal operations.
widespread exposure from SCP-5139-1 multiple casualties or public discovery structural failure of containment systems
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 3 [#10] Core memeticists/linguists/research staff (full-time FTEs) responsible for experiments and analysis.
AI Specialist / Secure-Compute Engineer 1 [#10, #17] Specialist for safe transcription tooling and hardened sandbox development (included in research staffing costs).
Forensic Pathologist (part-time) 1 [#10] Part-time forensic pathologist for corpse analysis (budgeted as part-time within research costs).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#11] On-site guards / contracted security providing 24/7 coverage of stored objects and the SCP property.
Medical Officer 2 [#12] Medics/nurses trained to administer Class-B amnestics and manage exposed personnel.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and realistic ranges, enabling mid-range point estimates; uncertainty remains due to anomalous behavior (semantic dissociation, memetic effects), variable consultancy needs, and contingent disposal/upgrade choices, so confidence is medium.
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