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SCP-5162 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-5162
Expected annual
$2.3M
One-time setup
$6.9M
Annual recurring
$2.2M
Personnel
4
Estimated one-time setup and contingency costs are approximately $6.9M driven by search, ROV/equipment purchases and potential salvage/mitigation R&D; recurring annual costs are approximately $2.15M driven by staff wages, ongoing monitoring, research, clinical support and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.9M
Large Scale Salvage $1.5M
[#12] Large-scale salvage/lift operation (cranes, barges, specialized contractors) if decision made to raise the vessel.
Initial Search Campaign $1.2M
[#1] Intensive initial search and remote-sensing campaign (survey vessels, side-scan sonar/AUV/ROV time, aircraft time).
Containment Rnd $1.2M
[#9] Containment/mitigation R&D program (engineering and memetic R&D to attempt perception-blocking or other mitigations).
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#21] One-time contingency / emergency response reserve (held to cover large unexpected public incidents or accelerated operations).
Equipment $840K
[#3, #16, #19] Dedicated ROV fleet purchase and outfitting, initial evidence-transportation kit, and initial secure archival/hardware purchases.
Facilities $725K
[#10, #11] Initial wet-conservation lab capacity and secure storage/containment suite buildout (salvage conservation lab initial + secure storage buildout).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#8] Initial laboratory setup for memetic/psych research (instruments, lab outfitting, consumable startup).
Environmental Assessment Per Project $150K
[#20] Environmental impact studies and permitting for any intrusive project (per-project estimate).
Initial Training $30K
[#18] Initial training cohort (dive training, underwater archaeology handling, memetic safety introduction).
Perimeter Security Conditional $0
[#24] Not budgeted currently; fixed perimeter security is conditional and currently considered inapplicable. If policy changes estimated one-time setup would be ~$200k–$1,000k.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.2M/yr
Research And Monitoring $738K/yr
[#2, #8, #15, #22] Ongoing periodic remote monitoring (flights/sonar/satellite/AUV), laboratory research program salaries and consumables, OSINT/media monitoring and long-term societal monitoring programs.
Staff Wages $580K/yr
[#5] Fully loaded salaries for dedicated personnel (analysts, memetics/psych researcher, field agents) ~3–5 FTEs.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#13] Legal, public-affairs, cover operations budget (press management, witness payments, counsel).
Psychiatric Care Program $170K/yr
[#6] In-house psychiatric care: 0.5–1 FTE clinician and therapy budget for staff experiencing SCP-5162-A trauma/intrusive thoughts.
Supplies And Consumables $112K/yr
[#7, #17] Amnestic/pharmacological treatment stocks and secure pharmacy handling plus field consumables (dive gases, batteries, replacement transducers).
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#4, #16] Field response travel & operations budget and recurring secure transport/chain-of-custody courier costs.
Liaison Payments $62K/yr
[#14] Liaison and cooperative research agreements (MOUs, small grants, payments to universities/governments).
Salvage Maintenance $35K/yr
[#10] Ongoing maintenance for wet-conservation/salvage readiness (conservation crews, tank upkeep, specialist contracts).
Energy And Overhead $20K/yr
[#23] Energy and facility overhead attributable to the program (server electricity, lab utilities, climate control).
Environmental Control For Storage $12K/yr
[#11] Environmental control and utilities for secure storage/containment suites (climate control for artifacts).
Archival Maintenance $12K/yr
[#19] Secure archival systems maintenance, backups, transcription and storage costs.
Training Refresher $10K/yr
[#18] Annual refresher training (memetic safety, dive/archaeology refreshers).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.2M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing monitoring, research, clinical support and readiness activities; no major incidents or salvage operations.
no new public exposures site remains unlocated routine monitoring and research only
🚨 Minor Incident $2.3M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized increase in civilian reports or a small publicized discovery requiring additional field ops, extra amnestics and targeted PR/legal response.
spike in civilian sightings/tips small publicized social media spread targeted emergency amnesticization
🚨 Major Breach $3.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
A larger public incident or mass-exposure requiring large-scale emergency response, mass amnesticization, legal action and prolonged PR management.
widely publicized discovery mass exposure requiring many treatments involvement of local/state authorities
🚨 Salvage And Recovery $4.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Policy decision to attempt recovery/lift of SCP-5162-A or active containment attempt, triggering large one-time salvage and conservation expenses.
policy shift to active intervention successful localization of crater/lagoonsite research breakthrough enabling safe approach
👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Memetics Researcher 1 [#5] Senior researcher focusing on memetic/psych effects; included in dedicated personnel wages.
Research Analyst 1 [#5] Analyst supporting archival research, OSINT triage, and data analysis; included in dedicated personnel wages.
Field Agent / Investigator 2 [#5] Field investigators for covert tip follow-up and reconnaissance; included in dedicated personnel wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude with high uncertainty due to the object's unlocated status, unknown incident frequency/severity, and policy-dependent large-ticket decisions (salvage/containment), so confidence is low.
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