SCP-5166 — SCP-5166 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5166

Expected annual

$668K

One-time setup

$48K

Annual recurring

$666K

Personnel

One-time setup costs (~$48k) cover a custom sealed containment case, monitoring equipment, initial testing and transport; recurring annual costs (~$667k) are dominated by continuous security staffing and associated overhead, plus ongoing forensic/research and maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $48K

Initial Research And Lab Setup $22K

[#7, #10, #15] Initial forensic/materials testing battery, initial database/archival setup, and initial SOP/training materials/setup.

Facilities $8K

[#1] Custom sealed containment/display case (lockable, gasketed, tamper sensors) and possible secondary exterior security cabinet.

Initial Secure Transport $7K

[#11] One-time secure move from auction to Site-22 (secure crate, armed escort, vehicle, insurance).

Equipment $5K

[#2] CCTV, tamper sensors, cameras and installation/configuration for the containment case.

Acquisition Cost $3K

[#25] Historical/replication auction purchase cost (if acquisition required).

Archival Duplication Setup $3K

[#21] One-time creation of physical duplicate set and secure digital backup setup/offsite vaulting initial fees.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $666K/yr

Staff Wages $460K/yr

[#3, #8] Continuous 24/7 security coverage (8 guards assumed at ~$50k/yr each) plus research staff partial FTE (~1 researcher at ~$60k/yr).

Security Overhead $120K/yr

[#4] Uniforms, weapons maintenance, ballistic vests, training refreshers, payroll taxes and benefits (~25–40% of base salaries).

Research And Monitoring $25K/yr

[#7, #22] Ongoing forensic/materials testing and modest experimental campaign funding for controlled interaction studies.

Containment Contingency Fund $10K/yr

[#14] Reserve budget for incident response, emergency testing, overtime and quarantine measures (lower-end for Safe-class).

Janitorial And Waste $9K/yr

[#5] Daily retrieval of scraps (labor allocation equivalent) plus secure shredding/incineration contract.

Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr

[#6, #9, #24] PPE and decontamination supplies, laboratory consumables (scanning, photography, evidence bags) and minor replacement/reprovision items.

Pest Control $6K/yr

[#13] Regular professional pest control, traps and inspections to mitigate vermin-related spread of scraps.

Cover Story And Legal $5K/yr

[#16] Annual legal/admin costs, record sealing and minimal cover-story maintenance; scalable upward if exposure occurs.

Translation And Analysis $4K/yr

[#23] Specialist fees (linguists, semiotics/humanities consultants) for analyzing legible scraps and assessing operational risk.

Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr

[#12, #19] Regular containment checks, gasket/replacement, sensor/camera repairs and small allocation for power/utilities.

Records And Audits $4K/yr

[#18] Periodic oversight audits and auditor time to verify containment/compliance.

Insurance Internal $3K/yr

[#20] Internal liability allocation for injury, replacement or operational loss.

Secure Disposal $2K/yr

[#17] Additional capacity for secure destruction (incineration/shredding) of classified scrap batches beyond janitorial contract.

Evidence Database And Archival $2K/yr

[#10] Recurring maintenance, backups and storage costs for evidence logging/database beyond initial setup.

Logistics And Transport $2K/yr

[#11] Routine secure transfers (within site or occasional external lab moves) estimated as a small number of escorted moves per year.

Training And Sop $2K/yr

[#15] Periodic refresher training and SOP updates for security, janitorial and research staff.

Video Storage And Backup $1K/yr

[#2] Ongoing secure storage/backup costs for CCTV and tamper sensor recordings.

Archival Offsite Storage $600/yr

[#21] Offsite secure storage fees for duplicate physical/digital archives.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $666K/yr

94.5% probability / year

Normal year with no containment incidents; ongoing staffing, maintenance, research and routine operations only.

routine_operations no_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $692K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline

Localized incident where a scrap attaches to personnel or equipment causing temporary quarantine, overtime and extra testing.

scrap_attached_to_personnel localized_quarantine extra_forensic_testing

🚨 Major Breach $746K/yr

0.5% probability / year +$80K vs baseline

Wider contamination or public exposure requiring large incident response, extended quarantine, PR/cover operations and significant testing/replacement.

widespread_scrap_spread public_exposure extensive_incident_response

👥 Personnel 9 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	[#3] Eight full-time guards to provide two on-site at all times (2 per shift × 3 shifts plus coverage).
Research Scientist	1	[#8] Partial-to-full FTE researcher (budgeted as ~1 staff member) for monitoring, testing coordination and analysis.

📋 Confidence Notes

Detailed analyst notes provide explicit line-item estimates for most categories and realistic staffing assumptions; remaining uncertainty is mainly incident frequency and whether security is allocated centrally versus dedicated hires.

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