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SCP-5179 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-5179
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$4.4M
Annual recurring
$3.2M
Personnel
42
Estimated one-time capital costs are approximately $4.39M (driven by building/maintaining Site 5179-O, chamber construction, and equipment). Recurring annual costs are approximately $3.17M/yr, driven primarily by staff wages, staffed pocket-dimension operations/resupply, medical readiness, and legal/cover-up expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.4M
Facilities $2.4M
[#1, #3, #7, #17] Archival locker upgrades, construction/outfitting of 15×15×10 testing chamber, initial buildout of Foundation Research Site 5179-O in the pocket dimension, and quarantine/processing room outfitting (summary of structural and room build costs).
Equipment $1.2M
[#2, #4, #6, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #16] Initial archival bags/clamps/desiccants and preservation consumables; chamber monitoring/CCTV/data-logging hardware; initial medical kit; power-generation systems hardware; communications gateway/repeaters; field PPE and desert gear; vehicles/ATVs fleet; cages/traps for wildlife management; hardened sensor/datalogger suite and drones; containment/rapid-response kits.
Contingency Reserve One Time $500K
[#21] One-time contingency/reserve fund for replacement, losses, or emergency capital expenditures.
Technical Rnd Capital $250K
[#24] Initial discretionary capital to start R&D program aimed at mitigating the requirement for human opening (prototype/autonomous systems, sealed avatars, etc.).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#5, #6, #15, #16] Recurring personnel costs including Class-D pool maintenance/payroll and administration, medical staff salaries, research team salaries, and readiness/on-call staffing for rapid-response teams.
Facilities Maintenance $610K/yr
[#8, #9, #12, #17, #22] Ongoing Site 5179-O operations (life support, rotations, resupply), fuel/maintenance for power systems, vehicle fuel/maintenance, quarantine suite operations, and waste/environmental compliance.
Cover Story And Legal $275K/yr
[#18, #19, #20] Records management and takedown/legal operations, ongoing legal/cover-up/government liaison costs, and ethical oversight/IRB administration.
Contingency Reserve Replenishment $200K/yr
[#21] Annual replenishment/reserve allocation for contingency fund to cover losses, replacements, and emergency expenditures.
Research And Monitoring $193K/yr
[#4, #14, #15, #23] Data storage/monitoring maintenance, sensor/drone maintenance, research consumables/equipment budget, and training/simulation exercise costs for safe operations and experiment procedures.
Technical Rnd Ongoing $150K/yr
[#24] Ongoing R&D funding if the mitigation program continues (iterative development of remote/autonomous interaction capabilities).
Supplies And Consumables $145K/yr
[#2, #11, #13, #25] Replacement airtight bags/clamps/desiccants; field PPE replacements and consumables; veterinary/antivenom stocks and consumables; routine lab consumables and small spare parts.
Communications And Bandwidth $30K/yr
[#10] Recurring bandwidth, satellite/comms link maintenance and service fees for redundant hardened communications between surface and 5179-O.
Logistics And Transport $12K/yr
[#5] Per-test marginal costs (administration/transport/staging for Class-D rotations and associated per-test expenses).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with standard rotations, scheduled tests, and routine operations; no major containment incidents or large-scale recovery operations.
scheduled_tests routine_resupply no_major_incident
🚨 Minor Incident $3.5M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring an expanded medical response, small-scale recovery, extra legal/cover-up activity, and temporary increase in resupply and replacement consumables.
personnel_injury_or_small_casualty vehicle_loss_or_partial_equipment_loss limited_contamination_event
🚨 Major Breach $7.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$4.0M vs baseline
Large-scale containment failure or major exposure (loss of 5179-O infrastructure, multiple casualties, public exposure) requiring large recovery, rebuild, and extended legal/PR operations.
loss_of_site_5179-O mass_casualties_or_many_missing public_exposure_or_large_retrieval_operation
👥 Personnel 42 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 8 [#15, #8, #14] Scientists/dimensional specialists involved in experiments, analysis, and planning for 5179-O research and mitigation R&D.
Research Technician 4 [#15, #14, #11] Technical staff for instrumentation, sensor maintenance, field gear, and experiment support.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#5, #16] Security escorts for Class-D handling, rapid-response team members for containment and search & recovery.
Medical Officer 2 [#6, #17] Medical staff responsible for pre/post-screening, trauma care, quarantine processing, and vet/antivenom coordination.
Administrative Staff 2 [#18, #19, #20] Administrative, legal liaison, and ethical oversight personnel handling records management, cover stories, and IRB/consent administration.
Class-D Personnel 20 [#5] Rotational D-class pool used for handling and testing SCP-5179; included in recurring D-class maintenance/payroll costs.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many cost items are well-scoped (chamber, comms, vehicles) so capital estimates are moderately reliable, but large uncertainty remains around pocket-dimension logistics, test frequency, and the scale/frequency of incidents — hence medium confidence.
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