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SCP-5249 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5249
Expected annual
$429K
One-time setup
$340K
Annual recurring
$418K
Personnel
3
One-time startup costs are modest (~$340k) driven by equipment, safehouse retrofit, contingency gear, and archival seed funding; annual recurring costs are dominated by staff wages, cover/payments, insurance and ongoing monitoring (~$418.5k/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $340K
Equipment $116K
[#4, #5, #14] Surveillance covert kit (~$60k), portable Hume sensor hardware (~$50k), and two drones (~$6k).
Archival And Contingency Research Seed $100K
[#21] Long-term archival/declassification and contingency research seed fund for potential expanded studies.
Specialized Containment Gear $50K
[#13] Lightweight rapid-deploy containment/restraint/privacy gear contingency.
Facilities $40K
[#12] Lease deposit and modest retrofit for a local safehouse to store equipment and provide temporary custody if required.
Local Sensor Installation $12K
[#15] Discreet environmental/Hume sensor installs at cooperating nearby institutions.
Legal And Cover Setup $10K
[#10] One-time legal/setup for cover identities and permits.
Medical Psych Setup $8K
[#9] One-time intake and establishing local medical/psychological provider relationships for subject/family.
Emergency Medical Kit $4K
[#11] On-site emergency medical & neonatal kit purchase.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $418K/yr
Staff Wages $283K/yr
[#1, #7] Two full-time covert field agents (2 × $85,000 + 30% benefits ≈ $221,000) and 0.5 FTE research/analysis labor (~$62,000).
Cover Story And Legal $41K/yr
[#10, #16, #3] Recurring permits/liaison (~$8k/yr), witness/media suppression and narrative management (~$15k/yr), and covert cooperation stipend/cover payments to subject (~$18k/yr).
Insurance And Legal Reserve $25K/yr
[#18] Reserve for potential civil claims, accidental exposure of cover story, or damages.
Research And Monitoring $15K/yr
[#5, #8] Sensor calibration/maintenance (~$5,000/yr) and laboratory assays/environmental sampling consumables (~$10,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $12K/yr
[#17] Travel, lodging and transport for non-local specialists (flights, hotels, per diem).
Medical And Psych Support $10K/yr
[#9] Ongoing counseling and medical checkups as cover for subject/family.
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#12] Safehouse maintenance and utilities.
Ethics And Human Subjects $6K/yr
[#19] Ethics board oversight and human-subjects administration costs.
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#20] Small operating budget: batteries, refreshments, props, petty cash.
Event Day Contractors $5K/yr
[#2] Additional 2–4 contract security/medical staff hired locally for the Jan 3 event window (~$5,000/event).
Data Storage And Comms $5K/yr
[#6] Encrypted storage, off-site redundancy, backups and secure transfer channels for audio/video and sensor logs.
Sensor Installation Maintenance $2K/yr
[#15] Ongoing maintenance for local sensor installations and modest site fees.
On Call Pediatrician Stipend $2K/yr
[#11] Annual on-call pediatrician/OB stipend to support plausible emergency responses.
Drone Maintenance $1K/yr
[#14] Maintenance and upkeep for aerial situational awareness UAVs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $418K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with the annual Jan 3 manifestation and routine monitoring, no major incidents.
annual_event_only no_unexpected_manifestation cover_maintained
🚨 Minor Incident $478K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline
Brief anomalous persistence or localized distress requiring emergency medical response, overtime, and modest additional containment measures.
extended_persistence temporary_medical_intervention local_witness_management
🚨 Political Exposure $568K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Viral media attention or leak that forces extensive cover operations, legal action, and public-relations expenses.
viral_video press_investigation local_authority_scrutiny
🚨 Major Breach $1.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
SCP-5249-1 remains corporeal or exhibits hostile/unexpected behavior requiring rapid escalation to secure containment, specialized teams, and potential temporary facility rental.
prolonged_corporeality hostile_behavior unexpected_frequency_increase
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Covert Field Agent / Embedded Operative 2 [#1] Two full-time covert field agents embedded locally responsible for on-site observation, cover management and community presence.
Research Scientist 1 [#7] One researcher position funded at ~0.5 FTE for data review, Hume analysis and report production (listed as 0.5 FTE in cost estimates).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates for personnel, equipment, and recurring needs, giving reasonable confidence in budgeting; uncertainty remains for low-probability high-impact events and potential scaling if phenomenology changes, so confidence is not high.
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