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SCP-5272 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-5272
Expected annual
$44K
One-time setup
$258K
Annual recurring
$41K
Personnel
0.3
Initial one-time setup and contingency reserves are approximately $257,750, driven largely by incident/legal contingency funds and optional air-gapped test infrastructure; recurring annual costs are about $41,250/year, driven by part-time security/archival staff wages, site overhead and emergency readiness.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $258K
Incident Investigation Fund $125K
[#15] One-time contingency reserve for formal investigations, family liaison and legal processes (reserve fund).
Legal And Cover Story $62K
[#16] One-time contingency for legal counsel, PR and cover-story fabrication / settlements if a leak or exposure occurs.
Decommissioning Contingency $28K
[#22] One-time contingency reserve for safe decommissioning/destruction and related legal/PR costs if policy requires neutralization.
Equipment $17K
[#3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #20] Cold-storage housing and cabinets (#3), air-gapped forensic/test bench (#5), digital containment setup (network/whitelist rules, air-gapped archival server) one-time portion (#6), redundant offline backup media purchase (#7), media-handling kit and replacement vintage parts (#8), emulation/software licensing where applicable (#20).
Historical Research $12K
[#18] One-time historical/background research, FOIA, travel and archival fees to investigate Jim Anders and related records.
Facilities $3K
[#10] One-time install of electronic access readers, tamper alarms and CCTV for locker (hardware + installation).
Specialty Data Recovery $3K
[#19] One-time reserved budget for specialist data recovery (clean-room or head replacement) if disk degrades.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2K
[#2] Forensic/archival imaging (hardware write-blocker, specialist labor and imaging tools) as a one-time activity.
Sop Development And Training $2K
[#11] Creation of written SOPs and initial training rollout (one-time development costs).
Background Checks $2K
[#12] Initial background/insider-vetting for 2–4 custodians (one-time costs).
Controlled Transport Initial $1K
[#17] Budgeted cost for the initial secure transport / courier to move the item to containment or restoration specialist (per-note initial move).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $41K/yr
Staff Wages $14K/yr
[#9, #13] Pro-rated personnel time: digital archivist/tech integrity checks (~0.05–0.1 FTE) and security oversight (~0.1–0.2 FTE).
Emergency Response $10K/yr
[#14] Annual reserve for immediate emergency response, counseling and triage readiness for psychological/medical incidents.
Site Overhead Allocation $10K/yr
[#23] Pro-rated share of site fixed costs (facility, utilities, management) attributable to SCP-5272.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#1, #8, #12, #21] Locker maintenance supplies and admin (#1), media-handling consumables (#8), recurring background-recheck fees (~#12), and recordkeeping/admin storage share (#21).
Historical Research Continuation $2K/yr
[#18] Recurring budget if historical/background research is continued annually.
Facilities Maintenance $1K/yr
[#4, #6, #10] Environmental monitoring (desiccant, humidity checks), ongoing digital containment maintenance and HVAC balancing, and CCTV/video retention/storage operations.
Administrative Contingency $1K/yr
[#24] Small miscellaneous annual fund for unexpected small purchases and admin items.
Research And Monitoring $600/yr
[#7, #11] Annual testing of backups/integrity verification procedures (#7) and modest refresher training rollout (#11).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $41K/yr
96.5% probability / year
Normal year with no incidents; routine preservation, monitoring, and administrative costs only.
no incidents routine maintenance and checks
🚨 Minor Incident $101K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline
Small-scale exposure, accidental handling or minor leak requiring limited investigation, legal/PR work and specialist fees.
accidental image execution/exposure limited data-recovery or legal/PR activity
🚨 Major Breach $279K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$238K vs baseline
Significant incident such as a disappearance, loss of original media, or public exposure requiring full investigation, major legal response and potential settlements.
disappearance tied to SCP execution public/legal exposure or loss of containment
👥 Personnel 0.3 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 0.2 [#13] Pro-rated security oversight time (0.1–0.2 FTE equivalent) for inspections, audits and occasional transport.
Research Scientist / Digital Archivist 0.1 [#9] Digital archivist / tech time for integrity checks and imaging verification (0.05–0.1 FTE equivalent).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and explicit recurring/one-time splits; SCP is Safe/classic archival artifact with low anomalous operational uncertainty, enabling a high-confidence budget estimate.
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