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SCP-5282 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5282
Expected annual
$1.6M
One-time setup
$465K
Annual recurring
$1.5M
Personnel
12
One-time setup is approximately $465,250 (cell upgrades, lockers, surveillance, decontamination, tagging equipment, and contingency reserve). Annual recurring costs are approximately $1,505,500/yr, driven primarily by staff wages (security + research + medical), restitution/cover-up reserve, rapid-response allocation, and ongoing research/forensics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $465K
Contingency Reserve $250K
[#24] Insurance/reserve for catastrophic incidents and extraordinary containment operations (one-time reserve allocation).
Equipment $106K
[#2, #7, #17, #18] Anomalous-item storage locker hardware; surveillance install; hazard containment lockers; emergency decontamination equipment (hardware).
Facilities $80K
[#1] Cell construction/modification (partitioning, pediatric-safe finishes, observation window, HVAC).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $25K
[#15] Tagging and tracking R&D pilot equipment (RFID/GPS/test items).
Custom Block Manufacture $4K
[#12] Custom letter-block management/modification: design and production of restricted block sets.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr
Staff Wages $860K/yr
[#3, #5, #6] Security staff (6 guards incl. benefits/overhead), research team salaries (senior/junior/technician/data analyst), and medical/psychological care allocations.
Research And Monitoring $120K/yr
[#9, #14, #16] Incident forensic/origin-tracing budget, controlled testing budget, and tagging consumables/replacement for tests.
Rapid Response Team Allocation $120K/yr
[#4] Apportioned roving rapid response / EOD / hazmat team allocation, training and readiness costs.
Restitution And Coverup Fund $100K/yr
[#10] Civilian restitution/cover-up fund for displaced-property compensation and rapid legal/administrative payments.
Cover Story And Legal $90K/yr
[#11] Legal, public-relations, and secrecy operations (in-house counsel, rapid-response PR).
Administrative Overhead $60K/yr
[#26] Administrative overhead, pro-rated site allocation, background checks, and compliance auditing.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#20] Transport logistics and secure courier services for moving displaced objects and subject movement for testing.
Education And Normalcy $40K/yr
[#22] Education, tutoring, and supervised play therapy provisions for the minor subject.
Psychological Program $35K/yr
[#23] Psychological containment and behavioral management program, staff training, and incentive programs.
Facilities Maintenance $24K/yr
[#21, #25] Incremental energy/utilities and amortized periodic hardware replacement & calibration.
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#13, #19] Consumable recreational items and decontamination consumables/PPE replenishment.
Surveillance And Data Storage $6K/yr
[#8] Ongoing surveillance maintenance, secure storage, and auditing of recorded data.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr
79.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine operations, monitoring, and scheduled testing.
routine monitoring scheduled testing no major incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring enhanced forensics, overtime security, small restitution, and temporary increased logistics.
small public exposure forensic tracebacks minor hazardous item recovered
🚨 Major Breach $2.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant containment event with public visibility or hazardous object requiring large-scale response, legal action, and replacement/restoration.
public investigation dangerous/high-value object displacement extended decontamination
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $3.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Severe event involving large-scale public exposure, catastrophic damage, or requirement for extensive emergency operations and high liability payouts.
widespread public exposure summoning of extremely dangerous/hazardous object multi-site emergency response
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#3] Six guards to provide 24/7 coverage (three shifts) including supervisory relief.
Research Scientist (Senior) 1 [#5] Senior anomalous-object researcher (part of research team salaries).
Research Scientist (Junior) 1 [#5] Junior anomalous-object researcher (part of research team salaries).
Technician 1 [#5] Lab/technical support for experiments and tagging tests (part of research team salaries).
Data Analyst 1 [#5] Data analyst for monitoring, logging, and origin-tracing (part of research team salaries).
Medical Officer / Pediatrician 1 [#6] Medical care allocation for SCP-5282-1 (included in medical/psych budget).
Child Psychologist / Counselor 1 [#6] Psychological care and counseling for SCP-5282-1 (included in medical/psych budget).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are derived directly from analyst line-item ranges; many items used mid-point assumptions where ranges were given. Personnel and program costs are explicit in notes, but uncertainty remains for event probabilities and how often high-cost restitution or catastrophic responses will be required.
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