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SCP-5287 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5287
Expected annual
$676K
One-time setup
$244K
Annual recurring
$661K
Personnel
6
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $244,000 for room refit, booth/HVAC, sensors, fire upgrades and incident kit/seed reserve; annual recurring operations are about $661,350 driven primarily by continuous security and research staffing, plus monitoring, legal, insurance and consumables.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $244K
Equipment $96K
[#2, #4, #8, #15, #21] Controlled smoking booth and local exhaust, high-definition cameras/microphones, air quality/particulate sensors, incident response kit (portable scrubbers/PPE/containment tarps), and initial vaulting/archival hardware.
Facilities $82K
[#1, #3, #9] Room refit (secure suite), HVAC airflow/isolation upgrades, and fire-risk/code compliance upgrades (sprinklers, flame-resistant furnishings).
Contingency Reserve Seed $62K
[#15] Seed to establish a reserve fund for rapid incident mobilization (midpoint of recommended $25k–$100k reserve).
Training And Sop Development $4K
[#18] One-time SOP creation and initial training development.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $661K/yr
Staff Wages $420K/yr
[#5, #6] Continuous security/watch team (4 FTE) and dedicated research/technician staff (2 FTE); fully-loaded salary estimates.
Research And Monitoring $82K/yr
[#4, #11, #14, #19, #20, #21] Secure video storage/backups, medical monitoring and counseling for the researcher, secure transcription/redaction costs, video transcription/review labor, specialized experimentation budget, and archival storage maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $60K/yr
[#16] Legal counsel, PR/cover-story maintenance and local liaison costs.
Insurance And Liability $30K/yr
[#17] Increased internal risk-pool contribution or higher site insurance premiums due to fire/health/liability exposure.
Logistics And Transport $25K/yr
[#15] Annual contingency/reserve replenishment and logistics for incident response mobilization.
Supplies And Consumables $19K/yr
[#7, #10, #12, #13] Analytical chemistry consumables and instrument run-time fees, PPE, tobacco/smoking supplies, and cleaning/duct/odor remediation.
Administrative Overhead $12K/yr
[#22] HR, payroll, badging, travel allowances and miscellaneous administrative processing for the assigned personnel.
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#1, #2, #3, #8, #9] Extra utilities/room upkeep, filter replacements for booth, HVAC maintenance/calibration, sensor calibration and fire-safety inspections.
Training And Sop Refresh $1K/yr
[#18] Annual refresher training and SOP updates.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $661K/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, monitoring and maintenance only.
routine monitoring scheduled maintenance regular experiments
🚨 Minor Incident $711K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Localized incident such as an unexpected harmful manifestation, small fire, or HVAC contamination requiring short-term response and repairs.
minor anomalous physical manifestation small fire or smoke damage temporary HVAC failure
🚨 Major Breach $1.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Severe incident causing significant injury, facility damage, extended decontamination, legal/PR actions and possible temporary shutdown of operations.
severe anomalous manifestation causing injury spread of contaminated smoke causing third-party exposure structural fire or major HVAC failure
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#5] Dedicated 24/7 guard coverage for the suite and escort duties; estimated 4 FTE to cover shifts.
Research Scientist / Technician 2 [#6] Dedicated researchers/technicians assigned to experiments, sampling, footage review and evidence processing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and reasonable ranges for most categories (staffing, HVAC, booth, monitoring). Uncertainty remains from the anomalous behavior (unknown frequency/severity of harmful manifestations) and the desired level of legal/insurance provisioning, so cost estimates use midpoints and require medium confidence.
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