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SCP-5332 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5332
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$12.0M
Annual recurring
$3.0M
Personnel
24
Initial setup (excluding optional salvage) is moderate but multi-component; baseline recurring operations require ongoing specialist staff, boats, secure lab operations, and cover/legal/cyber programs. A contingency salvage/removal reserve dominates potential one-time exposure.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $12.0M
Salvage Removal Contingency $10.0M
[#23] Contingency reserve for heavy-lift salvage/removal (minimal plausible recovery ~$5M–$50M; budgeted as a reserve).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $870K
[#12, #15, #14] Secure BSL-2+ lab retrofit and chain-of-custody fit-out, initial amnestic R&D/manufacture scale-up, and initial PPE/contamination-control kit.
Equipment $605K
[#1, #2, #4, #10, #21] Underwater camera array (cameras, housings, lights, mounts), camera comms/power buoy & hardware, two RHIB purchases, ROV/AUV purchase, secure server/integration.
Facilities $345K
[#8, #20] Shore-based hyperbaric chamber installation/certification and shore monitoring facility lease/fit-out.
Diver Training And Equipment $100K
[#7] Initial specialized diver training, certification, PPE issuance, rebreathers, compressors and initial equipment issue.
Cover Setup $60K
[#18] One-time establishment of maritime cover/permits/front company setup and related start-up costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#6, #13, #9, #19, #20, #5, #17] Salaries for specialized dive team (STF Rho-7), lab researchers/technicians, hyperbaric technician/medic, cyber/memetic team FTEs, monitoring/security staff, boat crew salaries, and research monitoring staff.
Research And Monitoring $350K/yr
[#3, #10, #13, #17, #21] Camera bandwidth/monitoring costs, ROV/AUV maintenance, non-salary laboratory recurring costs (consumables, assays), environmental monitoring programs, and recurring data/cloud storage.
Insurance And Incident Reserve $200K/yr
[#24] Annual legal/incident reserve, retainer and settlement/response funding.
Misc Overhead And Contingency $200K/yr
[#25] Administrative overhead, travel, local grants, and 10–20% operational contingency.
Logistics And Transport $151K/yr
[#11, #16, #5] Boat fuel/maintenance/slip fees (non-crew), secure sample collection per-incident logistics, and per-incident operational amnesticization deployment costs.
Cover Story And Legal $140K/yr
[#18, #19] Ongoing cover/front-company retainer and non-salary cyber/memetic takedown/support budgets.
Supplies And Consumables $75K/yr
[#22, #14] Consumables for dive ops and labs (gases, mixed-gas fills, reagents, medical supplies) and recurring PPE replacements/disposables.
Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr
[#8, #20] Hyperbaric chamber and shore facility maintenance, certification renewals, and small infrastructure upkeep.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.0M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with continuous in-situ containment, routine maintenance, and no major incidents.
routine_monitoring scheduled_maintenance no_breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Localized civilian approach or small breach requiring STF interception, extra amnesticization, legal takedowns, and overtime.
civilian_diver_interception targeted_public_leak short_response_ops
🚨 Major Salvage Escalation $8.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Containment fails or policy forces partial/full recovery requiring heavy salvage, environmental remediation, and major legal/PR operations.
forced_recovery large_scale_salvage major_public_exposure
👥 Personnel 24 total
Role Count Notes
STF Rho-7 (Specialized Dive Team) 7 [#6] 6–8 specialized divers/medics; staffing and hazard pay included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#20] Armed security shifts for shore monitoring and rapid-response.
Research Scientist / Lab Technician 3 [#13] 2–4 researchers/techs for sample analysis and lab work; salaries included in staff_wages.
Hyperbaric Technician / Medic 1 [#9] Technician/medic to operate hyperbaric chamber and support dive medicine.
Monitoring Operator / ROV Pilot 2 [#3, #10, #21] 24/7 camera/ROV operators for monitoring shifts; salaries included in staff_wages.
Cyber / Memetic Analyst 3 [#19] 2–4 FTEs for web-crawling, takedowns, and memetic countermeasures; salaries included in staff_wages.
Boat Crew 2 [#5] Crew to staff two RHIBs for patrols/response; included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates derive from analyst ranges but contain wide intervals for salvage, staffing and lab costs; recurring staffing allocations required splitting combined line-item estimates into salary vs non-salary components which introduces modeling uncertainty.
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