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SCP-5373 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5373
Expected annual
$23.6M
One-time setup
$154.7M
Annual recurring
$21.9M
Personnel
175
One-time establishment and equipment costs are dominated by secure site acquisition, vehicles/aviation and a large contingency reserve; recurring costs are driven by personnel (security, tactical, research, thaumaturges) and ongoing legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $154.7M
Escalation Contingency Reserve $125.0M
[#20] Reserved contingency fund for a large-scale neutralization campaign / sustained occupation (single-operation fund).
Equipment $16.3M
[#2, #5, #8, #9, #10, #12, #15, #21] Portal-lock hardware & installation (#2), sensor/monitoring arrays initial install (#5), tactical specialized kit & training initial procurement (#8), helicopters/armored vehicles/mobile lab initial acquisition (#9), initial probes/drones fleet (#10), secure servers/satellite comms hardware (#12), medical equipment (#15), and energy backup hardware installation (#21).
Facilities $6.8M
[#1, #4, #11] Site acquisition of five access properties (#1), central command/safehouse purchase/renovation setup (#4), and construction of field containment/holding infrastructure (#11).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4.5M
[#6, #7, #18] Initial thaumaturgical reagent/kit stock (#6), research lab/equipment set-up for mapping and analysis (#7), and initial R&D program funding for portal suppression/counter-passcode work (#18).
Relocation Compensation Pool $850K
[#14] One-time compensation/relocation pool for displaced local residents and related hush funds.
Legal And Cover Initial $600K
[#13] Initial covert legal/cover establishment (shells, falsified permits, initial payments) per analyst note.
Initial Procurement Pool $500K
[#22] Initial exotic reagents / artifact procurement pool.
Training Development $200K
[#17] Initial development of training courses, simulations, and cultural/ethics preparation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $21.9M/yr
Staff Wages $10.2M/yr
[#3, #6, #7, #8, #9, #4] Salaries and fully-loaded payroll for continuous armed security and supervisors/medics (#3), thaumaturgical team staffing (#6), research personnel (#7), tactical squads (salary portion) (#8), aviation pilots (salary portion) (#9), and local command administrative staff (#4).
Cover Story And Legal $2.2M/yr
[#13] Ongoing covert legal/diplomatic payments, bribery, influence/PR and media-management budgets (#13).
Tactical Operations And Maintenance $1.8M/yr
[#8] Non-salary recurring costs to maintain tactical readiness: training cycles, specialized equipment upkeep, mission-specific R&D and sustainment for covert ops (#8).
Staff Turnover Overhead $1.5M/yr
[#16] Additional overhead (25–35%) for pension liabilities, rehiring, benefits and elevated turnover-related costs specified in #16.
R And D $1.2M/yr
[#18] Ongoing R&D to develop portal suppression technology and counter-passcode research (#18).
Facilities Maintenance $750K/yr
[#4, #5, #11] Annual operations/maintenance for the central command (#4), sensor network maintenance and data costs (#5), and containment module maintenance/caretaking (#11).
Exotic Procurement $750K/yr
[#22] Ongoing procurement budget for exotic reagents, artifacts and clandestine acquisitions (#22).
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#9] Aviation/vehicle fuel, maintenance and ground logistics (non-salary portion) for helicopters, armored vehicles and mobile labs (#9).
Misc Anomalous Losses $450K/yr
[#25] Reserve for unpredictable anomalous losses (drones, probes, equipment and small-team losses) (#25).
Supplies And Consumables $425K/yr
[#6, #10] Thaumaturgical consumables and ritual reagents (#6) and probe/drone attrition replacements (#10).
Psych Ops And Liaison $400K/yr
[#19] Psychological operations, gifts/offerings, in-pocket liaison and diplomacy budget (#19).
Medical Operations $325K/yr
[#15] Medevac contracts, trauma/psychiatric care for operatives, quarantine operations and biohazard disposal recurring costs (#15).
Energy Fuel Maintenance $325K/yr
[#21] Fuel, maintenance and supply-chain costs to sustain UPS/generator/backup systems and ward power (#21).
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#7] Field deployments, travel, mapping, ethnographic fieldwork and related non-payroll research operations cited in #7.
Training And Simulations $225K/yr
[#17] Recurring training, roleplay simulations and cultural/ethical preparation costs (#17).
Data And Comms Operations $200K/yr
[#12] Annual operations, upgrades and disaster-recovery costs for secure servers and satellite communications (#12).
Personnel Psychological Care $185K/yr
[#23] Long-term counseling, debriefs and reintegration programs for exposed personnel (#23).
Archive And Re Evaluation $100K/yr
[#24] Archive, record maintenance and periodic re-evaluation costs (#24).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $21.9M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; recurring containment and program costs only.
no major breaches steady routine operations
🚨 Minor Incident $24.9M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Localized breach or targeted incident requiring rapid response, repairs, short-term surge deployments and limited PR/legal action.
small portal compromise localized violent engagement equipment loss requiring replacement
🚨 Major Neutralization Campaign $146.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$125.0M vs baseline
Activation of large-scale neutralization/occupation campaign against PoI-5936/Triumviraté, deploying sizeable forces and long-term remediation.
escalation by PoI-5936 loss of control at multiple portals political exposure requiring open intervention
👥 Personnel 175 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 100 [#3] Continuous armed guard coverage across five sites plus supervisors/medics; count taken from analyst note (~90 guards + 10 supervisors/medics).
Research Scientist / Field Researcher 20 [#7] Multidisciplinary research staff for mapping, anthropology, linguistics and field deployments; headcount inferred from recurring research payroll.
Thaumaturge / Occult Specialist 5 [#6] Senior thaumaturges/ritual team responsible for blocking protocols and rites; staffing inferred from recurring thaum personnel budget.
Tactical Operator / Special Ops 30 [#8] Covert tactical squads and special-ops personnel trained for anomalous-environment operations; headcount estimated from tactical recurring payroll portion.
Pilot / Aviation Crew 4 [#9] Flight crew for helicopters and insertion/extraction assets; count inferred from recurring pilots' salary allocation.
Medical Officer 4 [#15] Medics and trauma/psychiatric support staff for operatives and containment casualties; headcount aligned with recurring medical budget.
Administrative Staff / Local Ops 5 [#4] Local command & safehouse administrative staff for coordination and record-keeping; included in central command operations recurring costs.
Engineer / Maintenance 6 [#9, #21] Technical staff for vehicles, generators, power systems and sensor maintenance; headcount estimated from logistics and energy recurring costs.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#4] Single-site director / local executive oversight included in administrative staffing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are synthesized from analyst-provided ranges; many line items are order-of-magnitude and depend heavily on posture decisions (covert containment vs aggressive suppression), hence medium confidence.
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