SCP-5376 — SCP-5376 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5376 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-5376

Expected annual

$2.5M

One-time setup

$13.9M

Annual recurring

$2.2M

Personnel

One-time capital outlays are approximately $13.87M driven primarily by a large contingency/breach reserve and containment/facility upgrades; recurring annual operations are roughly $2.20M driven by staff wages, sacrificial vehicle replacement, logistics and ongoing contingency fund provisioning.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $13.9M

Containment Breach Reserve $10.0M

[#20] Conservative one-time contingency/reserve fund for catastrophic rebuild, relocation and major cover operations.

Facilities $2.3M

[#1, #2, #7, #17, #24, #26] Includes land/site hardening or purchase, initial arena construction, containment cell blast/bio upgrades, decontamination fitout, initial site infrastructure and targeted protective reinforcement of nearby Site-19.

Equipment $1.1M

[#3, #5, #9, #11, #12, #22] Includes installation of fire-jet systems, initial dirtbike fleet, armored/transport vehicles and tactical kit, ambulance purchase, initial fire-suppression vehicle/equipment, and IT/communications hardware.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K

[#13, #15] High-speed instrumentation, data-acquisition systems and laboratory/test rigs for analysis and monitoring.

Initial Amnestic Deployment $100K

[#19] One-time mass-amnestic / discovery-event deployment cost estimate.

Environmental Remediation Oneoff $50K

[#25] One-off remediation reserve for a localized contamination event (soil/groundwater remediation).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.2M/yr

Staff Wages $742K/yr

[#8, #14] Salaries and overtime for 6 dedicated security guards (incl. overtime) and 2 researchers + 1 lab technician.

Containment Breach Fund Maintenance $500K/yr

[#20] Annual provisioning/maintenance of the longer-term contingency reserve fund for catastrophic events.

Administrative Overhead And Program Management $150K/yr

[#27] Program manager, procurement, accounting, security liaison and ~10–15% program overhead baked into recurring budgets.

Sacrificial Vehicles $139K/yr

[#4] Recurring purchase/replacement of disused vehicles used in sessions (high turnover).

Facilities Maintenance $130K/yr

[#1, #2, #12, #24, #26] Land/site maintenance, general utilities/upkeep, maintenance of fixed suppression systems and targeted monitoring of nearby structures.

Biohazard Cleanup $78K/yr

[#16] Recurring hazardous waste disposal and biohazard cleanup per destructive session.

Logistics And Transport $68K/yr

[#9, #10] Annual fuel/maintenance for security/transport vehicles and per-session convoy fuel/transport costs.

Supplies And Consumables $65K/yr

[#6, #17] Arena consumables and repair parts (lumber/steel/fasteners), decontamination supplies, PPE replacement and laundering.

Cover Story And Legal $65K/yr

[#18, #19] Permits/regulation compliance or covert compliance costs and ongoing amnestic/legal/coverup budget.

Research And Monitoring $60K/yr

[#13, #14, #15, #25] Research consumables, instrumentation calibration/data storage, and routine environmental monitoring.

Training And Psych Support $50K/yr

[#21] Annual training, drills and psychological counseling / PTSD prevention for staff.

Dirtbike Replacement $39K/yr

[#5] Ongoing replacement of destroyed/reinforced dirtbikes used by SCP-5376.

Arena Repairs And Replacements $35K/yr

[#2] Annual repairs and modular replacements for ramps, loops and stunt structures.

Fire Suppression Maintenance $27K/yr

[#12] Maintenance, training and replenishment for foam/extinguishers/portable suppression and dedicated equipment.

It And Communications Maintenance $25K/yr

[#22] Secure logging, data redundancy, storage costs and IT maintenance.

Medical Standby $23K/yr

[#11] Per-session contractor EMT/paramedic costs and upkeep/maintenance related to ambulance if used on-site.

Fire Jet Operation $20K/yr

[#3] Fuel, servicing and routine servicing for fixed and mobile flame jets.

Waste Salvage Offset $-15000/yr

[#23] Estimated annual salvage/recycling offsets from scrapping destroyed vehicles/metal (net negative line-item).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.2M/yr

91.0% probability / year

Routine year with scheduled sessions, no major incidents; normal replacement/maintenance and reserve provisioning.

regular_sessions no_unplanned_explosions normal replacements

🚨 Minor Incident $2.4M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Localized destructive event causing extra repairs, increased medical/cleanup, or small environmental remediation.

partial_arena_destruction larger-than-usual explosion extra_cleanup_and_repairs

🚨 Major Breach $27.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline

Catastrophic detonation damaging the arena and nearby Site-19 infrastructure requiring major rebuild, public exposure response and large-scale cover operations.

full-scale detonation public casualties/exposure site infrastructure damage

👥 Personnel 9 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#8] Dedicated armed escort detachment (6 guards) with rotations and overtime.
Research Scientist	2	[#14] Two dedicated researchers (physicist/engineer/biologist mix) supporting study and containment.
Lab Technician	1	[#14] One lab tech supporting experiments, instrumentation and sample handling.

📋 Confidence Notes

Line-item estimates are based on analyst ranges and clear containment requirements, so budget categories and recurring costs are reasonably well-scoped; however large ranges on capital and contingency items and the unpredictable failure modes of the anomaly limit precision, producing medium confidence.

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