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SCP-5428 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-5428
Expected annual
$71K
One-time setup
$45K
Annual recurring
$45K
Personnel
3
Initial one-time setup is approximately $44,800 driven by secure storage, playback room and digitization equipment; ongoing annual operations are estimated at ~$45,470/yr driven by part-time research/security wages, monitoring, contingency funds and incident-response retainers.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $45K
Facilities $20K
[#4, #7] Media containment shelving / archival safe (vault/cabinet) and secure playback/observation room setup (~$10k each).
Equipment $11K
[#6, #14] Digitization/preservation kit (~$7k) and one-time air-gapped server/storage (~$4k).
Scalability Contingency Reserve $10K
[#20] One-time emergency contingency reserve to be held for rapid scale-up, retrieval or emergency response.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4K
[#6, #15, #16] Initial digitization labor for existing tapes (~$1.6k), initial consumables (~$200), and initial training/workshop (~$2k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $45K/yr
Staff Wages $20K/yr
[#8, #9, #18] Part-time research personnel (~$15k/yr), marginal security allocation (~$2k/yr), and administrative allocation (~$3k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $5K/yr
[#12] Legal/acquisition retainer and cover costs (~$5k/yr) plus per-tape reimbursements (~$100/tape assumed 2 tapes → $200).
Medical Contingency Fund $5K/yr
[#11] Reserved fund for low-probability medical follow-ups, tests, emergency care.
Witness Handling $4K/yr
[#10] Witness observation/transport/psych screening (~$350 per witness; baseline ~10 witnesses/yr → $3.5k/yr).
Io Metatron Monitoring $3K/yr
[#1] I/O METATRON weekly web/marketplace scans: cloud VM/storage (~$300/yr) plus operator review (~$3k/yr).
Insurance And Asset Contingency $3K/yr
[#19] Insurance / replacement reserve (~$3k/yr).
Online Takedown Retainer $2K/yr
[#13] Retainer for rapid online takedowns and digital leak response (~$2k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $900/yr
[#5, #7] Climate control / monitoring for media preservation (~$400/yr) and playback/room maintenance (~$500/yr).
Logistics And Transport $720/yr
[#2, #3] Field acquisition travel/agent time and on-site handling (~$210 per discovery; baseline assumed 2 discoveries/yr → $420) and secure shipping/chain-of-custody (~$150/shipment; 2 shipments → $300).
Media Migration Annualized $600/yr
[#17] Long-term preservation migration (~$3k every 5 years → ~$600/yr averaged).
Training And Sop Refresh $500/yr
[#16] Annual refresher training and small drills (~$500/yr).
Digitization Labor Per Tape $400/yr
[#6] Ongoing digitization labor (~$200/tape). Baseline assumed 2 new tapes/yr → $400/yr.
Secure Data Backup Fees $300/yr
[#14] Cloud backup fees & media rotation (~$300/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $50/yr
[#15] Ongoing consumables for tape handling and preservation (~$50/yr).
Research And Monitoring $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $45K/yr
96.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major online breach; routine monitoring, occasional new tape recoveries at low rates.
weekly monitoring small number of new tape recoveries routine preservation and admin work
🚨 Minor Incident $65K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Limited online leak or small local exposure requiring takedowns, additional medical follow-up, and legal responses.
single viral repost local injury cluster paid takedown campaign
🚨 Major Breach $5.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Large-scale viral dissemination (Keneq-level) leading to mass exposures and a broad emergency response.
mass social media spread rapid algorithmic amplification multiple simultaneous uploads
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 [#8] Part-time researcher (0.1–0.25 FTE equivalent) responsible for cataloguing, provenance work and coordination (~$15k/yr).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#9] Fractional security allocation for vault/transport (~marginal cost ~$2k/yr).
Administrative Staff 1 [#18] Shared admin allocation for recordkeeping and incident processing (~$3k/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many core recurring and one-time line items are well-specified in the analyst notes (equipment, vault, training, retainers), but key uncertainties remain around discovery rate (tapes/yr), the likelihood and scale of future leaks, and allocation between wages vs. contracted services; those uncertainties reduce confidence to medium.
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