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SCP-5433 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-5433
Expected annual
$86K
One-time setup
$91K
Annual recurring
$85K
Personnel
3
Initial one-time setup is roughly $91k driven by facility retrofits, surveillance/IT equipment, and initial research/ethics costs; recurring annual costs are about $84.7k driven primarily by part-time research/staff wages, legal/ethics, and site allocation.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $91K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $28K
[#7, #8, #20] Initial intensive researcher/psychologist exam, initial testing kit, and ethics/IRB setup costs.
Cover Story Compensation $18K
[#11] One-time cover-story, compensation and legal cleanup (range in notes; midpoint used).
Equipment $17K
[#3, #5, #4, #19, #17, #18, #13] Camera/mic installation, UPS (one-time), secure-data integration (one-time portion), secure workstation (one-time), redundant crate, emergency response kit (one-time), initial hardware servicing/parts.
Covert Recovery Operation $10K
[#12] Cost of covert recovery/transit operation (vehicle, staff, expendables) per relocation/contingency.
Facilities $8K
[#1, #2] Locker retrofit and small-enclosure soundproofing (deadbolt/tamper sensors, acoustic foam, sealed door/vent baffling).
Medical Amnestics $6K
[#10] Medical/amnestic treatment for recovered diner's staff (approx. $1,500/person × 4).
Replacement Disposal $5K
[#21] Contingency for controlled destruction/disposal and evidence storage.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $85K/yr
Staff Wages $41K/yr
[#6, #7, #9] Part-time containment technician allocation (~0.1 FTE), part-time researcher/psychologist ongoing allocation, and contracted transcript/review labour.
Opportunity Cost Site Allocation $20K/yr
[#23] Site resource allocation (office/bench/oversight) charged to SCP-5433 annually.
Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr
[#16] Ongoing legal/ethics consultation (sapient-object policy, counsel).
Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr
[#5, #8, #22] Incremental electricity, consumables/subject stipends for testing, and minor administrative/courier fees.
Security Training $3K/yr
[#14] Annual security/social-engineering resistance training for interacting personnel.
Psychological Aftercare $2K/yr
[#15] Ongoing counselling and debriefing allocation for exposed staff.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#13, #18] Small-parts maintenance & arcade servicing (parts/labour) and emergency kit refresh/maintenance.
Research And Monitoring $2K/yr
[#4, #20] Encrypted storage/transcription renewals and annual human-subject oversight/IRB-equivalent fees.
It Opsec Maintenance $2K/yr
[#19] Maintenance for secure workstation/network isolation and logging review.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $85K/yr
95.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year: ongoing monitoring, part-time research, routine maintenance, and regular legal/ethics oversight with no incidents.
no incidents routine testing only standard oversight
🚨 Minor Incident $93K/yr
4.0% probability / year +$8K vs baseline
Limited social-manipulation event or small containment incident requiring emergency response, extra counselling, and minor repairs/legal work.
staff influenced briefly localized hardware damage short-term PR/legal action
🚨 Major Breach $235K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Significant compromise (staff manipulation or public exposure) requiring relocation, intensive legal/compensation expenses, expanded research, and replacement/amnestic operations.
staff-directed breach public exposure/lawsuit forced relocation/decommission
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician / MTF Agent 1 [#6] One part-time containment tech assigned (~0.1 FTE; cost allocated ~$5,000/yr).
Research Scientist / Psychologist 1 [#7] One researcher/psychologist assigned part-time for interviews, analysis and sapience assessment (~$30,000/yr allocation).
Contracted Reviewers / Administrative 1 [#9, #22] Contracted audio/transcript reviewers and minimal administrative support (combined ~$8,000/yr allocated).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide itemized estimates for nearly all line items but include several ranges and judgement calls (e.g., cover-story payout, incident probabilities). Costs for adverse scenarios are modeled with subjective probabilities and rough incident-cost estimates, so medium confidence is appropriate.
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