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SCP-5463 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5463
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$998K
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
10
One-time setup and capital (containment hardening, lab/test equipment, reserves) are roughly $998,000; annual operations are dominated by staffing (security + research + maintenance) and recurring IT/safety/legal needs, totaling about $1,178,500/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $998K
Insurance Reserve $250K
[#19] One-time reserve placement for potential large liability or remediation costs.
Facilities $150K
[#1] Containment Chamber S-030 construction/modification (reinforced door, airlock, thresholds, tie-downs, blast/smoke/fire hardening).
Containment Escalation Reserve $150K
[#28] Reserve for unexpected anomalous behavior or required upgrades to containment.
Equipment $148K
[#2, #3, #7, #8, #13, #18] Hardware and installed systems: EV charging infrastructure (Level-2 baseline), Faraday shielding/hardening, CCTV/sensor installation, clean-agent fire-suppression hardware, lockable storage cabinets, purchase of 1 interceptor vehicle (baseline).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $145K
[#11] Test benches and research instruments: basic electronics bench gear plus purchase of a chassis dynamometer / full-size testing rig (baseline purchase).
Emergency Response Fund And Interceptor Vehicles $100K
[#18] One-time contingency fund portion for rapid response; interceptor vehicle purchase included in equipment.
Initial Legal Cover $15K
[#17] Initial discovery cover/legal/PR costs to establish plausible deniability.
Training Initial $15K
[#20] Initial SOP development, tabletop exercises, and instructor-led setup.
Witness Initial Treatment $10K
[#16] Initial medical/amnestic treatment for discoverer and immediate witnesses.
Specialized Handling Development $10K
[#24] One-time policy and procedure development for conceptual-contamination / spare-use rules.
Witness Transport Accommodation $5K
[#26] Initial transportation and temporary accommodation for owner/discoverer and witnesses.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Staff Wages $910K/yr
[#4, #5, #6] Security guards (6 FTE loaded), research staff (2 researchers + 1 technician loaded), technical maintenance (≈1 FTE or contracted equivalent).
Insurance Contribution $50K/yr
[#19] Ongoing contribution to financial reserve / internal insurance for accidental exposure / litigation.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#12] Annual transport/flatbed capability and test-track rental campaigns (baseline rental/campaign allocation + dedicated transport driver/vehicle operating costs).
Research And Monitoring $35K/yr
[#14, #15, #25] Software licensing for air-gapped tools, cybersecurity audits/removable-media management, periodic external peer review / auditing.
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#17] Ongoing legal/PR budget for incident responses, staged paperwork, and claims handling.
Site Overhead $30K/yr
[#27] Allocated site overhead (utilities, administrative, property maintenance) attributable to SCP-5463.
Medical Monitoring And Amnestics $25K/yr
[#16] Ongoing psychological screening, medical monitoring for exposed staff, and occasional amnestic administration / pharmaceuticals.
Spares And Parts $11K/yr
[#9] Ongoing procurement of consumable/replaceable parts that are integrated into the object and consumed.
Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr
[#8] HVAC, filtration, ventilation and energy/maintenance costs for environmental controls and vehicle-mode venting.
Training Refreshers $6K/yr
[#20] Annual refresher training, drills, and SOP updates.
Records Retention $6K/yr
[#23] Secure recordkeeping, redaction, legal hold maintenance, and audit trails.
It Isolation Audit $5K/yr
[#3] Ongoing IT isolation tools, auditing, removable-media controls and periodic IT verification.
Emergency Fund Maintenance $5K/yr
[#18] Annual maintenance/availability costs for rapid-response funds and intercept readiness.
Surveillance Maintenance $4K/yr
[#7] CCTV recording storage, sensor maintenance, redundant logging and off-site archive storage costs.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#21] Small tools, PPE, ESD mats, cleaning supplies, replacement consumables.
Archival Storage $3K/yr
[#13] Secure, tamper-evident archives and backups for logs, experiment data, and chain-of-custody documentation.
Specialized Handling Maintenance $3K/yr
[#24] Ongoing maintenance of policies to prevent conceptual contamination spreading.
Disposal And Trace Cover $2K/yr
[#10] Secure destruction, forensic wiping, and cover-story handling for removed parts.
E Waste Disposal $2K/yr
[#22] Certified e-waste recycling and battery disposal compliance costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing, maintenance, and no containment incidents.
routine_testing scheduled_maintenance no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Minor unauthorized activation or small containment-control failure requiring overtime, repairs, and limited legal/PR response.
unauthorized_operation small_equipment_damage
🚨 Major Breach $1.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Significant off-site exposure or larger containment failure requiring emergency response, large legal payouts, emergency upgrades, and mass amnestic deployment.
public_exposure vehicle-mode_offsite_use large_containment_failure
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $1.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Discovery of new capabilities during testing that require capital scale-up (new test rigs, staffing, or permanent upgrades).
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👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#4] 2 guards per shift to provide 24/7 coverage; loaded cost included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 2 [#5] Senior researchers to run experiments and analysis; included in staff_wages.
Lab Technician / Research Technician 1 [#5] Technician support for experiments and parts replacement; included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#6] EV/electrical and IT hardware maintenance (0.5–1 FTE equivalent); included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing grounded estimates, but wide ranges for reserves, optional equipment purchases, and incident probabilities reduce precision.
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