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SCP-5467 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-5467
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$3.1M
Annual recurring
$1.1M
Personnel
8
One-time setup and contingency funding (~$3.12M) dominated by relocation/reserve choices; recurring annual operations are roughly $1.09M driven by staff wages, research/monitoring, security escalation, and per-event intervention costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.1M
Escalation Relocation $1.5M
[#24] Capital cost option for relocation to higher security or mobile containment (~$500k–$2,500,000; midpoint used).
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#15] One-time recommended reserve fund for large-scale/cascading events (~$500k–$2,000,000).
Facilities $250K
[#1] Retrofit of medium-priority humanoid chamber to Foundation standard (reinforcement, observation, HVAC/pass-throughs, visitor lockout).
Secure Vehicle $150K
[#12] Purchase of secure transport vehicle(s) for off-site interventions (~$100k–$250k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#10] Database and analysis software development, initial ML tooling and research IT buildout (~$50k–$150k; midpoint used).
Equipment $80K
[#7, #8, #16, #18] One-time purchase of EEG/PSG devices (~$15k), surveillance cameras/system (~$20k), sedation/restraint hardware (~$15k), and communications/OPSEC hardware (~$30k).
Cover Story Setup $30K
[#13] Initial legal/cover story setup and amnestic/PR setup (~$10k–$50k one-time).
Tracking Implant $5K
[#2] Implantable GPS/biometric tracker + surgical implantation cost (~$5,000 one-time).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.1M/yr
Staff Wages $542K/yr
[#3, #5, #9, #14] Salaries and overhead: 2x Security Officers (~$100k base + benefits = $132,500), 2x Research Associates + PI oversight (~$350,000), part-time psychologist (~$25,000), administrative/oversight allocation (~$35,000).
Security Escalation $130K/yr
[#4] Retainer/overtime pool for rapid-response team and on-call armed/medic-capable deployments (~$60k–$200k/yr).
Per Event Intervention Budget $100K/yr
[#11] Operational interventions when visions predict events; planning baseline (~$2k–$20k per event; baseline assumed ~20 moderate interventions/year).
Research And Monitoring $89K/yr
[#7, #10, #17] Technician/analysis time for EEG/PSG (~$9k), cloud compute/licenses and model maintenance (~$30k), specialized testing budget (fMRI/PET/session plan) (~$50k).
Cover Story And Legal $60K/yr
[#13] Ongoing legal/PR/cover identity maintenance, coordination with local authorities (~$20k–$200k/yr; midpoint used).
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#12] Per-dispatch fuel, drivers, and logistical costs for interventions (assumed ~10 dispatches/year at ~$3k each).
Psychological Aftercare $30K/yr
[#23] Counseling and compensation programs for affected third parties and staff (~$10k–$100k/yr).
Personnel Turnover $25K/yr
[#22] Background checks, relocation, and vetting budget for hires (~$10k–$50k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $16K/yr
[#6] Medical monitoring routine supplies, emergency meds, bloodwork and routine consumables (~$5k–$15k; plus misc supplies).
Comms Maintenance $15K/yr
[#18] Ongoing secure communications maintenance and OPSEC subscriptions (~$5k–$25k/yr).
Training And Drills $15K/yr
[#19] Annual staff training, tabletop exercises, and coordination drills (~$5k–$25k/yr).
Surveillance Storage And Admin $12K/yr
[#8] Encrypted storage, redundancy, and admin for high-resolution logs (~$5k–$20k/yr).
Psychologist Consults $10K/yr
[#5] Crisis psychiatric consults and additional clinical services beyond scheduled therapy (~$5k–$20k/yr).
Sedation Consumables Training $6K/yr
[#16] Consumable pharmacological agents and recurring training/upskilling (~$2k–$10k/yr).
Records Archival $6K/yr
[#20] Secure long-term archival and chain-of-custody record costs (~$2k–$10k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#21] Incremental HVAC, power, and minor facility maintenance attributable to SCP-5467 monitoring (~$1k–$5k).
Implant Maintenance $1K/yr
[#2] Annual maintenance/comms/battery/firmware costs for implanted tracker (~$500–$2,000/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.1M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, scheduled research, and standard intervention frequency.
normal_vision_rate no_major_cascade routine_interventions_only
🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$280K vs baseline
Year with increased vision frequency requiring extra off-site interventions and overtime security deployments.
increased_vision_frequency multiple_offsite_interventions heightened_security_deployments
🚨 Major Cascade $2.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.4M vs baseline
Cascading mass-casualty or self-referential event requiring large-scale medical response, emergency operations and legal/PR surge.
cascading_mass_casualty self-including_vision_chain large_scale_evacuations
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#3] Two full-time assigned security escorts (rotation for 24/7 coverage) included in staff wages.
Research Scientist 2 [#9] Two research associates cataloguing SCP-5467-A events and running analysis; salary included in staff wages.
PI / Research Lead 1 [#9] Principal investigator oversight time allocated to SCP-5467 research (~shared PI salary portion included).
Psychologist 1 [#5] Part-time clinical psychologist providing weekly sessions and monitoring; salary portion included in staff wages.
Engineer / Technician 1 [#7, #10] Technician/analyst support for EEG/PSG sessions, data processing and system maintenance; recurring technician costs included in research_and_monitoring.
Administrative Staff 1 [#14] Admin/oversight and ethics compliance partial FTE included in staff wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Significant uncertainties in SCP-5467's vision frequency, intervention need per vision, and escalation triggers produce wide ranges; many estimates are midpoints of broad ranges rather than precise budgets.
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