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SCP-5560 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-5560
Expected annual
$772K
One-time setup
$753K
Annual recurring
$763K
Personnel
4.0
One-time setup costs are approximately $753,000 driven by secure storage, contingency reserves, software development, and initial forensic/reverse-engineering work. Recurring annual costs are approximately $763,300 driven primarily by staff wages (IT, AI specialist, thaumaturgist, security), research/data feeds, and legal/cover-story maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $753K
Contingency Reserve $250K
[#21] One-time contingency / catastrophic response fund reserve for rapid response, bribes, emergency repairs or specialized equipment.
Initial Legal Coverup $200K
[#15] One-time legal/cover-story and counter-intel / recovery/initial cover-up costs.
Secure Interface Development $100K
[#13] One-time development of hardened UI and secure interface software to rate-limit queries, enforce logging and sandbox I/O.
Equipment $78K
[#3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #14] Air-gapped host workstation, data diode/removable-media controls, UPS & environmental control (initial), CCTV install, secure archival backups (initial), and initial logging/forensic tooling (hardware component).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $60K
[#22] Reverse-engineering and hardware forensics (initial laboratory effort, microscopy, spectroscopy, external consultants).
Facilities $45K
[#1, #2] Secure electronics storage container and site-level Faraday/TEMPEST shielding/EM hardening.
Emergency Transport Kit $20K
[#17] One-time purchase of armored/secure transport kit, containment transport case, and initial readiness materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $763K/yr
Staff Wages $430K/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #16, #23] IT/system administration, AI/ML specialist/operator, part-time thaumaturgist/containment thaumaturgist, incremental security personnel, and program management/admin overhead.
Research And Monitoring $235K/yr
[#11, #12, #14] Annual research budget for controlled experiments, licensed/curated data feeds, and logging/forensic storage & analysis costs.
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#15] Ongoing legal/PR/cover-story maintenance, counter-intel and amnestic-related administrative upkeep.
Psychological Screening $15K/yr
[#18] Regular psychological screening and counseling for personnel interacting with SCP-5560.
Secure Interface Maintenance $10K/yr
[#13] Annual maintenance and minor updates for secure interface software and hardened UI.
Human Subject Protections Fund $5K/yr
[#20] Annualized reserve for experimental human-subject protections, amnestic capacity, and medical oversight (per-campaign costs averaged).
Lifecycle Refresh Amortization $5K/yr
[#25] Annualized budget for periodic replacement and lifecycle refresh of hosts, storage, cameras, and other equipment (amortized).
Cctv And Tamper Maintenance $4K/yr
[#6] Annual storage, maintenance, and monitoring costs for CCTV, audio logging and tamper sensors.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#19] Consumables and media hygiene (encrypted USBs, write-blockers, labeling, replacements).
Offsite Backup Rotation $3K/yr
[#7] Annual rotation, storage and maintenance for secure archival backups (tape/external drives).
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#17] Per-year allocation for ad-hoc relocation/secure transport events (annualized small probability of a relocation).
Energy Costs $1K/yr
[#24] Incremental electricity for workstation, environmental control, UPS losses, and continuous recording equipment.
Ups Battery Replacements $300/yr
[#5] UPS battery replacements averaged/annualized from $500–$1,200 every 3–5 years.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $763K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with scheduled research, maintenance, and no major incidents.
routine_testing scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $838K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized containment/operational incident requiring forensic analysis, limited legal response, and small relocation/repair efforts.
unauthorized_local_access data_corruption minor_internal_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $1.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or public exposure (e.g., outbound connectivity/exfiltration, causality alteration suspected) requiring large emergency response.
external_exfiltration public_exposure causality_alteration
👥 Personnel 4.0 total
Role Count Notes
System Administrator 1 [#8] Full-time IT/sysadmin to maintain air-gapped host, logging, media controls (estimated cost in staff_wages).
AI/ML Specialist / Operator 1 [#9] Full-time AI/ML specialist to prepare datasets, validate outputs, and operate queries (estimated cost in staff_wages).
Thaumatologist / Containment Thaumaturgist 0.5 [#10] Part-time thaumaturgical consultant to monitor runes/occult effects (prorated FTE reflected in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent (incremental) 1 [#16] One incremental security/escort resource or on-call equivalent for access and transport (estimated cost in staff_wages).
Program Manager / Administrative Staff 0.5 [#23] Pro-rated program management and administrative oversight (audits, compliance, reporting).
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provided by analysts include detailed line items and ranges, allowing reasonable mid-range estimates, but many items have wide ranges (data feeds, legal/coverup, contingency) and uncertainty about SCP capability (prediction vs causality alteration) increases risk variability; hence medium confidence.
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