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SCP-5561 Safe6 ~ medium confidence
SCP-5561
Expected annual
$515K
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$504K
Personnel
2.75
One-time setup and archival/contingency funding dominate initial costs (~$1.16M one-time, largely a $1.0M contingency reserve); recurring costs (~$504k/yr) are driven by personnel, webcrawling/image monitoring, and legal/PR/incident-response overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#20] Low-probability, high-impact contingency fund for public outbreak / mass remediation, legal defense, large-scale takedowns, compensation and emergency response.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $91K
[#3, #6, #11] Forensic specialist imaging labor ($1,200), machine-vision model development/data-labeling ($75,000), initial clinical diagnostic battery ($15,000).
Equipment $22K
[#2, #3, #4, #17] Camera + install ($2,500), forensic workstation & drives ($12,000), Faraday cage/archival media purchase ($5,000), small forensic spares/consumables purchase ($3,000).
Initial Pr Campaign $20K
[#14] Initial proactive suppression/cover-story campaign (paid placement, platform/cooperative creator payments).
Targeted Surveillance Initial $10K
[#12] Initial 30-day targeted outreach/surveillance operation (travel, field agents, covert observation).
Facilities $8K
[#1] Tamper-evident, fireproof locker, signage, sensors and installation at ARF-19.
Sop Development $8K
[#16] One-time SOP writing and rollout for memetic handling and redaction rules.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $504K/yr
Staff Wages $210K/yr
[#7, #8, #9] Digital analyst (0.75 FTE ~$60,000), containment/security staffing (~$75,000), case officer/custodial oversight (~$75,000).
Research And Monitoring $84K/yr
[#5, #11] Webcrawler/image archive & cloud/on-prem compute, storage and bandwidth (~$54,000/yr chosen mid-range) plus follow-up/intervention research ($30,000/yr).
Subject Care $75K/yr
[#10] Cost of housing, security, food, medical and psychological care for Samuel Fitzgerald while in Foundation custody (~$75,000/yr midpoint).
Fringe Benefits Overhead $63K/yr
[#19] Fringe benefits and overhead applied to staff salaries (~30% of combined personnel costs: 0.30 * $210,000 = $63,000).
Cover Story And Legal $40K/yr
[#13, #14] Legal retainer (~$20,000/yr), routine takedowns (~$10,000/yr) and small ongoing PR/suppression ops (~$10,000/yr).
Incident Response $10K/yr
[#15] Annual contingency for incident response, document remediation and forensic review (~$10,000/yr).
Legal Ethics Liaison $10K/yr
[#22] Small liaison/liaison fees and payments to third-party platforms or cooperative creators (~$10,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $6K/yr
[#2, #12] CCTV/intrusion monitoring contract (~$600/yr) and ongoing passive monitoring of public figure (~$5,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#4, #17] Archival media rotation ($1,000/yr) and replacement consumables/spares for forensics ($1,000/yr).
Training And Sop Refreshers $2K/yr
[#16] Periodic staff refresher training and memetic awareness (~$2,000/yr).
Archival Recordkeeping $2K/yr
[#21] Secure archival platform, indexing and admin for containment logs and redacted records.
Facilities Maintenance $1K/yr
[#18] Incremental utilities/HVAC/electricity for locker, local servers and environmental control.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $504K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with standard monitoring, staffing, routine takedowns and subject care; no major incidents.
no major incidents routine monitoring subject remains in custody
🚨 Minor Incident $519K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline
Single localized incident (document corruption or small breach) requiring targeted remediation, takedowns and overtime.
isolated document corruption small takedown or legal incident
🚨 Public Outbreak $1.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Widespread public spread of the meme/anomalous effects requiring large-scale remediation, legal defense, PR, mass document replacement and large emergency response.
mass spread of meme public exposure / mass document corruption
👥 Personnel 2.75 total
Role Count Notes
Digital Analyst 0.75 0.75 FTE handling ML review and human image review; maps to [#7].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 Site-level containment/security oversight for locker access, escorts and audits; maps to [#8].
Case Officer / Administrative Staff 1 Case officer responsible for file, coordination and admin overhead; maps to [#9].
📋 Confidence Notes
Most hardware, monitoring and personnel costs are standard and estimable (medium confidence). Ranges around webcrawler scale, ML development choices, subject-care duration and the low-probability contingency size reduce confidence from high to medium.
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