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SCP-5568 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5568
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$1.6M
Annual recurring
$1.7M
Personnel
7
One-time startup costs primarily driven by facility refurbishment, research lab setup, and contingency reserves (~$1.57M). Annual operating costs driven by staff salaries, ongoing research (neuroimaging and R&D), and insurance/legal obligations (~$1.74M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.6M
Exposure Contingency Reserve $500K
[#15, #21] One-time contingency reserve for serious public exposure / legal/mitigation (lower-bound contingency reserve allocated $500k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $432K
[#9, #12, #24] Neurophysiology equipment and peripherals, initial protective/mitigation R&D tranche, and initial scenario-modeling/tabletop exercise setup ($45k + $300k + $87.5k).
Facilities $400K
[#1, #11, #18] Refurbish/build Sapient Humanoid containment cell, controlled viewing/experiment room buildout, and generator/site-installation costs allocated to facilities ($275k + $62.5k + $62.5k).
Equipment $178K
[#2, #3, #13, #16, #18] Visual-access control hardware, restricted/filtered camera & monitoring console hardware, emergency response equipment, initial secure-data hardware, and UPS equipment ($30k + $50k + $50k + $37.5k + $10k).
Protocol Development And Training $32K
[#4] One-time creation of single-observer SOPs, training modules and initial drills ($15k–$50k -> $32,500).
Decommissioning And Archiving $30K
[#25] Decommissioning, secure destruction/archival and disposal costs if SCP neutralized or host replaced (midpoint estimate).
Purchase Mri Scanner $0
[#10] Purchase option noted ($1.5M–$3.5M + site prep). Baseline assumes contracted scans; purchase set to $0 in baseline one-time.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.7M/yr
Staff Wages $685K/yr
[#5, #6, #7] Dedicated containment/security staff (3 FTEs) and research team (1 lead + 2 techs) plus psychiatric/medical support (part-time/contract), aggregated salaries and benefits (~$275k + $270k + $140k).
Research And Monitoring $525K/yr
[#10, #12, #23] Contracted neuroimaging scans budget, ongoing protective/mitigation R&D tranche, and long-term research program funding ($100k + $125k + $300k).
Cover Story And Legal $125K/yr
[#15] Compliance, legal counsel, cover story maintenance, and PR contingencies (~$50k–$200k; midpoint allocated).
Insurance And Liability $125K/yr
[#21] Institutional insurance and liability reserve (annual premium estimate $50k–$300k; midpoint allocated).
Redundancy Staffing $75K/yr
[#22] Temporary/backup staffing and overtime budget to cover quarantines/turnover ($30k–$120k; midpoint used).
Training And Drills $45K/yr
[#4, #13, #24] Ongoing refresher training, MERT drills, and updates/tabletop exercises ($10k + $20k + $15k).
D Class Upkeep $40K/yr
[#8] D-class meals, supervision, medical care, pharmacological management and routine replacement turnover costs (~$30k–$60k/yr used).
Facilities Maintenance $38K/yr
[#11, #17, #18] Ongoing maintenance/refresh of controlled viewing environments, utilities and backup-generator fuel/maintenance ($12.5k + $20k + $6k).
Personnel Screening $30K/yr
[#20] Regular psychological screening, background/clearance maintenance and polygraphs for staff (~$500–$2k per staff; aggregated budget).
Secure Data Hosting $25K/yr
[#16] Encrypted hosting, backups, audits, and access-control hosting costs ($10k–$40k/yr; midpoint used).
Supplies And Consumables $16K/yr
[#9, #19, #3] EEG consumables/calibration and general medical/consumable supplies plus small monitoring consumables ($3.5k + $12.5k + included monitoring consumables).
Quarantine And Debriefing $10K/yr
[#14] Incident-driven quarantine, short-term psychological care and debriefing (~$1k–$5k per minor incident; baseline budget $10k/yr for occasional incidents).
Secure Monitoring Maintenance $4K/yr
[#3] Recurring maintenance/licenses for restricted camera system and secure monitoring console (estimated $2k–$5k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.7M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year: containment maintained, routine experiments and no major incidents.
no breach routine experiments standard staffing/maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Localized staff exposure or short migration event requiring quarantine, limited medical care, and small legal/admin effort.
single staff exposure short-term quarantine/debriefing
🚨 Major Breach $3.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Containment failure causing multiple exposed staff/public, significant medical/psychiatric care, legal action, and large mitigation response.
multiple-person migration hospitalization and litigation activation of contingency reserves
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $4.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Decision to purchase on-site MRI and rapidly scale R&D/staffing to study migration mechanics.
major research funding approved on-site imaging purchase and scale-up
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#5] Dedicated 2–3 containment/security FTEs assigned to SCP-5568 containment (3 FTEs used).
Research Scientist 1 [#6] Full-time research lead (neuro/psych) to run experiments.
Research Technician 2 [#6] Technicians for data collection, EEG, and sample handling (1–2; 2 used).
Medical Officer / Psychiatrist 1 [#7] On-call or part-time psychiatrist/medical support allocated to the project.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and reasonable midpoints; many items (neuroimaging purchase, R&D outcomes, breach frequency) are highly uncertain, so overall confidence is moderate.
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