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SCP-5592 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5592
Expected annual
$555K
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$534K
Personnel
5
First-year one-time costs are approximately $1,073,000 driven primarily by property purchase/renovation, contingency reserves, and initial cryptanalysis/restoration; recurring annual costs are approximately $534,000 driven largely by staff wages, ongoing monitoring/cryptanalysis, and IT/security maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Facilities $555K
[#1, #2] Purchase of residential property in Bella Vista, Philadelphia (#1) and renovation/covert conversion to Provisional Site-322 (#2).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $165K
[#13, #15, #16, #17, #23] Restoration of SCP-5592-1 (1959 Philco TV) restoration and specialist work (#13); artifact conservation, storage and museum-grade safe/evidence vault (#15); forensic & material analyses (ring, cigar box, photograph) (#16); initial cryptanalysis/signal decryption project startup (#17); external research / historical inquiry first-year expenses (#23).
Contingency Reserve $150K
[#24] Contingency & emergency response fund reserved for unexpected anomalies, escalation, relocation, or contracting (#24).
Equipment $95K
[#10, #11, #12, #18, #25] Secure recording & archiving hardware and media ingest equipment (#10); Faraday/EM shielding & signal control treatments (#11); alarm systems/CCTV/access control hardware (#12); secure communications hardware/HSMs (#18); long-term digital preservation hardware/off-site vaulting setup (#25).
Decommissioning Planning $50K
[#26] Decommissioning and legal disposition planning reserve for eventual clean removal or permanent storage (#26).
Medical Amnestic Reserve $40K
[#28] Medical/amnestic treatment contingency reserve for low-likelihood emergency treatment/amnestics (#28).
Vehicle Purchase $15K
[#27] One-time purchase of a modest sedan or small vehicle for site errands and artifact movement (alternative to recurring lease) (#27).
Cover Company Formation $3K
[#19] One-time front company formation and state filings to create plausible cover (#19).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $534K/yr
Staff Wages $375K/yr
[#6, #7, #8] On-site security staff (two Level-2 guards) (#6), site manager/administrator (#7), research staff/analysts / contractors (cryptanalyst, historian/forensic tech equivalents) (#8).
Research And Monitoring $89K/yr
[#9, #15, #17, #23, #25] Periodic orbital/observational campaigns/telescope time (#9), environmental monitoring and supplies for artifact preservation (#15), ongoing cryptanalysis/decryption project staffing and compute (#17), continued external research/historical inquiry (#23), long-term digital preservation media rotation and off-site redundancy (#25).
Logistics And Transport $14K/yr
[#21, #29] Secure courier and transport for artifact/evidence transfers (#21) and annual audit & oversight visit travel/staff time (#29).
Cover Story And Legal $13K/yr
[#5, #19, #20] Home insurance/liability and cover insurance (#5), ongoing bookkeeping/legal retainer and state filings maintenance (#19), community relations and plausible-deniability expenditures (#20).
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#3, #4] Property taxes and municipal fees (#3) and utilities (electricity, water, gas, HVAC) (#4).
Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr
[#10, #13, #14] Media rotation and storage maintenance for archival backups (#10), ongoing repairs/parts for SCP-5592-1 restoration (#13), consumables and site supplies (PPE, cleaning, fuel) (#14).
It Security Maintenance $8K/yr
[#18] Maintenance, patches, and operational costs for secure communications, HSMs, air-gapped systems, and IT security (#18).
Vehicle Lease $5K/yr
[#27] Recurring lease/transportation allowance alternative to a one-time vehicle purchase (#27).
Alarm Monitoring $3K/yr
[#12] Remote monitoring service fees for alarm/CCTV/access control logging and off-site monitoring (#12).
Training And Safety $3K/yr
[#22] Recurring refresher training, safety courses (vintage electronics safety, OPSEC/memetic awareness), PPE replacement (#22).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $534K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents: routine monitoring, maintenance, and staffing costs only.
routine_monitoring scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $609K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring emergency repairs, short-term contractor hires, temporary increased monitoring, or small amnestic/medical actions.
equipment_failure unexpected_degradation short_term_anomalous_activity
🚨 Major Breach $1.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant public exposure, legal/FOIA escalation, or an anomalous event requiring large-scale response including amnestics, relocation, legal defense, and extended contractor engagement.
public_disclosure large_scale_FOIA_or_media_attention major_anomalous_escalation
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#6] Two Level-2 guards covering rotating shifts as specified in analyst notes (#6).
Site Manager / Administrative Staff 1 [#7] Single full-time site manager/administrator to coordinate operations (#7).
Research Scientist / Analyst 2 [#8] Research staff/analysts (cryptanalyst, historian/forensic tech equivalents) as described; counted as two FTE equivalents (#8).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges, enabling a reasoned budget, but many items are optional or scalable (e.g., vehicle purchase vs lease, contingency sizing, cryptanalysis intensity) and contain wide ranges; this yields medium confidence in the point estimates.
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