SCP-5595
Unknown
~
medium confidence
SCP-5595
Expected annual
$215K
One-time setup
$91K
Annual recurring
$212K
Personnel
1.3
Initial one-time setup is modest (about $90.9k) driven by a custom reinforced enclosure, monitoring, immobilization, and instrumentation; annual recurring costs (~$212.2k/yr) are dominated by staff wages, legal/PR, emergency reserve, and ongoing research/monitoring.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $91K
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $212K/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$212K/yr
Normal uneventful year with scheduled monitoring, routine maintenance, and allocated staffing; no containment incidents or major relocations.
regular monitoring
scheduled maintenance
no incidents
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Minor Incident
$232K/yr
Small containment incident requiring emergency response: retrieval within site, overtime, minor repairs, extra imaging or analysis.
unauthorized movement within site
minor vandalism or tampering
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Major Relocation Or Public Exposure
$292K/yr
Major event requiring relocation offsite or intense legal/PR response (public exposure or large-scale research relocation plus heavy PR/legal effort).
external exposure/FOIA pressure
required off-site relocation for advanced research
Personnel
1.3 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Handler / Research Assistant | 0.5 | [#6] Trained handler assigned (0.5 FTE allocation; minimal daily presence for interactions and care). |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 0.1 | [#6] Periodic patrol-level security guard coverage (0.1 FTE allocation). |
| Research Scientist | 0.5 | [#7] Designated researcher (allocated/shared across projects; full-time equivalent partially charged to SCP-5595). |
| Psychological / Ethical Consultant | 0.2 | [#8, #21] Part-time or retainer-level consultant for sentience/ethics assessments and staff counseling. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates and operational details (enclosure, monitoring, staffing), so cost categories are well-mapped, but many items were given as broad ranges and assumptions about FTE allocations and event frequencies are required; hence medium confidence.