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
Equipment $32K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #11, #12, #13, #14] Immobilization/clamp or electromagnetic brake; environmental controller (install); wiring + UPS; remote audio/video sensors and redundant logging hardware; in-house borescope; technician tool kit; secure coin trays/forensics supplies; communications/speaker/speech-processing hardware (one-time hardware & licenses).
Facilities $20K
[#1] Containment enclosure: reinforced, tamper-alarmed, mountable secure display/cabinet; design+fabrication+installation estimated midpoint.
Decommissioning And Long Term Storage $18K
[#22] One-time contingency for approved decommissioning, long-term secure storage, or disposition of anomalous materials.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $15K
[#10, #11] Initial research set-up: custom gumball/replica production (if required) and initial non-destructive imaging budget / research instrumentation set-aside (~$10k).
Initial Training And Sop $6K
[#15] One-time initial SOP creation, staff training, and initial drills / documentation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $212K/yr
Staff Wages $108K/yr
[#6, #7, #8] Handler (0.5 FTE allocation), security guard coverage (0.1 FTE), designated researcher allocation (shared FTE ~0.5) and psychological/ethical consultant retainer—salaries, benefits, and training allocations.
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#18, #23] Legal/cover-story/FOIA management and public affairs budget plus visitor-control/escort staffing and temporary privacy measures when contractors/auditors are present.
Incident Response And Emergency Fund $30K/yr
[#16] Annual contingency reserve for unexpected containment incidents, overtime, rapid transport, temporary quarantine, or emergency repairs.
Research And Monitoring $19K/yr
[#5, #11, #14, #15, #19, #21] Remote monitoring storage/licenses/monitoring labor; outsourced imaging follow-ups; communications/speech software maintenance and analyst time; annual refresher training/drills; secure data management and backups; ethics/review board and oversight costs.
Insurance And Overhead $15K/yr
[#20] Internal liability reserves, insurance adjustments, and accounting overhead allocated to anomalous property.
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#17] Annual provisioning for occasional secure transport/relocation events (packaging, vehicle, two techs) amortized across expected events.
Miscellaneous Contingency $2K/yr
[#24] Small repairs, spare wheels/casters, seals, adhesives, paint touch-ups, and unpredictable small maintenance items.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#3, #4] Ongoing environmental controller maintenance & filter replacement and UPS battery replacement amortized annually; basic enclosure maintenance.
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#9, #10, #12, #13] Medical/sanitary supplies and PPE; routine gumball consumables (ordinary or minor replacements); tools upkeep; coin/forensics consumables.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $212K/yr
93.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with scheduled monitoring, routine maintenance, and allocated staffing; no containment incidents or major relocations.
regular monitoring scheduled maintenance no incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $232K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Small containment incident requiring emergency response: retrieval within site, overtime, minor repairs, extra imaging or analysis.
unauthorized movement within site minor vandalism or tampering
🚨 Major Relocation Or Public Exposure $292K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$80K vs baseline
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.
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