SCP-5607 — SCP-5607 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5607 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-5607

Expected annual

$5.8M

One-time setup

$204.2M

Annual recurring

$5.5M

Personnel

Initial capital (without optional lunar retrieval) is several million USD driven by BSL/HVAC upgrades, specialized equipment, and lab instrumentation; recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages, security, manufacturing/QC and legal/cover costs. Including an optional lunar retrieval mission, one-time costs can exceed hundreds of millions.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $204.2M

Lunar Retrieval Mission $200.0M

[#28] Optional robotic lander/retrieval mission (one-time, high-cost optional scenario).

Facilities $1.4M

[#2, #3] HVAC upgrades for Lab 14-B and BSL-3 retrofit/decision-level containment upgrade costs (negative-pressure/isolation/SOP airlock retrofits).

Equipment $843K

[#1, #4, #5, #6, #9, #10, #23] Specialized stasis chamber, pressurized biologic tanks, catheter tooling, secure cabinets, device prototyping/manufacturing setup, and UPS/generator integration.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K

[#7] Analytical instrumentation and lab buildout (HPLC, GC-MS/LC-MS/NMR access or purchase for compound characterization).

Contingency Fund Establishment $500K

[#16] Initial one-time establishment of contingency/emergency response reserve fund.

Insurance Reserve One Time $500K

[#21] Initial insurance/indemnity reserve allocation (one-time portion).

Decommissioning $200K

[#27] Decommissioning/termination costs (site remediation, euthanasia/neutralization, disposal) - one-time estimate.

Secure It Infrastructure $150K

[#22] Secure LIMS, encrypted documentation systems and initial secure IT buildout (one-time purchase/install).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.5M/yr

Staff Wages $1.6M/yr

[#8, #13] Salaries, benefits and overhead for chemistry/biotech R&D team and on-site medical/monitoring staff.

Security And Access Control $750K/yr

[#17] Site-level allocation for armed security, access control, clearance processing, and secure transport escort portions assigned to SCP-5607.

Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr

[#20] Ongoing cover-story maintenance, legal counsel, shell-company operations and compliance management.

Research And Monitoring $450K/yr

[#7, #11, #25] Contract instrument access/maintenance, controlled clinical trial phases and ongoing animal-model research/histopathology.

Device Manufacture And Qc $350K/yr

[#9, #10] Small-batch manufacture, QA/QC, clean-room assembly and lot testing for PISS devices and dose production.

Facilities Maintenance $340K/yr

[#2, #3] HVAC/negative-pressure maintenance and BSL certification, inspection and compliance costs.

Long Term Surveillance $300K/yr

[#19] Ongoing neurological/behavioral surveillance, periodic imaging and occupational health monitoring for device/users (~50 agents example scale).

Lunar Remote Monitoring $300K/yr

[#28] Optional contracted satellite/remote monitoring of lunar site debris (cheaper recurring alternative to retrieval mission).

Contingency Fund Replenishment $250K/yr

[#16] Annual replenishment target for emergency/quarantine/response reserve after minor incidents.

Insurance And Indemnity $200K/yr

[#21] Recurring insurance, indemnity reserves and internal liability provisioning.

Mtf Training And Deployment $150K/yr

[#12] MTF training cycles, operational readiness, extra mission equipment and post-mission medical surveillance.

Personnel Vetting $100K/yr

[#26] Ongoing vetting, psychological screening, polygraphs and counter-intelligence for staff with access.

Supplies And Consumables $78K/yr

[#5, #14, #24] Disposable catheter kits and extraction consumables, PPE and decontamination supplies, metabolic consumables (UV bulbs, CO2 supplies, water purification).

Logistics And Transport $50K/yr

[#18] Secure shipping and specialized transport containers aggregated annual estimate.

It Operations $50K/yr

[#22] Ongoing secure IT operations, backups, cybersecurity and LIMS hosting costs.

Hazardous Waste Disposal $30K/yr

[#15] Contract disposal, autoclave/incineration service and waste treatment for contaminated materials.

Secure Storage Monitoring $20K/yr

[#6] Monitoring, audits and personnel costs for vaulted sample storage and chain-of-custody systems.

Power Redundancy Maintenance $15K/yr

[#23] Fuel contracts, generator and UPS maintenance to support continuous stasis/environmental controls.

Pressurized Tank Maintenance $10K/yr

[#4] Calibration, leak testing and maintenance of sterile pressurized storage tanks.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.5M/yr

80.0% probability / year

Normal operational year: routine research, manufacturing at modest scale, scheduled maintenance and training with no containment incidents.

normal_operations routine_manufacturing scheduled_maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $6.0M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Localized accidental exposure or contamination requiring quarantine, medical treatment, decontamination and partial operational downtime.

accidental_exposure localized_contamination partial_lab_shutdown

🚨 Major Breach $10.5M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Full containment breach or rogue use by MTF personnel causing extensive remediation, medical crises, possible site remediation and high legal costs.

rogue_mtf_use widespread_exposure facility_remediation

🚨 Political Exposure $7.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Unauthorized disclosure to external parties or media requiring extensive cover-up, legal defenses, indemnities and accelerated containment measures.

unauthorized_disclosure foreign_intel_interest civilian_exposure

👥 Personnel 12 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	4	[#8] Medicinal chemists, pharmacologists and lead researchers in Development Team 14.
Research Technician / Lab Tech	2	[#5, #7] Bench techs for extraction, sample prep and instrumentation operation.
Medical Officer	3	[#13, #11] Physicians/veterinarians and nurses for 24/7 specimen and user monitoring and clinical trial oversight.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#9, #23] Device engineers and maintenance staff for PISS device prototyping, manufacturing support and power/environmental systems.
Administrative Staff	1	[#20, #22] Administrative and compliance staff for documentation, LIMS and legal/cover coordination.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most categories, enabling medium-confidence estimates; large uncertainties remain around BSL level chosen, manufacturing scale, frequency of incidents, and the optional lunar retrieval which greatly increases one-time costs.

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