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SCP-5617 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-5617
Expected annual
$7.4M
One-time setup
$20.5M
Annual recurring
$7.3M
Personnel
25
Upfront capital and contingency reserves dominate one-time costs (~$20.5M); recurring annual costs are driven by personnel, R&D/monitoring subscriptions and civilian support/legal operations (~$7.28M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $20.5M
Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#17] Disaster/escalation contingency reserve (held) chosen midpoint $10,000,000 one-time.
R And D Seed $6.0M
[#7] Initial seed for targeted R&D program (mechanism/containment) estimated at chosen midpoint ~$6,000,000 one-time.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.2M
[#6] Dedicated isolated lab build-out (negative-pressure rooms) and major lab instruments (GC-MS, high-sensitivity mass spec, EM, cryo-storage) estimated ~$2.25M one-time (midpoint of provided range).
Equipment $1.3M
[#3, #4, #5, #11, #19] Vehicles/drones and mobility, initial surveillance integration/licenses, field evidence kits, secure lockers and on-site IT hardware aggregated to ~$1.3M one-time.
Protective R And D Seed $500K
[#16] Initial seed for non-lethal/protective countermeasures R&D estimated ~$500k one-time.
Facilities $200K
[#2] Secure regional command fit-out / secure upgrades estimated ~$200k one-time.
Amnestic And Medical Initial Procurement $100K
[#9] Initial amnestic/pharmaceutical stockpile procurement ≈ $100k one-time.
Training Program Development $100K
[#15] Development of specialized training and screening program ≈ $100k one-time.
Public Relations Setup $50K
[#14] One-time setup for PR/liaison/cover-story tooling ≈ $50k.
Database And Archival Initial $20K
[#22] Initial database subscriptions / genealogical access tooling ≈ $20k one-time.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.3M/yr
Staff Wages $3.1M/yr
[#1, #6, #8, #23, #14] Full-time MTF and operational staffing: 16-person rapid-response team (~$1,920,000), specialist lab technicians/researchers (~$500,000), specialist consultants (~$300,000), forensic analysts (~$210,000), PR/liaison staff (~$160,000) — combined ≈ $3,090,000/yr.
Research And Monitoring $1.7M/yr
[#4, #6, #7, #16, #22] Ongoing surveillance SaaS & analytics, ongoing R&D program funding (mid-range), protective countermeasures R&D ongoing, and genealogical/archive searches combined ≈ $1,712,500/yr.
Legal Reserve $600K/yr
[#13] Ad hoc litigation/settlement reserve and reactive legal expenditures estimated mid-range ≈ $600k/yr.
Logistics And Transport $540K/yr
[#3, #12, #18, #20] Vehicle/drone maintenance & fuel, on-scene containment/crowd-control reserves, travel/per-diem for field ops, and amortized replacement/depreciation budget aggregated ≈ $540k/yr.
Supplies And Consumables $360K/yr
[#5, #6, #9, #24, #25] Field evidence consumables (per-incident sampling), lab consumables, amnestic/pharmaceutical replenishment, small informant grants and miscellaneous operational overhead aggregated ≈ $360k/yr.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#13, #14] Baseline legal and cover-story operational costs (attorneys, liaison events, non-staff cover operations) estimated ≈ $300k/yr (separate from staff wages).
Civilian Support Fund $300K/yr
[#10] Civilian counseling, relocation, compensation and witness support fund (scale with incident rate; illustrative baseline chosen ≈ $300k/yr).
Insurance And Worker Health $115K/yr
[#21] Medical, psychological coverage and worker health/safety reserves for exposed operatives estimated ≈ $115k/yr.
It And Archival Hosting $110K/yr
[#11, #19] Hosting, backups and cloud maintenance for high-bandwidth audio/video and archives (combining note #11 and #19 recurring estimates) ≈ $110k/yr.
Training And Screening $90K/yr
[#15] Annual refresher training, simulations, psychological screening ≈ $90k/yr.
Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr
[#2] Lease, utilities and secure comms maintenance for regional command ≈ $40k–$80k/yr (midpoint used).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.3M/yr
69.0% probability / year
Normal year with standard monitoring, occasional appearances handled without major escalation.
routine appearances no major legal or mass events
🚨 Minor Incident $7.5M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
One or a few higher-cost incidents (extra field deployments, settlements, modest R&D burst).
clustered appearances several witness settlements
🚨 Major Breach $8.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant containment/operational escalation requiring accelerated R&D, litigation and larger settlements.
high-profile legal action multiple simultaneous incidents
🚨 Catastrophic Escalation $12.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Widespread or mass-event escalation requiring major emergency response (mass amnestic programs, relocation, use of contingency funds).
mass gatherings / psychological contagion large-scale public exposure
👥 Personnel 25 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 16 [#1] Full-time rapid-response team (team leader, field operatives, medic, comms specialist, evidence tech) — 16 personnel as specified; included in staff_wages (~$1.92M total).
Research Scientist / Lab Technician 4 [#6] Dedicated lab specialists / researchers (combined salaries included in staff_wages ≈ $500k).
Specialist Consultants 2 [#8] Forensics, linguistics, grief psychologists as FTE equivalents included in staff_wages (~$300k total).
Forensic Audio Analyst 2 [#23] Forensic audio & voiceprint analysts (2 analysts; combined cost included in staff_wages ≈ $210k).
Public Relations / Liaison / Administrative Staff 1 [#14] PR / local government liaison staff included in staff_wages (~$160k).
📋 Confidence Notes
Costs are approximate with wide ranges in analyst notes, speculative R&D and contingency values dominate uncertainty; SCP behavior and incident frequency are unpredictable, so confidence is low.
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