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SCP-5624 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-5624
Expected annual
$98K
One-time setup
$280K
Annual recurring
$96K
Personnel
0.8
[#22] First-year budget (including one-time setup) is dominated by one-time capital and contingency funding; recurring annual costs are driven primarily by personnel and an annual experimentation program. Total one-time (including optional R&D) ≈ $280,500; recurring ≈ $96,100/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $280K
Optional Scale R And D $250K
[#21] Optional R&D program to evaluate scaling/commercialization; quoted range $250,000–$1,000,000+. Estimate uses program floor for planning; excluded from baseline recurring.
Equipment $14K
[#3, #5, #6, #7, #12] One-time hardware/software/integration: access-control integration, air-gapped scanning workstation + flatbed scanner, initial secure NAS purchase, initial forensic/digital tools purchase, and tamper-evident transport containers.
Incident Response Contingency $10K
[#13] Initial rapid-response contingency fund to investigate and contain unauthorized photographs/leaks and to finance discrete cover operations.
Facilities $3K
[#1, #19] Containment locker upgrade (tamper sensors, archival sleeve, label) and periodic conservation/re-sleeving budget for the physical paper cutout.
Initial Training And Documentation $3K
[#4] Signage, SOP drafting/approval, and initial mandatory staff training on non-photography policy and handling procedures.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200
[#11] Initial production of high-quality non-anomalous replicas and archival paper for experiments/training.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $96K/yr
Staff Wages $48K/yr
[#8, #9] Research staffing allocations (0.2 FTE senior researcher, 0.5 FTE research technician, 0.1 FTE compliance/security liaison) and security overtime for ~10 supervised handling sessions/year.
Research And Monitoring $32K/yr
[#4, #6, #7, #15, #16] Annual refresher training, secure-storage maintenance, forensic/image-analysis licenses/updates, baseline experimentation budget for approved testing, and contracted data-analysis/archiving labor.
Cover Story And Legal $6K/yr
[#14, #20] Ethics/compliance review, administrative overhead, classification upkeep, minimal cover story maintenance and occasional legal consultation.
Incident Response Replenishment $5K/yr
[#13] Annual replenishment for the incident response contingency fund to maintain readiness for investigations and discrete cover operations.
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#2, #3, #17, #18] Fractional site storage allocation (power/HVAC share), access-control maintenance, quarterly locker/scanner inspections and calibration, and incremental power/utility costs.
Supplies And Consumables $600/yr
[#10, #11] Gloves, wipes, archival sleeves and consumables for handling/archiving; replica storage rotation costs.
Logistics And Transport $200/yr
[#12] Courier charges and tamper-evident shipping materials rotation for moving the item between locker and lab.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $96K/yr
96.5% probability / year
Normal year with no unauthorized photographs or major incidents; routine experimentation and containment operations continue.
routine approved experiments no unauthorized photography or leaks
🚨 Unauthorized Photograph $121K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
An unauthorized photograph or leaked scan occurs, triggering an investigation, targeted containment actions, emergency amnestics/response, and increased short-term security and PR/legal costs.
unauthorized photographing of SCP-5624 leaked altered scan posted publicly need for discrete investigation/amnestics
🚨 Major Breach And Exposure $296K/yr
0.5% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Public exposure or a breach involving serious harm (e.g., D-class death publicity) requiring large-scale legal action, PR, extended investigations, and containment escalation.
public leak with irrefutable evidence serious injury or death linked to SCP during testing legal/political exposure
👥 Personnel 0.8 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 0.2 [#8] 0.2 FTE senior researcher for protocols, approvals, and oversight.
Research Technician 0.5 [#8] 0.5 FTE research technician for handling and experiments.
Compliance / Security Liaison 0.1 [#8] 0.1 FTE compliance/security liaison to coordinate controls and training.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates for nearly every cost driver; SCP is Safe-class with well-documented operational constraints, allowing a high-confidence budgeting estimate.
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