SCP-5629 — SCP-5629 | Cost Breakdown

Read on SCP Wiki ↗

SCP-5629 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-5629

Expected annual

$29.3M

One-time setup

$10.7M

Annual recurring

$28.0M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup for a regional containment/research program is roughly $10.7M, with annual operating costs ≈ $28.0M driven primarily by high-volume medical interventions (neurosurgery), mass prophylaxis/remediation campaigns, long-term psychological aftercare, and recurring R&D/monitoring.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $10.7M

Facilities $5.0M

[#1] Dedicated containment laboratory upgrade (BSL-2+/BSL-3 features): negative-pressure autopsy suite, HEPA, anterooms, soil/arthropod proofing, waste-treatment systems.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.8M

[#7, #14, #24, #25] HPAS development/validation, clinical LSD program setup/compliance, detection-assay development (qPCR/eDNA) and genomics/toxicology initial research program.

Imaging Equipment Purchase $1.5M

[#16] On-site CT/MRI purchase or equivalent imaging hardware (mid-range estimate).

Vehicles Purchase $500K

[#12] Secure vans/mobile containment trailers startup purchase (3 vehicles aggregated).

Dream Program Development $350K

[#22] One-time curriculum development and secure hosting setup for initial D.R.E.A.M. program cohort.

It System Setup $300K

[#29] Initial secure IT/database/geospatial mapping system setup and secure infrastructure.

Equipment $220K

[#2, #18, #26] Vivaria racks/suites ($100k for 20-rack suite), autoclave purchase (~$100k mid), ultra-low freezers (~$20k). Aggregated equipment purchases for specimen handling and sterilization.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $28.0M/yr

Neurosurgical Interventions $6.2M/yr

[#5] Craniotomy/neurosurgical costs including OR time, neurosurgeons, anesthesiology, ICU, imaging and post-op care (illustrative midpoint for high-intervention workload).

Psychological Aftercare $5.0M/yr

[#23] Counseling, medications, long-term monitoring and reintegration support for exposed/quarantined persons (scaled program baseline).

Deworming Campaigns $3.7M/yr

[#6] Anthelmintic campaign logistics and administration for large-scale prophylaxis (per-operation cost for mass campaigns; recurrent operations expected given endemic presence).

Emergency Reserve $2.0M/yr

[#27] Annual replenishment target for rapid-response/surge capacity funds for large-scale exposures and remediation.

Staff Wages $1.8M/yr

[#10, #11, #13] Research team payroll (PI, senior scientists, technicians), containment/security salaries (guard teams) and drivers' wages included in overall staffing payroll estimate.

Research And Monitoring $1.2M/yr

[#24, #25, #17] Ongoing assay reagents, sequencing/sample processing, outsourced analyses and routine environmental/field monitoring.

Dream Program $1.2M/yr

[#22] Per-medium training, stipends, secure housing and annual support for a cohort of operational mediums (D.R.E.A.M. program ongoing costs).

Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr

[#21] PR/legal retainers, covert operations fund, settlement/reserve maintenance and cover-story operations.

Lsd Administration $1.0M/yr

[#14, #15] Per-administration monitoring, secure supply, medical supervision and possible hospitalization for LSD neutralization protocol (operational sessions/year assumed).

Public Health Coordination $1.0M/yr

[#30] Coordination costs with local public-health authorities and franchise interventions, per-franchise reimbursements and regional campaigns.

Autopsy And Pathology $600K/yr

[#4] Forensic/autopsy supplies, histology, mass-spec/toxicology assays, PPE for autopsy cases (assumes regular case load).

Hpas Administration $600K/yr

[#7] Per-test HPAS administration costs and clinician time (ongoing screening/triage operations after development).

Imaging Outsourced $600K/yr

[#17] Outsourced CT/MRI scan costs for triage when on-site equipment unavailable (per-scan outsourced fees aggregated annually).

Hotspot Surveillance $500K/yr

[#20] Regional hotspot surveillance, undercover investigations, periodic inspections and field operations.

Supplies And Consumables $300K/yr

[#8, #3, #26] PPE and disposable consumables (gloves, field kits), vivaria consumables overlap, liquid nitrogen/refrigeration supplies baseline.

Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr

[#9, #18, #26] Decontamination, laundering, hazardous-waste transport, autoclave/sterilizer maintenance, basic site upkeep and utilities.

Hazardous Disposal $250K/yr

[#19] Incineration of infected corpses, localized soil remediation operational costs and routine environmental testing/monitoring.

Training And Credentialing $250K/yr

[#28] Ongoing retraining, HPAS training updates, neurosurgical protocol refreshers and background/credentialing costs.

Logistics And Transport $200K/yr

[#13, #12] Vehicle fuel, drivers, maintenance, insurance for response fleet (operational fleet costs).

It Operations $125K/yr

[#29] Operations, security monitoring, backups and maintenance for secure IT/databases and mapping services.

Vivaria Maintenance $120K/yr

[#3] Ongoing care for vivaria/20-rack suite: sterile soil, food, humidity/temperature control, replacement components, electricity.

Specimen Storage Supplies $15K/yr

[#26] Liquid nitrogen supplies, fixatives and other consumables for long-term specimen storage.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $28.0M/yr

65.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with routine surveillance, research, regular small incidents handled within budget.

routine_surveillance scheduled_research localized_interventions

🚨 Minor Incident $30.0M/yr

30.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Localized hotspot event (e.g., Subway-branch contamination) requiring targeted remediation, a modest deworming operation and PR/legal response.

single_hotspot_remediation localized_mass_prophylaxis public_relations_event

🚨 Major Breach $43.0M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline

Widespread multi-site exposures requiring large-scale deworming campaigns, emergency remediation, large legal settlements and surge neurosurgical/medical capacity.

multi_site_outbreak mass_prophylaxis_campaign major_remediation_and_settlements

👥 Personnel 27 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / PI	1	[#10] Lead researcher (PI) overseeing SCP-5629 R&D and experiments.
Research Scientist / Senior Scientist	3	[#10] Senior scientists and parasitologists working on genomics, toxicology and assay development.
Research Technician / Lab Tech	5	[#10, #24, #25] Lab technicians supporting sequencing, assays, and specimen processing.
Animal Caretaker / Vivaria Staff	2	[#2, #3] Vivaria and specimen housing maintenance and feeding.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	[#11] Containment and guard teams assigned to quarantine facilities, containment wings and hotspot interdiction.
Driver / Logistics Operator	5	[#12, #13] Drivers for mobile containment units and specimen transport.
Medical Officer / Nurse	1	[#15, #5] On-site medical monitoring, LSD-assisted sessions oversight and perioperative care coordination.
Administrative Staff	2	[#21, #29] Administrative, legal liaison, and PR coordination staff.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#1, #10] Program/site leadership and executive oversight.

📋 Confidence Notes

[#all] High uncertainty due to endemic, abundant distribution of SCP-5629, wide ranges in per-incident scale, legal/ethical variability (forced procedures, controlled-substance protocols), and unknown incident frequency; many costs are scenario-dependent and scale nonlinearly with outbreak size.

← SCP-5628 ↑ All SCPs SCP-5630 →