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SCP-5632 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5632
Expected annual
$1.5M
One-time setup
$3.3M
Annual recurring
$1.5M
Personnel
11
One-time setup and contingency/reserve spending are large (~$3.26M) driven by recontainment and expedition contingencies; annual recurring costs are about $1.49M/yr driven primarily by staff wages and continuous web monitoring/ops. Main ongoing cost drivers are OSINT analysts, triage response personnel, dream-lab staffing and monitoring infrastructure.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.3M
Recontainment Ceiling $2.0M
[#21] Baseline reserve towards worst-case retrieval/recontainment campaign (project-dependent; lower bound used).
Contingency Reserve $300K
[#16] Small contingency reserve for emergent containment actions, emergency charters, rapid procurement.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $225K
[#8] EEG/polysomnography/VR/sleep-lab equipment and initial setup for low-cost dreamscape research pilot.
Webcrawler Development $200K
[#1] One-off development, testing, initial ruleset and basic ML classification for monitoring 'woman in the mirror' / gender-euphoria reports.
Archaeological Survey $200K
[#18] Optional expedition budget (permits, excavation, travel, dating) for searching Antonos estate / related sites.
Fmri Project Fund $150K
[#9] One-time project-level budget for outsourced fMRI program (portion of a deeper neural-correlates push).
Historical Research Contracts $100K
[#6] Short-term contracts for historians, paleographers, translators, and archive visits.
Secure Database Procurement $30K
[#5] One-time procurement and customization of secure incident database and case-management system.
Data Protection Implementation $20K
[#13] One-time implementation of secure storage/encryption, access control, and logging systems.
Archival Preservation Setup $15K
[#7] Conservation/digitization setup: scanners, metadata tooling, initial conservation work.
Facilities $10K
[#19] Mirror-safe room modifications, removable-mirror rooms and observation glazing.
Pr Materials $5K
[#14] One-time production of pre-approved messaging assets and materials for cover-story readiness.
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr
Staff Wages $860K/yr
[#3, #4, #8, #20] OSINT/monitoring analysts (4), triage & on-call response agents (2), dream-lab personnel (neuroscientist + sleep techs), program manager/admin overhead salaries.
Recontainment Annual Reserve $200K/yr
[#21] Yearly reserve allocation toward preparedness for large-scale retrieval/recontainment if required.
Mental Health Support $125K/yr
[#12] Counseling services, culturally competent clinician slots and community-liaison activities.
Research And Monitoring $63K/yr
[#2, #5, #7] Webcrawler hosting/infra, secure DB hosting/support, archival storage costs.
Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr
[#11, #15] Participant recruitment/compensation, travel stipends and cultural/gender-sensitivity training refreshers.
Fmri Outsourcing $50K/yr
[#9] Annualized budget for occasional outsourced fMRI scan-hours and partner hospital fees (project-dependent).
Specialist Consultants $40K/yr
[#17] Intermittent anthropologists/religious studies scholars/ritual consultants.
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#14] PR/legal retainer and messaging assets maintenance for cover-story readiness.
Data Protection And Audit $25K/yr
[#13] Tools, audits, and ongoing privacy/compliance costs.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#4] Travel contingency/per-diem for on-call triage/investigation team.
Human Subjects Compliance $20K/yr
[#10] Ongoing IRB-equivalent compliance, legal retainer, and ethics oversight costs.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr
91.5% probability / year
Normal year of monitoring and low-priority research; no major incidents or scale-ups.
routine monitoring no major incidents steady reporting volume
🚨 Minor Incident $1.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized spike in reports requiring overtime, extra triage deployments and increased PR activity.
viral online spike localized media attention increased triage travel
🚨 Research Scaleup $1.9M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$450K vs baseline
Decision to pursue a significant research push (expanded fMRI program / larger dream-lab operations) with one-off project spending.
policy decision to prioritize recovery grant/leadership approval for imaging/dream-lab expansion
🚨 Major Recontainment $4.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
SCP re-manifests or escalates requiring a full retrieval/recontainment campaign and allied hospital/secure-facility operations.
apotheotic activity detected widespread phenomenology or danger necessity of long-term secure facilities
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Neuroscientist 1 [#8] Lead neuroscientist for dream-lab pilot and research coordination.
Sleep Technician 2 [#8] Sleep lab technicians to run EEG/polysomnography and participant sessions.
OSINT Analyst 4 [#3] Analysts for webcrawler triage, validation and escalation across time zones.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#4] Two response agents for on-call triage, interviews and site assessments.
Program Manager / Executive Staff 1 [#20] Program manager to oversee monitoring program, reporting and audits.
Administrative Staff 1 [#20] Administrative support for recordkeeping, case-management and scheduling.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many inputs are wide ranges or project-dependent (fMRI, archaeological digs, full recontainment). Recurring staffing and monitoring costs are better defined, but large one-off contingency items introduce uncertainty, yielding medium confidence.
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