SCP-5648 — SCP-5648 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5648 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-5648

Expected annual

$8.2M

One-time setup

$33.4M

Annual recurring

$7.9M

Personnel

One-time setup and contingency programs dominate costs (~$33.4M) for physical mods, R&D, and reserves; recurring annual operations (response teams, medical care, memetic countermeasures, and legal/PR) run ~ $7.9M/year, driven by a standing MTF, ongoing research, and memetic administration.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $33.4M

Long Term Rnd Accelerator $20.0M

[#20] Optional large-scale R&D accelerator / reality-anchoring program (multi-million strategic program).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.0M

[#5] Research program startup: secure labs, specialized instrumentation, and initial containment R&D buildout.

Contingency Reserve $5.0M

[#18] Containment breach contingency fund / rapid financing line reserved for emergency buys, settlements, or extraordinary actions.

Facilities $1.7M

[#11, #21] Secure containment facility modifications and backup generator/HVAC upgrades.

Equipment $1.0M

[#1, #2, #12, #15, #17, #13] MTF/vehicle/outfitting, surgical suite augmentation equipment, surveillance deployment, IT/record-falsification hardware, mobile dental vehicle purchase, mouth-protection rollout.

Memetic Countermeasure Development $600K

[#6] One-time development of memetic countermeasures and infrastructure for safe production/admin.

Secure Mail System $50K

[#7] One-time development/customization of secure mail/communication filtering and quarantined mailboxes.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.9M/yr

Staff Wages $2.9M/yr

[#1, #2, #22, #7] Salaries/benefits for standing MTF (12 operators), specialized dental team (3 FTE), and administrative/mail-review staff (~2 FTE).

Research And Monitoring $1.2M/yr

[#5] Ongoing research staff, experiments, and containment R&D monitoring.

Cover Story And Legal $800K/yr

[#9, #10] Legal/HR administration, public relations retainer for information suppression and cover operations.

Memetic Administration $500K/yr

[#6] Controlled administration, monitoring psychologists, replacement memetic materials and ethical oversight costs.

Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr

[#18] Annual budget to replenish contingency/reserve funds after incident-driven draws.

Supplies And Consumables $320K/yr

[#3, #23] Victim treatment/prosthetics fund and routine decontamination/PPE/consumables.

Long Term Medical And Psych Care $300K/yr

[#4] Ongoing medical follow-ups, counseling, PTSD treatment, and functional rehabilitation for affected personnel.

Logistics And Transport $250K/yr

[#1, #17] MTF travel/operational transit and mobile dental unit operational costs.

Facilities Maintenance $220K/yr

[#11, #12, #21] Ongoing maintenance, HVAC/filtration power and facility upkeep for containment/mods and monitoring infrastructure.

Memetic Amnestics Production $200K/yr

[#8] Production and distribution budget for amnestics, chem packs, and memetic treatments.

Legal Settlement Pool $200K/yr

[#9] Ad-hoc settlement/discretionary compensation pool for incidents and internal claims.

Personnel Replacement $150K/yr

[#19] Recruiting, temporary contractors, overtime premiums, and cross-training costs to maintain redundancy.

Oversight And Ethics $100K/yr

[#24] Independent oversight, ethics review boards, whistleblower channels, and preemptive audit costs.

Monitoring Maintenance $60K/yr

[#12] Maintenance and monitoring staff costs for 24/7 surveillance systems and tamper-proof logging.

It Maintenance $60K/yr

[#15] Ongoing IT security, record-falsification infrastructure maintenance, backups, and auditing.

Training And Drills $50K/yr

[#14] Recurring simulation training, drills, and procedural development against impersonation/memetic effects.

Sample Analysis And Disposal $40K/yr

[#16] Routine sample testing, biohazard disposal, and contracted incineration services.

Secure Mail Processing $30K/yr

[#7] Ongoing maintenance and 1–2 FTE reviewers for dental-related communications routing and audits.

Mouth Protection Replacement $5K/yr

[#13] Annual replacement and replenishment of specialized mouth-protection kits.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.9M/yr

82.5% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, training, research, and no major public exposure or large-scale incidents.

no_major_incidents routine_research_and_maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $8.5M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$650K vs baseline

Localized targeting event requiring MTF interdiction, several dental surgeries, and additional amnestics/legal actions.

single_site_targeting MTF_deployment multiple_personnel_treatment

🚨 Major Breach $11.4M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline

Significant leak or multi-target campaign causing public exposure, large PR/legal expenditures, and heavy settlements/operations.

public_leak multi-person_targets large_settlements

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $32.9M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline

Severe escalation (mass targeting, high-level exposures) requiring emergency draws from contingency and accelerated long-term R&D or neutralization efforts.

mass_targeting O5-level_exposure accelerated_R&D_activation

👥 Personnel 17 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	12	[#1] Dedicated MTF of 12 full-time operators for rapid interdiction and retrieval.
Dental Surgeon / Oral Surgeon	3	[#2] 2–3 full-time-equivalent dentists/oral surgeons (assume 3) with surgical capability and clearances.
Administrative Staff / Mail Reviewers	2	[#7, #22] 1–3 FTE clerical/mail reviewers; assumed 2 FTE to route and audit dental-related communications.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are low-confidence due to SCP's uncontained status, wide ranges in analyst notes, and high uncertainty around incident frequency, memetic technologies, and potential need for novel reality-anchoring R&D.

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