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SCP-5652 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5652
Expected annual
$962K
One-time setup
$1.0M
Annual recurring
$897K
Personnel
9
Initial setup (capital + investigations + contingency) is approximately $1.025M one-time, driven by contingency, forensic investigation and equipment; annual recurring costs are about $897,000, driven by staff wages/security, administration, and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.0M
Contingency Escalation Fund $250K
[#25] Reserved contingency for large-scale mitigation and rapid mobilization.
Equipment $210K
[#2, #3, #4, #13, #18, #19, #22, #23] Live-cell imaging microscope, environmental incubator(s), bench autoclave, secure transport case, cybersecurity setup hardware, EM countermeasure hardware, cryostorage freezer, single-cell manipulation tools.
Forensic Investigation $200K
[#11] Nanoscopic forensics, metallurgical and electronic reverse engineering and high-cost analyses of embedded automatons discovered in patient.
Legal Initial $100K
[#16] Initial legal/cover-up payments, documentation fabrication and counsel retainer.
Medical Quarantine Setup $75K
[#15] Initial containment/quarantine and hospital/cover payments for index cases.
Facilities $50K
[#1] Retrofitting Site-228 aquatic wing with a secure, vibration-damped micro-containment bench and Faraday screening.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K
[#9] Initial research pool for sequencing, EM sessions, behavioral assays and related setup consumables for first-phase experiments.
Field Investigation Initial $50K
[#20] Initial Caribbean origin probe: travel, local lab rental and sampling costs.
Public Relations Setup $25K
[#17] One-time PR/disinformation setup and travel costs for initial leak management.
Incident Response Setup $15K
[#12] Initial purchase of PPE, isolation suits and emergency response kit setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $897K/yr
Staff Wages $540K/yr
[#7, #8] Salaries and benefits for 1 senior scientist + 2 full-time technicians and ~6 FTE security staff (shift coverage).
Program Administration And Overhead $140K/yr
[#26] Accounting, utilities allocation, HR, procurement and administrative overhead (~20% of recurring operating budget as estimated).
Population Surveillance Reserve $50K/yr
[#21] Reserve for incident-driven population-level surveillance testing ($50k budgeted per-year as contingency).
Research And Monitoring $40K/yr
[#10] Ongoing experiments, sequencing, reagents and follow-up research budget.
Cover Story And Legal $25K/yr
[#16, #17] Ongoing legal counsel, records maintenance and PR/disinformation ongoing costs.
Field Investigation $20K/yr
[#20] Ongoing follow-up field work, sampling and coordination expenses.
Environmental Monitoring $20K/yr
[#24] Biosensors and periodic swabbing program around Site-228 to detect accidental release.
Medical Monitoring $20K/yr
[#15] Ongoing medical monitoring, diagnostics and hospital cooperation payments.
Emergency Drills $10K/yr
[#12] Yearly PPE refresh, training exercises and drill costs.
Cybersecurity And Data Protection $10K/yr
[#18] Secure servers, encrypted storage maintenance and IT support for imaging/sequence data.
Supplies And Consumables $9K/yr
[#4, #5, #6] Annual sterilant/consumables supply ($2,000), daily maintenance consumables ($5,000), archaeon feedstock/culture maintenance ($2,000).
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#14] Wastewater/effluent containment, filtered waste handling and annual disposal contract.
Em Countermeasures $5K/yr
[#19] Maintenance and minor operational costs for spectrum analysis and localized jamming equipment.
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#13] Per-transfer operations and certified biohazard courier procedures budgeted as recurring minor ops.
Cryostorage Maintenance $1K/yr
[#22] Annual LN2/power and monitoring costs for long-term specimen banking.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $897K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, monitoring and no containment incidents.
no breach routine monitoring standard research cadence
🚨 Minor Incident $1.1M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$185K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or small-scale exposure requiring targeted response, limited surveillance testing and overtime.
small containment breach localized contamination limited public/patient exposure
🚨 Major Breach $3.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Widespread transmission, active remote-control incidents or public exposure requiring large-scale public-health response, major forensic/investigative operations and heavy legal/coverup costs.
evidence of transmissibility networked device control discovered public/political exposure
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Senior Scientist / PI) 1 [#7] Lead scientist responsible for experiments, oversight and continuity.
Technician (Laboratory Technician / Research Assistant) 2 [#7] Two full-time technicians for daily maintenance, feedings and monitoring.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#8] ~6 FTE security staff for three-shift coverage of the aquatic wing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates for nearly every cost center, producing an internally consistent budget; uncertainty remains about transmissibility, escalation probability and the scale of potential networked-control incidents, so confidence is not high.
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