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SCP-5655 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-5655
Expected annual
$470K
One-time setup
$2.0M
Annual recurring
$456K
Personnel
2
First-year (one-time + 1 year ops) costs are dominated by equipment, an initial research seed and contingency reserves (total one-time ~$2.03M); recurring annual costs (~$453k/yr) are driven by dedicated staff wages, ongoing research and incident-readiness budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.0M
Large Scale Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#15] Local reserve allocation for low-probability large-scale containment/remediation; note: central authority escalation may be required for higher amounts.
Incident Response Seed Fund $500K
[#14] Recommended initial contingency seed for small-to-moderate remediation and cleanup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#21] Initial research program budget and lab setup specifically for studying SCP-5655 mechanisms and mitigation (multi-year project seed).
Decommissioning Research And Disposal $200K
[#24] One-time R&D and execution costs for attempted neutralization/decommissioning or permanent isolation (uncertain feasibility).
Equipment $102K
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #8, #17] Includes secure storage safe (#1), tamper-detection hardware (#2), camera/microphone/recorder hardware (#3), phrase-detection development/hardware (#4), sealed glovebox with integrated shaker/robotics (#5), TTS/integration (#6), UPS/hardware (#8), and secure IT/logging initial setup (#17).
Facilities $12K
[#7] Redundant containment layer / Faraday cage and any minor site structural fit-out for secondary sealed containment.
Training And Sop Development $6K
[#11] One-time development of training materials, SOPs, and linguistic protocols.
Transport Per Move Estimate $6K
[#19] Typical per-move secure transport cost (armored case, two-person team) used for on-demand moves.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $456K/yr
Staff Wages $180K/yr
[#9] Salaries for minimum assigned personnel (e.g., 1 senior researcher + 1 technical operator) including benefits/overhead.
Research And Monitoring $81K/yr
[#3, #4, #17, #21] Ongoing monitoring and storage costs for audiovisual logs (#3), phrase-detector tuning/ops (#4), secure IT/logging maintenance (#17), and ongoing research program expenditures (#21).
Supplies And Consumables $45K/yr
[#2, #8, #13, #22] Tamper-sensor maintenance (#2), UPS battery replacements (#8), per-test consumables/test materials (#13), and routine consumables/maintenance (seals, batteries, cleaning, spare parts) (#22).
Security Staffing $35K/yr
[#10] Portion of guard payroll and access-control staffing dedicated to SCP-5655 access and periodic checks.
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#18] Annual legal and PR retainer for clandestine operations and liaison.
Incident Response Top Up $25K/yr
[#14] Annual top-up to incident/remediation contingency reserve.
Amnestic Budget $20K/yr
[#16] Expected annual average for amnestic treatments/cover-up actions (on-demand per-incident costs handled from this budget).
Insurance And Admin Overhead $15K/yr
[#25] Administrative overhead, site allocation, and any insurance premiums.
Psychological Support $10K/yr
[#12] Psychological screening and counseling budget for assigned staff.
Medical Readiness $5K/yr
[#20] Annual medical readiness supplies and on-call medical staffing budget.
Audit And Compliance $5K/yr
[#23] Periodic audit and compliance inspection budget.
Secure It Maintenance $2K/yr
[#17] Ongoing maintenance for air-gapped backups, crypto, and secure logging systems.
Training Refreshers $2K/yr
[#11] Annual refresher training on linguistic protocols and remote-run procedures.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $456K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with no containment incidents; routine operations, monitoring, and planned research continue.
no accidental spoken trigger regular testing only no major equipment failures
🚨 Minor Incident $553K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$98K vs baseline
Single moderate containment/cleanup event (accidental triggering, localized reality alteration) requiring remediation, amnestics and PR/legal response.
inadvertent spoken phrase near can equipment/tamper failure small-scale reality alteration affecting civilians or property
🚨 Major Breach $2.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Low-probability large containment failure or cascading reality event requiring large-scale remediation, public exposure management, and extended emergency response.
cascading reality effects public evidence/exposure multiple uncontrolled wishes granted
👥 Personnel 2 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Senior Researcher 1 [#9] Primary protocol oversight and experimental decision authority (assumed salary portion of staff_wages).
Engineer / Technical Operator 1 [#9] Technical operator for remote systems, glovebox, and monitoring (assumed salary portion of staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item recurring and one-time setup costs are fairly well-specified in the analyst notes; confidence is reduced by high uncertainty in tail-risk estimates (incident and large-scale contingency magnitudes and probabilities).
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