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SCP-5672 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5672
Expected annual
$2.8M
One-time setup
$4.4M
Annual recurring
$2.6M
Personnel
14
Estimated one-time capital expenditures of ~$4.4M for portals, labs, vaults and specialized equipment; baseline recurring operations (routine portal maintenance, staffing, travel, medical support, lab consumables and overhead) roughly $2.63M/year. Main cost drivers are recurring personnel/readiness and optional large-scale research program decisions.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.4M
Facilities $2.2M
[#2, #18] Portal capital replacement/upgrade ($2,000,000 when incurred) and artifact vault build-out ($250,000). Covers structural/shielding upgrades, vault construction and related site work.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#8, #13] Forensic/archaeothanatology lab build-out and equipment (~$750,000 midpoint) and thaumic/sensor R&D & prototype manufacture (~$500,000).
Equipment $600K
[#6, #11, #12, #14, #22] Field medical capital ($150,000), initial field/exploration kit ($50,000), hardened mapping hardware ($200,000), initial secure server/comms hardware ($100,000), initial redundancy/spares ($100,000).
Contingency Fund Establishment $250K
[#25] Establishment of emergency legal/incident contingency reserve (one-time fund set-up as advised).
Cover Operations Setup $50K
[#16] Initial setup for shell entities/local asset establishment and cover infrastructure.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.6M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#1, #3, #10, #15, #21, #18] Loaded salaries and recurring personnel costs: archaeology/anthropology research team salaries and overhead (~$600,000), split of portal staffing portion (~$300,000), activation-day staffing premiums/OT (~$30,000), MTF readiness training and on-call premiums (~$270,000), psychological support program (~$75,000), and vault/storage conservation staff (~$37,500).
Logistics And Transport $328K/yr
[#4, #5, #7, #17] Travel and lodging/equipment freight for activations (~$40,000/activation), on-site medical support/medevac midpoint estimate (~$112,500/activation equivalent), forensic/mortuary handling contingency (~$100,000/activation), and communications control/civilian detection suppression (~$75,000/activation) — aggregated as an annual recurring allocation reflecting the yearly activation window.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#16, #24, #25] Routine cover operations and local asset maintenance (~$50,000/yr), program overhead/opportunity cost (~$225,000/yr apportioned), and recurring top-up for emergency legal/incident contingency (~$25,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $290K/yr
[#1, #12, #22, #23] Portal infrastructure maintenance/testing (hardware/spares/power ~$200,000), mapping/drone maintenance (~$20,000/yr), spares replenishment/hardening (~$20,000/yr), and energy/generator infrastructure allocation (~$50,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $230K/yr
[#9, #11, #20] Per-sample analysis and lab consumables (~$200,000/yr for ~100 samples), field consumables/replacements (~$10,000/yr), and decontamination/hazardous waste processing per activations (~$20,000/yr budgeted).
Research And Monitoring $170K/yr
[#13, #14, #19] Ongoing calibration/engineer support for specialized sensors (~$50,000/yr), secure data hosting/cloud/tape archiving (~$20,000/yr), and archive translation/cryptanalysis/documentation (~$100,000/yr).
Comprehensive Excavation Program $0/yr
[#26] Program-level commitment for full-scale multi-year excavation and custody (~$1,000,000/yr if pursued). Included here as an explicit recurring option with estimate set to 0 for baseline (opt-in).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.6M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year: routine portal maintenance, single annual activation with planned staffing, sample analysis, logistics and program overhead; full-scale excavation program not pursued.
annual_activation routine_maintenance scheduled_research
🚨 Minor Incident $3.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$550K vs baseline
Localized ritual escalation or multiple incapacitations requiring limited rapid-response MTF deployment, additional medevac, expanded forensic processing and short-term asset replacements.
ritual_escalation unexpected_incapacitation increased_forensic_load
🚨 Major Breach $3.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or exposure leading to international/legal emergency response, major asset recovery, and heavy diplomatic/legal costs.
civilian_exposure international_incident large_scale_deployment
🚨 Research Breakthrough Scale Up $3.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Foundation elects to commence full-scale, multi-year excavation and custody program, committing the program-level ~$1M/yr budget in addition to baseline operations.
strategic_decision significant_research_value artifact_recovery
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 Archaeologists/anthropologists/thaumaturgic researchers; primary recipients of the archaeology team budget [#10].
Engineer / Maintenance 3 Portal and sensor technicians responsible for year-round portal/hardware maintenance and sensor calibration [#1, #12, #13].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 Site-120 security and on-call MTF personnel for activation windows; additional surge personnel hired or reassigned during activations (overtime in staff_wages) [#3, #15].
Medical Officer 1 On-call medical lead for planning and liaison; day-of medevac and field hospital staffed via contracts/overtime [#5, #6].
Administrative Staff 1 Program admin, logistics and cover/contract management (apportioned overhead and cover story operations) [#16, #24].
Conservation Specialist / Curator 1 Artifact conservation and vault management; included in storage/conservation recurring costs [#18].
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates and reasonable midpoints; however ranges and single-day-per-year nature of the site introduce uncertainty (activation variability, incident probabilities, and Foundation policy choices about pursuing full excavation). Thus medium confidence in aggregate figures.
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