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SCP-5681 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5681
Expected annual
$2.8M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$2.7M
Personnel
17
One-time setup costs (~$1.54M) are dominated by contingency/reserve establishment and software/infrastructure buildout; recurring costs (~$2.71M/yr) are dominated by staff wages (security, memetics, embedded agents, analysts) and medical/containment readiness.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Contingency Reserve Establishment $1.0M
[#12, #19, #18, #22] Establishment of legal/PR/containment contingency and liability reserve to cover settlements, buyouts, or large-scale remediation (recommended reserve fund).
Software Development And Licensing $200K
[#10] I/O METATRON software/server licensing and development to monitor broadcast mentions and flag feeds (initial development/licensing).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $125K
[#13] Controlled-digitization lab buildout for quarantined digitization lanes and research lab setup.
Facilities $112K
[#1, #3] Vault upgrade and remote viewing chamber structural/setup costs (archival climate control, tamper-proof viewing chamber and observation window).
Secure Database Setup $50K
[#15] Secure logkeeping and classified data storage database setup and initial hardened deployment.
It Airgap Installation $25K
[#20] Physical network isolation hardware and dedicated switchgear for air-gapped playback/CCTV systems.
Equipment $22K
[#2, #3] Dedicated hardened analog playback hardware and initial CCTV/archival capture hardware.
Secure Transport Container $5K
[#4] Hardened, tamper-evident transport container (per-container cost; baseline assumes one custom container purchase).
Restraint Equipment $4K
[#8] Physical restraint gear and secure storage one-time purchases.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #10, #11] Aggregated salaries/benefits for containment security (4 guards + 1 supervisor), memetics research team (senior memeticist, psychologist, technician), on-call medical staff, I/O METATRON analysts, and embedded agents (3 programs).
Psych Aftercare Reserve $200K/yr
[#17] Budget for long-term psychiatric care, rehabilitation, and monitoring for affected subjects.
Medical Readiness $200K/yr
[#7] Medical readiness budget for contracted psychiatric/neurology unit capacity, emergency bed reservations, and on-call treatment capacity.
Mtf Readiness $150K/yr
[#9] Readiness overhead for a Mobile Task Force (training, equipment, on-call readiness).
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#12, #15] Retained legal/PR budget, FOIA handling, and basic records/admin operations for responses and takedown requests.
Contingency Replenishment $100K/yr
[#19, #22] Periodic replenishment of contingency and liability reserves to maintain recommended readiness levels.
Research And Monitoring $80K/yr
[#14, #13, #10] Ongoing controlled experiments, ethics/oversight costs, and monitoring research operations.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#4, #9] Routine covert transfers, courier training, insurance for recovery ops (does not include major deployments which are scenario-driven).
Supplies And Consumables $35K/yr
[#6, #8, #21, #13] Research consumables, sedatives/amnestics inventory renewals, PPE, tape-preservation supplies and routine maintenance.
Io Metatron Compute And Ops $35K/yr
[#10] Continuous compute/hosting and broadcast-monitoring subscriptions for I/O METATRON.
Training And Drills $30K/yr
[#16] Annual training program for guards, medics, researchers, and response teams.
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#1, #3, #20] Climate-control, vault maintenance, viewing-chamber upkeep, and periodic air-gap/hardware audits.
Restraint Supplies $20K/yr
[#8] Consumable sedatives/amnestics replenishment, controlled-drug inventory management, and expiry replacement.
Public Media Monitoring $10K/yr
[#18] Ongoing media monitoring and small annual takedown/monitoring budget (major responses are scenario-driven).
Cctv Storage $3K/yr
[#3] Camera archival storage and secure media rotation costs.
Maintenance Playback $1K/yr
[#2] Spare parts and routine calibration for dedicated analog playback system.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, maintenance, scheduled training, and no major containment incidents.
no leak routine operations scheduled research
🚨 Minor Incident $2.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Single small recovery or local leak requiring limited MTF deployment, legal outreach, and targeted medical treatment.
localized leak single MTF deployment small legal settlement
🚨 Major Deployment $3.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
High-profile recovery requiring interstate/airlift, multiple team deployments, hospitalizations, and significant legal/PR response.
airlift/extraction multiple hospitalizations significant legal exposure
🚨 Widespread Dissemination $7.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$4.8M vs baseline
Tape achieves wide public distribution (broadcast or streaming), triggering mass containment, large-scale takedowns, possible mass amnestic operations, and national-level coordination.
national broadcast viral distribution mass legal resistance
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Armed Guard 4 [#5] Four armed guards covering 24/7 shifts.
Security Supervisor 1 [#5] One supervisor to manage guard rotations and reporting.
Research Scientist (Senior Memeticist) 1 [#6] Senior memetics researcher to lead studies and protocol design.
Psychologist / Research Scientist 1 [#6] Psychologist to assess cognitive effects and supervise subject care.
Research Technician 1 [#6] Technician to run playback hardware, assist studies, and maintain equipment.
Medical Officer 1 [#7] On-call medic/neurologist for immediate treatment and coordination with psychiatric units.
I/O Analyst 3 [#10] Analysts operating I/O METATRON monitoring and broadcast feeds (2–4 recommended; mid-range selected).
Embedded Agent / Cover Operative 3 [#11] Embedded agents within networks to prevent dissemination and enable covert recovery.
Administrative Staff / Records 2 [#15, #12] Administrative support for logging, chain-of-custody, legal coordination, and PR handling.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide many explicit line-item ranges and concrete staffing recommendations, permitting a medium-confidence estimate; however wide ranges for embedded-agent costs, per-deployment variability, and catastrophic-scale uncertainties reduce overall confidence.
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