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SCP-5705 Unknown ✓ high confidence
SCP-5705
Expected annual
$69K
One-time setup
$109K
Annual recurring
$67K
Personnel
3
One-time setup ~ $90,050 driven by instrumentation purchases, software development, and secure logging/storage; recurring costs ~ $67,020/yr dominated by research staff wages, memetic/legal contingency, and ongoing testing/calibration.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $109K
Equipment $74K
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #10, #11, #15, #16] Equipment-grade purchases: anti-static bag, modified multimeter, oscilloscope/transient recorder, redundant air-gapped logger (one-time portion), Faraday/EMI isolation enclosure, environmental instruments, PPE/tooling, spare monitoring kit, secure storage hardware, and test-device pool.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $20K
[#14] One-time software/ML development and compute pipeline buildout for signal processing and de‑corruption.
Linguistic Initial Analysis $10K
[#13] Initial intensive linguistics/cryptanalysis project to reconstruct and translate message fragments.
Decommissioning And Permanent Storage $5K
[#24] Contingency for eventual long-term secure storage, crate, transport, and archival processing.
Anti Static Packaging $50
[#1] Initial anti-static bag and basic containment consumables (one-time purchase).
Facilities $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $67K/yr
Staff Wages $22K/yr
[#7, #8, #12] Bi-weekly technician inspection labor (~$2,000/yr), site security escort/access overhead (~$1,500/yr), and part-time research scientist/electrical engineer allocation (~$18,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $15K/yr
[#20, #23] Memetic/amnestic/cover-story contingency (~$10,000/yr) and legal/PR retainer/response (~$5,000/yr).
Research And Monitoring $12K/yr
[#4, #6, #9, #11, #14, #15, #16, #17] Recurring maintenance and monitoring: data-acquisition maintenance (~$1,000/yr), instrument calibration (~$300/yr), general calibration/certification (~$2,000/yr), spare-equipment replacement parts (~$500/yr), ML compute (~$2,000/yr), archival media rotation (~$1,000/yr), test-device replacements (~$500/yr), and controlled test campaign consumables/logistics (~$5,000/yr).
Administrative Overhead $10K/yr
[#21] Recordkeeping, chain-of-custody logs, review meetings, compliance and safety plan updates (~$10,000/yr).
Psychological Services $3K/yr
[#19] Psychological screening and counseling for exposed staff (~$3,000/yr).
Medical Standby $3K/yr
[#18] Incident response / medical standby during live testing (~$3,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#1, #10, #25] Annual replacements: anti-static bag/consumables (~$20/yr), PPE/equipment replenishment (~$200/yr), and misc spare parts/small consumables (~$1,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $1K/yr
[#22] Secure transport and occasional transfers (~$1,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $67K/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine inspections, calibration, small test campaigns, and ongoing analysis.
routine_inspection scheduled_calibration regular_research
🚨 Minor Incident $72K/yr
10.0% probability / year +$5K vs baseline
Small containment or equipment incident (e.g., damaged monitoring gear, localized exposure requiring limited amnestic/counseling and investigation).
equipment_failure localized_exposure limited_investigation
🚨 Major Breach $142K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or hostile message exposure requiring full incident response, equipment replacement, large memetic/amnestic intervention, and public/legal action.
containment_breach public_exposure extensive_medical_or_memetic_response
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $97K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Discovery that messages require substantial expanded resources (large ML compute, dedicated cryptanalysis team, more instruments) to decode or mitigate.
complex_messages_detected need_for_scale_up extended_cryptanalysis
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Electrical Engineer 1 Part-time allocation (~0.15 FTE) for experiment planning, analysis, and supervision; cost included in staff_wages [#12].
Technician 1 Performs bi-weekly inspections and logging (~48–72 hrs/yr); cost included in staff_wages [#7].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 Site security escort and access management for checks; fractional allocation covered in staff_wages [#8].
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates and clear containment procedures; cost drivers are well-specified (instruments, software dev, staff), so overall estimates are well-grounded.
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