SCP-5707 — SCP-5707 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5707 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-5707

Expected annual

$1.5M

One-time setup

$35.2M

Annual recurring

$1.5M

Personnel

One-time setup and remediation costs are dominated by an archival purge and optional exploitation pilot; recurring annual costs (~$1.49M/yr) are driven primarily by staff wages and an ongoing historic-record expungement program.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $35.2M

Present Value Estimate $32.5M

[#21] Long-term maintenance / present value estimate for perpetual containment (NPV of recurring costs over 100 years at 3% discount)

Exploitation Pilot Capital $1.5M

[#22] Opportunity assessment / pilot production capital (pilot production capital costs if exploitation pursued)

Historic Purge Initial $500K

[#14] Historic record expungement program initial purge (targeted purging campaign, archival manipulation, travel to repositories)

Facilities $250K

[#1] Secure housing refurbishment (structural, access control, HVAC/filtration upgrades for Humanoid Housing Unit 14)

Research Exploitation Study $175K

[#22] Opportunity assessment / research exploitation cost (scale-up program planning study)

Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K

[#8] Laboratory setup for meat analysis / controlled transmutation experiments (BSL-2 adjacent lab capability; capital equipment)

Incinerator Capital $50K

[#11] Biohazard waste disposal / incineration capital (small incinerator or contract setup)

Transport Vehicle $40K

[#16] Transportation & logistics vehicle (secure van for moving feedstock, samples, and personnel)

Equipment $15K

[#2] A‑Class amenities setup (furnishings, entertainment, personal library, furniture, approved electronics)

Freezers And Packaging $15K

[#10] Cold storage / meat handling & packaging equipment (medical-grade refrigeration/freezer(s), packaging and labelling equipment)

Surveillance Equipment $10K

[#12] Surveillance, sensors, and on-site camera/sensor hardware (high-resolution cameras, door sensors, tamper detection)

Cover Setup $10K

[#15] Legal & cover operations initial incorporation/setup (front company setup, initial legal/cover paperwork)

Initial Clearance Setup $10K

[#17] Training, clearances, and background checks initial setup (initial polygraph/clearance costs)

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr

Staff Wages $808K/yr

[#4, #5, #6, #7, #13] Security personnel (6 guards), medical monitoring (1 FT med tech + physician time), psychological services (part-time), dedicated containment researcher (1 FTE), InfoSec dedicated portion

Historic Record Maintenance $250K/yr

[#14] Ongoing historic record expungement program (maintenance/monitoring and ad-hoc interventions)

Contingency Fund $135K/yr

[#18] Contingency & emergency response fund (~10% of baseline recurring operating costs)

Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr

[#15] Legal & cover operations / front company maintenance (lawyers, FOIA obfuscation, settlements, front company upkeep)

Data Archiving And False Narrative $50K/yr

[#19] Production and seeding of alternate histories, false narratives, content placement fees

Supplies And Consumables $40K/yr

[#3, #8, #9] Vegetarian meal plan costs, laboratory consumables for testing, controlled feedstock procurement & handling

Misc Site Allocations $40K/yr

[#23] Miscellaneous site allocations: utility overhead, proportional site admin, insurance

Training And Clearances $20K/yr

[#17] Periodic security training, reinvestigations, polygraphs, external vet services

Surveillance And Data Storage $15K/yr

[#12] Storage/monitoring costs, secure local storage with encrypted offsite replication, SOC auditing

Biohazard Disposal $10K/yr

[#11] Recurring disposal/maintenance for biohazard waste (contract disposal allocations)

Ethics And Compliance $10K/yr

[#20] Ethics review & regulatory compliance (internal review boards, outside ethicist consultants)

Logistics And Transport $5K/yr

[#16] Vehicle running costs: fuel, maintenance, and driver time for secure transfers

Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr

[#10] Incremental electricity and maintenance for cold storage / meat handling & packaging equipment

Research And Monitoring $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr

93.5% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with standard operations, recurring monitoring, and routine maintenance.

routine_operations no_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline

Localized contamination, equipment failure, or small-scale containment lapse requiring extra testing and short-term staffing surge.

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🚨 Major Breach $2.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline

Significant containment breach requiring emergency response, recapture, medical treatment, repairs, and major PR/legal work.

containment_breach security_failure medical_emergency

🚨 Political Exposure $3.5M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Public or academic exposure of the anomalous capabilities triggering an intensified, expensive archival purge, legal settlements, and strategic operations.

public_leak academic_disclosure

👥 Personnel 10 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#4] 6 guards to cover 24/7 observation and shift relief (salary + benefits included in staff_wages)
Research Scientist	1	[#7] Dedicated containment researcher / oversight FTE assigned to SCP-5707
Medical Officer / Nurse	1	[#5] 1 FT med tech/nurse plus physician time accounted under medical monitoring
Psychologist / Counselor	1	[#6] Part-time psychologist/counselor time budgeted (rounded to one headcount for staffing plan)
Information Security / Analyst	1	[#13] Dedicated InfoSec FTE portion allocated to monitoring, digital sanitization, and daily ops

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed recommended ranges for most items, so recurring and capital needs are reasonably well-scoped; uncertainty remains around the scale and frequency of archival purge operations and optional exploitation decisions, so confidence is not maximal.

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