SCP-5710 — SCP-5710 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5710 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-5710

Expected annual

$5.0M

One-time setup

$5.0M

Annual recurring

$4.9M

Personnel

One-time capital expenses are roughly $5.0M driven by property acquisition, structural restoration, secure archive buildout, tactical/insurance reserves and specialized tooling; recurring annual costs are roughly $4.9M driven by staff wages, mission operations (per-mission costs and planning), archive operations, and a sizable contingency reserve.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.0M

Facilities $1.6M

[#1, #2, #18] Purchase of St. John's property and title/closing/legal transfer plus major structural restoration (roof, foundation, historic preservation, abatement, ADA/code upgrades) and quarantine-suite/pod retrofit for medical containment.

Specialized Insurance Seed $1.0M

[#27] One-time seed for discretionary contingency/insurance/legal buyout fund.

Equipment $865K

[#3, #4, #5, #13, #23] Organ restoration (Schnitger pipe organ), HVAC installation for climate stabilization, perimeter/security hardware, capsule R&D tooling, and redundant backup hardware for offsite storage.

Secure Memetic Archive $600K

[#9] Secure memetic-hardened MBWV archive construction (soundproof/memetic filters, vaults, honey-net copies, restricted cataloging).

Tactical Incident Reserve One Time $450K

[#22] Standby incident response equipment and one-time emergency reserve (equipment + emergency funds).

Capsule Initial Stock And Rnd $180K

[#13] R&D/prototype tooling plus initial stock of archival capsules (100 capsules assumed).

Transport Fleet Purchase $105K

[#26] Purchase of vehicles/fleet for staff travel, capsule transport and logistics.

Public Relations Contingency $100K

[#21] One-time contingency PR/resilience reserve for local exposure/leak scenarios.

Period Clothing Inventory $30K

[#17] Initial inventory of high-quality period clothing, props and durable replicas.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.9M/yr

Staff Wages $1.6M/yr

[#6, #7, #10, #11] Salaries/benefits for armed security (6 guards), cover church staff (Reverend, Organist, Choir Director, Admin), memetics research/analysis core team, and baseline mission planning/temporal ops team.

Per Mission Operations $750K/yr

[#12] Per-mission operational expenses for agent deployments (assumes ~10 displacements/yr at ~$75k each for rehearsal, props, travel, med checks, capsule placement, debriefing).

Unknown Contingency $500K/yr

[#30] Program-level contingency for timeline anomalies, unexpected retrievals or long-term preservation costs (20–40% style reserve).

Research And Monitoring $375K/yr

[#28] Ongoing research into Bach memetics, countermeasures and related scientific programs (composers, cognitive scientists, ethnomusicologists).

Logistics And Transport $360K/yr

[#6, #15, #26] Annual vehicle/fleet operations (fuel, insurance, maintenance), and present-day retrieval operation costs aggregated (per-retrieval archaeology/permits/equipment).

Cover Story And Legal $290K/yr

[#8, #20, #21, #27, #29] Local cover costs to maintain congregation authenticity, ongoing legal/ethics/cover documentation, PR/outreach budgets, recurring contingency/insurance replenishment and records retention/auditing.

Mission Planning Overhead $250K/yr

[#11] Per-operation planning overhead (assumes additional ~$25k per operation for planning/rehearsals; scales with mission tempo).

Secure Archive Operations $225K/yr

[#9] Staff and operational costs for MBWV archive operations (cataloging, memetic-hardened handling, audits, restricted access).

Training $200K/yr

[#16] Historical authenticity training for agents (language, etiquette, immersion workshops); assumes recurring training/upkeep for operational staff and new operatives.

Incident Response Readiness $105K/yr

[#22] Annual readiness, training and maintenance costs for rapid-response tactical containment capability.

Facilities Maintenance $75K/yr

[#4, #5, #14] HVAC utilities/monitoring and maintenance, perimeter/security hardware monitoring and small field follow-up site maintenance.

Quarantine Operations $50K/yr

[#18] Recurring medical screening, vaccinations, quarantine suite operations, lab tests and prophylactic medications.

Organ Maintenance $28K/yr

[#3] Recurring specialist organ tuning, climate stabilization, bellows/leather upkeep and specialist visits.

Energy And Utilities $25K/yr

[#24] Electricity and utilities for HVAC, security, servers and building heating/cooling.

Capsule Replenishment $20K/yr

[#13] Ongoing manufacture/replacement of capsules and archival substrates beyond initial stock.

Psych Care $20K/yr

[#19] Post-mission psychological care and reintegration monitoring baseline.

Supplies And Consumables $16K/yr

[#25] Cleaning, janitorial, organ leather/lubricants, office supplies, postage and small tools/spare parts.

Field Followup Maintenance $12K/yr

[#14] Follow-up maintenance for remote/historical site models and small field checks.

Backup Storage Maintenance $12K/yr

[#23] Recurring maintenance and offsite storage costs for redundant digital and physical MBWV backups.

Clothing Replenishment $10K/yr

[#17] Annual replenishment of period clothing and props.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.9M/yr

86.0% probability / year

Normal operating year with ~10 displacements, routine archive operations and no major incidents.

routine_mission_tempo no_major_incident scheduled_maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $5.0M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Localized retrieval failure, minor exposure or small-scale cover compromise requiring additional retrievals, PR and legal work.

failed_retrieval local_cover_leak

🚨 Major Breach $6.4M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Significant containment failure or timeline breach requiring emergency extraction, large tactical mobilization, legal settlements and accelerated recovery.

timeline_breach large_scale_exposure

🚨 High Mission Tempo $6.4M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$1.6M vs baseline

Program scales up operations significantly (many more displacements), increasing per-mission and retrieval costs.

surge_requests O5_scale-up

👥 Personnel 22 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#6] Six guards (2 per shift) to maintain 24/7 armed security; salaries and benefits included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff / Cover Church Staff	4	[#7] Reverend, Organist, Choir Director, Congregation President filled by Foundation personnel (cover salaries included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist / Memeticist	4	[#10, #28] Memetics research and analysis team (musicologists, memeticists, coders/archivists) included in staff_wages and research budgets.
Mission Planner / Temporal Operations	3	[#11] Temporal ops planners, historians and mission managers (baseline team salaries included in staff_wages; per-operation overhead budget in recurring costs).
Archivist / Cataloger	2	[#9, #23] MBWV archive operations staff supporting cataloging, memetic handling and backups (costed in secure_archive_operations).
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[#2, #4, #5] Site maintenance and specialist contractors for building, HVAC and security upkeep (maintenance budgets reflected in facilities_maintenance).
Medical Officer	1	[#18, #19] Medical/quarantine oversight for agent screening, vaccinations and post-mission care (medical/quarantine recurring budgets included).
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#29, #20] Program/site oversight, records/auditing and legal liaison (administrative and legal costs included in recurring budgets).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed ranges for most line items, enabling midrange estimates, but uncertainties remain around mission tempo, frequency of retrievals, temporal anomaly-driven contingency needs and discretionary contingency/insurance use, so a medium confidence rating is appropriate.

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