SCP-5713 — SCP-5713 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5713 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-5713

Expected annual

$3.7M

One-time setup

$976K

Annual recurring

$3.4M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup is roughly $976k driven by secure storage, lab setup, field-readiness kit and buyback/startup costs; recurring annual operations are approximately $3.42M driven by staff wages, legal/forensics, medical readiness, buyback replenishment and contingency (see analyst guidance [#26]).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $976K

Initial Research And Lab Setup $225K

[#12] Research lab buildout and controlled-testing rigs (secure test suites, observers behind glass, remote control) — lab setup one-time cost.

Facilities $200K

[#1] Secure storage upgrades: certified safe, tamper sensors, localized HVAC, Faraday/EM shielding and anomaly-rated storage materials.

Buyback Fund $200K

[#7] Initial buyback / acquisition fund to purchase civilian copies and reimburse civilians (startup fund).

Field Readiness Kit $150K

[#13] MTF/field recovery contingency readiness kit (hazard suits, vehicles, equipment) one-time purchase.

Equipment $72K

[#4, #11, #19] Access-control & surveillance hardware (one-time portion), thermography system (one-time portion), wearables test pool and physical handling materials (one-time).

Web Monitoring Development $50K

[#5] Development/integration cost for web-crawling / dark-web monitoring platform and takedown automation (one-time development).

Honeypot Setup $35K

[#8] One-time setup for covert account honeypots & controlled-transfer probes (banking front companies, initial compliance setup).

Training Development $25K

[#18] One-time development of training materials, SOPs and compliance documentation for handlers.

Secure Disposal Setup $12K

[#21] Secure disposal / destruction capability (incinerator/shredding logistics setup) one-time.

Research Facsimiles $6K

[#20] Controlled replication attempts and inert facsimiles for training/testing (one-time printing/isolation costs).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.4M/yr

Staff Wages $1.2M/yr

[#3, #5, #12] Salaries and benefits for dedicated security staff (6 FTE guards incl. benefits), two web-monitoring analysts, and 3–4 researchers (personnel overhead included).

Contingency Reserve $789K/yr

[#25] Contingency reserve (recommended 30% of recurring subtotal) to cover unknown/novel effects and scale-ups.

Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr

[#14] Ongoing legal/cover-up operations, PR, fake documentation, settlements and legal defense retainer costs.

Medical Emergency Readiness $200K/yr

[#10] On-call medical support contracts, ambulance/ER readiness and emergency medical teams for hyperthermia/transport incidents.

Insurance And Audit $130K/yr

[#17] Insurance / risk reserves and internal audit costs (reserve + audit).

Victim Support $125K/yr

[#23] Victim support, relocation, witness protection and compensation reserve (baseline caseload).

Lost Productivity $125K/yr

[#24] Containment-related lost productivity and opportunity cost at Site-63 due to lockdowns and displacement.

Financial Forensics $100K/yr

[#6] Baseline financial-forensics, bank liaison retainers and tracing contracts (does not include per-case surge costs).

Amnestic Treatments And Followup $100K/yr

[#9] Baseline reserve for amnestic/pharmacological treatments, medical admin and family follow-ups (per-incident costs handled separately).

International Coordination $62K/yr

[#22] Ongoing international banking/legal coordination budgets and foreign counsel retainer baseline.

Cyber Takedown $60K/yr

[#15] Ongoing cyber takedown, platform liaison, copyright/DMCA-style actions and related counsel subscriptions.

Facilities Maintenance $58K/yr

[#2, #4, #11] Site overhead pro‑rata (HVAC, power, maintenance) plus annual maintenance for access/surveillance systems and thermography maintenance.

Logistics And Transport $50K/yr

[#13] Baseline logistics and deployment readiness costs for potential transported-subject recoveries (charters, vehicles, intel support readiness).

Buyback Replenish $50K/yr

[#7] Annual replenishment of buyback/acquisition fund to recover circulating civilian copies.

Research And Monitoring $48K/yr

[#5, #16] Ongoing web-crawling / dark-web monitoring platform subscriptions and cloud costs plus data logging/analytics storage/compute (platform & storage).

Honeypot Monitoring $30K/yr

[#8] Ongoing operational/legal monitoring and compliance costs for covert account honeypots and controlled-transfer probes.

Data Storage $18K/yr

[#16] Cloud storage, logging and analytics costs for transaction metadata, crawler logs and test telemetry retention.

Training And Compliance $10K/yr

[#18] Annual refreshers, drills and compliance auditing for handlers.

Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr

[#19] Consumables and yearly replacement of physical handling materials / PPE.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.4M/yr

80.0% probability / year

Normal, uneventful year: scheduled operations, monitoring, maintenance, and baseline incident reserves without major transport events or civilian proliferation.

no major civilian spread no long-range transport incidents routine detections and web monitoring

🚨 Minor Incident $3.7M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$260K vs baseline

Single transport/recovery incident or small cluster of civilian cases requiring MTF deployment, ER care, amnestic treatments and localized legal/cover operations.

single transported subject requiring recovery localized civilian spread (small number of copies) one MTF deployment + medical/ER usage

🚨 Major Breach $7.4M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$4.0M vs baseline

Widespread civilian proliferation and repeated transport incidents requiring large-scale buybacks, international legal/forensic operations and multiple MTF deployments.

significant civilian spread multiple concurrent transport/recovery missions international banking/legal escalations

👥 Personnel 13 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#3] Six FTE guards for 24/7 coverage (three shifts plus relief), salaries & benefits included in staff_wages.
Analyst (web monitoring)	2	[#5] Two analysts for crawler triage and takedown coordination; salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist / Psychologist	4	[#12] Three to four anomalous researchers / psychologists for controlled testing and study; personnel costs included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer	1	[#9, #10] Medical officer / licensed staff to oversee amnestics and emergency response; salary portion included in staff_wages while emergency contracts are in recurring medical readiness.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are built from midpoints of analyst ranges and explicit salary figures where available; many items (per-incident MTF deployments, international tracing and buyback surges) have high variance so totals are reasonable but not precise.

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