SCP-5715 — SCP-5715 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5715 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-5715

Expected annual

$40.2M

One-time setup

$171.9M

Annual recurring

$39.2M

Personnel

Initial one-time capital of approximately $172M for a hardened temporal data facility and specialized R&D/backup systems; annual recurring operations are ~ $39.3M/yr driven by staff wages, ongoing research/monitoring, remediation/legal/amnestics, and administrative overhead.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $171.9M

Facilities $100.0M

[#1] Construction of Temporal Site-02: hardened underground data center with shielding, SCIF access, vaults, redundant HVAC and clean power infrastructure. Midpoint of $50M–$150M range used.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $36.0M

[#3, #4] Development of Protocol Veritas compute/software and high-CPU/GPU compute infrastructure (#3, midpoint $3.5M) plus TFMS R&D, prototyping and initial deployment (#4, midpoint $32.5M).

Contingency Reserve Fund $12.5M

[#18] Safety/regulatory/insurance-like reserve fund recommended ($5M–$20M); midpoint funding allocated as one-time reserve.

Tachyon Hardened Vaults $10.0M

[#6] Specialized tachyon-hardened offline vault construction and custom media to hold immutable "golden" backups; midpoint of $5M–$15M.

Equipment $6.2M

[#2, #5, #7] Enterprise storage systems and backup hardware (#2, midpoint $4.0M); TFMS site instrumentation initial deployment sensors/spares (#5, midpoint $1.25M); IsoCom terminals and secure access stack (#7, midpoint $1.0M).

Scp 5715 1 Containment Cell And Xacts $2.5M

[#8] Construction/retrofit of humanoid containment cell at Site-17 and installation/certification of the Mk I XACTS device; midpoint of $1M–$4M.

Redundant Power Systems $1.2M

[#11] Purchase/installation of redundant generators and fuel storage ($500k–$2M); midpoint used for one-time capital.

Immutable Anchoring Systems $1.2M

[#19] Development of high-assurance external anchoring/verifiable logging solutions (development $500k–$2M); midpoint used.

Decommissioning And Archival Migration $1.2M

[#25] Decommissioning/disposal and archival migration budget per major migration ($500k–$2M), midpoint used for initial lifecycle planning.

Mobile Response Vehicles And Kits $550K

[#13] Armored vehicles and field tachyon-detection kits initial purchase ($300k–$800k), midpoint used.

Staff Screening Initial Hire Costs $312K

[#21] One-time per-hire initial screening costs estimated at midpoint $6,000 per hire for initial staff pool (~52 hires) => $312,000.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $39.2M/yr

Research And Monitoring $14.5M/yr

[#3, #17] Ongoing operations for Protocol Veritas compute (compute/licensing/ops $1M–$3M, midpoint $2M) plus larger prevention/countermeasures research program ($5M–$20M, midpoint $12.5M).

Staff Wages $7.4M/yr

[#9, #10] Ongoing wages for Temporal Site-02 staffing and SCP-5715-1 care: includes psychologist, dedicated security detail for SCP-5715-1 and core cross-disciplinary team. Sum of note #9 (~$650k–$1.15M) and note #10 (25–50 FTE @ $3M–$10M => midpoint $6.5M).

Cover Story And Legal $3.0M/yr

[#15] Ongoing legal/cover-up and information management (black-ops PR, amnestic administration coordination, front companies) midpoint of $1M–$5M.

Administrative Overhead $3.0M/yr

[#26] Program management, finance, procurement and HR overhead (15–30% of recurring ops; provided midpoint estimate of $3M/yr).

Tfms Maintenance $2.0M/yr

[#4] TFMS maintenance, calibration and experimental instrumentation upkeep ($1M–$3M/yr), midpoint used.

Physical Security $1.2M/yr

[#12] Physical security and perimeter defense recurring costs (armed guards, surveillance, drills) midpoint of $500k–$2M/yr.

Forensic And Restoration Ops $1.2M/yr

[#14] Baseline annual forensic & restoration operations budget ($500k–$2M/yr), midpoint used; major-event contingencies handled in scenarios.

Contingency Replenishment $1.2M/yr

[#18] Annual target replenishment for reserve fund ($500k–$2M/yr), midpoint used.

Facilities Maintenance $925K/yr

[#11] Electricity ($400k–$1.2M) and fuel/testing ($50k–$200k) recurring energy costs; midpoint values used and combined here for facility power and testing.

Mobile Response Operating Costs $750K/yr

[#13] Ongoing operating costs for mobile tachyon-detection & response teams ($500k–$1M/yr), midpoint used.

Supplies And Consumables $600K/yr

[#24] Consumables, spare parts, and replacement budgets (midpoint of $200k–$1M).

Amnestics And Memory Management $600K/yr

[#16] Recurring cost for amnestics supplies, personnel and facilities ($200k–$1M/yr), midpoint used; per-event spikes modeled in scenarios.

Cryptographic Ia Maintenance $500K/yr

[#20] HSM updates, key rotation, audits and crypto team activities ($200k–$800k/yr), midpoint used.

Tfms Site Instrumentation Maintenance $400K/yr

[#5] Routine recalibration and replacement schedule for TFMS site sensors ($200k–$600k/yr), midpoint used.

Storage Refresh Amortization $350K/yr

[#2] Annual refresh amortization for data-storage hardware and tape rotation (note #2 range $0.2M–$0.5M, midpoint used).

Training And Drills $325K/yr

[#22] Regular Protocol Veritas activation, post-event response drills and documentation ($150k–$500k/yr), midpoint used.

Staff Screening $300K/yr

[#21] Ongoing high-level background investigations, re-vetting and psychological screening ($100k–$500k/yr), midpoint used.

Psychological Support Longterm $250K/yr

[#23] Longitudinal mental-health monitoring for exposed staff ($100k–$400k/yr), midpoint used.

Tachyon Vault Maintenance $200K/yr

[#6] Security and environmental maintenance for tachyon-hardened offline vaults ($100k–$300k/yr), midpoint used.

Isocom Support $200K/yr

[#7] Support and maintenance for IsoCom terminals and secure access stack ($100k–$300k/yr), midpoint used.

Immutable Anchoring Operations $200K/yr

[#19] Operations cost for external anchoring/logging systems ($100k–$300k/yr), midpoint used.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $39.2M/yr

75.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major SCP-5715-driven infrastructure loss or large-scale restructuring events; routine operations, maintenance, research and scheduled drills only.

no_scp_5715_event_or_only_minor_activity routine_operations

🚨 Minor Incident $40.2M/yr

20.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Localized SCP-5715 Event causing limited retrocausal alteration requiring forensic restoration, targeted amnestic campaigns, legal/cover actions and modest emergency compute/ops surge.

localized_ck_class_restructuring single-site_data_discrepancy limited_number_of_civilians_or_records_affected

🚨 Major Breach $54.2M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline

Significant SCP-5715 Event or multiple concurrent events causing large-scale data loss, infrastructure compromise or widespread historical restructuring requiring mass restoration, reserve utilization and site relocation/mass amnestic operations.

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👥 Personnel 52 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	10	[#10, #17] Physicists and senior researchers supporting TFMS, Protocol Veritas analysis and countermeasure research.
Research Technician / Analyst	10	[#10, #3] Data analysts and Protocol Veritas operators who perform snapshot/diff analysis and event reconciliation.
Database Engineer / Sysadmin	8	[#10, #2] Engineers maintaining multi-petabyte storage, replication, HSMs and secure air-gapped systems at Temporal Site-02.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	12	[#9, #12, #8] Armed/cleared guards for Site-02 perimeter and Site-17 containment, including dedicated SCP-5715-1 security detail.
Mobile Response Team Members (field techs)	4	[#13] Field teams for tachyon mapping, sample collection and on-site mitigation.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#1, #11] HVAC, power and facility engineers for continuous operation and generator testing.
Psychologist / Medical Officer	2	[#9, #23] Clinical psychologist for SCP-5715-1 and medical officer support for monitoring and care.
Administrative Staff / Program Management	2	[#26] Finance, procurement, HR and program management staff running Temporal Site-02 operations.
Site Director / Executive Staff	2	[#10, #26] On-site management and executive oversight for the program.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates use midpoints of broad ranges and many novel/retrocausal technologies (tachyon shielding, TFMS, Mk I XACTS) with high technical and schedule uncertainty; SCP-5715's unpredictability and potential for extreme per-event spikes reduce confidence.

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