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SCP-5717 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5717
Expected annual
$4.9M
One-time setup
$12.0M
Annual recurring
$4.6M
Personnel
45
Initial capital outlay is approximately $12,000,000 driven by enclosure construction, lab upgrades, vehicles/sensors and contingency/expansion reserves; recurring annual costs are approximately $4,597,000 driven primarily by staff wages, security, research operations, and legal/PR/insurance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $12.0M
Facilities $4.8M
[#4, #5, #6, #8] Primary enclosure construction and fit-out (greenhouse-grade temperate enclosure), environmental-control installation, initial flora procurement/landscaping, and quarantine suite/equipment.
Expansion Phase $2.5M
[#21] Modular expansion capital for additional enclosure(s) (per expansion phase).
Equipment $1.8M
[#3, #14, #15, #18] Capture vehicles/outfitting and field crates, sensor network deployment (camera/acoustic/drone support), geophysical/spatiotemporal instrumentation, and IT/communications procurement.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.8M
[#9] Pathology/sequencing and BSL-2+/BSL-3 upgrade and associated laboratory buildout and specialist instruments.
Contingency Reserve $1.1M
[#20] On-call contingency/escalation reserve for surge responses, large migrations, emergency charters, relocation or rapid expansion.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.6M/yr
Staff Wages $2.5M/yr
[#1, #11, #8, #15, #9, #6, #12, #18, #19, #24] Salaries for MTF Lambda-7 operators, Site-90 security staff, veterinary staff, geophysical/research personnel, lab technicians, horticulture team, behavioral specialists, IT/analysts, psychological care and administrative/recordkeeping staff.
Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr
[#16, #23, #25] Legal retainer/governmental liaison, public incident response/cleanup budgets and annual insurance/liability reserve for potential litigation or settlements.
Research And Monitoring $350K/yr
[#9, #15, #14] Ongoing pathology/genetics/microbiology operating costs, geophysical/timekeeping program operations, and sensor data analysis.
Supplies And Consumables $293K/yr
[#3, #6, #7, #10, #22, #12, #18, #24] Field capture consumables (darts, sedatives), horticulture supplies, food provisioning for contained individuals, autopsy/disposal and hazardous waste processing, PPE/decontamination supplies, enrichment supplies, data storage/backup consumables and specimen archive consumables.
Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr
[#5, #14] Energy, maintenance and servicing for environmental-control systems (HVAC/irrigation/lighting) and sensor/network upkeep.
Expansion Operational Costs $250K/yr
[#21] Additional recurring staffing and operational costs associated with added enclosure capacity (per expansion phase).
Logistics And Transport $140K/yr
[#2] Field travel, per-diem, vehicle operating costs, occasional helicopter/airlift charters and vehicle depreciation for ~23 ops/yr and routine patrols.
Training And Exercises $125K/yr
[#13] Regular capture/restraint/biohazard training, simulations, ranges and legal/medical in-service exercises.
Land Access And Compensation $60K/yr
[#17] Leases, right-of-way payments, compensation to landowners/commoners and occasional witness hush payments.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.6M/yr
68.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine captures (~23/yr), maintenance, research and no major incidents.
routine_captures scheduled_maintenance no_public_exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $4.7M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized public sighting or small feral termination requiring targeted PR/legal response and incremental field operations.
public_sighting small_scene_cleanup emergency_charter_or_cleanup
🚨 Major Breach $7.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Containment breach or cluster of feral instances requiring mass-term operations, emergency housing and large-scale field deployments.
enclosure_breach mass_feral_activity large_scale_mobilization
🚨 Mass Migration $9.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Unusual surge or out-of-zone migration causing sustained influx of instances and requirement for immediate capacity scale-up.
out_of_zone_migration sustained_capture_surge political_exposure_risk
👥 Personnel 45 total
Role Count Notes
MTF Agent / Field Operator 10 [#1] MTF Lambda-7 field team (8–12 FTE assumed; mid = 10).
Security Officer / Site Guard 15 [#11] 24/7 security shift coverage for enclosure and Site-90 perimeter (10–20 guards assumed; mid = 15).
Research Scientist 6 [#9, #15] Lab and geophysical research staff (genetics, pathology, physicists; aggregated).
Veterinarian / Vet Tech 3 [#8] Veterinary team for health checks, screening and quarantine (2–3 assumed).
Horticulture Staff 3 [#6] Enclosure horticulture and landscaping maintenance (2–3 FTE assumed).
Behavioral Researcher / Ethologist 2 [#12] Behavioral specialists and enrichment staff (1–3 assumed).
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#5] Facilities/ENV control and HVAC/irrigation maintenance staff.
IT / Data Analyst 2 [#18, #24] Secure communications, sensor data analysis, documentation and backups.
Medical Officer / Psychological Care 1 [#19] Counseling and occupational health support for staff.
Administrative Staff / Liaison 1 [#16, #17] Legal/governmental liaison, permits and landowner coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges enabling mid-range estimates, but many values are broad and the anomaly's unpredictable production rate and biosafety uncertainties reduce precision.
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