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SCP-5746 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-5746
Expected annual
$39.3M
One-time setup
$182.1M
Annual recurring
$39.1M
Personnel
100
Estimated upfront capital (one-time) costs are dominated by secure Site-∞ construction, property acquisition, and decommissioning/reserve funds (hundreds of millions scale). Annual operating costs are driven by specialized staff wages, replacement/lifecycle reserve, cover/legal operations, and R&D/data analysis (~$30M–$50M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $182.1M
Facilities $148.1M
[#1, #2, #10, #25, #29] Site acquisition and land control, underground Site-∞ envelope construction, HVAC installation/filtration, monitoring station installs, and decommissioning contingency.
Equipment $13.2M
[#7, #9, #11, #12, #18, #23, #24] Initial Deepwell/server farm, generator/UPS systems, redundant external instrumentation, onsite clinic hardware, transport/response vehicles and armored fleet, logging/hardware burn-in.
Financial Reserve Initial $10.0M
[#20] Initial insurance/black-budget reserve to cover major contingencies and settlements.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.8M
[#5, #6, #8, #19, #22, #11] Lab space fit-out and specialized instrumentation setup, initial R&D seed funding, archival setup, initial training program design and MTF specialized course setup.
Misc Contingency One Time $2.0M
[#30] One-time miscellaneous contingency for unforeseen anomalous procurement or specialist contractors.
Cover Setup $1.5M
[#3] Covert cover infrastructure and façade initial legal/PR setup and shell company establishment.
Legal Setup $500K
[#16] Initial legal/liaison setup, bribery/legal-defense establishment costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $39.1M/yr
Replacement And Lifecycle $12.7M/yr
[#26] Replacement and lifecycle amortization reserve (estimated at ~7% of initial capital expenditures).
Staff Wages $8.9M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #12, #14] Base salaries for security guards, MTF-777 personnel, research staff, medical personnel, and D-class management/custodial staffing.
Research And Monitoring $3.0M/yr
[#19, #21, #8, #23, #25] Ongoing temporal R&D, AI/GPU compute time for data analysis, off-site archival operations, logging/chain-of-custody operations, and environmental monitoring.
Cover Story And Legal $3.0M/yr
[#3, #16, #17] Ongoing cover payroll, PR/false narratives budget, legal/liaison/stealth ops budget and liaison with local authorities.
Misc Contingency Per Year $3.0M/yr
[#30] Recurring contingency reserve for unexpected anomalous behaviors and one-off contractor needs.
Personnel Benefits $2.7M/yr
[#27] Benefits, lodging, healthcare, pensions and local payroll taxes (estimated 30% of base salaries).
Insurance Financial Replenish $2.0M/yr
[#20] Annual replenishment to financial reserves/insurance pool to maintain contingency funds.
Facilities Maintenance $1.2M/yr
[#4, #7, #9, #10] Contract security systems/monitoring, server colocation/maintenance, generator fuel/resupply and HVAC maintenance/energy costs.
Hazardous Waste And Remediation $700K/yr
[#15] Baseline hazardous-waste contracts and specialized anomalous disposal contingencies.
Logistics And Transport $600K/yr
[#18, #24] Fleet operations, maintenance, fuel and transport logistics for rapid response and personnel movement.
Ethical Oversight $500K/yr
[#28] Internal review boards, security clearance administration, red-team inspections.
Supplies And Consumables $350K/yr
[#11, #13, #12] Consumables and calibration for instrumentation, per-test subject medical/debrief costs, MRI-lease/consumables line-item.
Training And Certification $200K/yr
[#22] Ongoing refresher training, psychological resilience programs, and certification costs.
Periodic Large Scale Drills $200K/yr
[#18] Periodic large-scale emergency drills and readiness exercises.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $39.1M/yr
93.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine operations, no incidents.
steady operations no breaches routine R&D and tests
🚨 Minor Incident $40.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized anomaly-related incident requiring medical care, short-term repairs, limited PR/legal actions.
operator medical event localized contamination small equipment failure
🚨 Major Breach $59.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Containment breach or significant anomalous event requiring large emergency response, replacement equipment, and legal settlements.
containment failure major equipment loss extended site remediation
🚨 Political Exposure $49.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Public/political exposure event forcing large-scale cover-up spending, bribery/lobbying, and high-profile legal defense.
local media exposure government investigation leak of facility existence
👥 Personnel 100 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer 40 [#4] 24/7 manned security posts and patrol staff (site perimeter and internal).
MTF Agent 30 [#5] MTF-777 operational personnel and rotations authorized to operate SCP-5746-1.
Research Scientist 20 [#6] Physicists, neurologists, chronology specialists and data analysts working tests and analysis.
Medical Officer 5 [#12] On-site doctors/nurses for emergency care, MRI/fMRI coordination and staff health.
Administrative Staff 3 [#3, #16] Cover-story administration, payroll for shell company and legal/liaison administrative support.
D-class Management / Custodial 2 [#14] D-class recruitment/holding and custodial management personnel if D-class are used.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges but many estimates are wide and dependent on policy choices (reserve sizing, depth of underground construction, retention volumes). Several anomaly-contingent costs are inherently uncertain, producing moderate confidence.
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