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SCP-5783 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5783
Expected annual
$8.0M
One-time setup
$2.1M
Annual recurring
$8.0M
Personnel
41
One-time capital costs are moderate (~$2.05M) for secure facilities, equipment and research setup; recurring operational costs dominate at roughly $8.0M/year driven by Telecommunications Monitoring Office staffing, SOC and legal/PR/suppression programs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.1M
Facilities $850K
[#5, #15, #19] Initial facility upgrades and structural Faraday/shielding work and contingency containment-cell retrofit (items #5, #15, #19).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $800K
[#3, #4, #13] Computational-linguistics/AI development & initial model training and research instrumentation (#3), telecom-forensic & trace lab setup (#4), and high-security evidence processing lab retrofit (#13).
Equipment $400K
[#2, #6, #15, #13] Secure SAN/backup hardware and vault devices (#2), cybersecurity tooling onboarding one-time components (#6), isolated test rigs/PSTN benches (#15), and evidence/containment lockers (#13).
Sop Training Development $30K
[#7] One-time development of internal SOPs, training modules, initial compliance materials and onboarding programs (item #7).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $8.0M/yr
Staff Wages $4.7M/yr
[#1, #6, #5, #14, #9, #10, #20] Ongoing fully-loaded salaries: Telecommunications Monitoring Office operators/translators (#1), SOC staff support (#6), on-site guards payroll (#5), research team salaries (#14), small in-house PR/legal staffing components (#9, #10), and bookkeeping/administrative staff (#20).
Supplies And Consumables $700K/yr
[#6, #8, #7, #18] Recurring cybersecurity tooling/licenses/SIEM and SOC tooling (#6), mental-health and counseling program contracts for exposed staff (#8), refresher training/audit consumables and materials (#7), and doctrine/training delivery costs (#18).
Cover Story And Legal $650K/yr
[#9, #10] PR firm retainer plus in-house media suppression and monitoring (#9) and legal retainer/FOIA/litigation baseline fees (#10).
Liability And Compensation $500K/yr
[#16] Annual reserve for replacement/compensation, hush settlements, hazard pay and death-in-service liabilities (item #16).
Research And Monitoring $425K/yr
[#3, #14, #17] Recurring compute/inference/cloud GPU costs and model ops (#3), contracted studies and research team contracted projects (#14), and satellite/remote-sensor subscriptions for monitoring sparse locations (#17).
Logistics And Transport $350K/yr
[#4, #11, #17] Annual carrier-access/liaison operational payments linked to telecom forensic work (#4), secret payments and international liaison program baseline (#11), and modest remote-probe/drone tasking budget (#17).
Incident Response Reserve $200K/yr
[#12] Annual reserved budget for per-incident field investigations/search-and-recovery contingency (item #12).
Containment Care $200K/yr
[#19] Recurring staffing and care reserve for a recovered SCP-5783-related victim/entity if that contingency is ever realized (item #19).
Facilities Maintenance $110K/yr
[#2, #5, #15] Ongoing power/maintenance for secure storage and vaulting (#2), site physical maintenance after upgrades (#5), and Faraday/room upkeep (#15).
Evidence Processing Per Use $60K/yr
[#13] Expected average annual spend for per-item processing/forensics on recovered artifacts or remains (item #13).
Oversight And Audit $60K/yr
[#20] Independent audit cycles, secure bookkeeping and occasional external audits (item #20).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $8.0M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; ongoing monitoring, analysis, maintenance, and contingency reserves only.
steady call volume no missing-agent recoveries routine legal/PR activity
🚨 Minor Incident $8.2M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized exposure, small FOIA/litigation action or minor leak requiring rapid PR/legal suppression and modest field follow-up.
targeted FOIA request small public mention or whistleblower single small containment/forensic task
🚨 Major Missing Agent Recovery $8.8M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
An MIA event escalates to an expensive search/recovery and forensic processing requiring aviation assets and intensive liaison.
missing-agent incident multi-day search/recovery extensive forensics
🚨 Major International Breach $10.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Large-scale international exposure, multi-country litigation/lobbying, or decision to construct contingency containment and perform large-scale recovery.
cross-border regulatory action high-profile media exposure construction of containment cell or major litigation
👥 Personnel 41 total
Role Count Notes
Telecommunications Monitoring Office 20 [#1] Operators, call-loggers, triage staff and translators (FTE range 15–25; modeled at 20).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 7 [#5] On-site guards for 24/7 facility security and access control.
Cybersecurity / SOC staff 5 [#6] SOC analysts, incident responders and red-team personnel.
Research Scientist 4 [#3, #14] Computational linguistics / AI researchers and classification/risk analysts (research team 2–6; modeled at 4).
Public Relations / Media Analyst 2 [#9] In-house PR/media staff to coordinate with external firms and perform monitoring.
Legal Counsel 1 [#10] On-site legal lead coordinating FOIA, litigation and gag orders (retainer costs modeled separately).
Administrative Staff 2 [#20] Bookkeeping, black-budget accounting and administrative support for covert programs.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide many explicit ranges and line-item guidance allowing a defensible mid-range estimate, but wide ranges on staffing, per-incident costs, and one-time choices (scale of labs, liaison scope, contingency claims) produce material uncertainty.
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