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SCP-5810 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-5810
Expected annual
$7.2M
One-time setup
$46.3M
Annual recurring
$6.7M
Personnel
40
Estimated one-time containment and R&D capital of approximately $47,727,500 driven by large contingency/reserve and multi-year R&D programs; recurring annual operating costs approximately $6,710,000 driven by specialist staffing, legal/insurance, neuroimaging access, and ongoing monitoring/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $46.3M
Catastrophic Contingency Fund $27.5M
[#26] Catastrophic containment breach contingency fund (one-time reserve midpoint).
Long Term R And D Capex $8.5M
[#21] Multi-year hardware countermeasure R&D program capital (one-time program capex midpoint).
Legal And Cover Reserve Initial $5.2M
[#18] Legal/cover-up/indemnity reserve (one-time mid-scale reserve chosen within large range).
Equipment $1.2M
[#4, #9, #11] Includes memetic/anti-memetic sensor installation (install), tactical response equipment & vehicle initial kit, and purchase/installation of neuroimaging equipment (MRI/MEG/EEG/TMS) where purchased in-house. Sum of midpoints for these installations.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#11, #13, #21] Neuroimaging-capable lab buildout (purchase option portion), development of cognitive-hazard mitigation software (dev capex), and initial long-term R&D program capital allocation (one-time program capex midpoint).
Facilities $900K
[#1] Quarantine wing structural upgrades, airlocks, sealed doors, lock-down control, and perimeter fencing; midpoint estimate used.
Emergency Medical Initial Reserve $525K
[#22] Initial emergency medical & mortuary contingency reserve (one-time midpoint).
Acoustic And Hvac Reengineering $500K
[#2] Acoustic treatment, vibration damping and HVAC re-engineering (one-time capital).
Initial Training And Rollout $275K
[#14] Initial anti-memetic / safety training program design and rollout (one-time).
Safe Room Construction $250K
[#15] Constructed psych-safe isolation rooms; estimate assumes two rooms at midpoint per-room costs.
Recruitment And Vetting Initial $175K
[#23] One-time recruitment, psychological vetting and selection costs for backup SCP-5810-A candidates.
Initial Pharmaceutical Stockpile $100K
[#12] Initial purchase of amnestics, sedatives, anti-memetic experimental compounds and secure storage (one-time stockpile midpoint).
Secure Quartering Mods $65K
[#7] SCP-5810-A caretaker living-space modifications and special housing mods (one-time).
Backlog And Initial Data Cleanup $62K
[#17] Initial backlog cleanup for data sanitization / document redaction (one-time).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.7M/yr
Staff Wages $3.8M/yr
[#5, #6, #8, #10, #15, #17, #23] Salaries and benefits for memetics research team, psychiatric/psychological support, dedicated security staffing, ongoing tactical readiness training, safe-room staffing, data-sanitization teams (human labor), and retainers for backup SCP-5810-A personnel (summed midpoints).
Insurance And Liability $600K/yr
[#19] Increased insurance and liability premiums for facility and workers (specialized underwriting for cognitive hazards).
Staff Turnover And Productivity Loss $600K/yr
[#20] Staff replacement, overtime and productivity loss modelled as increased payroll cost (midpoint of estimated band).
Research And Monitoring $398K/yr
[#4, #11] Monitoring and surveillance maintenance/storage and recurring neuroimaging access/rental fees and monitoring instrumentation upkeep.
Facilities Maintenance $255K/yr
[#3, #25] Increased energy & HVAC operating costs for sealed/quarantined environment and capital depreciation/maintenance budget (~5–10% of capital upgrades).
Caretaker Package $225K/yr
[#7] Annual stipend, on-site support and hazard pay for SCP-5810-A caretaker role (recurring).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#18] Ongoing legal retainer, PR and cover-story maintenance (recurring portion of legal/cover costs).
Pharmaceuticals $175K/yr
[#12] Annual replenishment of pharmaceutical countermeasures, amnestics and controlled dispensing consumables.
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#16] Expected annualized incident quarantine logistics and temporary relocation costs (annualized assumption ~0.25 incidents/year at midpoint).
Training And Resilience $100K/yr
[#14] Annual refresher anti-memetic/safety training and resilience program refreshers.
Medical Contingency Replenishment $100K/yr
[#22] Ongoing replenishment/operational funding for medical/mortuary contingency reserve.
Technology Maintenance $62K/yr
[#13] Maintenance and licensing for cognitive-hazard mitigation software and information-control systems (recurring).
Supplies And Consumables $32K/yr
[#24] Ongoing consumables for quarantined personnel: food, bedding, PPE, batteries, medical supplies.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.7M/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, staffing, maintenance, and scheduled training.
no_incident routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $8.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.4M vs baseline
Localized memetic exposure event requiring temporary quarantine, limited relocations and legal/medical response.
small_quarantine temporary_relocation limited_medical_response
🚨 Major Breach $14.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach requiring large-scale relocation, extended medical response, legal payouts and activation of contingency reserves.
major_containment_breach mass_medical_response large_scale_coverup
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $36.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline
Worst-case scenario: mass psychogenic/medical casualties, widespread exposure, national-level cover-up and major capital expenditures.
widespread_exposure mass_casualties national_scale_coverup
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Memeticist 6 [#5] Senior memeticists, cognitive scientists and lab techs responsible for primary study and countermeasure development (count aligned to memetics team salary pool).
Clinical Psychiatrist / Therapist 8 [#6] On-call psychiatrists and therapists for 24/7 crisis support and resilience programs (counts represent 2 psychiatrists + ~6 counselors).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#8] Dedicated security staffing for quarantined wing (24/7 coverage, shift rotations included in security staffing budget).
Tactical Response Team / MTF 8 [#9, #10] Mobile entry force operators for memetic/psychological hazard entry, training and readiness.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#2, #25] Facilities/HVAC and acoustic engineers to implement and maintain environmental controls and lifecycle maintenance.
IT / Data Sanitization Staff 3 [#13, #17, #4] Personnel to run information-control systems, redact/sanitize documents and manage monitoring data storage.
Medical Officer 2 [#22, #6] Medical staff for acute interventions, medevac coordination and reserve medical responses.
Administrative Staff 3 [#18, #23] Administrative and legal liaison staff to manage recruitment, vetting logistics and cover-story/legal coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are midpoints from wide ranges in analyst notes and depend heavily on uncertain memetic risk, incident frequency, and chosen reserve sizes; many items (R&D, contingency funds, legal exposure) are speculative, so overall cost certainty is low.
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