SCP-5828 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-5828
Expected annual
$4.0M
One-time setup
$14.5M
Annual recurring
$3.8M
Personnel
11
Initial setup and procurement (monitoring hardware, vehicles, stabilization devices, and contingency reserves) drive large one-time costs (~$14.47M). Ongoing staffing (MTF + research), monitoring, evacuation readiness and logistics are the main recurring costs (~$3.84M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $14.5M
Incident Response Reserve $5.0M
[#22] Recommended incident-response contingency reserve for large-scale events (evacuations, large deployments, emergency research/cover operations).
Evacuation Per Event Cost $4.0M
[#15] Representative per-event cost for a large-scale evacuation (e.g., evacuating ~100,000 people for multiple days); held as a per-event one-time estimate to be spent if an evacuation occurs.
Equipment $3.5M
[#4, #6, #8, #9, #10, #13] Agent kits and qualification equipment (#4), purchase of vehicles/airboat/ATVs (#6), permanent monitoring array (#8), wide-area surveillance hardware/drones (#9), secure monitoring center/server hardware (#10), and procurement of two Class A Spectral Stabilization devices (partial procurement budget) (#13).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $650K
[#11, #20] Laboratory and R&D program buildout: lab setup & hypoxia chambers, modeling hardware/software and initial R&D program setup to study hypoxia expansion and countermeasures.
Legal Contingency Reserve $500K
[#19] Contingency reserve for legal settlements or major indemnity actions (one-time allocation).
Facilities $300K
[#1, #5] Physical exclusionary perimeter construction (boardwalks, signage, temporary gates, access roads) and field accommodation/trailer/hardening setup; includes initial covert cover/legal perfunctory documents referenced in #1.
Decontamination Per Incident $300K
[#24] Typical environmental remediation / decontamination budget per major incident.
Heavy Lift Single Operation $100K
[#12] Typical single-operation heavy-lift / crane / ROV rental cost for an attempted physical interaction or recovery operation.
Cover Story Initial Setup $50K
[#16] Initial setup costs for the biological-survey cover story, fake permits and initial PR briefings.
Secure Archival Hardware $45K
[#23] One-time secure storage and archival hardware for records and tamper-resistant vaulting.
Exhumation And Autopsy $25K
[#21] One-off exhumation and forensic autopsy budget if performed on-site corpse (Cedar Hill).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.8M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#3, #11] MTF Mu-13 on-site rotation staffing (preferred staffing level used here: 7agents fully loaded) and research team salaries for atmospheric/physiological/anomaly specialists.
Evacuation Readiness $650K/yr
[#15] Readiness retainer / contracts for mass evacuation capability (bus contracts, shelters, notification systems, shelter staffing).
Logistics And Transport $475K/yr
[#7, #12, #14] Vessel/vehicle operations and fuel, annual budgeted removal/rigging/ROV attempt allocations, and deployment readiness retainer for Class A device logistics (helicopter/airlift retainer).
Research And Monitoring $472K/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #20] Ongoing monitoring array/data costs, drone/SOC operations, secure hosting/backup and ongoing R&D/modeling program operations.
Cover Story And Legal $350K/yr
[#16, #17, #19] Ongoing public-relations/cover maintenance, covert liaison payments to local government/law enforcement, and legal retainer fees.
Stabilizer Maintenance $175K/yr
[#13] Annual maintenance, calibration, spare parts and operator training costs for Class A Spectral Stabilization devices.
Medical Readiness $175K/yr
[#18] On-call medical arrangements, stockpiled oxygen cylinders, SCBA refills and mental-health support for witnesses/agents.
Facilities Maintenance $105K/yr
[#2, #5] Perimeter maintenance, vegetation control, seasonal repairs, and recurring field accommodation generator/fuel and minor repairs.
Secure Storage And Vetting $80K/yr
[#23] Ongoing background checks, NDAs/gag payments for contractors/witnesses, and secure record-keeping operational costs.
Supplies And Consumables $55K/yr
[#11] Lab and field consumables, hypoxia chamber consumables and routine supplies for research and field operations.
Forensic Cemetery Care $8K/yr
[#21] Routine visits, small caretaker payments, and minor paperwork for Cedar Hill Cemetery oversight.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.8M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, staffing, maintenance, and preparedness contracts active but no major incidents or large evacuations.
routine_manifestations scheduled maintenance steady monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $4.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
A moderate manifestation requiring extra field operations: crane/ROV attempts, targeted cleanup, extra R&D and PR activity but no city-wide evacuation.
multi-hour manifestation targeted heavy-lift/ROV operations localized decontamination and PR response
🚨 Major Evacuation $8.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.1M vs baseline
Large-radius manifestation reaching evacuation threshold: city-border evacuations, deployment of stabilization devices, large-scale remediation, and large cover operations.
area_of_effect > 3 km^2 requires city-wide evacuation deployment of Class A stabilizers
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 7 7-agent rotation to provide 24/7 on-site coverage (fully loaded cost basis used in staff_wages) [#3].
Research Scientist 4 Atmospheric/physiology/forensic/anomaly specialists (salaries included in staff_wages) [#11].
📋 Confidence Notes
Cost ranges and incident frequencies are highly uncertain due to unknown maximum effect radius, stochastic manifestation timing, and bespoke hardware (Class A stabilizers). Many line items are contingency-oriented and reflect high variance; hence low confidence.
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