SCP-5846 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5846
Expected annual
$4.1M
One-time setup
$7.9M
Annual recurring
$4.0M
Personnel
32
Initial capital/setup is substantial (roughly $7.9M in this estimate) driven by property acquisition, site conversion, and contingency/decommission funds. Annual baseline operations are about $4.02M/yr, driven primarily by staff wages (guards, MTF, researchers), monitoring/cleanup, and off-books/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.9M
Facilities $3.8M
[#1, #2, #9] Purchase of the strip mall and adjacent buffer parcels, conversion/hardening of the footprint into a secure Site-58 wing (reinforced walls, controlled entry, airlocks, partitions), and decon/quarantine room build-out.
Equipment $1.2M
[#3, #4, #5, #7, #11, #17, #18, #21] Redundant power/HVAC hardware (generators/UPS), marquee-letter vault + RFID/CCTV and robotic manipulator, surveillance/sensor suite hardware, initial MTF specialty equipment, containment-cell hardware, secure communications and IT hardware, and vehicle purchases (armored van + support vans).
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#22] Accessible contingency reserve for unplanned high-severity incidents, remediation, or emergency responses.
Decommissioning Fund $1.0M
[#30] Contingent demolition/decommissioning fund in case site destruction or large-scale relocation is required.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K
[#10] Laboratory build-out and primary analysis tools (mass spec/service contracts, spectrometers, pathology kits) for on-site analysis and secure sample processing.
Initial Cover Establishment And Buyouts $300K
[#14] One-time legal/cover-story establishment costs and buyouts/compensation to neighboring properties to create and maintain the front business and quiet property transfers.
Personnel Background Screening Initial $100K
[#16] Initial high-assurance vetting for hires and contractors (polygraphs, investigations) aggregated for a ~50-person initial staff.
Local Community Mitigation One Time $100K
[#27] One-time local community mitigation or relocation assistance where immediate property changes are necessary during establishment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.0M/yr
Staff Wages $2.3M/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #9, #24] Salaries and benefits for site staff: site guards (24/7 coverage), on-call Mobile Task Force operators, research scientists/technicians, medical staff (medic/physician), and administrative/janitorial staff.
Research And Monitoring $340K/yr
[#5, #23] Monitoring operations (operator salaries + software/integration) and long-term experimental budget for controlled activations and contracted specialists.
Off Books Black Budget $300K/yr
[#29] Insurance-equivalent black-budget for clandestine purchases, quick payouts, bribes, or covert expenditures not processable on standard ledgers.
Post Activation Cleanup $250K/yr
[#12] Recurring cleanup/reset operations after SCP-5846-2 activations (sanitation, repairs, hazardous-waste handling, documentation) averaged across expected activations.
Cover Story And Legal $240K/yr
[#14, #15, #28] Ongoing legal retainers and PR/cover operations, local liaison, FOIA/records management, and archival/legal record sanitization budgets.
Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr
[#9, #10, #20] PPE, decontamination consumables, HVAC filters, lab consumables and service contract consumables, spare camera/robot parts, and routine site supplies.
Facilities Maintenance $120K/yr
[#3] Ongoing HVAC/generator maintenance, fuel reserves testing, building upkeep, and contractor premiums for secretive maintenance operations.
Logistics And Transport $65K/yr
[#21, #26] Vehicle operations/maintenance, fuel, armored response logistics, secure sample transfer and chain-of-custody couriering.
Training And Drills $60K/yr
[#19] Continuous training, SOP development, emergency drills, and external contractor instruction for containment procedures.
Hazardous Waste Disposal $45K/yr
[#13] Licensed hazardous disposal and environmental compliance costs driven by contaminated materials from activations.
Artifact Storage Maintenance $30K/yr
[#11] Maintenance, environmental-control, life-support and monitoring for long-term anomalous-item/entity containment cells/lockers.
Personnel Reinvestigation $30K/yr
[#16] Periodic reinvestigation and ongoing background screening costs for existing staff and contractors.
Psychological Support $30K/yr
[#25] Counseling, monitoring programs, and psychological services for exposed personnel to mitigate leaks and crises.
Communications And Secure Networking $25K/yr
[#17] Airtime/support, satellite/fiber backup costs, and secure-radio/phone service contracts.
It Infrastructure $25K/yr
[#18] Off-site backups, server operations, storage, penetration testing, and Experiment Log maintenance costs.
Contingency Replenishment $0/yr
[#22] Recurring replenishment for contingency reserve; set to $0 baseline (replenished only after a draw-down event).
Local Community Mitigation Recurring $0/yr
[#27] Ongoing community mitigation (grants/compensation) set to $0 baseline; episodic payments handled ad hoc from contingency or cover budgets.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.0M/yr
86.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year: site operates with scheduled experiments, routine activations handled without major incident.
scheduled experiments routine activations no major security incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $4.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or hazardous activation requiring extra cleanup, short MTF deployment, and targeted repairs/legal work.
small hazardous activation targeted MTF response extended cleanup and disposal
🚨 Major Breach $6.5M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or expansion, substantial remediation, possible temporary site shutdown and large-scale MTF/contractor effort.
sustained anomalous expansion fatality or structural damage large-scale environmental contamination
🚨 Political Exposure $4.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
Media/FOIA/political exposure forcing heavy legal, PR, buyouts, and increased cover/liaison spending to contain information spread.
public exposure or FOIA demand local official inquiries litigation or demands for remediation
👥 Personnel 32 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Site Guard 10 [#6] 24/7 armed guard coverage (rotating shifts) to prevent civilian access and respond to disturbances; salary pool included in staff_wages.
Mobile Task Force / MTF Agent 8 [#7] On-call specialized rapid-response operators trained for anomalous engagement; salaries and specialty gear provisioning included in staff_wages and one-time equipment.
Research Scientist 7 [#8] Mix of senior and junior researchers plus data analysts dedicated to Experiment Log 5846 and mitigation research; costs included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer / Medic 2 [#9] One full-time medic and on-call physician responsible for trauma response, screening, and quarantine; salaries included in staff_wages.
Administrative / Janitorial / Cover Staff 5 [#24] Reception/cover employees, janitorial staff, HR/administration, and archive clerks supporting site operations and the storefront cover; combined salaries in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst-provided ranges are detailed and enable midpoint estimates, but SCP anomalous behavior and activation frequency remain uncertain; contingency needs and incident probabilities therefore limit confidence to medium.
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