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SCP-5856 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-5856
Expected annual
$5.3M
One-time setup
$17.8M
Annual recurring
$5.2M
Personnel
11
Estimated one-time capital and contingency costs ~$17.8M driven primarily by facility construction, automation/robotics, and a contingency amnestic fund; recurring annual costs ~ $5.25M dominated by personnel, administrative overhead, research/monitoring, and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $17.8M
Contingency Amnestic Fund $10.0M
[#17] Reserved one-off budget for city/regional-level amnestic operations and mass suppression; selected $10,000,000 within $5M–$50M range as a moderate contingency scenario.
Facilities $5.0M
[#1] Reinforced, soundproofed boardroom construction, airlocks, structural work, glazing and certification; chosen midpoint of $2M–$8M range.
Equipment $2.6M
[#2, #3, #4, #11, #12, #13, #19, #20, #21] One-time hardware and systems: active disorientation hardware, robotics, sensing suite, generators, redundant locks, air-gapped IT hardware, artifact conservation, vehicles, decontamination setup; aggregated midpoints of provided ranges.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $225K
[#16] Startup funding for research & countermeasure program (lab equipment, models, oversight); midpoint of $150k–$300k.
Training Program Setup $42K
[#6] One-time setup for pre-employment screening and memetic conditioning program; midpoint of $25k–$60k.
Program Ballpark Guidance $0
[#25] Program-level aggregate guidance (ranges provided in source). This entry is a reference and not an additional cost to avoid double-counting.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.5M/yr
[#5] Salaries, benefits and hazard pay for CT-5856: 2× Level-4 leads, 3× technicians, 4× armed security, 1× clinical psychologist, 1× systems engineer; midpoint of $1.2M–$1.8M range.
Administrative Overhead $874K/yr
[#22] Central compliance, accounting, audits and insurance/reserve buffer; estimated as ~20% of recurring operating budget (within 15–25% guidance).
Cover Story And Legal $800K/yr
[#14, #15] Legal teams, cover-story maintenance and public-monitoring / takedown operations combined; aggregated midpoint of provided ranges.
Research And Monitoring $652K/yr
[#4, #16] Non-cognitive sensing operations and ongoing research/countermeasure program; includes sensor storage/operations and research program recurring costs (midpoints).
Facilities Maintenance $322K/yr
[#10, #11, #12, #21] Utilities/HVAC and facility upkeep, backup power fuel & service, lockdown systems maintenance, decontamination/disposal contracts; aggregated midpoints.
Housing And Subsistence $200K/yr
[#9] On-site housing, meals and basic subsistence for CT-5856 personnel; midpoint of $100k–$300k.
Medical And Counseling $162K/yr
[#8] Medical care, long-term counseling and disability reserve for exposed staff; midpoint of $75k–$250k.
Systems Maintenance And Testing $155K/yr
[#2, #3] Maintenance, testing and parts for active disorientation systems and robotics (aggregated midpoints $40k–$100k and $50k–$120k ranges).
Recruitment And Replacement $150K/yr
[#23] Recruitment, relocation, sign-on/hazard bonuses and replacement reserves; midpoint of $50k–$250k.
Emergency Drills $131K/yr
[#24] Full-scale simulated breach drills; assumed 1–2 drills/year at midpoint per-drill cost (average 1.5 drills × midpoint $87,500).
Amnestic Inventory $125K/yr
[#7] Ongoing supply, storage and administration capability for clinical amnestics; baseline midpoint of $50k–$200k.
Training And Conditioning $55K/yr
[#6] Ongoing recurrent training, psychological screening and memetic conditioning; midpoint of $30k–$80k.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#20] Secure transport operations, courier services and off-site expert travel (annual operations estimate).
Information Security Upkeep $50K/yr
[#13] Licensing, memetic filtering software upkeep, air-gapped infrastructure maintenance; midpoint of $25k–$75k.
Supplies And Consumables $19K/yr
[#18, #19] PPE, consumables, sensor consumables and small conservation upkeep; aggregated midpoints ($5k–$30k and $500–$2k ranges).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.2M/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful operational year with routine maintenance, staffing and research activity.
no_leak standard_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $6.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Localized disclosure or personnel exposure requiring targeted amnestic campaigns, overtime, temporary hires and increased legal/PR activity.
limited_public_leak single-site_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $13.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Widespread disclosure requiring city/regional-scale amnestic operation and large suppression effort.
mass_disclosure multi-site_breach
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Level-4 (lead) 2 [#5] Senior lead researchers (salary midpoint applied).
Technician (Level-2/3) 3 [#5] Technical staff for systems, sensors and robotics maintenance.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#5] Armed containment/security personnel for continuous coverage.
Clinical Psychologist / Medical Officer 1 [#5, #8] Clinical psychologist for staff mental health; medical care budget captured in recurring costs.
Systems Engineer / IT 1 [#5, #13] Responsible for air-gapped infrastructure, memetic filters and system integrity.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to wide input ranges, policy-dependent choices (automation vs human staffing), and the sociokinetic/memetic nature of the hazard which can dramatically change required scale and costs.
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