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SCP-5859 Uncontained ? low confidence
SCP-5859
Expected annual
$5.2M
One-time setup
$14.5M
Annual recurring
$4.9M
Personnel
24
Initial one-time setup is dominated by construction/temporary facility and contingency/reserve costs (~$14.5M); recurring annual operations (security, research, monitoring, legal and depreciation) are roughly $4.88M, driven primarily by staff wages and ongoing monitoring/legal operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $14.5M
Facilities $10.5M
[#5, #6, #13] Short-term secure facility lease/setup (#5), permanent containment construction / heavy retrofit (#6), and initial power infrastructure & redundancy setup (#13) combined.
Emergency Response Initial $1.0M
[#10] Emergency response / rapid-reaction team initial readiness: equipment, mobile containment trailers, tactical transport readiness.
Reserve Fund $1.0M
[#22] Containment-breach reserve fund / liability escrow set-aside (conservative lower-range reserve).
Covert Procurement Initial $500K
[#17] Covert logistics & procurement initial expenditures (front companies, clandestine property purchases, unmarked shipment setup).
Disposal Contingency $500K
[#23] Decontamination, neutralization, or disposal contingency (initial contingency sum for controlled destruction/disposal).
Equipment $300K
[#4, #7] Secure evidence storage (vaults, air-gapped servers) (#4) and specialized containment hardware/instrumentation (Faraday chambers, sensors) (#7).
Background Investigations $300K
[#18] Initial background investigations, security clearances and vetting for core team (~20-person scale estimate).
Medical Quarantine Setup $200K
[#14] Medical support and quarantine facilities initial setup (isolation rooms, med tech station, basic surveillance equipment).
Redaction And Archival Initial $100K
[#19] Redaction, secure record duplication, cold-storage setup, and initial archival processes and destruction services.
Initial Field Investigation $75K
[#1] Initial field investigation & recovery deployment: travel, on-site team, vehicles, lodging, emergency equipment.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $25K
[#2] Digital/audio forensics workstations, specialist software/licenses and initial lab instrumentation for analysis (#2).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.9M/yr
Staff Wages $2.0M/yr
[#3, #8, #9] Salaries and benefits for research/memetics specialists (#3), 24/7 security staffing (#8), and scientific & technical personnel including lab techs and IT (#9).
Equipment Depreciation $600K/yr
[#24] Scheduled replacement and depreciation reserve for electronics, vehicles, and safety gear (~5-15% of capital assets) (#24).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#16] Legal, cover-story, records management, PR suppression and settlement budget for leaks or litigation (#16).
Logistics And Transport $400K/yr
[#10, #17] Recurring sustainment for emergency response teams and mobile assets (#10) plus annual covert logistics/operational movement costs (#17).
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#11] Ongoing monitoring, telemetry, secure data storage operations and continuous logging/analysis (#11).
Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr
[#13] Ongoing facilities maintenance, generator/UPS maintenance and fuel contracts associated with power redundancy (#13).
Interagency And International $250K/yr
[#21] Inter-agency liaison, travel, covert payments and diplomatic coordination costs when cross-jurisdictional (#21).
Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr
[#12] Consumables and laboratory supplies: reagents, PPE, sampling vials, batteries, replacement parts (#12).
Medical Care And Surveillance $100K/yr
[#14] Ongoing medical support, quarantine operations, occupational health screening and long-term monitoring for exposed staff (#14).
Psychological Services $100K/yr
[#15] Psychological/psychiatric services, counseling, resilience training, and memetic-influence monitoring for staff (#15).
Public Monitoring $100K/yr
[#20] Open-source intelligence, social-media monitoring, contractors and software for leak detection (#20).
Archival Research Library $100K/yr
[#25] Long-term archival research library, cataloguing, translation, indexation and bibliographic staff (#25).
Archival Maintenance $30K/yr
[#19] Ongoing redaction, secure duplication, cold-storage maintenance and archival upkeep (#19).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.9M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; ongoing containment posture, monitoring, research and cover operations as budgeted.
no_major_breach steady_monitoring routine_research
🚨 Minor Incident $5.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Localized flare-up: small cluster of infectees or limited memetic exposure requiring targeted rapid-response, increased monitoring, medical treatment and limited public mitigation.
localized_outbreak small_commune_formation limited_media_interest
🚨 Major Breach $14.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or widespread memetic dissemination requiring large-scale remediation, emergency construction, international operations and major covert payments.
widespread_transmission facility_breach mass_casualties
🚨 Political Exposure $6.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Sensitive leak or diplomatic escalation exposing Foundation involvement leading to costly legal battles, settlements, PR campaigns and potential asset withdrawal.
major_leak diplomatic_dispute high_profile_media_exposure
👥 Personnel 24 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 Multi-shift guard cadre for 24/7 physical security and rapid response (#8).
Research Scientist 4 Memetics/linguistics/cryptography experts and lead researchers (#3, #9).
Research Technician / Lab Tech 3 Laboratory technicians and audio-forensics technicians (#2, #9).
IT/Sysadmin / Audio Engineer 2 Maintain air-gapped servers, telemetry, backups, and audio analysis systems (#4, #11).
Medical Officer 1 On-site medical support for exposure screening and quarantine operations (#14).
Engineer / Maintenance 1 Facility, power and equipment maintenance (#13, #6).
Administrative Staff 2 Records management, redaction, and liaison support (#19, #16).
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 Operational lead and liaison with Foundation/PENTAGRAM leadership.
📋 Confidence Notes
The SCP file is minimal and the object is listed as 'Uncontained' with wide-ranging possible hazard profiles; most line items are ranges and contingency estimates rather than itemized bills, so cost estimates are best-effort and have high uncertainty.
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