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SCP-5878 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5878
Expected annual
$6.5M
One-time setup
$2.4M
Annual recurring
$6.2M
Personnel
37
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $2.385M for monitoring, secure storage, vehicles, lab setup and supporting hardware; recurring annual costs are approximately $6.236M driven primarily by staff wages, psychological care, contingency reserve, and monitoring operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.4M
Equipment $1.2M
[#1, #3, #5, #6, #7, #14, #17, #18, #22] One-time software/dev licensing for monitoring (item #1), purchase of secure vans (item #3), locker hardware (item #5), cameras/recorders and centralized servers (item #6), secure data/forensics systems (item #7), SOC tooling (item #14), generator/UPS hardware (item #17), initial evidence kit (item #18), and custom transport crate (item #22).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $900K
[#9, #15] Amnestic R&D/agent development (item #9) and specialized analysis lab setup including containment cabinets/isolation rooms (item #15).
Facilities $225K
[#5, #8, #25] Secure storage room and access-control buildout (item #5), medical bay physical setup (item #8), and permitting for disposal/decontamination (item #25).
Initial Background Checks $50K
[#24] One-time initial background checks and polygraphs for staff (item #24).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.2M/yr
Staff Wages $3.0M/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #7, #8, #14, #15, #24] Salaries for 24/7 analyst team and senior analysts (item #2), full-time drivers per vehicle (item #3), security guards (item #4), forensic analyst(s) (item #7), medical staff (item #8), SOC analysts (item #14), senior researcher(s) (item #15), and ongoing counterintelligence team (item #24).
Contingency Fund $1.0M/yr
[#19] Annual allocation to on-call contingency/rescue/escalation fund for large-scale or emergency response (item #19).
Psychological Care $500K/yr
[#10] Ongoing counseling and therapy commitments (two-year programs overlapping) for affected individuals (item #10).
Replacement And Maintenance $358K/yr
[#26] Annual replacement/maintenance budget (estimated ~15% of capital hardware lifecycle replacement) covering cameras, recorders, servers, and vehicles (item #26).
Site Allocation And Overhead $350K/yr
[#20] Allocated Site-28 incremental overhead for space, utilities and administrative support (item #20).
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#1, #15] Recurring monitoring platform costs, model retraining/ops and per-study operating costs for analysis (items #1, #15).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#12] Legal retainers and PR/cover-story operations (item #12).
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#3, #22] Vehicle operating costs, routine maintenance, fuel, and per-transport logistics/escorts (items #3, #22).
Monitoring Hosting $100K/yr
[#1] Recurring cloud, API and streaming feed hosting and processing costs for automated monitoring (item #1).
Digital Takedown $100K/yr
[#13, #23] Platform liaison and digital takedown/active countermeasure contracts and per-notice handling costs (items #13 and #23).
Privacy And Compliance Auditing $60K/yr
[#21] External auditing, compliance reviews, and redaction work to satisfy oversight and privacy concerns (item #21).
Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr
[#5, #6, #17] Maintenance and fuel for storage environment and UPS/generator upkeep (items #5, #6, #17).
Training $40K/yr
[#16] Ongoing memetic-safety, amnestic protocol, legal and refreshers for staff (item #16).
Lodging And Basic Care $30K/yr
[#11] Short-term holding, meals and basic care during intake/processing (item #11).
It Security And Soc $30K/yr
[#14] Recurring pen-testing, SOC tooling subscriptions, and red-team/cybersecurity operations (item #14).
Per Incident Cost $23K/yr
[#27] Baseline expected per-incident operational cost (transport, intake, amnestic administration, short lodging, initial counseling, evidence logging, immediate legal/takedown) averaged into annual budget assuming ~1 incident/year; used for scenario scaling (item #27).
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#6, #7, #9, #18] Ongoing storage costs per locker, recurring forensic/software licenses, routine amnestic drug procurement small-scale, and minor consumables (items #6, #7, #9, #18).
Evidence Handling $15K/yr
[#18] Consumable replenishment for chain-of-custody, seals, biohazard disposal (item #18).
Disposal And Decontamination $10K/yr
[#25] Per-disposal recurring costs and hazardous waste handling on occasional disposals (item #25).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.2M/yr
73.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents beyond expected small number of cases; standard staffing, monitoring, and routine operations.
steady low incidence no large-scale viral spread no major legal exposures
🚨 Minor Incident $6.4M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
One-year spike of several discovered instances requiring additional transports, per-incident amnestics, short-term counseling load and modest PR/takedown activity.
localized cluster of instances small viral post requiring takedown and extra counseling
🚨 Major Breach $8.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Widespread/prolonged public dissemination of identifiable descriptions forcing mass monitoring scale-up, large amnestic deployments, expanded counseling and PR/legal expense.
viral media spread multiple simultaneous instances large-scale takedown/legal actions
🚨 Catastrophic Exposure $11.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
High-profile national/international exposure with legal action, major public investigations, mass counseling/amnestics, emergency research and large contingency drawdown.
national media scrutiny governmental investigations mass casualty or mass-disclosure events
👥 Personnel 37 total
Role Count Notes
Analyst 9 24/7 triage analysts in three 8-hour shifts (item #2).
Senior Analyst / Researcher 2 Senior verification/research staff supervising monitoring (item #2).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 Transport/security unit for intake and escorts (item #4).
Driver 3 Full-time drivers for secure vans (item #3).
Medical Officer / Nurse 3 Medical staff for intake, screening and amnestic administration (item #8).
Forensic Analyst 1 Media review and forensic analysis of recordings (item #7).
SOC Analyst / IT Security 4 SOC staff to protect monitoring and containment data (item #14).
Senior Researcher 1 Lead researcher for lab studies and protocols (item #15).
Counterintelligence / CI Team 2 Ongoing insider-threat monitoring and investigations (item #24).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and clear mappings for personnel and infrastructure, but many estimates depend on incident rate (unknown) and whether additional R&D is required; rounding and assumptions about fleet size, counseling caseload, and contingency allocation reduce precision.
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