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SCP-5892 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5892
Expected annual
$1.5M
One-time setup
$2.0M
Annual recurring
$1.5M
Personnel
12
One-time setup and containment hardware costs are modest (~$2.0M including contingency reserves); recurring costs are dominated by specialized staff wages, veterinary care and investigative/legal preparedness (~$1.45M/yr). Main drivers are staff wages (security, researchers, veterinary, field teams) and legal/containment contingency for civilian manifestations or large-scale activations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.0M
Insurance Reserve $1.0M
[#27] One-time risk reserve for catastrophic public exposure, large settlements, or mass amnestic campaigns.
Equipment $448K
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #14, #17, #18, #21] Secure containment locker, tamper sensors/alarms (hardware), vacuum/humidity container, CCTV hardware, memetic-evidence storage cabinet, amnestic production facility hardware (setup cost included below as equipment), dedicated transport vehicle purchase, data logging hardware.
Incident Escalation Reserve $300K
[#20] One-time contingency/reserve to scale kennels/staff/supplies in case of activist-driven or accidental mass activations.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $203K
[#11, #12, #13, #15, #22] Research lab and necropsy setup, initial consumables/starting stock (mineral water initial stock), initial SOP/training material development, and initial psychological screening program setup.
Facilities $30K
[#9, #24] Kennel / animal-housing set-up and controlled remote-handling/demolition equipment (one-time construction/modification).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr
Staff Wages $960K/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #15, #16] Continuous staffing: CCTV/monitoring labor, security guards, containment technician, research senior + assistant, veterinarian + vet tech, contracted psychologist, and maintenance budget for 1–2 rapid-response teams (annualized staffing budget).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#19] Annual retainer for legal/PR and civil-mitigation budgets to handle isolated leaks and liability; large settlements reserve handled in one-time insurance reserve.
Investigative Followup $175K/yr
[#25] Ongoing investigative/containment team to monitor off-site manifestations, civilian follow-ups and case management.
Training And Procedures $35K/yr
[#22] Annual training, drills, SOP updates, and procedure refreshers for containment, humane handling, and amnestic deployment.
Research And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#12] Ongoing research consumables, sequencing, chemical analysis, imaging consumables and routine monitoring instrumentation upkeep.
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#16, #18] Vehicle maintenance and routine travel/fuel costs for mobilizations (does not include field-team labor already in staff_wages).
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#2, #26] Security/sensor maintenance and proportional utilities/operation overhead for containment and animal-care suites.
Data Hosting And Backup $10K/yr
[#21] Encrypted off-site backups, secure archival hosting and forensic storage services.
Per Operation Mobilization Budget $10K/yr
[#16] Budget for per-operation mobilization (travel, on-site costs) assuming a low number of retrievals per year.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#9, #11] Kennel consumables and ongoing small mineral/tap water purchases for controlled activations and routine supplies (baseline, assumes no sustained long-lived instances).
Evidence Monitoring $2K/yr
[#14] Monitoring and environmental-control upkeep for memetic-isolation/evidence storage for 5892-2 strips.
Necropsy And Disposal $1K/yr
[#13, #23] Annualized cost for necropsy consumables and occasional euthanasia/disposal events (baseline assumes few events per year).
Per Instance Care Baseline $0/yr
[#10] Per-animal care costs (feeding, vaccines, meds) are variable; baseline assumes no long-lived 5892-1 instances maintained on-site (set to 0 for baseline).
Amnestic Operational Per Dose $0/yr
[#17] Per-dose amnestic operational cost (pharmaceutical or memetic) — baseline assumes no mass amnestic campaign; per-dose cost tracked but annualized baseline is 0.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr
83.5% probability / year
Normal year with strict dry-storage protocols, no sustained long-lived instances and only routine operations.
no_mineral_water_activations no_public_5892-2_leaks routine_testing_only
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Isolated civilian 5892-2 manifestation or small-scale retrieval requiring a few field deployments, targeted amnestics and limited legal/PR work.
single_civilian_5892-2_manifestation one_or_two_field_retrievals limited_amnestic_use
🚨 Major Breach $3.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant public exposure or failure to intercept multiple 5892-2 strips leading to mass amnestic campaigns, large legal settlements and rapid scaling of kennels/staff.
wide_public_exposure mass_amnestic_campaign large_civil_litigation
🚨 Sustained Activation Cluster $2.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Deliberate or repeated use of mineral water creates multiple long-lived 5892-1 instances requiring ongoing long-term animal care, expanded facilities and veterinary staffing.
activist_or_accidental_mineral_water_use multiple_long_lived_5892-1_instances expanded_kennel_and_vet_needs
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#5] Two Level-2 guards budgeted (annualized salaries + benefits as in analyst notes).
Containment Technician / Handler 1 [#6] Single dedicated technician/handler for handling, transport and checks.
Research Scientist (senior) 1 [#7] Senior anomalous-object researcher (protocols, tests).
Research Assistant / Junior Scientist 1 [#7] Junior research assistant supporting testing and documentation.
Veterinarian 1 [#8] On-site vet for 5892-1 instances.
Veterinary Technician 1 [#8] Vet tech supporting animal care.
Monitoring Technician / CCTV Operator 1 [#4] Staffed monitoring labor for 24/7 CCTV monitoring and logging.
Field Response Team (FTE equivalent) 3 [#16] Rapid-response team(s) budgeted as FTE equivalent (annualized team budget included in staff_wages).
Clinical Psychologist / Contractor 1 [#15] Psychologist contract for staff/civilian screening and counseling.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use analyst-provided ranges and canonical procedure notes; many recurring costs depend strongly on policy choices (allowing mineral-water activations vs strict prohibition) and incident rates for civilian manifestations, so uncertainty is significant but bounded by provided ranges.
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