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SCP-5905 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5905
Expected annual
$1.5M
One-time setup
$2.4M
Annual recurring
$1.5M
Personnel
14
First-year one-time incremental costs are estimated at roughly $2.43M, driven primarily by a contingency reserve, rapid-response team setup, incineration capability and digitization/containment equipment. Ongoing annual costs are estimated at about $1.50M driven by security staff wages, readiness/training, contingency top-up and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.4M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#26] Contingency / catastrophic response reserve (initial fund set-aside).
Equipment $375K
[#2, #4, #5, #6, #7] Archival HVAC/monitoring hardware (#2), digitization & remote handling hardware (#4), secure digital repository hardware initial purchase (#5), proximity/weight/RFID sensors (#6), CCTV & physiological monitoring initial purchase (#7).
Rapid Response Team Setup $325K
[#10] Specialist containment team readiness one-time setup: training, specialized non-lethal weapons, comms, protective gear.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $275K
[#25] Forensic/neurological research pilot (non-invasive pilot studies, modelling, experimental setup).
Incineration Equipment $125K
[#12] On-site or mobile incinerator purchase / hazardous disposal capability (one-time equipment option).
Backup Site Setup $88K
[#21] Backup containment site reservation/set-up (one-time reservation/set-up costs).
Facilities $70K
[#1] Vault retrofit and perimeter enforcement (floor markings, vestibule, pass-throughs, observation panel).
Secure Transport Crate $48K
[#20] Armored/lockable artifact transport crate with environmental control and tamper-evident seals (one-time purchase).
Initial Translations $42K
[#17] Initial archival translations and controlled secondary analyses (one-time contracted translation/peer review).
Medical Initial Stock $30K
[#14] Initial medical stock (IV fluids, electrolytes, emergency sedatives, TPN supplies, medevac agreements initial fees).
Records Systems Initial $15K
[#23] Initial high-security paper/digital logging systems and ledgers (one-time purchase/setup).
Ppe Initial $15K
[#13] Initial PPE & hazmat consumables purchase (hazmat suits, respirators, decon supplies).
Documentation Initial $12K
[#29] Initial development of SOPs, educational materials, documentation templates (one-time).
Archival Materials Initial $6K
[#24] Initial archival supplies: acid-free boxes, Mylar sleeves, book supports, conservation treatments.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr
Staff Wages $520K/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #14, #15, #16, #29] Security personnel incremental wages (6 FTE guards; #9), wearable monitoring staff and subscriptions (#8), ongoing specialist-team readiness/training (#10 recurring), medical staffing and medevac contracts (#14 recurring), psychological screening & counseling (#15), operational constraints/overtime for staggered breaks (#16), recurring staff training/refresher materials (#29 recurring).
Research And Monitoring $362K/yr
[#17, #22, #18, #25, #27] Ongoing translations & controlled secondary analysis (#17 recurring), incident exercises and red-team simulations (#22), redaction/information-control operations (monitoring/takedowns) (#18), ongoing forensic/neurological research if continued (#25 recurring), public relations/misinformation management (#27).
Contingency Topup $300K/yr
[#26] Annual contingency/catastrophic response fund top-up (recurring annual addition to reserve).
Cover Story And Legal $175K/yr
[#19] Legal counsel, diplomatic agreements, cover-story maintenance, contracting costs for external partners (recurring legal/cover expenses).
Facilities Maintenance $136K/yr
[#3, #5, #6, #21, #23, #24, #30] Vault HVAC energy & maintenance (#3), secure repository maintenance/backups (#5 recurring), proximity & tamper sensor maintenance (#6 recurring), backup site readiness fees (#21 recurring), records system maintenance (#23 recurring), archival materials replacement (#24 recurring), miscellaneous Site-17 overhead allocation (#30).
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#13] PPE & hazmat consumables replacement and small consumables (replacement respirators, suits, decon supplies).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
[#20, #28] Per-transfer vehicle/escort/insurance and per-trip secure travel budgets (per-event costs are zero in baseline; see scenarios for incident-driven transfers/trips).
Per Deployment Response Cost $0/yr
[#11] Per-event tactical response/deployment cost (transport, overtime, incineration/disposal). Set to 0 in baseline; modeled in incident scenarios.
Contract Incineration Per Disposal $0/yr
[#12] Per-disposal contract incineration costs; baseline annual expectation set to 0, event-driven in scenarios.
Per Transfer Cost $0/yr
[#20] Per-transfer vehicle/escort/insurance cost for moves; baseline 0, event-driven in scenarios.
Travel Per Investigation $0/yr
[#28] Secure travel / provenance follow-up per-trip costs; zero in baseline, episodic in scenarios.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with no emergent SCP-5905-1 instances; routine operations, maintenance, training, and contingency top-up only.
no emergent instances routine maintenance and training
🚨 Minor Incident $1.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Localized emergence or small-scale containment event requiring rapid-response deployment, medical treatment, incineration and limited PR/legal work.
single SCP-5905-1 emergence small urban or site-level response localized incineration/disposal
🚨 Major Breach $4.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Large-scale emergence/breach requiring multi-site or national response (aerial strikes, mass medical response, nationwide cover operations).
large SCP-5905-1 appearance widespread casualties/urban impact strategic force deployment / large-scale incineration
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#9] Additional guard coverage / rotation to enforce 5 m no-food/no-drink perimeter (6 FTE rotation as specified).
Specialist Containment Team (MTF-style) 4 [#10] Rapid-response team maintained and trained for emergent SCP-5905-1 response; recurring training/readiness costs included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 1 [#17, #25] Oversees controlled secondary analyses, liaises with contracted translators and research contractors; research budgets largely contract-based.
Medical Officer 1 [#14] On-call medical staffing and emergency care readiness (staffing/consumables accounted for in recurring medical costs).
Security Systems Technician / Engineer 1 [#3, #6] Maintenance and calibration of HVAC, sensors, and monitoring systems; costs included in facilities_maintenance.
Administrative Staff 1 [#5, #23, #29] Records, chain-of-custody, access control administration and documentation management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are well enumerated with cost ranges, enabling reasonable mid-point estimates. Uncertainty remains in incident frequency and scale (per-event costs and contingency sizing), so overall confidence is medium.
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