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SCP-5913 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5913
Expected annual
$1.7M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$1.7M
Personnel
11
Estimated one-time capital and setup costs total approximately $1,417,500 driven by containment build-out, instrumentation and a sizable contingency reserve; recurring annual costs are approximately $1,676,750 driven primarily by staff wages, ongoing research/monitoring, amnestic supplies and legal/cover-up expenditure.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Contingency Reserve One Time $500K
[#25] Initial contingency reserve to fund emergency escalation (construction, large MTF mobilization, civil mitigation).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $275K
[#5, #13] High-precision timing/time-dilation instrumentation and specialized lab equipment for signal/entropy analysis (research instrumentation and lab buildout).
Time Measurement Instrumentation $188K
[#5] Precision clocks, GPS-disciplined oscillators, high-speed cameras/frame-grabbers, DAQ and calibration for time-dilation measurement.
Facilities $115K
[#1, #24] Secure humanoid containment cell build-out (SCP-5913-B) and smaller site modifications/signage/permits.
Vehicles And Upfits $100K
[#11] Two climate-controlled vehicles purchase and upfits (secure storage modifications, cages, DSC/GPS).
Field Amnestic One Time $70K
[#8] One-time purchase of mobile amnestic kits, rapid-deployment comms, portable containment and initial training for Field Amnesticization Team.
Equipment $52K
[#2, #3] Specialized arthropod enclosures (three units) and 24/7 audio/video capture hardware.
Backup Power One Time $48K
[#14] UPS for cameras/recorders and small backup generator with automatic switchover; initial installation and fuel storage infrastructure.
Secure It One Time $40K
[#21] Hardened servers and initial physical/logical access-control setup, logging infrastructure and initial security hardening.
Audio Video Systems $32K
[#3] Cameras, directional microphones, redundant recorders, local RAID/UPS for continuous capture.
Arthropod Enclosures $20K
[#2] Escape-proof vivaria (three units) — listed here as a dedicated equipment sub-item (total for three).
Non Lethal Capture Kit One Time $20K
[#10] Custom nets, soft-capture boxes, glue-free insect containment tools, portable environmental transport cases (initial purchase).
Medical Baseline Testing $10K
[#15] Baseline medical scans/testing for staff exposure prior to operations (one-time baseline testing).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.7M/yr
Staff Wages $895K/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #22] Salaries (incl. benefits & hazard pay) for containment technicians, entomologist/biologist, assigned researcher, security guards, on-call Field Amnestic team and staffing redundancy overhead.
Research And Monitoring $350K/yr
[#4, #12, #15, #21, #23] Long-term secure storage/archival, research program budget (experiments/consumables/personnel time), medical monitoring/occupational health, secure IT maintenance and archive transcription/linguistic analysis.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#17] Legal/cover-up, witness relocation/compensation, counsel and rapid civil mitigation when public interactions occur.
Supplies And Consumables $97K/yr
[#9, #10, #19] Amnestic pharmaceuticals & supplies, recurring non-lethal kit replenishment, feeding/husbandry consumables and PPE.
Containment Drills And Mtf Readiness $88K/yr
[#18] Regular containment/MTF drills, readiness exercises, spare equipment caches and simulation materials.
Contingency Reserve Replenishment $50K/yr
[#25] Annual replenishment allowance for the contingency reserve (maintain reserve capacity over time).
Psychological Services $16K/yr
[#16] Trauma counseling, EAP services and resilience training for staff.
Logistics And Transport $14K/yr
[#11] Vehicle fuel, maintenance and insurance for two climate-controlled vehicles.
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#14, #24] Backup generator/UPS fuel and maintenance plus minor site administrative maintenance and permits.
Biohazard Disposal $7K/yr
[#20] Autoclave use, chemical sterilants and regulated disposal of biological/medical waste.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.7M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, research activity and no major incidents.
no breaches routine research cycles scheduled maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or equipment failure requiring limited MTF response, extra amnestics and repairs.
localized breach witness exposure critical equipment failure
🚨 Major Breach $2.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring large MTF mobilization, emergency construction and major legal/cover operations.
multiple-entity breach significant civilian exposure long-term equipment failure
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $2.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Scientific breakthrough or evidence of expanded anomaly effects requiring rapid scale-up of instrumentation, staff and containment capacity.
unexpected anomaly escalation research results demanding new instrumentation expanded monitoring needs
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician / Husbandry 2 [#6] Two full-time containment technicians for daily husbandry, cleaning and monitoring.
Entomologist / Biologist 1 [#6] One specialist for sapient arthropod care, behavior and husbandry.
Research Scientist 1 [#6, #12] One assigned researcher/physicist for time-dilation study and research program involvement.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#7] 2–4 guards assigned on rotation; mid-range staffing assumed for non-lethal trained coverage.
Field Amnestic Operative / Agent 3 [#8] 3–4 operatives maintained on-call for witness management and field amnesticization.
Administrative Staff / Coordinator 1 [#24, #22] Administrative oversight for logistics, documentation, scheduling and redundancy coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item ranges allowing midpoint-based estimates, but SCP anomalous behavior and contingency sizing introduce uncertainty; many recurring items (personnel, legal/cover) vary with incident frequency, so confidence is medium.
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