SCP-5914 — SCP-5914 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5914 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-5914

Expected annual

$1.3M

One-time setup

$3.8M

Annual recurring

$1.2M

Personnel

Initial one-time containment, contingency and relocation reserves dominate capital costs (~$3.76M). Annual operations are staff-heavy (security + specialized researchers) plus site overhead and medical/technical support, totaling roughly $1.24M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.8M

Major Relocation Contingency $2.5M

[#18] Contingency reserve for major containment upgrade or relocation (reinforced wing/remote site construction).

Insurance And Incident Escrow $625K

[#19] Reserve for litigation, large-scale mitigation and escrow for incident response.

Facilities $180K

[#1, #5] Containment-room retrofit and HVAC/environment control upgrades (airlocks, insect-proofing, HEPA, backup HVAC).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K

[#20] Initial research equipment and lab buildout for behavioral/cognitive studies (EEG/fMRI liaison equipment, lab prep).

Equipment $115K

[#2, #3, #4, #21] Ten custom insectoid enclosures, CCTV/IR camera hardware & monitors, remote feeders/robotic delivery hardware, data/analysis software one-time procurement.

Legal Cover Initial $100K

[#16] Initial legal/cover-story contingency fund and liaison setup.

Breach Response Kit $60K

[#14] Portable breach containment and response kit (nets, drone launchers, traps, transport crates).

Crs Program Setup $25K

[#9] Development/validation of Cognitive Resistance Score testing program and initial test instrument development.

Signage And Sop Materials One Time $3K

[#26] Initial signage, labeling and laminated SOP quick-cards / cognitive-mitigation materials.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr

Staff Wages $600K/yr

[#6, #7] Security staffing (6 guards, round-the-clock) and 2 full-time CRS-qualified research/containment staff (salaries+benefits).

Research And Monitoring $206K/yr

[#20, #21] Ongoing research program (behavioral/cognitive studies) and software/monitoring maintenance.

Cover Story And Legal $125K/yr

[#16] Annual legal/cover story/liaison contingency and PR/legal coordination budget.

Site Overhead Allocation $125K/yr

[#22] Allocated Site-141 overhead: utilities, admin share, clearance maintenance.

Medical Support $60K/yr

[#13] On-call medical support, allergy monitoring, wound care and psychological support; includes potential antivenom research contingency (operational level).

Hazard Pay And Shift Coverage $25K/yr

[#8] Hazard pay/overtime and shift coverage for three-person feeding/observer protocol.

Training Sops And Drills $25K/yr

[#10] Regular training, SOP maintenance, breach simulations and cross-training.

Supplies And Consumables $16K/yr

[#11, #12, #24, #27, #26] Live feedstock, PPE, waste handling/cleaning, small consumable tooling & parts, periodic signage updates.

Psychological Counseling $12K/yr

[#23] Ongoing counseling and debrief services for staff affected by cognitive effects.

Logistics And Transport $10K/yr

[#17] Secure transport & specialized transfer operations (assumed occasional moves/escorts).

Crs Testing Administration $10K/yr

[#9] Per-test administration and annual retesting costs for CRS program.

Facilities Maintenance $7K/yr

[#5, #14] HVAC energy & maintenance and maintenance/replacement for breach/containment kit components.

Offsite Encrypted Backups $6K/yr

[#15] Off-site encrypted backups & secure data infrastructure for video and records.

Breeding And Population Control $6K/yr

[#25] Captive-breeding program and population control costs.

Camera Storage $4K/yr

[#3] Recurring storage/IT costs for CCTV/recordings (encrypted, redundant storage).

Robotic Maintenance $3K/yr

[#4] Maintenance/parts for remote feeding/robotic delivery systems.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal year with steady operations, no major incidents or relocations.

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🚨 Minor Incident $1.3M/yr

9.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline

Localized containment incident requiring overtime, repairs, increased medical and temporary legal/PR work.

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🚨 Major Breach $4.5M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$3.2M vs baseline

Significant containment breach or public exposure triggering relocation, large mitigation, legal/PR and insurance draws.

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👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#6] Six guards for 24/7 interlocked access control (estimate matches security salary allocation).
Research Scientist	2	[#7] Two full-time CRS-qualified research/containment staff (salaries included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide line-item ranges for most categories so mid-range estimates were used; large uncertainties remain in major relocation/insurance items and in staffing model choices, so confidence is medium.

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