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SCP-5917 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5917
Expected annual
$7.3M
One-time setup
$39.0M
Annual recurring
$7.2M
Personnel
19
One-time capital and contingency costs are large (≈$39.0M) driven by potential BSL upgrades, cross-dimensional R&D and endowment/reserve funds. Annual operations run roughly $7.18M/year driven by staff wages, ongoing R&D burn, security/ops, specialized care, and monitoring/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $39.0M
Cross Dimensional Rnd $27.5M
[#16] Multi-year R&D capital for cross-dimensional tracking/beacon/retrieval systems (optional/high-risk program) (#16).
Facilities $3.1M
[#1, #6, #9] Structural work: cryogenic chamber installation and site modifications (#1), BSL-3/4 upgrade and certification work (#6), specialized medical/quarantine ward setup (#9).
Long Term Endowment $2.8M
[#25] One-time long-term escrow/endowment to ensure indefinite preservation and maintenance funding (10–30 year horizon) (#25).
Emergency Reserve $2.6M
[#15] Reserved emergency response fund to be held for rapid mobilization, site sealing, mobile containment procurement and major incident response (#15).
Initial Retrieval Mission $1.4M
[#13] One-time covert/kinetic retrieval mission capital (mid-range estimate for a single international extraction from GOI-5917).
Equipment $1.3M
[#3, #4, #5, #11, #17, #20] Hardware and installed systems: reinforced lockbox (#3), robotic/remote manipulators (one-time capital) (#4), cognito-exclusion visors inventory (#5), memetic safety hardware/software components (#11), high-assurance incident documentation/hardware (#17), monitoring/memetic-filtering cameras and sensors (#20).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#10] Lab buildout and pathology/necropsy capacity: sequencers, specialized sample cold-chain and secure sample banks, bioassay instrument setup (#10).
Sop Development $60K
[#19] One-time SOP development and initial training material creation for safe handling, termination policies, and memetic safeguards (#19).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.2M/yr
Cross Dimensional Rnd Burn $2.5M/yr
[#16] Annual R&D burn (personnel, prototyping, test deployments) for cross-dimensional beacon/retrieval research if program pursued (#16).
Staff Wages $2.2M/yr
[#7, #18] Salaries, hazard pay and benefits for dedicated research team (xenobiologists, memetics researchers, linguists, containment engineer, medical officer, technicians, security liaison) and 24/7 guard staffing across two sites (estimated headcount breakdown in personnel section) (#7, #18).
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#8, #10, #11, #17, #22, #23] Experimentation/monitoring budget and reagents/sequencing (#8, #10), memetics safety updates and secure documentation workflows (#11, #17), linguistic documentation/corpus work (#22), and red-team/ethical review board activity (#23).
Specialized Care $300K/yr
[#9] Ongoing long-term care, quarantine housing, xenomedical supplies and prosthetics/palliative care for transformed subjects (#9).
Cover Story And Legal $262K/yr
[#14] Liaison, legal, cover-up, PR and witness compensation budgets for local relations and concealment activities (#14).
Secure Retrieval Ops $250K/yr
[#13] Ongoing surveillance/retrieval operations budget for tracking GOI-5917 and funding smaller-scale recoveries (annualized baseline surveillance allocation) (#13).
Logistics And Transport $175K/yr
[#24] Misc logistical costs: UPS/generator backups, site insurance, permits, transportation of samples/equipment and small contingencies (#24).
Facilities Maintenance $160K/yr
[#6, #20] Ongoing maintenance, certification and HVAC/air-handling upkeep for BSL infrastructure (#6) and maintenance/data storage of monitoring/filtering hardware (#20).
Psychological Support $150K/yr
[#12] Ongoing psychological support, debriefing, cognitive testing and language assimilation monitoring for exposed personnel (#12).
Robotic Maintenance $30K/yr
[#4] Annual maintenance, parts replacement, and telemetry/sensor upkeep for robotic/remote handling systems (#4).
Training And Sop Refresh $30K/yr
[#19] Annual refresher training and SOP updates for staff handling and termination protocols (#19).
Disposal Per Event $25K/yr
[#21] Per-event disposal/incineration and anomalous neutralization costs; budgeted as an expected annual total averaged across likely events (#21).
Supplies And Consumables $21K/yr
[#2, #5] Cryogenic consumables and refrigeration electricity/maintenance (#2) and recurring visor replacements/calibration (#5).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.2M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents: ongoing research, maintenance, security, and surveillance only.
no recovery missions no breaches routine research and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $7.4M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Small containment incident or personnel transformation event requiring extra medical care, overtime, localized repairs and limited disposal.
localized breach medical treatment/overtime limited disposal/repair
🚨 Major Breach $9.7M/yr
1.5% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or transformation cluster requiring mobilization of emergency funds, cross-site transfers, major repairs and public containment actions.
large breach multiple subjects transformed major mobilization and repair
🚨 Recovery Operation $8.8M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.6M vs baseline
Full-scale covert retrieval mission to recover SCP-5917-2 from GOI-5917 including black ops, legal/cover operations and possible kinetic action.
GOI contact located decision to attempt recovery international extraction needed
👥 Personnel 19 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Xenobiologist / Pathologist 2 [#7] Lead biological researchers responsible for pathology and xenobiological study, included in staff wage totals (#7).
Memetics / Cognition Researcher 2 [#7, #11] Memetics specialists for hazard analysis and memetic-safe protocol development; wages included in staff totals (#7) and memetic infrastructure (#11).
Linguist / Field Linguist 2 [#7, #22] Linguists to document induced languages and manage secure corpora; included in recurring linguistic program (#22) and staff wages (#7).
Containment Engineer 1 [#6, #1] Responsible for BSL and cryo containment systems design and maintenance; salary included in staff wages (#7) and facilities upgrade (#6).
Medical Officer / Xenomedical 1 [#9, #10] Medical lead for transformed subjects and pathology support; wages included in staff totals and specialized care (#9).
Security Liaison / Clearance Coordinator 1 [#7, #14] Liaison for operations and legal/cover coordination; included in staff wages and cover-story budgets (#14).
Technician / Lab Technician 2 [#4, #10, #17] Technicians to run robotics, sequencing, and archival systems; included in staff wages (#7) and equipment maintenance (#4, #10, #17).
Security Officer / MTF Agent (guards across two sites) 8 [#18] 24/7 armed/cleared guards (approx. 4 per site) to provide rotations and escalation teams; fully loaded cost included in staff_wages (#18).
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes are detailed and give ranges for nearly every line item, enabling mid-point estimates; however high uncertainty remains around optional cross-dimensional R&D, frequency of retrieval missions, and severity/frequency of breach events, so overall confidence is medium.
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