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SCP-5985 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5985
Expected annual
$4.1M
One-time setup
$6.9M
Annual recurring
$3.9M
Personnel
33
Estimated initial startup (one-time) costs are approximately $6.88M driven by contingency/reserve funds, site hardening, mobile lab, and specialized R&D; recurring annual operations are approximately $3.94M driven mainly by staff wages, long-term research, security, and cover/upkeep costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.9M
Large Incident Contingency $2.0M
[#20] One-time large-incident contingency/hush fund reserved for Firechild-scale events and major cover operations.
Equipment $1.4M
[#3, #4, #5, #9, #11, #12, #15, #23, #24] Mobile laboratory purchase/outfitting (#3 $800k), monitoring package purchase (#4 $150k), initial audio-hazard headsets (#5 $24k), medical/ICU equipment (#9 $200k), generator/UPS (#11 $60k), secure communications initial hardware (#12 $120k), initial decon/hazard equipment (#15 $20k), initial caretakers/artifact upkeep (#23 $10k), and initial data-archival hardware (#24 $50k).
Facilities $1.0M
[#2, #6, #10, #18] Site hardening, perimeter containment, acoustic/soundproof booths, fire-suppression installation, and housing build-out costs (construction, installation, labor in remote terrain).
Containment Breach Reserve $1.0M
[#21] Seed reserve for catastrophic containment/breach rapid-response, equipment replacement, and immediate reconstruction.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $850K
[#13, #22] Specialized instrumentation R&D and initial archaeological/archival push ($750k + $100k).
Site Acquisition And Cover $500K
[#1] Initial site acquisition, legal retainers, cover establishment payments, permits, cultural-consultant buy-in and initial PR templates.
Local Liaison Initial $100K
[#19] Initial diplomatic/liaison payments to local/regional authorities to establish cover and cooperation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.9M/yr
Staff Wages $2.1M/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #23] Security personnel (MTF + local cover), scientific staff salaries (lead, senior researchers, technicians, specialist consults), medical staff recurring costs, and caretakers/cultural-staff recurring payments.
Containment Breach Replenish $500K/yr
[#21] Annual recommended replenishment of the containment/breach contingency reserve.
Cover Story And Legal $450K/yr
[#19, #20] Recurring liaison/diplomatic payments (#19 $200k/yr) and routine amnestic/cover-up operations (#20 $250k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $415K/yr
[#4, #12, #16, #17, #22, #24] Monitoring/sensor maintenance (#4 $20k/yr), communications & IT recurring costs (#12 $25k/yr), psychological care & resilience services (#16 $50k/yr), annual training and drills (#17 $60k/yr), long-term scientific program recurring funding (#22 $250k/yr), and archival maintenance (#24 $10k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $240K/yr
[#10, #18, #25] Emergency helicopter standby/flight-hours (#10 $40k/yr), on-site lodging/food/transport and road maintenance (#18 $150k/yr), and miscellaneous local operational vehicle/fuel and translator costs (#25 $50k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $146K/yr
[#5, #14, #15] Headset replacements/consumables (#5 $6k/yr), experimental consumables and pharmaceuticals (#14 $100k/yr), and hazardous waste disposal / decon consumables (#15 $40k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $110K/yr
[#10, #11] Generator fuel/maintenance and fire-suppression system maintenance & drills.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.9M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, research, staff, and cover activities continue.
no_incident routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $4.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized event (small fire, equipment damage, minor witness exposure) requiring extra repairs, targeted amnestics, and limited operational overtime.
localized_fire_or_damage limited_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $6.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant containment incident (explosion/burn event, hospital-level incident) requiring large-scale cover operations, reconstruction, mass amnestics, and deployment of contingency funds.
large_explosion mass_casualties widespread_media_coverage
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $9.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Catastrophic event requiring full-scale international response, reserve depletion, extended reconstruction, legal defense, and multi-year remediation.
critical_point_liquefaction national_security_response international_legal_action
👥 Personnel 33 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#7] Twelve Foundation-grade MTF operatives to maintain 24/7 security shifts.
Local cover operative / Cultural Preservation staff 6 [#7, #19] Six local hires to maintain cover, liaison duties, and day-to-day presence.
Research Scientist (Lead - L4) 1 [#8] Primary lead researcher (Dr. Vidyarthi-equivalent) with Level 4 clearance.
Research Scientist (Senior / Level 3) 2 [#8] Senior researchers to run experiments and backups for lead.
Technician / Lab Tech 3 [#8] Technicians for instrument operation, sample handling, and mobile-lab upkeep.
Specialist Consultant (neurology/memetics/audio-acoustics) 1 [#8] On-call specialist support (consultant-level) included in research budget.
Medical Officer / Medics 3 [#9] Site medics/nurse practitioners to run ICU readiness and immediate casualty care.
Caretakers / Cultural staff 4 [#23] Staff maintaining monks, cultural practices, and artifacts to preserve cover and stability.
Administrative Staff / Site Director 1 [#1, #19] Small administrative presence to manage procurement, local contracts, and legal/cover coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and reasonable point estimates, so top-level cost ranges are moderately well-defined; however SCP-5985's anomalous, memetic, and explosive behaviors introduce high tail-risk for containment failures and large one-time expenditures, reducing overall confidence.
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