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SCP-5995 PENDING ? low confidence
SCP-5995
Expected annual
$8.0M
One-time setup
$24.3M
Annual recurring
$7.6M
Personnel
23
One-time capital expenditures approximate $24.3M driven primarily by containment construction, R&D (EVE/hume development), contingency reserves and sensor/equipment purchases. Recurring annual costs are roughly $7.64M/year driven by staffing (MTF and research), ongoing SIGINT/telemetry and cover-story/legal/support operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $24.3M
Facilities $9.9M
[#4, #8, #10, #19] Containment vault construction and hardened site work (note #8), autopsy suite upgrades (note #4), power redundancy installation (note #10), decontamination/setup infrastructure (note #19).
Insurance Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#20] Insurance / contingency / evacuation reserves (note #20).
Equipment $3.2M
[#6, #9, #11, #15, #18] Field sensor deployment and hardware (note #6), specialty containment hardware/robotics (note #9), communications/hardened networking setup (note #11), vehicle/aircraft purchase or fleet upgrades (note #15), hardened evidence containers (note #18).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0M
[#5] EVE/hume detector development and initial R&D instrumentation buildout (note #5).
Containment Research Contingency One Time $2.0M
[#25] High-cost discretionary R&D reserve for exotic containment research scaling (note #25).
Initial Mtf Activation $900K
[#1] Rapid-response MTF activation and deployment costs for an initial 4-8 week manhunt (note #1).
Intelligence Initial $200K
[#21] Initial intelligence and deep-background investigation startup costs (note #21).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.6M/yr
Staff Wages $2.7M/yr
[#2, #3] Standing MTF & security staffing (note #2) and lead scientific team salaries and benefits (note #3).
Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #9, #11, #21, #22, #23] Ongoing EVE/device maintenance and refinement (note #5), sensor telemetry/maintenance (note #6), satellite/SIGINT/commercial data feeds (note #7), specialty hardware upkeep (note #9), hosting/data archival and secure logging costs (note #11), ongoing intelligence contracts (note #21), red-team audits and documentation (note #22), public-health/epidemiological monitoring coordination (note #23).
Logistics And Transport $800K/yr
[#1, #15] Ongoing travel budgets, vehicle fleets, mission logistics and potential aircraft/leasing costs for global reach (notes #1 and #15).
Cover Story And Legal $800K/yr
[#12, #13] Legal liaison, MOUs, warrants, diplomatic costs (note #12) and public cover-up/media operations and witness compensation (note #13).
Supplies And Consumables $385K/yr
[#4, #18, #19, #24] Forensic reagents and sample storage operating costs (note #4), evidence storage/handling (note #18), waste disposal and decontamination consumables (note #19), sensor/spare consumables and calibration materials (note #24).
Training And Exercises $350K/yr
[#16] Regular training, simulations, and emergency drills for MTF and scientists (note #16).
Poi Surveillance $300K/yr
[#14] Long-term physical and electronic surveillance of prioritized persons of interest (note #14).
Research Contingency Annual $300K/yr
[#25] Annual discretionary R&D reserve for follow-up containment/research scaling if required (note #25).
Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr
[#8, #10] Ongoing containment site maintenance, HVAC/filtration, generator maintenance and power/fuel O&M (notes #8 and #10).
Medical Support $250K/yr
[#17] On-call trauma care, medevac contracts, mental health services and occupational health (note #17).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.6M/yr
93.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; ongoing operations continue at planned staffing, R&D, monitoring, and cover-story levels.
no breach steady research progress routine surveillance
🚨 Minor Incident $8.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized incident requiring short-term emergency response: rapid additional MTF deployments, targeted surge in surveillance, temporary increase in SIGINT/imagery and public cover operations.
localized sighting / engagement temporary POI escalation small-scale public exposure
🚨 Major Breach $22.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Major containment crisis or large-scale exposure requiring full contingency funds: large-scale evacuation/repair, extended MTF operations, heavy R&D surge and insurance payouts.
containment breach widespread public exposure infrastructure damage
👥 Personnel 23 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#2] Dedicated standing response force (12–24 personnel) per note #2; midpoint chosen at 12 for permanent staffing assumptions.
Research Scientist 4 [#3] Lead scientific team (4–6 senior researchers) as per note #3.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#8, #10] Facility and power systems maintenance staff to support containment site and redundancy (notes #8 and #10).
Medical Officer 1 [#17] On-call trauma/medical support (note #17).
Administrative Staff 2 [#12, #13] Administrative and liaison staff for legal, interagency coordination and cover-story operations (notes #12 and #13).
Research Assistant / Lab Tech 1 [#4, #5] Lab tech support for forensic/autopsy operations and EVE/hume R&D (notes #4 and #5).
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#2, #3] Site-level leadership / program management to coordinate MTF, research and containment planning.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence because SCP-5995 is unlocated, effects and frequency are poorly constrained, and many costs depend on unknown future behavior (mobility, scale, required exotic countermeasures). Ranges from analyst notes were used to produce midline figures.
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