SCP-6013 — SCP-6013 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6013 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-6013

Expected annual

$3.1M

One-time setup

$3.9M

Annual recurring

$3.1M

Personnel

First-year setup is dominated by a secure memetics containment wing, initial R&D and legal/contingency reserves; total one-time setup is estimated at $3,860,000 with recurring annual operations driven by staff, moderation/legal/PR and research totaling $3,055,000 per year (see [#21] for analyst summary).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.9M

Facilities $1.5M

[#1] Modest retrofit of an existing site for a dedicated memetics containment wing (two labs, two soft-rooms, anteroom, secure records vault).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K

[#8] Research & development budget for experimental cognitive-treatment / amnestic research and lab instrumentation.

Legal Litigation Reserve $500K

[#6] One-time reserve for potential major litigation or settlement costs (mid-range contingency for litigation).

Contingency Initial Reserve $500K

[#19] Initial contingency/reserve fund to allow rapid scale-up in the event of leaks or mass-exposure.

Content Monitoring Development $275K

[#5] One-time development/build of automated crawlers, scrapers, detection pipelines and tooling for takedown program.

Equipment $150K

[#2] Hardened air-gapped servers, physical media vaults and offline archival hardware (mid-range estimate).

Redaction Batch $115K

[#12] One-time bulk redaction and sanitization of archived copies to produce research-safe versions.

Training Dev $95K

[#10] One-time SOP development and initial training program creation for recognition, redaction and safe-handling.

Platform Integration $85K

[#17] One-time integration costs for content filters, age-gating, and search-index suppression tooling on cooperating platforms.

Transport Vehicle $40K

[#18] Purchase of secure courier/transport vehicle and chain-of-custody equipment.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1M/yr

Staff Wages $1.1M/yr

[#3] Core personnel salaries and benefits (2 memetics researchers, 2 clinicians, 1 lab tech, 1 memetic safety officer + benefits/hazard pay).

Research And Monitoring $400K/yr

[#15] Ongoing experimental work, subject recruitment, stipends, lab supplies and programmatic research budget.

Security And Cyber $325K/yr

[#4] 24/7 physical security staffing and dedicated cybersecurity personnel to enforce access controls and prevent leaks.

Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr

[#6] Legal retainer and rapid takedown/coordination costs for platform providers and DMCA-style actions.

Emergency Medical Fund $200K/yr

[#7] Budget for hospitalization, crisis stabilization, inpatient/outpatient psychiatric care and immediate safety measures for exposed persons.

Content Moderation Ops $150K/yr

[#5] Recurring cloud/API costs, automated crawling, and contracted moderators/manual review for takedown operations.

Pr And Communications $150K/yr

[#13] PR firm retainer and incident response for rumor control and media liaison.

Amnestic Administration $100K/yr

[#8] Per-treatment/administration recurring costs if experimental cognitive treatments are used.

Contingency Replenish $100K/yr

[#19] Annual replenishment allowance for the contingency reserve as incidents draw on funds.

Insurance $80K/yr

[#14] Professional liability, media-harm and catastrophic-event insurance premiums.

Psychological Support $40K/yr

[#9] Mandatory counseling, debriefs, staff rotation, and burnout mitigation programs.

Outreach And Community Monitoring $40K/yr

[#11] Contracts with community moderators, translators and forum admins for monitoring RP/fan communities and translations.

Forensic Monitoring $40K/yr

[#16] Logging, penetration testing, red-team exercises and compliance audits.

Logistics And Transport $25K/yr

[#18] Recurring secure courier operations and vehicle operating costs for transport of media and subjects.

It Storage Maintenance $25K/yr

[#2] Ongoing maintenance, cold-storage costs and secure backup rotation for air-gapped servers and media vaults.

Training Recurring $25K/yr

[#10] Recurring refresher training, table-top exercises and SOP refreshers.

Archival Compliance $25K/yr

[#20] Long-term archival integrity checks, migration and access-controlled retention compliance costs.

Redaction Ops $20K/yr

[#12] Ongoing manual redaction, verification, and re-hosting of sanitized content.

Platform Maintenance $10K/yr

[#17] Maintenance of platform filters, overlays and integration points.

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1M/yr

89.5% probability / year

Normal operations year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, research and containment activities.

routine_operations no_major_leaks

🚨 Minor Incident $3.3M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Localized viral spread or a small cluster of exposures requiring extra moderation, medical response and PR/legal activity.

localized_viral_spread small_batch_exposures

🚨 Major Breach $4.3M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline

Widespread dissemination requiring large-scale medical response, mass redaction efforts, major legal actions and contingency fund drawdown.

platform_level_leak mass_exposure

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $8.6M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$5.5M vs baseline

Global viral spread or coordinated release causing mass casualties/litigation, emergency-scale response, and multi-million-dollar settlements.

global_viral_spread major_litigation mass_exposure

👥 Personnel 6 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Memetics Researcher	2	[#3] Two memetics researchers to lead analysis and interpretation (included in staff_wages).
Clinical Psychologist / Psychiatrist	2	[#3] Two clinicians for treatment and exposure management (included in staff_wages).
Laboratory Technician	1	[#3] One lab tech for operational support and sample/media handling (included in staff_wages).
Memetic Safety Officer	1	[#3] One dedicated safety officer overseeing memetic protocols and redaction verification (included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing a reasoned budget, but the inherently memetic/viral nature of SCP-6013 and optional high-cost items (amnestic R&D, major litigation, large-scale breaches) create moderate uncertainty in both one-time and recurring estimates.

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