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SCP-6042 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-6042
Expected annual
$4.6M
One-time setup
$3.0M
Annual recurring
$4.3M
Personnel
28
Estimated one-time setup of $3,040,000 and recurring baseline costs of $4,344,500/year. Major drivers are ongoing staff wages (operators, security teams, clinicians, legal/research/admin) and reserves for cover-ups, litigation, and research.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.0M
Facilities $1.5M
[#3, #5, #7, #21, #23, #25] Construction/remodeling of designated intake rooms, facility door retrofits, psych observation rooms, small evidence/storage setup, forensic/autopsy suite and a seeded site-evacuation contingency reserve.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#13, #14] Research program lab buildout and setup plus early-stage prophylactics R&D seed funding.
Equipment $325K
[#1, #4, #6, #16, #17, #19] Hardened/secure VoIP servers & logging, portable sacrificial-door kits, CCTV/POE cameras & sensors, initial sedative stock, dedicated transport vehicle, and secure DB hardware.
Training Development $50K
[#15] Development of mandatory Hotline/containment training modules and program materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.3M/yr
Staff Wages $2.5M/yr
[#1, #2, #7, #8, #12, #13, #26] Aggregated fully-burdened salaries: Hotline operators, rapid-response guards, clinical psychologists, medics, legal counsel/investigations staff, core research staff, and regional program/admin FTEs.
Cover Story And Legal $950K/yr
[#11, #22, #24, #20] Annual cover-up reserve, crisis PR/liaison retainer, litigation reserve contributions, and ethics/oversight advisory costs (legal counsel salaries are in staff_wages).
Personnel Replacement $450K/yr
[#9] Recruitment, background checks, onboarding and cross-training budget to maintain float pool of replacements.
Research And Monitoring $150K/yr
[#13, #19] Ongoing research staffing/consumables and monitoring/analytics (separate from one-time lab setup).
Training Delivery $125K/yr
[#15] Annual delivery costs for mandatory awareness training (~$50–$200 per employee scale example used).
Facilities Maintenance $67K/yr
[#1, #6, #19, #21, #5] Ongoing maintenance for intake rooms/retrofits, CCTV upkeep, secure DB hosting ops, small storage custody operations and minor facility repairs.
Logistics And Transport $65K/yr
[#17, #18] Vehicle maintenance/fuel and contingency transport/surge logistics for chaining events.
Rapid Response Teams $25K/yr
[#2] Non-wage recurring costs for rapid-response door teams (equipment/training refreshes); primary guard salaries are in staff_wages.
Supplies And Consumables $18K/yr
[#8, #16, #21] Medical consumables and emergency meds/sedative replenishment, plus small custody consumables.
Termination Remains Per Event $0/yr
[#10] Per-event termination/remains-disposal costs ~$5k–$15k; treated as per-incident expense, not included in baseline recurring.
Prophylactics Per Treatment $0/yr
[#14] Per-patient prophylactic kit costs (~$200 each); recurring spend depends on uptake and is treated as per-use expense.
Chain Incident Surge $0/yr
[#18] Per-chain-event surge/overtime ~$5k–$20k; not included in baseline recurring.
Secure Db Maintenance $0/yr
[#19] Ongoing maintenance for secure incident DB (maintenance captured under facilities_maintenance for baseline).
Ethics Board $0/yr
[#20] Ethics board staffing/advisory costs are included under cover_story_and_legal baseline; administrative costs captured elsewhere.
Storage Ops $0/yr
[#21] Small annual ops ($2k/yr) for evidence/personal-effects custody are included in facilities_maintenance baseline.
Forensic Per Autopsy $0/yr
[#23] Per-autopsy variable cost ~$2k–$6k; treated as per-incident and excluded from baseline recurring.
Litigation Reserve $0/yr
[#24] Reserve funding is included in cover_story_and_legal baseline figure.
Admin Overhead $0/yr
[#26] Administrative FTE wages are included in staff_wages; additional overhead is minimal and folded into other line items.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.3M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with no large chain events; only baseline staffing, maintenance, research and reserve contributions.
no_incident_or_only_minimal_events routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $4.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$74K vs baseline
Single localized incident requiring per-incident cover-up, one termination/remains disposal, PR work and modest overtime.
single_public_exposure one_termination_or_autopsy small_coverup_and_PR_response
🚨 Major Chain Event $6.8M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Multi-person chain reaction at site requiring evacuation, large replacements, extended research surge and substantial cover/litigation handling.
rapid_chain_of_affections site_evacuations large_replacement_and_cover_operations
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $11.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$7.0M vs baseline
Severe cascade or exposure resulting in long-term site closure, major litigation and multi-year relocation/recovery.
widespread_chain_cascade public_exposure_or_litigation long_term_site_closure
👥 Personnel 28 total
Role Count Notes
Hotline Operator 6 [#1] 2 operators per shift × 3 shifts = 6 FTEs staffed for Hotline-6042.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#2] 3 teams of 3 guards for rapid-response door teams (per mid-size site).
Research Scientist 4 [#13] Research program staff supporting experiments and mitigations (portion of recurring research staffing).
Clinical Psychologist / Psychiatrist 2 [#7] On-call clinical psych staff for immediate evaluation and short-term observation.
Medical Officer / Paramedic 2 [#8] EMS-capable medics to handle collapse/expiration events and urgent medical response.
Legal Counsel / Investigator 2 [#12] Regional legal counsel and investigations staff to manage internal inquiries and policy; combined to match budgeted fully-burdened cost.
Program Administrator / Manager 3 [#26] Administrative and program management staff (regional coordinators, auditors, training admin).
📋 Confidence Notes
SCP-6042's anomalous and partially-understood trigger pattern, possible chain effects and dependence on incident frequency produce large uncertainty. Analyst notes provide ranges and per-incident costs, requiring assumptions about incident rates and program scale; therefore overall cost confidence is low.
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