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SCP-6099 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6099
Expected annual
$12.3M
One-time setup
$27.8M
Annual recurring
$12.0M
Personnel
52
Initial capital/setup is sizable (~$27.8M one-time) driven by specialized containment, SRAs, power and lab infrastructure; annual operating costs are substantial (~$12.0M/yr) driven by staff wages, SRA/power maintenance, biosafety operations, and contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $27.8M
Equipment $10.4M
[#2, #3, #8, #9, #23, #27] SRA hardware and spare coils, UPS/gensets and power equipment, high-resolution recording rigs, initial secure data hardware, PPE sets and health-physics instrumentation.
Facilities $10.3M
[#1, #5, #6, #28] Dedicated containment chamber, HVAC/build integration, on-site BSL-3 buildout (recommended minimum) and vault/collection storage build.
Insurance Contingency Reserve $3.0M
[#24] Insurance-style contingency reserve to cover catastrophic temporal incidents and large-scale liabilities.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.8M
[#7, #13, #16, #17] Sample handling and conservation suite, memetics production infrastructure, initial calibration/QC setup, and initial sourcing/setup for thaumaturgical supplies.
Incident Response Reserve $500K
[#20] One-time reserve and equipment for emergency rapid-response and temporary quarantine infrastructure.
Clearance Investigations $500K
[#25] Initial personnel background/clearance investigations for operational staff (example: ~50 staff).
Legal Fabrication Program $200K
[#18] Initial fabrication and cover-story program setup and false-archive creation infrastructure.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.0M/yr
Staff Wages $4.5M/yr
[#10, #11, #12, #26] Research team salaries, technical/operators, on-site security contingent, and archive/curation editorial staff.
Contingency Reserve $2.0M/yr
[#30] Recommended 20% reserve of annual operating budget to cover unforeseeable temporal-unique expenses and retrofit needs.
Facilities Maintenance $1.8M/yr
[#2, #3, #5, #6, #9, #8] SRA maintenance & spare parts, power/fuel & genset maintenance, HVAC/environmental control ops, biosafety operations, ongoing secure storage/IT operations, and recording system maintenance.
Research And Monitoring $1.3M/yr
[#4, #16, #21, #27, #28] Energy consumption for continuous SRA/chamber operation, calibration/testing & QA program, field anomaly investigation teams, health-physics/radiological monitoring operations, and long-term preservation curation operations.
Cover Story And Legal $750K/yr
[#18, #19] Ongoing legal cover, fabrication/upkeep of false records and public-relations/denial/counter-intelligence operations.
Memetics Program $500K/yr
[#13] Production, storage and deployment resources for memetic countermeasures and amnestic production/R&D (recurring component).
Supplies And Consumables $320K/yr
[#7, #17, #23] Sample consumables, thaumaturgical/ritual consumables, and PPE replacement/consumables.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#22] Secure artifact transfer, armored courier runs and logistics supporting sample movement.
Amnestic Administration $200K/yr
[#14] Medical time, disposables and recovery for amnestic administrations (modeled at ~100 administrations/yr).
Psychological Care $150K/yr
[#15] Ongoing psychological screening and long-term mental health care for exposed personnel.
Incident Response Operations $125K/yr
[#20] Training, upkeep and operational costs for rapid-response/containment teams.
Training And Compliance $100K/yr
[#29] Regular drills, audits, and regulatory compliance activities.
Clearance Monitoring $100K/yr
[#25] Ongoing personnel counterintelligence and monitoring for cleared staff.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.0M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine use, maintenance, and no major incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $12.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure or limited memetic exposure requiring repairs, extra amnestic administrations, and short-term PR/legal effort.
localized_equipment_failure limited_memetic_event personnel_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $17.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Containment breach or equipment catastrophe requiring large repairs, mass amnestic operations, replacement SRAs or chamber repairs.
containment_breach equipment_destruction mass_amnestic_use
🚨 Political Exposure $20.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Public leak or political/legal exposure that triggers intensive cover operations, litigation, and large-scale amnestic/PR actions.
public_leak media_exposure legal_action
👥 Personnel 52 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 16 [#10] Principal investigators, physicists, temporal anomaly specialists, historians/archaeologists, conservators, thaumaturgy specialists.
Engineer / Maintenance 12 [#11] SRA & chamber operators, cryogenics techs, mechanical/electrical engineers, IT/sysadmins.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 20 [#12] On-site armed guards and internal response team for physical security and containment support.
Archive / Editorial Staff 4 [#26] Archive curation, metadata and editorial staff producing declassified/altered test files and fabricated records.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates combine concrete engineering costs with speculative, fictional technologies (SRAs, thaumaturgical components) and wide ranges in analyst notes; moderate confidence due to well-specified operational categories but large uncertainty in specialized hardware and incident frequency.
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