SCP-6112 — SCP-6112 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6112 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-6112

Expected annual

$193K

One-time setup

$45K

Annual recurring

$192K

Personnel

One-time startup costs are approximately $44.6k driven by refurbishment, playback/recording hardware, and contingency; recurring annual costs are roughly $182.6k driven primarily by security and archivist staffing, D‑Class logistics, research time, and legal/cover contingency.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $45K

Equipment $13K

[#2, #3, #4, #15] Playback hardware, recording/capture chain, NAS/LTO archival hardware and initial tape/drive procurement, and spare/redundancy hardware purchase.

Facilities $12K

[#1] Dedicated Observational Theatre refurb (room, mounting, soundproofing, secure cabinet) — includes mounting, soundproofing, emergency power cutoff and wipeable surfaces.

Legal Coverup Contingency $10K

[#13] One-time contingency allocation recommended for immediate cover-up/legal/OPSEC actions (recommended minimum reserve).

Chain Of Custody Setup $3K

[#14] Secure tamper-evident logging/database setup and initial audits.

Small Item Insurance $3K

[#22] Reserve for replacement/repair of original media in disaster recovery scenarios.

Emergency Response Protocol $2K

[#17] Protocol development and initial emergency/evac planning costs.

Documentation And Initial Training $1K

[#20] Preservation-copy SOPs, special-handling protocol documentation and initial staff training.

Archival Comparison Materials $300

[#21] Purchase of baseline non-anomalous reference media for comparison and research.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $192K/yr

Staff Wages $70K/yr

[#7, #8] Incremental security staffing for viewings (guards/custodians) and part-time media archivist/curator salary allocation.

Logistics And Transport $50K/yr

[#12] Incremental D‑Class program/session logistics, transport, supervision and medical checks (assumes active use of D‑Class for many sessions).

Research And Monitoring $30K/yr

[#9] Researcher time for viewing, transcription oversight, analysis, memos and related research overhead.

Mental Health Services $12K/yr

[#11] On-call psychiatrist allocation, counseling sessions and follow-up evaluations (contract or staff allocation).

Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr

[#13] Annual legal/OPSEC contingency for leaks, legal cover, or suppression actions.

Incident Response Fund $5K/yr

[#18] Annual fund for forensic analysis, incident investigations and ad hoc forensics.

Misc Administrative Overhead $3K/yr

[#24] Procurement, finance and oversight pro-rated administrative burden.

Classification And Redaction $2K/yr

[#19] Labor/software for redaction of identifying information from credits and internal circulation workflows.

Chain Of Custody Maintenance $2K/yr

[#14] Ongoing maintenance, audits and license fees for secure logging systems.

Emergency Response Drills $2K/yr

[#17] Annual drills, readiness, and small emergency transport budget.

It Security $2K/yr

[#23] Patching, malware protection, audits and IT security measures for capture PC and NAS.

Facilities Maintenance $1K/yr

[#5, #16] Pro-rated HVAC/climate-control allocation for archive preservation and marginal power/energy usage for playback/NAS/room HVAC during viewings.

Transcription And Data Processing $1K/yr

[#10] Cloud transcription, human QA and data-processing for transcripts and timestamps.

Documentation Refresher Training $1K/yr

[#20] Annual refresher training on handling procedures and SOP updates.

Offsite Backup $600/yr

[#4] Annual offsite backup and maintenance costs for archival media (tape rotation or service).

Small Item Insurance Reserve $500/yr

[#22] Ongoing reserve contribution for replacement/insurance of irreplaceable media.

Supplies And Consumables $350/yr

[#5, #6] Consumables for archival preservation (sleeves/trays) and handling supplies (disposable gloves, wipes, labels, single-use trays).

Redundancy Replacements $200/yr

[#15] Occasional replacement of spare capture hardware, cables and drives.

Software Maintenance $100/yr

[#3] Annual software maintenance/subscriptions for capture/archival software.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $192K/yr

94.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with scheduled viewings, routine research, and use of D‑Class per current assumptions; no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $203K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$11K vs baseline

Single significant incident requiring forensic analysis and psychiatric inpatient evaluation for a staff/viewer.

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🚨 Major Incident $258K/yr

1.0% probability / year +$66K vs baseline

Leak, legal exposure, or larger-scale incident requiring extensive legal/OPSEC response, forensic investigation, and cover-up expenditures.

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👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#7] Two security personnel available to supervise viewings/movements (incremental coverage reflected in staff_wages).
Media Archivist / Curator	1	[#8] One archivist/curator position (typically shared 0.5 FTE allocation captured in staff_wages).
Research Scientist	1	[#9] One researcher allocation (0.2–0.5 FTE equivalent reflected in research_and_monitoring budget).

📋 Confidence Notes

Core equipment and staffing costs are well-defined for a Safe-class archival object, but large uncertainty remains around optional choices (D‑Class usage intensity), contingency sizing for legal/OPSEC events, and per-incident forensic/medical costs; ranges drive medium confidence.

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