SCP-6114 — SCP-6114 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6114 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-6114

Expected annual

$12.8M

One-time setup

$34.1M

Annual recurring

$12.6M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup is substantial (~$34.1M) driven primarily by contingency/endowment seed, vaults and program seed; recurring annual costs are ~ $12.545M/yr driven by artifact acquisition, staff wages, and ongoing diplomatic/contingency reserves.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $34.1M

Program Endowment Seed $20.0M

[#30] Strategic program seed/endowment to fund long-term program continuity, insurance and replacement staffing.

Contingency Reserve $10.0M

[#23] Minimum recommended emergency/catastrophic response reserve for large-scale blowback and relocation.

Artifact Vaults $1.2M

[#2] Climate-controlled museum-grade vaults, racks, inert-gas suppression and access controls, initial cataloguing and installation.

Facilities $500K

[#1] Construction/modification of an underground reinforced ritual chamber (blast corridor, decon airlock, HVAC isolation, Faraday shielding, soundproofing).

Mtf Specialized Gear $500K

[#7] One-time purchase of specialized MTF gear, heavy-duty restraints, nonstandard tech and memetic-safety hardware.

Physical Containment Materials $400K

[#14] Reinforced restraints, anchoring systems, reinforced flooring/walls and bespoke physical containment hardware.

Transportation Vehicles $400K

[#24] Armored/airtight vehicles for artifact/instance transport and secure transit hardware.

Secure Comms $300K

[#11] Air-gapped servers, secure physical records systems and one-time secure-communications hardware and redaction tooling.

Non Lethal R And D $200K

[#15] Initial R&D investment into non-lethal control tech, memetic/neurological dampeners and delivery systems.

Decoy Archival $200K

[#25] Creation of decoy archives, false provenance documents and initial fabrication of records to support cover stories.

Surveillance Systems $150K

[#12] High-fidelity cameras, directional microphones and tamper-resistant forensic logging hardware installation.

Medical Equipment $125K

[#20] One-time purchase of trauma/containment medical and veterinary crossover equipment and triage gear.

Backup Power $75K

[#13] UPS and diesel generator purchase and installation sized for chamber life-support and critical systems.

Equipment $0

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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.6M/yr

Artifact Acquisition Operations $5.0M/yr

[#3] Programmatic budget for worldwide artifact acquisition, field operations, MTF deployments, expert contractors, legal cover and payments.

Staff Wages $3.0M/yr

[#6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #20] Salaries/benefits for onsite security guards, MTF on-call compensation, dedicated research staff, religious/cultural liaisons, psychological services and medical staffing.

International Diplomacy $1.0M/yr

[#17] Clandestine payments, diplomatic maneuvers and relocation assistance to governments or religious authorities as needed.

Disaster Remediation Reserve $1.0M/yr

[#29] Annual replenishment allocation toward a reserve used for public remediation, diplomatic payments and reconstruction in case of exposure events.

Cover Story And Legal $640K/yr

[#16, #22, #25] Annual costs for legal coverups, fabricated projects, PR, FOIA handling and maintenance of decoy archives.

Research And Monitoring $460K/yr

[#19, #21] Ongoing physical and memetic research budgets and long-term monitoring/cryptographic key management for SCP-6114 data.

Logistics And Transport $300K/yr

[#24] Routine transport charters, vehicle maintenance and domestic logistics for artifact movement.

Instance Housing $300K/yr

[#28] Ongoing housing, care and legal liaison costs for sapient SCP-6114-1 instances (baseline assumes one instance).

Cultural Restitution $250K/yr

[#27] Funds for restitution, community programs and discreet cultural relations.

Facilities Maintenance $190K/yr

[#2, #13] Vault and chamber maintenance, HVAC, decon systems, and generator fuel/maintenance allocations.

Secure Comms Upkeep $150K/yr

[#11] Annual upkeep, patches, key rotation and secure storage costs for communications systems.

Supplies And Consumables $105K/yr

[#4, #5, #12, #15] Annual consumables including bovine blood procurement, biohazard disposal/autoclave contracts, archival storage costs and non-lethal chemical supplies/testing.

Training Drills $100K/yr

[#18] Recurring safety drills, certifications and simulation costs for containment and ritual misfires.

Personnel Vetting $100K/yr

[#26] Continuous background checks, monitoring, polygraphing and insider-threat mitigation.

Biohazard Disposal $15K/yr

[#5] Contract hazardous waste hauling, autoclave use and compliance documentation.

Bovine Blood $5K/yr

[#4] Consumable procurement, refrigerated storage and regulated disposal per-year.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.6M/yr

82.9% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents.

routine rituals periodic acquisition operations no containment incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $13.0M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$480K vs baseline

Small ritual mishap or localized containment issue requiring medical response, minor repairs and PR work.

ritual misfire localized injury/news leak minor repairs and targeted PR

🚨 Major Breach $17.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Partial containment breach or significant hostile instance requiring relocation, international mitigation and major repairs.

partial public exposure hostile instance requiring relocation diplomatic mitigation

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $62.5M/yr

0.1% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline

Full public exposure / large-scale hostile event requiring program-scale remediation and potential long-term reconstruction.

major public exposure large-scale religious/political backlash multi-site attacks

👥 Personnel 33 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / Guard	8	Onsite 24/7 guarded presence for chamber and vaults; salaries included in staff_wages. [#6]
MTF Agent / Specialized Team	6	Rapid-deployment specialized team for capture/recapture and high-risk responses; recurring on-call compensation included. [#7]
Research Scientist	10	Principal investigator and supporting researchers (theology, memetics, linguists, psychologists). [#8]
Religious Liaison / Ethicist	3	Contracted religious/cultural experts and ethics staff working under secrecy. [#9]
Medical Officer	2	Onsite medical/trauma staff with veterinary crossover competency. [#20]
Engineer / Maintenance	2	Facility and systems maintenance (HVAC, backup power, surveillance). [#13]
Administrative Staff / Legal & PR	2	Administrative, cover-story, legal liaison and records personnel. [#16, #22]

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates combine documented line-item ranges and program-level judgment. High variance items (artifact acquisition, contingency/reserves, diplomatic payments) reduce confidence; operational recurring costs (staff, maintenance) are better-defined.

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