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SCP-6142 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-6142
Expected annual
$162K
One-time setup
$64K
Annual recurring
$161K
Personnel
2
First-year one-time setup and contingency costs are modest (~$64k) while annual operating costs are driven by personnel (warden stipend and embedded operative), rapid-response reserves, amnestic/medical funds, and administrative overhead (~$160.8k/year).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $64K
Decommissioning Contingency $25K
[#20] Contingency reserve for potential decommissioning/relocation, cleanup, transport, site restoration, or temporary secure facility.
Facilities $12K
[#2] Construction of anti-climb/tamper-resistant walls, gates, foundations, and landscaping restoration for the 5m×5m containment patch; permits/cover paperwork included.
Equipment $8K
[#3, #4, #5] Perimeter sensors and tamper alarms installation (#3 ~$3,500), CCTV system equipment & install (#4 ~$4,000), and secure communications line setup (#5 $500).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5K
[#9, #12] Initial amphibian population survey/relocation and associated transport/holding ($2,000) plus one-time research equipment budget ($3,000).
Initial Outreach $5K
[#10] Initial PR/cover outreach and community mitigation budget to manage village concern and prevent media/police involvement.
Legal Setup $5K
[#11] One-time legal fees to establish cover arrangements, agreements, record-keeping, and plausibility measures.
Major Replacement Reserve $4K
[#15] Lump-sum set-aside for major replacements (cameras, sensors, locks) referenced as $4,000 every 5 years (lump sum recorded here).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $161K/yr
Staff Wages $91K/yr
[#1, #6] Warden stipend for Professor Elias Granger ($36,000/yr) and embedded local operative salary & benefits (0.75 FTE equivalent, rounded to 1 FTE for budgeting, $55,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $16K/yr
[#7, #16] Rapid response / intrusion-response reserve, travel, overtime and vehicles (~$15,000/yr) plus transportation & fuel for visits (~$1,200/yr).
Research And Monitoring $13K/yr
[#12, #9, #13] Annual research & behavioral testing budget (~$10,000/yr), amphibian follow-up surveys/handling (~$1,000/yr), and psychological/medical monitoring for warden and operatives (~$2,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $13K/yr
[#10, #11, #17] Ongoing PR/cover upkeep (~$1,000/yr), property taxes/legal fees (~$2,000/yr), and insurance/liability/legal contingency reserve (~$10,000/yr).
Site Administrative Overhead $10K/yr
[#19] Pro-rated share of Site-22 administrative/logistics/records/security-clearing overhead for oversight of SCP-6142.
Amnestic And Medical Intervention $10K/yr
[#14] Fund for medical intervention, emergency care, amnestic administration, clinician and cover expenses for civilian incidents (budgeted ~$10,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr
[#8] Regular landscaping, drainage, mowing, and occasional habitat technician visits to maintain the grassy state and avoid attention.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#15] Consumables (batteries, PPE, small tools ~$1,000/yr) plus amortized major replacement reserve (~$800/yr).
It And Communications $2K/yr
[#4, #5] CCTV offsite storage and bandwidth ($100/mo → $1,200/yr) plus encrypted phone/VoIP service and backup cellular link ($50/mo → $600/yr).
Training And Compliance $1K/yr
[#18] Annual training, refresher, and compliance exercises for warden and embedded personnel; small tabletop exercises with Site-22.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $161K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Routine year with normal monitoring, maintenance, research, and small incident reserves; no major breaches or decommissioning.
regular_operations no_major_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $169K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$8K vs baseline
Localized civilian incident or small public exposure requiring extra amnestics/medical care, modest legal/PR action and extra response mobilization.
civilian_incident police_queries additional_amnestics
🚨 Major Breach $201K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$40K vs baseline
Significant containment failure or warden casualty leading to forensic work, public exposure management, potential relocation/decommissioning actions, and expanded legal/medical costs.
warden_harm_or_death media_exposure decommissioning_or_relocation
👥 Personnel 2 total
Role Count Notes
Warden (Professor Elias Granger) 1 [#1] Monthly stipend recipient; resident custodian of SCP-6142 (budgeted as $36,000/yr).
Security Officer / Embedded Operative 1 [#6] At least one local Foundation operative acting as liaison, maintenance responder and cover identity (0.75 FTE equivalent budgeted at $55,000/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates and clear mapping to containment activities; costs are regionally plausible and broken down into one-time vs recurring buckets. Remaining uncertainty comes from local contractor variability and the stochastic nature of incidents, but overall cost coverage is well-detailed.
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