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SCP-6149 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-6149
Expected annual
$2.2M
One-time setup
$1.7M
Annual recurring
$2.1M
Personnel
13
One-time startup costs are roughly $1.7M driven by containment retrofit, quarantine suite, contingency reserve and R&D; annual recurring costs are roughly $2.125M driven by security and research staffing, D-class/testing, medical support, and recurring ops.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.7M
Facilities $725K
[#1, #9] Containment garage retrofit (secure vehicle hangar) and quarantine / secondary containment lab retrofit (negative-pressure rooms, isolation vestibules).
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#15] Emergency contingency / incident response reserve for international retrievals, large-scale exposure responses, or major one-off analysis and remediation.
Immobilization Rnd Capital $250K
[#18] One-time capital for R&D into immobilization / access-hardening measures (electromagnetic locks, remote/autonomous systems, software kill-switch prototypes).
Equipment $95K
[#3, #7, #13] Electronic surveillance & alarm installation, MTF retrieval & transport equipment (field vans, radios, GPS, containment kits), and initial camera purchases for testing.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $85K
[#8, #14] Media digitization suite (turntable preamps, tape decks, eight-track transfer kit, cataloguing software) and EEG hardware for neuro/cognitive-hazard research.
Amnestic Initial Stock $25K
[#10] Initial amnestic stock and administration training.
Cover Assets Vehicle $20K
[#19] Purchase and documentation for a plausible deniability (non-anomalous) van and supporting paperwork.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#2, #4, #5] 24/7 on-site security staffing (6 guards incl. benefits), medical staffing (1 FTE nurse + contracted psychiatrist equivalent), and dedicated research team salaries/benefits.
Research And Monitoring $580K/yr
[#6, #14, #16, #17, #18] D-class program allocation for tests, contracted neuroimaging (fMRI/PET) and analysis, external specialist sample analysis/lab fees, annual training & safety drills, plus ongoing R&D maintenance for immobilization efforts.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#7] Recurring MTF retrieval & transport operations (missions, fuel, vehicle maintenance, air transport per mission, overtime).
Cover Story And Legal $180K/yr
[#10, #11, #20] Amnestic replenishment / administration budget and related legal/cover costs, ongoing administrative/legal/cover maintenance, and local reimbursement / PR incident payments.
Facilities Maintenance $65K/yr
[#3, #9, #12] Surveillance/hosting maintenance and replacement, quarantine lab maintenance/consumables, and utilities & facility operating costs.
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#4, #8, #13] Medical meds & consumables, long-term media storage/backup, and test consumables/PPE/batteries/data cards/disposal.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.1M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine testing, maintenance, and no major incidents.
routine_testing scheduled_maintenance no_unexpected_retrievals
🚨 Minor Incident $2.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Limited retrieval or exposure event requiring additional MTF missions, extra sample analysis, and modest PR/legal actions.
unexpected_relocation_within_country small_scale_public_exposure extra_sample_analysis
🚨 Major Incident $3.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Cross-border or international retrieval, large-scale public exposure, or multiple-returned anomalies requiring extensive quarantine, legal, and international coordination.
international_retrieval large_public_exposure multi-anomaly_return
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#2] 24/7 on-site security staffing (minimum 2 guards per shift × 3 shifts).
Senior Researcher 1 [#5] Lead research oversight for experiments, protocols, cross-reality analysis.
Junior Researcher 2 [#5] Research personnel to run experiments and analyse media/data.
Laboratory Technician 2 [#5, #13] Technicians for equipment, digitization suite operation, test setup, and consumables handling.
Medical Officer / Psychiatric Nurse 1 [#4] On-call psychiatric nurse / EMT to treat acute hallucinatory/physiological effects.
Contract Psychiatrist 1 [#4] Part-time psychiatrist contract for consults and follow-up care.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are drawn from analyst-provided ranges and chosen midpoints; staffing and recurring budgets are well-specified, but large variance exists around incident frequency, success of R&D, and the van's unpredictable transport (which could cause outsized one-off costs), yielding moderate confidence.
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