SCP-6159
Unknown
~
medium confidence
SCP-6159-ARC
Expected annual
$6.8M
One-time setup
$31.6M
Annual recurring
$6.6M
Personnel
28
One-time setup costs are large (primarily vault/mods, land/perimeter, R&D for long-range capture, and large contingency reserves), summing to tens of millions; recurring annual costs are dominated by security and specialized research staffing, continuous observation/storage, and long-term research and readiness, roughly $6.63M/yr.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $31.6M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $6.6M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$6.6M/yr
Normal year with no major incidents; steady-state containment, monitoring, staffing, and scheduled maintenance.
no_escape
routine_maintenance
scheduled_research
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Minor Incident
$7.1M/yr
Localized incident (single exposure or short-duration exit of SCP-6159-1 or minor SCP-6159-2 interaction) requiring MTF response, cleanup, and expanded cover-up efforts.
single_entity_escape
localized_public_exposure
one_time_decontamination
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Major Breach
$13.6M/yr
Significant breach or multi-site exposure (large-scale SCP-6159-2 activity, multiple casualties, or public incident) requiring extensive MTF operations, major legal/insurance payouts, large-scale cover-up and rebuilding.
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public_exposure
extended_uncontained_activity
Personnel
28 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 20 | [#10] 24/7 vault and perimeter staffing (shift coverage approximated; salaries averaged to produce the security portion of staff wages). |
| Research Scientist | 8 | [#12] Specialized research team (memetics researchers, extradimensional physicists, linguists, containment scientists) whose salaries comprise the research portion of staff wages. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for almost every cost driver but many ranges are wide (orders of magnitude for R&D, insurance, and long-range capture). Estimates use mid-to-conservative selections; uncertainty remains in chosen capture technology, incident frequency, and insurance appetite.