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SCP-6173 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-6173
Expected annual
$6.0M
One-time setup
$17.7M
Annual recurring
$5.6M
Personnel
40
Initial capital costs are dominated by construction of a dedicated containment wing, specialized environmental and monitoring equipment, and contingency reserves (total one-time ~ $17.7M). Recurring annual costs are driven by staff wages, global field recovery logistics, cybersecurity/monitoring, and cover-up/legal operations (~ $5.63M/yr baseline).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $17.7M
Facilities $8.0M
[#1] Dedicated containment wing construction and chamber build-out: 25chambers including large-capacity halls and modular fittings.
Catastrophic Response Reserve $3.0M
[#24] Insurance-equivalent contingency / catastrophic-response fund for large-scale breaches or site relocation.
Equipment $2.6M
[#2, #3, #6, #7, #8, #10, #15, #21] Environmental control hardware, cameras/servers, initial tactical gear and vehicles, backup generators/UPS, secure comms hardware, containment crates fleet, incinerator/install, euthanasia equipment.
Containment Scaling Contingency $2.0M
[#17] Contingency staging fund for rapid scaling (new chambers, transport, staff) in population-growth scenarios.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#11, #19, #23] Lab instrumentation and consumable startup, data-analysis/AI development and secure compute, archival/documentation lab setup.
Emergency Repair Reserve $500K
[#16] One-time rapid procurement contract and spare-parts inventory reserve.
Medical Suite $150K
[#12] On-site clinic fit-out, decontamination showers, basic medical infrastructure.
Legal Cover Infrastructure $125K
[#13] One-time setup for shells, fake press content and covert procurement infrastructure.
Training Setup $125K
[#14] Initial SOP development, curricula, and initial training exercises.
Legal Retainer $25K
[#18] One-time retainer/setup for legal/compliance counsel.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.6M/yr
Staff Wages $3.0M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #12] Live monitoring personnel (10 FTE), research faculty & technical staff (~8 FTE), security personnel (~20 FTE), medical staff salaries.
Logistics And Transport $800K/yr
[#9, #10, #22] Field recovery and transport operations (MTF travel, heavy-lift operations), crate maintenance/repair, public recovery/relocation event budgeting.
Supplies And Consumables $420K/yr
[#11, #20, #21, #15, #12] Research consumables/reagents, PPE and cleaning, euthanasia supplies, waste-disposal operational costs, medical/amnestic consumables.
Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr
[#13, #18] Memetic screening/social monitoring and active cover-up operations, recurring legal/compliance counsel and PR operations.
Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr
[#2, #7] HVAC electricity/maintenance and backup power fuel/testing and general facility maintenance for containment wing.
Research And Monitoring $220K/yr
[#3, #19, #23] CCTV storage/backups/forensic archiving, AI/analysis operations, archival maintenance and documentation workflows.
Site Overhead $200K/yr
[#25] Utilities, janitorial, grounds, and administrative overhead attributable to the containment wing.
Cybersecurity And It $100K/yr
[#8] Segmented/hardened networks, intrusion detection, incident response, secure footage handling.
Training And Drills $75K/yr
[#14, #6] Recurring refresher training for staff, security drills and tactical refreshes.
Emergency Repair Replenishment $75K/yr
[#16] Annual replenishment of rapid-repair parts inventory and urgent procurement budget.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.6M/yr
75.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major containment incidents; routine field recoveries and maintenance only.
routine_operations scheduled_field_recoveries no_major_breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $6.2M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Local recovery event or small containment incident requiring overtime, repairs, limited amnestic deployment and PR suppression.
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🚨 Major Breach $10.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or widespread multiplication event requiring large-scale repairs, rapid scaling of containment, mass amnestic campaigns and public remediation.
observation_lapse simultaneous_multiplication public_exposure
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Live Monitoring / Observation Staff 10 24/7 camera monitoring team (10 FTE) to prevent 'not seen' events; included in staff wages [#4].
Research Scientist / Technical Staff 8 Laboratory researchers, memetics specialists and technicians to study differentiation mechanics; included in staff wages [#5].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 20 On-site roving security and dedicated containment response team (tactical); included in staff wages [#6].
Medical Officer 2 On-site clinic staff and psychological services; included in staff wages and medical suite recurring costs [#12].
📋 Confidence Notes
High uncertainty due to SCP-6173's potential for unobserved multiplication, global distribution, and memetic elements; many costs (scale-up contingency, breach frequency) are speculative, so estimates are coarse.
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