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SCP-6189 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6189
Expected annual
$1.7M
One-time setup
$4.0M
Annual recurring
$1.7M
Personnel
11
Estimated first-year capital costs are approximately $3,970,000 with recurring operating costs of about $1,664,300/yr. The TRISMEGUS-level thaumaturgic countermeasure apparatus (TCA) is the single largest cost driver (≈$2.0M one-time, $200k/yr), followed by staffing and ongoing research/blood-procurement programs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.0M
Equipment $2.4M
[#3, #4, #5, #7, #10, #12, #15, #16, #17, #23, #27] Capital equipment purchases including TCA fabrication, chilled containment locker, equipment/containment lockers, inspection booths, blood-bank refrigerators and handling equipment, PPE/decon setup, Kant/Hume devices, CCTV/tamper logging hardware, memetic-screening hardware/software, archival digitization hardware, and initial conservation treatments.
Facilities $670K
[#1, #2, #19] Construction/modification costs: greenhouse and sealed pit excavation and subsurface barrier, plus one-off detainment/interrogation room setup.
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#21] Emergency mitigation reserve recommended for large-scale incidents (recommended $500,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#13, #14] Initial characterization reserve and cell-culture facility upgrades (hoods, CO2 incubators, sterile room buildout).
Environmental Remediation Reserve $100K
[#20] One-off contingency/remediation fund for soil/groundwater remediation if leaks or root spread occur.
Artifact Acquisition And Legal $100K
[#24] One-time acquisition irregularities, initial legal fees, payments to third parties, and provenance work.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.7M/yr
Staff Wages $735K/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #14, #17, #18] Recurring wages/benefits for security team (24/7 guards and supervisor), inspection personnel, medical officer/retainer, cell-culture technicians, thaumaturgic/memetic specialists, and administrative staff time for approvals.
Research And Monitoring $325K/yr
[#13, #15, #20, #30] Ongoing research budget, Kant/Hume maintenance/calibration, soil/environmental monitoring contracts, and periodic external expert consultation fees.
Tca Maintenance $200K/yr
[#3] Annual maintenance, calibration, consumables, and specialist support for the TRISMEGUS-level thaumaturgic countermeasure apparatus.
Logistics And Transport $153K/yr
[#9, #28] Blood procurement, testing, cold-chain transport costs and public/field cover logistics for donor operations and secure transport.
Cover Story And Legal $90K/yr
[#24, #29] Ongoing cover-story maintenance and internal legal/oversight costs.
Detainment Operations $50K/yr
[#19] Operations budget for temporary holding, memetic screening, interrogation readiness, and decontamination protocols.
Supplies And Consumables $43K/yr
[#10, #11, #12, #26] Consumables and routine maintenance: blood-handling consumables/energy, biohazard disposal contracts, PPE replacements, and routine HVAC/containment consumables.
Energy Costs $25K/yr
[#22] Electricity for greenhouse HVAC, TCA continuous draw, refrigeration, pumps, and lab equipment.
Training And Certification $20K/yr
[#25] Regular training, certification, and emergency drills for researchers, security, medical, and custodial staff.
Cctv Monitoring $8K/yr
[#16] Camera coverage storage, tamper logging, and monitoring costs.
Chilled Locker Maintenance $8K/yr
[#4] Energy and routine maintenance for the refrigerated containment locker.
Conservation Followup $5K/yr
[#27] Ongoing conservation follow-up for non-anomalous artifacts (SCP-6189-2,-3,-4,-5).
Lockers And Archives Maintenance $2K/yr
[#5] Maintenance of equipment lockers, fire/humidity control and archival environment upkeep.
Archival Storage $500/yr
[#23] Ongoing secure digital storage and access-control costs for digitized archives.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.7M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine research, maintenance, staffing, and blood-procurement continuing as planned.
routine_operations scheduled_experiments no containment breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Limited contamination, small-scale root intrusion or membrane failure requiring emergency response, localized remediation, overtime staffing, and partial use of contingency funds.
limited_root_breach localized contamination memetic_intrusion_attempt
🚨 Major Breach $2.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Significant containment failure (root spread, environmental contamination, mass exsanguination event, or runaway thaumic activation) requiring full remediation, replacement of infrastructure, and extended response operations.
subsurface_root_spread large_scale_environmental_contamination mass_exsanguination_event
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 5 [#6] 24/7 guarded access (2 guards per shift + supervisor; 4–6 FTE equivalent estimated).
Research Scientist 2 [#13] Research staff funded by the baseline research budget to run experiments, analyses, and supervise projects.
Lab Technician / Cell-Culture Tech 1 [#14] Dedicated tissue-culture technician for anomalous sample handling and cell culture operations.
Thaumaturgic Specialist / TCA Operator 1 [#3, #17] Specialist operators for TCA operation, memetic screening, and thaumaturgic countermeasure integration.
Medical Officer 1 [#8] On-call medical officer / trauma nurse (0.5–1 FTE equivalent budgeted).
Administrative Staff 1 [#18] Administrative support for approvals, O5 coordination, recordkeeping, and access bureaucracy.
📋 Confidence Notes
Most line items are explicitly estimated in analyst notes, but major uncertainty centers on bespoke thaumaturgic equipment (TCA) cost/maintenance and incident probabilities; hence medium confidence.
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