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SCP-6200 Irrelevant ~ medium confidence
SCP-6200
Expected annual
$7.8M
One-time setup
$766.7M
Annual recurring
$7.5M
Personnel
20
Initial one-time capital to secure Site-119 and establish long-term autonomous operations is large but bounded for containment (~$10M–$50M baseline); primary cost drivers are facility upgrades, research/NICE-drive infrastructure, and optional large-scale R&D seeds. Ongoing annual operations are moderate (~$2M–$10M/yr) driven by staff wages, NICE-drive compute, life-support and consumables, but optional programmatic choices (reactor, reversion program, civilization rebuilding) can push costs into the hundreds of millions or more.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $766.7M
Smr Reactor Option $600.0M
[#7] Alternative power capital (small research reactor / SMR) contingency option; very high one-time cost and regulatory burden.
Reversion Program Seed $125.0M
[#28] Initial seed funding for long-term R&D program to attempt 'reversion' (multi-decade program seed).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10.5M
[#2, #17] Containment lab construction (BSL-3/4, anechoic/noosphere chambers) and NICE drive infrastructure/spares/tooling.
Facilities $10.0M
[#1] Secure-facility refurbishment: structural upgrades, airlocks, blast doors, EMP shielding for Site-119.
Equipment $6.2M
[#5, #10, #15, #14] Power generation hardware (microgrid), medical suite capital, robotics/automation capital, high-end security/robotic systems one-time portion.
Contingency Reserve $5.5M
[#26] Contingency & emergency fund / liquid reserve for anomaly-related damage and catastrophic failures.
Life Support Capital $2.5M
[#3] Water recycling, sewage treatment, HVAC redundancy sized for indefinite self-sufficiency.
Transportation Capital $1.8M
[#22] Transportation & vehicles capital: armored vehicles, ATVs, possible aircraft, fuel stores, maintenance tooling.
Cryostorage Capital $1.2M
[#20] Cryostorage and biobanking capital: freezers, LN2 systems and redundancy.
Stockpile Initial $1.2M
[#21] Logistics & consumables initial stockpile: batteries, lubricants, chemicals, PPE, calibration gases.
Data Backup Initial $1.1M
[#19] Data backup & offsite redundancy initial setup (tape vaults, hardened drives, satellite uplink).
Security Capital $625K
[#27, #14] Security/weaponry and anomaly countermeasures one-time equipment (EMP-hardened tools, secure storage) and high-end robotic/security hardware one-time portion.
Food Provisioning Capital $600K
[#8] Initial food stockpile and hydroponics/aeroponics setup sized for the resident population.
Environmental Monitoring Initial $300K
[#23] Environmental monitoring & biosurveillance sensor arrays and initial analytics setup.
Archive Initial $110K
[#30] Archive & memorial initial setup for cultural preservation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.5M/yr
Research And Monitoring $3.5M/yr
[#18, #13, #19, #23] NICE drive operations & compute (HPC, simulation, storage), specialist/consultant costs, data backup maintenance and satellite bandwidth, and ongoing environmental/biosurveillance monitoring contracts.
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#12] Core personnel salaries for minimal operational team (~20 additional staff × ~$80k average including benefits).
Supplies And Consumables $828K/yr
[#16, #21, #11, #20, #30] Robotics consumables/spare parts, stockpile replenishment, medical consumables/medications, cryostorage operations, and archive consumables.
Facilities Maintenance $825K/yr
[#4, #6, #14, #1] Life-support operations (energy, filters, maintenance), power operations (fuel, battery replacement), recurring security systems maintenance and general facility upkeep.
Logistics And Transport $310K/yr
[#22, #9] Transportation operations (fuel, maintenance, vehicle ops) and food provisioning operations (hydroponics inputs, nutrients, electricity).
Cover Story And Legal $175K/yr
[#25] Legal, ethical, and documentation overhead: internal ethics boards, legal counsel, document preservation and protocol codification.
Psychological Care $175K/yr
[#24] Psychological care & morale: therapy, psychiatric care, recreational infrastructure, medications and virtual environments.
Reversion Program Operations $0/yr
[#28] Long-term R&D operations for 'reversion' (10M–200M/yr if activated); set to 0 in baseline (program not initiated).
Civilization Reconstruction $0/yr
[#29] Long-term civilization/regeneration operating costs if pursued (order-of-magnitude billions/yr); not budgeted in baseline.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.5M/yr
91.8% probability / year
Normal operational year with containment and research ongoing, no major incidents or program initiations.
routine operations regular maintenance scheduled research
🚨 Minor Incident $8.1M/yr
7.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Local equipment failure, moderate anomaly-related damage, or small containment event requiring repairs and emergency response.
equipment failure small containment breach localized anomaly interaction
🚨 Major Breach $17.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or catastrophic equipment loss requiring major replacements, extended emergency operations, and potential population impact.
major containment breach facility structural damage large-scale equipment replacement
🚨 Reversion Program Start $130.5M/yr
0.2% probability / year +$123.0M vs baseline
Decision to initiate the long-term 'reversion' R&D program with initial seed spending and accelerated operations.
program approval major funding allocation start of multi-decade reversion R&D
👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#12] Armed security and rapid-response personnel included in core staffing.
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#12] Facility, power, and life-support engineers for ongoing maintenance.
Research Technician 5 [#12] Technical staff to support experiments, NICE drive operations and lab work.
Medical Officer / Med Tech 2 [#12] Medical staff to operate clinic and manage pharmaceuticals.
IT / Robotics Engineer 3 [#12] Support for automation, robotics, HPC and data systems.
Site Administrator / Manager 1 [#12] Administrative lead and operations manager.
Logistics / Supply 1 [#12] Inventory, procurement and stockpile management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed ranges for individual line items, enabling midpoint estimates, but major items are optional and open-ended (SMR, reversion programs, civilization rebuilding) creating high uncertainty in long-term totals; probabilities for adverse events are judgment calls.
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