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SCP-6214 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6214
Expected annual
$512K
One-time setup
$434K
Annual recurring
$502K
Personnel
5
One-time capital and fit-out costs are approximately $434,000, with recurring annual operating costs roughly $501,500 driven primarily by staff wages (security and medical), site overhead, contingency reserves, and ongoing medical/research monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $434K
Facilities $290K
[#1, #4] Construction and fit-out of a single reinforced humanoid containment cell ($250k) plus dedicated HVAC/isolation loop installation ($40k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K
[#11] Initial non-invasive research campaign and instrumentation/rental for photonics/spectral imaging studies (~$50k).
Equipment $32K
[#2, #3, #5, #14] Furnishings and permitted personal items ($3k), security hardware and monitoring systems ($12k), backup power/UPS and small generator ($15k), secure IT initial setup ($2k).
Legal Compliance Setup $25K
[#20] Initial legal/compliance costs, classification, NDAs and records management (~$25k).
Emergency Response Planning $25K
[#21] Initial contingency planning and simulated drill program setup (~$25k).
Medical Initial Workup $5K
[#6] Baseline medical workup, imaging and optional genomic sequencing (~$5k).
Staff Vetting Setup $5K
[#19] Initial staff vetting and background check setup for personnel with access (~$5k).
Diary Archiving $2K
[#15] Secure digitization and archival handling of diary entries and chain-of-custody (~$2k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $502K/yr
Staff Wages $260K/yr
[#8, #9] Continuous security staffing (~3 FTE security officers fully-loaded ~ $180k) and part-time physician/nurse coverage (~$80k).
Site Overhead $100K/yr
[#25] Allocation of shared site overhead, admin, shared labs, and central security/medical systems (~$100k/yr).
Contingency Reserve $45K/yr
[#24] Rapid-response reserve for unplanned legal, emergency repairs, or surge research (assumed midpoint ~$45k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $28K/yr
[#12, #7] Ongoing R&D/follow-up experiments (~$20k/yr) plus ongoing medical monitoring/exams (~$8k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#20] Ongoing legal/compliance, record sealing, counsel and cover/records management (~$20k/yr).
Mental Health Support $8K/yr
[#10] Ongoing therapy, counseling and social work/support (~$8k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#4, #5] HVAC maintenance/energy (~$5k/yr) and backup power fuel/UPS maintenance (~$1k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#13, #23] Laboratory consumables, PPE, sample shipping and biomedical waste disposal (~$5k + $1k = $6k/yr).
Laundry Cleaning $6K/yr
[#17] Room cleaning, linen replacement and small repairs (~$6k/yr).
Staff Vetting And Training $6K/yr
[#19] Recurring vetting, background refreshes and annual training (~$6k/yr).
Secure It Data Storage $5K/yr
[#14] Secure server storage, encrypted backups, CCTV retention and audit logging (~$5k/yr).
Emergency Drills $5K/yr
[#21] Annual drills, refresher exercises and emergency equipment replacement (~$5k/yr).
Food Services $4K/yr
[#16] Institutional meals plus weekly special meal allowance and premium items (~$3.5k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#22] Occasional secure transfers and medical escorts (~$2k/yr assumed ~1 transfer).
Clothing Adaptive $1K/yr
[#18] Ongoing provision and replacement of opaque/adaptive garments (~$1k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $502K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, scheduled monitoring, and no major incidents.
routine_operations quarterly_medical_checks scheduled_research_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $526K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring emergency medical treatment, short-term security overtime, minor repairs and limited legal consultation.
acute_medical_event equipment_failure minor_escape_attempt
🚨 Major Breach $902K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring full-site response, extended emergency R&D, specialized transfer, and major repairs/replacement.
full_containment_breach public_exposure widespread_contagion_concern
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 3 security personnel (coverage to staff 24/7, relief and shifts) per [#8]; fully-loaded cost reflected in staff_wages.
Physician (part-time) 1 Part-time physician oversight (~0.2 FTE) shared across site; costs included in staff_wages [#9].
Nurse (part-time) 1 Part-time nurse presence for quarterly checks and on-call (~0.5 FTE equivalent) included in staff_wages [#9].
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude and based on explicit line-item assumptions in the analyst notes; uncertainty remains around contingency sizing, site-absorbed shared costs, and low-probability high-impact scenarios.
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