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SCP-6230 Pending ? low confidence
SCP-6230
Expected annual
$18.9M
One-time setup
$5.9M
Annual recurring
$17.1M
Personnel
23
Baseline annual running costs are approximately $17.15M driven primarily by centralized rapid-reaction MTF readiness, external perimeter supervision, core staff wages, and research/monitoring; one-time startup/mitigation expenses are modest in comparison (~$5.89M) but can be much larger if demolition or large remediation is required.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.9M
Facilities $2.5M
[#9, #24, #15, #23] Controlled demolition/sealing, environmental remediation, power installation buildouts (solar/genset installs), and secure-storage/vault buildouts are included here (structural and heavy-construction work).
Contingency Reserve Initial $2.0M
[#20] Initial contingency/reserve fund set aside for large, unplanned containment or remediation events; highly variable by policy.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#13] One-time research lab buildout and instrument acquisition to start controlled phenomenology and analysis projects (does not include recurring research budgets).
Controlled Abandonment Setup $500K
[#22] One-time costs to prepare and instrument sites for controlled abandonment experiments (setup, deployment of long-term sensors, caches, and initial monitoring).
Equipment $340K
[#4, #5, #6, #12, #14, #16] Initial specialized interior-exploration kits, personnel-tracking hardware, communications hardware, initial decontamination kits, passive sensors installation, and initial IT/server setup for mapping and archival.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $17.1M/yr
Opportunity Costs $5.0M/yr
[#21] Imputed annual opportunity cost of facilities kept under supervision and unavailable for productive reuse; highly variable and policy-dependent.
Rapid Reaction Mtf Readiness $4.0M/yr
[#3] Centralized rapid-reaction MTF readiness budget (salaries, training, vehicles, aviation contracts, munitions, medical support).
Staff Wages $2.4M/yr
[#11, #17, #19, #25] Salaries and benefits for program researchers, on-site supervisors/security coordinators, medical staff, engineers/maintenance, administrative and redaction/infosec personnel.
Facilities Maintenance $1.6M/yr
[#2, #15, #14] External supervision/perimeter security posture (remote monitoring or contracted guards), ongoing power-system maintenance, and sensor site upkeep.
Research And Monitoring $1.0M/yr
[#13, #14] Ongoing phenomenology research programs, controlled studies, and long-term monitoring sensor networks' operational costs.
Contingency Replenishment $1.0M/yr
[#20] Annual replenishment to the contingency/reserve fund to maintain a preparedness buffer against large incidents.
Logistics And Transport $750K/yr
[#1, #7, #10] Biennial inspection travel (averaged annual cost), basecamp/expedition logistics for interior mapping, and long-range exploration campaign logistics amortized annually.
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#18, #19] Ongoing legal/cover-story costs, liaison, FOIA/legal defense work, and public-relations budgeting to maintain plausible deniability and respond to information incidents.
Incident Structural Response Amortized $200K/yr
[#8] Amortized annual expectation for structural stabilization and emergency engineering response to medium incidents.
Medical Readiness $200K/yr
[#11] Ongoing medical readiness costs including on-call medics, trauma kits replenishment, AE contracts, and quarantine maintenance.
Controlled Abandonment Program $200K/yr
[#22] Recurring costs when abandonment/mitigation experiments are repeated: monitoring, analysis, and re-entry operations.
Monitoring Program Office Admin $200K/yr
[#25] Administrative overhead to track derelict facilities, schedule visits, and coordinate regional teams and contractors.
Training And Recruiting $150K/yr
[#17] Annual recruiting, specialized training, psychological screening, and retention programs for personnel assigned to high-risk SCP-6230 operations.
Supplies And Consumables $90K/yr
[#4, #5, #12] Consumables and spare parts for exploration kits (spare drones, batteries), tether/tracking system replacements, and decontamination disposables.
Data Processing And Archival $50K/yr
[#16] Cloud storage, server maintenance, GIS/LiDAR processing licenses, and analyst time to process mapping datasets.
Communications Maintenance $40K/yr
[#6] Recurring maintenance, airtime, and licensing for deployable mesh radios, repeaters, and satellite backhaul.
Secure Storage Ops $20K/yr
[#23] Operations, cataloging, and climate-control for secure storage of recovered artifacts/samples.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $17.1M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady operations, monitoring, research, and no major incidents.
no major incidents routine inspections and research
🚨 Minor Incident $17.8M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Localized interior incident requiring short-term response, small structural shoring, medical care, and limited legal/PR activity.
small collapse or structural hazard minor contamination or injured personnel
🚨 Major Breach $21.6M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$4.5M vs baseline
Significant incident requiring demolition/sealing or large structural remediation, multi-team campaigns, and substantial medical/legal response.
extensive structural compromise large-scale response and remediation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $87.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$70.0M vs baseline
Worst-case catastrophic event with mass infrastructure loss, large casualty or public exposure requiring major remediation, legal settlements, and program surge.
massive structural failure or public exposure region-wide contamination or high-profile leaks
👥 Personnel 23 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 [#13] Scientists running controlled studies, data analysis, and field support.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#2, #3] On-site supervisors and contracted guards; dedicated rapid-reaction MTF counted separately in recurring budgets.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#25] Program lead and liaison for regional coordination and cover-story management.
Medical Officer 1 [#11] On-call medic responsible for casualty care, quarantine readiness, and medical planning.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#8, #15] Structural/maintenance engineers for stabilization, power systems, and site hardware upkeep.
Administrative Staff 3 [#25] Administrative support for scheduling inspections, contracts, and logistics coordination.
Information Security / Public Relations 2 [#18, #19] Redaction, infosec, and PR personnel handling requests, leaks, and cover stories.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to extreme parameter sensitivity in the source notes (unknown number, size, and remoteness of affected facilities; broad cost ranges per line item; and open-ended worst-case contingencies). Figures use mid-range assumptions and a modest program scale for illustration.
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