SCP-6233 — SCP-6233 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6233 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-6233

Expected annual

$981K

One-time setup

$389K

Annual recurring

$968K

Personnel

One-time setup (secure test area, instrumentation, access upgrades, and neutralization R&D) is roughly $389,000. Annual operating costs are dominated by staffing, intelligence/contingency reserves, and legal/cover efforts, totaling about $968,500/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $389K

Initial Research And Lab Setup $246K

[#7, #17, #20] Test instrumentation & recording suite, one-time IT/ingestion/setup costs, and neutralization/permanent-disposal R&D.

Facilities $125K

[#6] Secure outdoor test range / reinforced test chamber construction estimated mid-range.

Equipment $18K

[#2, #3] Tamper-proof lock/biometric access and dedicated CCTV/IR/motion sensors (one-time purchase).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $968K/yr

Staff Wages $410K/yr

[#4, #8] Incremental security staffing (marginal guard hours/on-call escorts) and research personnel salaries (1 senior scientist + technicians).

Intelligence Campaigns $200K/yr

[#13] HUMINT/covert investigations into Doctor Wondertainment and related GOI activity (surveillance, infiltration, liaison).

Contingency Recovery Fund $75K/yr

[#15] Reserve for emergency field teams, rapid-recovery/MTF deployments and search operations.

Cover Story And Legal $65K/yr

[#12, #16, #21] Annual reserve for media suppression/PR/legal fees, internal legal/ethical review budgets, and post-incident mitigation reserve.

D Class And Human Subjects $50K/yr

[#9] Housing, supervision, medical screening, legal/compliance and oversight for D-class / human-subject testing.

Opportunity Cost Risk Premium $40K/yr

[#24] Administrative risk premium / overhead allocation for readiness and priority maintenance.

Goi Liaison $25K/yr

[#22] Outreach, travel and coordination costs for negotiated containment or liaison with allied GOIs.

Logistics And Transport $20K/yr

[#14] Secure transport (armored vehicle, escort, containment crates) and per-move operating costs.

Psychological Support $20K/yr

[#10] On-call psychologists, trauma therapy, debriefing and short-term leave coverage for witnessed events.

Amnestic And Witness Management $20K/yr

[#11] Annual planning budget for amnestic administration, transport and follow-up (per-incident costs reserved separately).

Research And Monitoring $13K/yr

[#3, #17] Ongoing CCTV/IR monitoring/storage costs and secure archival/data management recurring costs.

Administrative Overhead $10K/yr

[#5] Chain-of-custody, record-keeping, access logs, audits and administrative review overhead.

Training And Drills $10K/yr

[#23] Periodic drills for safe-handling, accidental activation response, amnestic workflows and mental-health triage.

Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr

[#1, #19] Safe Object Locker upkeep (climate/humidity/tamper seals/certification) and marginal power/utilities for monitoring.

Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr

[#18] Batteries, replacement seals, PPE, spare sensors and other expendables.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $968K/yr

94.0% probability / year

Normal year with scheduled testing, no public activations or major incidents.

routine containment scheduled controlled testing no public exposure

🚨 Minor Incident $1.1M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Accidental activation or small uncontrolled test requiring site response, additional amnestic use and short-term recovery operations.

accidental activation within site small public exposure localized recovery & amnestics

🚨 Major Public Incident $1.5M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Uncontrolled public activation with substantial witness pool, litigation risk, major amnestic operations and possible MTF recovery campaign.

public activation large number of witnesses media exposure / litigation

👥 Personnel 5 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#4] Incremental 24/7 limited-authority coverage and escort personnel (1–2 FTE equivalents).
Research Scientist	1	[#8] Lead researcher responsible for test design and analysis.
Research Technician	2	[#8, #7] Junior researchers/technicians to run activations, maintain equipment and process recordings.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on analyst ranges for each line item; many items (intelligence campaigns, neutralization R&D, and incident response) have wide ranges and contingent costs tied to GOI involvement or public exposure, so overall confidence is medium.

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