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SCP-6314 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6314
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$2.4M
Annual recurring
$2.0M
Personnel
19
Estimated one-time capital/setup costs are approximately $2.36M driven by facility conversion, enclosure construction, HVAC and contingency reserves. Annual recurring costs are approximately $1.95M driven by staff wages (security, keepers, veterinary), research, utilities, and administrative/legal overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.4M
Facilities $1.8M
[#1, #2, #4, #14] Containment hall refurbishment (Hall ██ conversion), construction of 25 species-appropriate habitats, HVAC/zoned microclimate installation upgrades, and quarantine/biosequestration room setup; midpoints used from ranges in notes.
Equipment $272K
[#3, #6, #17, #20, #21, #23] Specialized aquarium systems (kreisel tanks), surveillance & access-control hardware, secure IT setup, decontamination equipment, staff EyePod-style recording devices, and microchipping/tagging hardware; aggregated midpoint estimates.
Contingency Reserve $200K
[#19] Recommended minimum emergency/contingency reserve fund for unexpected anomalous interactions, media exposure, or large-scale response.
Transport Vehicles $85K
[#13] Purchase of one climate-controlled van and custom transport crates for secure transfer of instances.
Training And Curriculum $21K
[#16] One-time development of memetic/safety training curriculum and initial staff training sessions (midpoint).
Interagency Mou $10K
[#18] One-time MOU/legal drafting and partner vetting costs related to inter-agency coordination and transfers.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#5, #7, #8, #9, #22] Security personnel salaries (6 FTE), animal care staff (6 keepers + 1 senior), in-house veterinary staff (vet + tech), allocated social-interaction staffing (folded into labor), and behavioral specialist FTE; includes payroll taxes/benefits in line with analyst estimates.
Administrative Overhead $255K/yr
[#25] Finance/HR/procurement/internal audit overhead applied at 15% of operating recurring costs (midpoint of the typical 10–25% range).
Research And Monitoring $240K/yr
[#15] Dedicated research team salaries (senior researcher + tech allocation) plus equipment/consumables and data capture for anomalous property study; midpoint of analyst range.
Supplies And Consumables $122K/yr
[#10, #11, #14, #20] Enrichment materials, specialty food budgets, PPE/disposables for quarantine, and annual decontamination consumables; midpoints used.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#17] Ongoing secure database maintenance/cybersecurity plus legal/cover-up retainer and FOIA/containment-related legal support (aggregated estimate from note).
Utilities And Backup Power $100K/yr
[#4, #12] Electricity, water, HVAC energy for climate control and life-support for aquatic tanks, plus generator fuel & maintenance (midpoint).
Logistics And Transport $63K/yr
[#13, #18] Fuel/maintenance/driver time for climate-controlled transport and recurring inter-agency transfer admin/ops costs (midpoint estimates).
Contingency Replenishment $50K/yr
[#19] Annual replenishment allocation for the contingency/emergency response fund.
It And Comms $21K/yr
[#21] Cloud/storage licensing, transcription services, and secure comms/device licensing for staff logging and recording.
Facilities Maintenance $15K/yr
[#1, #4] Annual maintenance for containment hall, habitat upkeep, and zoned HVAC system servicing following installation.
Surveillance And Storage $10K/yr
[#6] Ongoing maintenance, NVR storage, and data retention costs for CCTV and sensors per analyst estimates.
Training And Refreshers $8K/yr
[#16] Annual refresher courses and memetic briefings for staff.
Cost Offsets Savings $-250000/yr
[#24] Estimated recurring savings from redistribution/adoption program (negative cost). Midpoint of analyst-provided per-adoption savings aggregated for expected adoption volume.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.0M/yr
68.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with steady staffing, maintenance, research, and modest transfers; no major incidents or large redistribution campaigns.
steady operations routine transfers no major incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized containment/engineering failure or isolated welfare/health incident requiring emergency repairs, targeted amnestic administration, and overtime response.
single-habitat HVAC or life-support failure minor escape or short-term public contact targeted veterinary/surgical interventions
🚨 Redistribution Push $2.3M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Year with an organized, large-scale redistribution/adoption campaign requiring elevated transport, legal, and administrative activity (surge costs).
mass transfers/adoptions intensive vetting and transport heightened legal/cover operations
🚨 Major Breach $3.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Large containment breach, multiple habitat failures, public exposure, or need for mass re-capture and widescale amnestic deployment.
multi-habitat failure significant public exposure/media event large-scale re-capture operations
👥 Personnel 19 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#5] Six full-time guards (3 shifts, 2 guards/shift) as per analyst estimate.
Animal Care Staff / Keeper 7 [#7] Six keepers plus one senior keeper/manager (salaries captured in staff_wages).
Veterinary Staff / Vet Tech 2 [#8] In-house veterinarian and one veterinary technician (salaries captured in staff_wages).
Behavioral Specialist 1 [#22] 0.5–1 FTE recommended; modeled as 1 FTE here and included in staff_wages.
Social Interaction Staff 3 [#9] Allocated staff hours for 2 hrs/day per instance folded into staffing budget; modeled as equivalent of ~3 FTEs in current staffing allocation.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide ranges and many concrete line items allowing midpoint estimates; however several assumptions (adoption rates, incident frequencies, utility loads, and staffing models) are uncertain, so confidence is medium.
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