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SCP-6369 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-6369
Expected annual
$89K
One-time setup
$194K
Annual recurring
$86K
Personnel
0.1
Low baseline operating cost for containment and administration (~$85k/year), with dominant risk drivers being infrequent incident responses (small or large-scale public manifestations) and optional vivarium/research buildouts. Major budget volatility comes from incident-driven amnestic/PR/legal/decontamination costs and an advised contingency reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $194K
Facilities $103K
[#1, #15] Locker acquisition/installation and vivarium/rodent-containment suite buildout (structural/site work).
Contingency Reserve Initial $50K
[#22] Initial contingency/reserve fund capitalization for unpredictable large-scale escalation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $25K
[#4, #5] Forensic analysis work and controlled-activation test lab buildout (RF shielding, test rigs, specialist lab setup).
Equipment $14K
[#13, #14, #16, #19, #23] Initial camera/capture gear, purchase of robotic vacuums (training/staging), capture/trapping kits, archival case/spares, and initial IT/dev hardware.
Sops And Documentation $2K
[#21] One-time creation of SOPs, documentation and initial training materials.
Petty Cash Initial $200
[#20] Initial petty cash / payment float to provide required payment values for activations.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $86K/yr
Vivarium Ongoing Care $40K/yr
[#15] Ongoing animal care, veterinary support, enrichment and testing if Foundation elects to maintain captured SCP-6369-A (planning midpoint of $20k–$100k/year).
Staff Wages $9K/yr
[#3] Pro-rated 0.1 FTE technician (salary + benefits) for locker/access/admin duties.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#5, #14, #16, #20] Lab consumables/maintenance for controlled tests, vacuum spare-parts/maintenance, capture consumables and petty-cash replenishment.
Administrative Processing Per Request $6K/yr
[#6] Per-request administrative processing (assumed ~50 requests/year at ~$125 per request as a planning estimate).
Ethics And Compliance $6K/yr
[#18] Animal ethics committee, IRB/admin oversight and audits (yearly administrative and possible outside consultancy).
Contingency Reserve Maintenance $5K/yr
[#22] Ongoing maintenance/replenishment of contingency fund for escalation events.
Policy Review And Opportunity Cost $3K/yr
[#24] Management time and periodic policy review cost associated with restricting usage (opportunity cost proxy).
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#2] Pro-rated site utilities, climate control, power to CCTV/sensors and general facility security for secure storage.
Cover Story And Legal $2K/yr
[#11] Baseline/retainer-level cover-story, legal counsel and PR preparedness (major incident payouts are per-incident and modeled separately).
Capture Equipment Maintenance $2K/yr
[#16] Consumables and maintenance for capture/trapping kits and transport cages.
Training And Sops Refreshers $2K/yr
[#21] Annual refresher trainings and SOP updates for authorised users.
It Registry Maintenance $1K/yr
[#23] Maintenance for secure registry/blacklist telemetry and admin overhead.
Redundancy Insurance Premium $1K/yr
[#19] Insurance premium allocation and spare non-anomalous device maintenance.
Research And Monitoring $600/yr
[#13] Video/sensor documentation storage and backups (yearly storage/backup costs).
Petty Cash Replenishment $300/yr
[#20] Yearly replenishment and accounting for the petty payment float.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Small Incident Response Per Incident $0/yr
[#7] Per-incident cost for small on-site sanitization/collection teams (per-incident; baseline model assumes uneventful year unless scenario occurs).
Large Incident Response Per Incident $0/yr
[#8] Per-incident cost for large-scale responses (schools, businesses) — modeled in adverse scenarios.
Amnestic Treatment Per Person $0/yr
[#9] Per-person amnestic deployment costs (medical/monitoring/legal). Applied in scenarios as needed.
Decontamination Per Incident $0/yr
[#10] Per-incident decontamination / public-health cleaning (modeled by scenario).
Coverup Per Incident $0/yr
[#11] Per-incident payments/settlements/PR placement costs (modeled in scenarios).
Evidence Processing Per Item $0/yr
[#12] Per-item evidence processing/cataloguing/sanitization (per-item; baseline assumes minimal routine flow).
Veterinary Testing Per Animal $0/yr
[#17] Per-animal pathogen/genetic testing costs (modeled per-animal; not included in baseline annual unless animals are tested).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $86K/yr
90.0% probability / year
Uneventful year: routine containment, admin processing, equipment maintenance, optional vivarium care and regular training with no major public incidents.
routine_requests no_public_manifestation scheduled_training_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $89K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$3K vs baseline
Single small public manifestation requiring a 1–2 person response: sanitization, evidence collection, limited amnestic use and minor cover payments.
single_household_or_small_site_manifestation limited_witnesses minor_decontamination
🚨 Major Incident $220K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$135K vs baseline
Large-scale manifestation (school, business) requiring multi-agent response, mass amnestics, wide decontamination, and significant PR/legal actions.
large_public_manifestation many_witnesses media_attention_and_litigation
👥 Personnel 0.1 total
Role Count Notes
Technician (locker/0.1 FTE) 0.1 [#3] 0.1 FTE technician pro-rated for administrative/security vetting and locker access; salary+benefits budgeted in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item cost estimates are drawn directly from analyst ranges; one-time setup and recurring baseline items are relatively well-defined. Major uncertainty remains around incident frequency, scale, and whether Foundation elects to maintain a vivarium/capture program, so scenario probabilities and contingency sizing are approximate.
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