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SCP-6370 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6370
Expected annual
$13.9M
One-time setup
$17.0M
Annual recurring
$13.4M
Personnel
30
One-time startup costs are estimated at approximately $16.98M driven by land acquisition, vault construction, probe/platform procurement, and emergency reserves; recurring annual costs are approximately $13.38M driven by staff wages, sustained exploration cap, research programs, and replacement/contingency funding.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $17.0M
Emergency Reserve $5.0M
[#25] Containment-failure / escalation emergency fund baseline for demolition, mass evacuations, evacuation logistics, or other worst-case activities.
Facilities $4.2M
[#1, #2, #3, #21] Land acquisition/lease, reinforced containment vault/airlock, initial perimeter security installation, and quarantine/long-term care buildout (fencing, blast-rated entrance, antechambers, isolation wards).
Equipment $3.8M
[#9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #15, #16] Remote sensing array, initial secure servers/cybersecurity hardware, specialized probes/rovers (2–4 platforms), communications/time-sync hardware, long-duration power hardware (UPS/generators/RTG infrastructure), PPE/decon equipment, and vehicle fleet/heavy equipment purchases.
Insurance Reserve Initial $2.0M
[#24] Initial capital set aside toward self-insurance/reserve fund to cover accidental release, litigation, and emergency actions.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.4M
[#8, #27] On-site BSL-2/3-capable laboratory buildout, specialized analysis instruments (-80°C freezers, mass spec, PCR, autoclaves) and secure archival/memetic containment materials (offline/analog backups).
Training Initial $300K
[#20] Initial development and purchase of mock-entry training areas, VR/AR simulators for cognitive-impairment scenarios and tactical/medical starter courses.
Legal Retainer Initial $150K
[#17] Initial legal retainer/PR setup to handle liaison with local authorities, fabricated cover operations, and preliminary contingency counsel.
Missing Persons Initial $100K
[#18] Initial missing-persons investigation costs, database access fees and forensic intake for initial cases.
Vetting And Clearance Initial $75K
[#19] Upfront personnel vetting and security-clearance costs for core staff (deep backgrounds, polygraphs, psychological screening).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $13.4M/yr
Staff Wages $3.7M/yr
[#4, #5, #6] 24/7 on-site security staffing, specialized rapid-response field team salaries (incl. hazard pay/training), and core research staff salaries/benefits.
Exploration Cap $3.0M/yr
[#26] Operational cap for controlled exploration sorties, mapping effort, and controlled personnel rotation to limit open-ended spending.
Research And Monitoring $2.2M/yr
[#7, #9, #10, #22, #27] Long-term medical monitoring and mental-health care, sensor data collection/calibration, data analysis/cybersecurity operations, experimental research program funding, and archival maintenance.
Program Administration Overhead $900K/yr
[#30] Project management, procurement, utilities, facilities administration, and general administrative overhead.
Cover Story And Legal $655K/yr
[#17, #18, #23, #19] Ongoing legal counsel, liaison and cover-story management, missing-persons follow-up and outreach costs, and media-monitoring / counterintelligence operations.
Supplies And Consumables $650K/yr
[#14, #15] Field sortie consumables (water, food, batteries, oxygen, filters) and recurring PPE / decontamination consumables and replacements.
Quarantine And Long Term Care $500K/yr
[#21] Operation of isolation wards and long-term care for recovered individuals or captured inhabitants (therapy, translation/anthropology services, custodial care).
Replacement And Depreciation $500K/yr
[#28] Accelerated replacement and depreciation fund for probes, sensors, and specialized field hardware (10–30% of capital equipment annually).
Facilities Maintenance $438K/yr
[#3, #8, #13, #16] Ongoing perimeter and site maintenance, laboratory equipment maintenance/servicing, power system (generators/RTG) maintenance and vehicle/heavy-equipment maintenance and fuel.
Logistics And Transport $250K/yr
[#14, #16] Transport, sortie travel, vehicle operation costs beyond maintenance (expedition travel, field support logistics).
Insurance Reserve Financing $250K/yr
[#24] Annual financing / carrying costs associated with maintaining large reserve funds/insurance pools.
Training And Simulators $150K/yr
[#20] Recurring refresher courses, simulator licensing and mock-entry training upkeep.
Ethical Oversight $150K/yr
[#29] Independent review boards, ethics panels, and compliance monitoring for experiments and human-subjects interactions.
Communications And Time Sync $75K/yr
[#12] Satellite leases, hardened radio/satellite uplink redundancy, and time-synchronization system leases/maintenance.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $13.4M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine research, maintenance, and controlled sorties within the exploration cap.
no_major_incident routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $14.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Localized breach or equipment loss requiring repair, limited medical exposures and targeted public-secrecy operations.
localized_breach limited_exposure equipment_loss
🚨 Major Breach $23.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure requiring large-scale emergency response, expanded legal/liaison costs, and large repairs/replacements.
structural_failure significant_public_exposure major_medical_event
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $63.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Uncontrolled containment failure or mass public exposure requiring demolition, mass evacuation, large litigation payouts and long-term remediation.
mass_release national_exposure irreversible_containment_failure
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#4] 24/7 on-site guards to prevent civilian approach and respond to incidents.
Rapid Response Team / Field Operative 8 [#5] Specialized anomalous-entry operators (lead, medics, communications, technicians, security) rotating to limit exposure.
Research Scientist 8 [#6, #22] Theoretical physicists, anomalous-object researchers, cognitive/neurological specialists, and collaborating academics.
Laboratory Technician 3 [#8] On-site lab techs for sample handling, instrumentation operation, and chain-of-custody.
Medical Officer 2 [#7, #21] Medical staff for long-term monitoring, psychiatric debriefing, quarantine intake and treatment.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#13, #16] Power systems, vehicle fleet and sensor array maintenance and field-support technicians.
Administrative Staff 2 [#17, #30] Procurement, program administration, liaison coordination and record-keeping.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#30] Program leadership and executive oversight, coordination with Foundation command and external liaisons.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing informed mid-point estimates, but SCP-6370's extradimensional and cognitive effects produce high tail risk and uncertainty in incidence rates and required emergency spend.
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