SCP-6467 — SCP-6467 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6467 Archon ~ medium confidence

SCP-6467

Expected annual

$1.4M

One-time setup

$382K

Annual recurring

$1.3M

Personnel

Estimated one-time startup costs are approximately $382,000 for site hardware, ML development, and initial legal/training; recurring annual costs are approx. $1,347,500 driven primarily by research staff wages, site coordinators, and a contingency reserve.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $382K

Ml Development $200K

[#15] Upfront development of automated detection/ML models, labeling and initial compute: chosen midpoint estimate $200,000 (one-time).

Equipment $100K

[#5, #6] Cameras, microphones, mounts, installation, acoustic treatment and initial on-site NAS/edge storage purchases (estimated $5k/site × 20 sites ≈ $100k).

Legal Initial $20K

[#16] Initial licensing / counsel and negotiations estimated at $20,000.

High Fidelity Props $20K

[#18] Optional miniatures/terrain/props for display/standardization; budgeted $20,000 total for selective sites/central assets.

Privacy Initial $15K

[#21] Initial tooling and policy work for privacy/data-protection estimated $15,000.

Recreational Materials $12K

[#1] Purchase of tabletop rulebooks & campaign books: $600/site typical × 20 sites = $12,000.

Gaming Supplies $10K

[#3] One-time purchase of dice sets, GM screens, mats, miniatures storage per site; estimated $500/site × 20 = $10,000.

Training Development $5K

[#17] Development of GM/participant training materials and guides, one-time production ~$5,000.

Facilities $0

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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr

Staff Wages $900K/yr

[#9, #10, #24] Core recurring payroll: research team (4 FTE ≈ $100k each = $400k), on-site coordinators/facilitators (20 sites × $20k/site = $400k), program management/admin (1 FTE ≈ $100k = $100k).

Contingency Fund $172K/yr

[#23] Contingency & escalation reserve (~15% of program operating budget).

Research And Monitoring $100K/yr

[#13] Controlled-study budget / experiment funds and monitoring program; mid-range annual research budget ~$100,000.

Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr

[#4] Consumables for game nights (snacks, disposables) estimated ~$3,000/site/year × 20 = $60,000.

Conflict Resolution Budget $25K/yr

[#12] Employee-relations/HR mediation budget for deteriorations between GMs and players; estimated $25,000/year foundation-wide.

Logistics And Transport $20K/yr

[#20] Travel & logistics for cross-site coordination, investigators, and inspections estimated ~$20,000/year.

Facilities Maintenance $16K/yr

[#19] Annual maintenance/repairs for hardware and consumable replacement: ~$800/site/year × 20 sites = $16,000.

Cover Story And Legal $10K/yr

[#16] Ongoing licensing, counsel, and legal compliance costs estimated at ~$10,000/year.

Vtt Licenses $10K/yr

[#14] Virtual tabletop (VTT) and digital content subscriptions / licenses (centralized) estimated ~$10,000/year.

Privacy Ongoing $8K/yr

[#21] Ongoing audits, anonymization tooling and compliance operations ~$8,000/year.

Cloud Storage $6K/yr

[#7] Centralized cloud backup/archival for footage: ~$300/site/year × 20 = $6,000.

Transcription And Qc $5K/yr

[#8] Automated audio transcription + manual QA for recorded sessions: estimated ~$250/site/year × 20 = $5,000.

Ml Inference $5K/yr

[#15] Ongoing ML inference, model maintenance and cloud compute ~ $5k/year.

Recreational Materials Replacement $4K/yr

[#2] Replacement/refresh of books and licensed materials: ~$200/site/year × 20 = $4,000.

Training Updates Workshops $3K/yr

[#17] Recurring training updates, workshops and materials refresh ~$3,000/year.

Archival Preservation $3K/yr

[#22] Archival & long-term preservation curation budget ~$3,000/year.

Opportunity Costs $0/yr

[#11] Opportunity cost of staff time playing/hosting game nights; set to $0 in baseline (assumes voluntary/after-hours participation). Policy-dependent; can be budgeted separately if sessions are paid on-duty.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr

70.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; program runs as planned with voluntary participation policy.

routine monitoring scheduled research activity regular game nights

🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr

25.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline

Interpersonal conflict or localized deterioration between GM and players requiring HR mediation, counseling, and limited replacement/hiring.

GM-player dispute local morale fallout HR mediation/counseling

🚨 Major Escalation $1.7M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline

Significant legal claim, public exposure, or large-scale social fallout requiring extended legal defense, PR/cover operations, and emergency measures.

legal claim public exposure multi-site escalation

👥 Personnel 25 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	4	Core SCP-6467 research team reviewing footage, annotating instances and running studies (4 FTEs included in staff_wages, #9).
On-site Coordinator / Facilitator	20	Part-time/site coordinators to organize events, ensure recording and liaise with research team (~1 per site; included in staff_wages, #10).
Site Program Manager / Administrative Staff	1	Central program manager / budget officer for coordination and reporting (included in staff_wages, #24).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on itemized analyst ranges and a medium-sized (≈20-site) program assumption; considerable policy choices (paid on-duty play vs voluntary), ML scope, and site count produce uncertainty, hence medium confidence.

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