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SCP-6495 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6495
Expected annual
$569K
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$540K
Personnel
4
One-time capital and contingency spending (~$1.21M) is dominated by an escalation/containment reserve and research setup; steady-state annual operating costs are modest (~$540.5k/yr) driven primarily by a small on-call field team, medical/support services, travel, and equipment maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Facilities $750K
[#18] Contingency reserve for escalation / physical containment construction (emergency retrofitting or dedicated site build-out).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#12] Small standing research contingency / 12-month pilot study funding (personnel, experiments, IRB/admin).
Equipment $191K
[#3, #5, #6, #8] One-time purchases: protective field kits (#3, $20k), secure incident-reporting servers/setup (#5, $15k), specialized sensor/recording equipment (#6, $150k), secure comms hardware (#8, $6k).
Training And Sop Development $12K
[#10] One-time development of SOPs and initial training materials/drills.
Scene Control Supplies $5K
[#7] Portable perimeter & scene-control supplies (foldable barriers, signage, lighting) one-time purchase.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $540K/yr
Staff Wages $300K/yr
[#1] Rapid-response field team salaries & benefits (4 staff; blended fully-loaded ~$75k each + overtime contingency).
Medical And Psych Support $50K/yr
[#4] Medical exams, neurology follow-ups, counseling for exposed personnel and observers.
Research And Monitoring $40K/yr
[#13] Data analysis & lab time when testing is active (psychophysiology, audio analysis, specialist contractors).
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#2] Deployment travel & logistics (air travel, ground transport, lodging for several deployments/year).
Night Shift Overhead $30K/yr
[#16] Opportunity cost and payroll overhead for night operations (overtime, shift differentials).
Clearance Administration $20K/yr
[#9] Incremental costs for processing and maintaining Level-1+ clearances for likely responders.
Cover Story And Legal $16K/yr
[#15, #19] Minimal public-affairs/cover contingency (#15, $10k/yr) and archival/legal review of redacted speech records (#19, $6k/yr).
Medical Insurance And Wc $15K/yr
[#11] Medical insurance / worker's compensation premium reserve (does not include per-incident payouts).
Equipment Calibration And Maintenance $10K/yr
[#6] Calibration, maintenance and minor replacement for specialized sensors and recording equipment.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#3, #7, #17] Replacement/consumables: field-kit replacement (#3, $2k/yr), scene control upkeep (#7, $1k/yr), minor consumables & replacement parts (#17, $5k/yr).
Archival Processing $8K/yr
[#14] Secure archival, redaction processing, secure printing and document control.
It Maintenance And Hosting $5K/yr
[#5] Ongoing maintenance, hosting, backups and IT admin for encrypted incident reporting system.
Long Term Storage $4K/yr
[#20] Long-term encrypted digital and physical storage refresh cycles.
Training $3K/yr
[#10] Annual refresher courses and training staff time for SOPs and drills.
Secure Comms Service $2K/yr
[#8] Airtime/service and satellite phone plans for secure comms.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $540K/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with occasional short manifestations and routine operations.
short_night_manifests routine_deployments no_research_activation
🚨 Minor Incident $620K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$80K vs baseline
A field deployment results in a vertigo-related injury requiring significant medical treatment and claims.
field_deployment_injury medical_claims overtime_pay
🚨 Research Restart $830K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$290K vs baseline
Targeted research pilot is approved and executed (12-month pilot plus active lab analysis).
approval_of_pilot_study active_lab_testing extra_research_contracts
🚨 Major Escalation Containment $1.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Sustained or hazardous change in SCP behavior necessitates emergency containment construction, equipment procurement and staffing increases.
sustained_manifestations hazardous_behavior_change indoor_or_population_manifestation
👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Field Investigator (Senior Researcher) 1 [#1] Senior researcher serving as on-call field lead; included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#1] Two security officers per rapid-response team; included in staff_wages.
Research Assistant / Medic 1 [#1] Combined research assistant and medic role for deployments; included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates follow analyst-provided line items with explicit dollar figures for most categories (medium confidence). Major uncertainties remain around the contingency reserve size, probability of escalation, and whether research is resumed — these drive one-time and scenario variance.
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