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SCP-6505 Ticonderoga ~ medium confidence
SCP-6505
Expected annual
$2.3M
One-time setup
$817K
Annual recurring
$2.0M
Personnel
7
One-time capital outlays are moderate (~$817k) driven by lab instrumentation, thaumaturgical kits, sensors and initial equipment; ongoing annual costs are dominated by personnel, specialist research projects and PR/legal cover operations (~$2.00M/year). Main recurring drivers are staff wages, specialist research contracts, and cover-story/legal operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $817K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $415K
[#6, #7] Laboratory capital equipment including bench-top DNA sequencer/PCR/-80°C freezer/centrifuges and related lab buildout (~$275,000) plus specialized thaumaturgical/akiva instrumentation (~$140,000).
Equipment $200K
[#3, #4, #5, #9, #10] Purchase and retrofit of 1 field vehicle (~$45,000), three portable field kits (~$30,000), remote sensor site installs (~$100,000 for ~20 sites), secure cabinet/LIMS hardware component (~$11,000), and initial server/software purchases (~$14,000).
Incident Response Fund $125K
[#18] Retained rapid-deployment / contingency reserve for emergency sensor replacement, legal crises, rapid amnestic deployment (~$50k–$200k).
Amnestic Stock $60K
[#14] One-time purchase/stockpile of amnestic/memetic countermeasure doses and administration supplies (~$20k–$100k range; mid estimate used).
Training Development $17K
[#19] One-time development of grief-sensitive, thaum- and memetic-safety training materials and course setup (~$10k–$25k).
Facilities $0
[] No major structural construction required; containment is distributed and research is pro-rated to Site-24.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.0M/yr
Staff Wages $800K/yr
[#1] Salaries, benefits, and site premiums for PI-level lead historian/mythologist, thaumaturgy lead, 2 RAs, 2 field agents, 1 lab technician (total ~7 FTE equivalent; estimated $700k–$900k/year; mid used).
Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr
[#12, #13, #17] Public-discrediting campaigns, OSINT/ops, fake publications and takedowns (~$150k–$400k), plus legal retainer/liaison costs (~$50k–$120k) and folklore/cover publication budgets (~$20k–$80k) combined.
Specialist Research Projects $300K/yr
[#16] Focused contracted projects (proteomics, controlled assays, thaum mapping). Assumes ~2 projects/year at mid-range (~$50k–$250k each).
Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr
[#2] Pro-rated Site-24 allocation: utilities, security overhead, administration and real-estate share (~$150k–$350k/year; mid used).
Research And Monitoring $65K/yr
[#5, #9, #10] Ongoing remote sensor/site maintenance (~$40k/year), sample storage & auditing (~$10k/year), and baseline data storage/analysis (~$15k/year).
Logistics And Transport $63K/yr
[#3, #11] Vehicle fuel/maintenance/insurance (~$8k/year) plus travel, lodging, per-diems for UK-wide field ops (~$55k/year).
Supplies And Consumables $41K/yr
[#4, #8] Consumables replacement for field kits (~$6k/year) and biological analysis reagents/PPE (~$35k/year; combined).
Ethical Psych Support $27K/yr
[#15] Contract counselors and post-exposure monitoring for affected visitors and staff (~$15k–$40k/year).
Thaum Calibration $25K/yr
[#7] Annual calibration/support contracts for akiva/thaum instrumentation (~$15k–$40k/year).
Replacement Buffer $25K/yr
[#21] Replacement/theft/vandalism buffer for rural deployments (~$10k–$40k/year).
Amnestic Administration $20K/yr
[#14] Training, deployment supplies and administrative costs for memetic/amnestic countermeasures (~$10k–$30k/year).
Field Permissions $15K/yr
[#22] Permits, small goodwill payments to caretakers/landowners (~$5k–$25k/year).
Energy Costs $12K/yr
[#20] Power for -80°C freezer, servers and remote sensor energy support (~$6k–$18k/year).
Training Recurring $8K/yr
[#19] Annual recertification and refresher memetic/field training (~$5k–$12k/year).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.0M/yr
89.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine operations, monitoring and scheduled research.
routine_monitoring scheduled_research_projects
🚨 Minor Incident $2.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized public exposure, small research leak, or multi-site vandalism requiring emergency response, amnestics and PR surge.
public_leak sensor_vandalism targeted_media_scrutiny
🚨 Blanket Monitoring $60.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$58.0M vs baseline
Policy shift to active prevention/blanket monitoring of all British graveyards (large-scale program expansion).
policy_change full_geographic_rollout
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / PI (Historian/Mythologist) 1 [#1] PI-level lead for SCP-6505 research.
Thaumaturgy Lead 1 [#1] Specialist leading akiva/thaum analysis.
Research Assistant 2 [#1] Two research assistants supporting field and lab work.
Field Agent / Field Researcher 2 [#1] Two field agents (on-call) for rural graveyard investigations and secure deployments.
Lab Technician 1 [#1] One lab technician for sample processing and equipment maintenance.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide explicit ranges and line-item estimates, enabling a mid-confidence structured estimate; uncertainty remains around sampling rates, number of specialist projects and the potential for policy-driven scale-ups which drive large variance.
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