← SCP Cost Explorer Read on SCP Wiki ↗
SCP-6510 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-6510
Expected annual
$389K
One-time setup
$172K
Annual recurring
$340K
Personnel
4
Baseline one-time setup is modest (~$171,500) for secure containers, monitoring, and basic instrumentation; recurring baseline costs are driven by staff/security, contingency reserve, and occasional testing (~$340,000/yr). Major cost drivers (millions) appear only if the Foundation builds a hardened flight chamber or tries to operationalize the object.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $172K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $110K
[#10, #15] Instrumentation and sensors kit for biomechanics/physiology and initial small medical research project startup costs.
Facilities $40K
[#1, #11] Purchase/installation of two safe-class vault inserts and limited testing-room retrofit (bench/hospital-style tests).
Equipment $22K
[#2, #7] Vault access/control hardware setup (biometric readers, tamper sensors, CCTV) and initial medical/trauma kit purchase.
Flight Chamber Construction $0
[#12] Optional hardened flight arena construction/instrumentation (range $1M–$5M + $200k–$500k) — not included in baseline.
Capture Equipment Procurement $0
[#14] Optional procurement/training for aerial intercept and capture gear (one-time $200k–$800k) — baseline omits purchase.
Opportunity Program Startup $0
[#20] Optional program start-up to operationalize SCP-6510 (estimated $500k–$2M) — baseline omits program startup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $340K/yr
Staff Wages $232K/yr
[#3, #4, #15] Incremental security coverage (2 guards during hours) and part-time research salary and administrative labor (audit/records/legal prep).
Contingency Reserve $50K/yr
[#21] Maintained contingency/incidental reserve for unforeseen retrievals, medical bills, legal actions, or emergency response.
Cover Story And Legal $25K/yr
[#8, #18] Ethics/legal review cycles, approvals, and a small annual contingency for rapid legal/PR response for limited incidents.
Research And Monitoring $13K/yr
[#9, #11, #17] Per-test research costs (D-class subject costs, limited test-room per-test expenses) plus data storage/analysis.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#7, #10, #16, #19] Medical supplies, instrumentation consumables/calibration, sterile tools/disposables, and routine disposal costs.
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#2, #5] Annual maintenance/monitoring for vault access/alarm systems and pro-rated electricity/HVAC/site overhead for storage.
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#6, #13] Secure ground transport per transfer (armored courier/van) and reserved budget for potential airspace/air-escort costs (per-day airspace costs treated as scenario expense).
Administrative And Audit $0/yr
[]
Standing Response Team $0/yr
[#14] Recurring cost for a dedicated standing aerial response team (optional $100k–$300k/yr) — not funded in baseline.
Opportunity Program Ongoing $0/yr
[#20] Recurring operationalization program costs (optional $500k–$1.5M/yr) — not funded in baseline.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $340K/yr
91.5% probability / year
Normal year: halves stored separately at Site-106; only limited, infrequent testing and routine maintenance/administration.
separate_storage_only limited_bench_testing routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $400K/yr
7.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline
Single small exposure/retrieval or medical emergency requiring field recovery, per-incident disposal, legal/PR response, and short medical treatment.
public_exposure single_retrieval medical_emergency
🚨 Major Testing And Development $3.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.4M vs baseline
Foundation elects to build a hardened flight chamber and conduct full-flight testing with heavy instrumentation and safety systems.
construction_of_flight_chamber full-flight_testing_campaign
🚨 Operationalization $2.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.2M vs baseline
Programmatic decision to attempt controlled operational use of SCP-6510 (agent training, program startup and first-year operations).
program_startup agent_training_issue
👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#3] Incremental guard coverage assigned to vault during working hours (salary+benefits included).
Research Scientist 1 [#10, #15] Research lead for instrumentation, data collection, and small medical research projects (part-time/full-time equivalent included in staff_wages).
Administrative Staff 1 [#4, #8] Part-time administrative/compliance support for audits, access logs, ethical approvals, and documentation.
📋 Confidence Notes
Cost ranges in the notes are well-specified for baseline containment but contain large optional ranges for high-end testing and operationalization; frequencies of tests/incidents are uncertain, so numerical probabilities and many optional item valuations are analyst judgments.
← SCP-6509 ↑ All SCPs SCP-6511 →