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SCP-6518 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6518
Expected annual
$8.7M
One-time setup
$16.1M
Annual recurring
$8.6M
Personnel
40
Estimated one-time setup and containment capital of approximately $16.1M driven by secure acquisition, vault upgrades, Hades.ECIC hardware, R&D and contingency reserves; annual operating costs are ~ $8.6M driven primarily by staff wages (security and memetics), ongoing R&D/monitoring, and rapid-response/cover retainer.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $16.1M
R And D Program Capital $5.5M
[#29] Capital for a multi-year R&D program to neutralize/erase the cognitohazard (program initiation / multi-million-dollar campaign).
Contingency Reserve $5.5M
[#30] Dedicated contingency/catastrophic-failure reserve for worst-case mass-response, mass amnestic deployment, evacuation and emergency measures.
Facilities $1.7M
[#1, #2, #6] Secure acquisition/site control, hazardous remediation, and Deep Well Vault 03 capital modifications (Faraday, memetic locks, structural work).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#3, #13, #14, #24] Forensic/archaeological survey & conservator work, controlled-exposure safe-viewing rigs, initial biosafety analysis (BSL-3/4 initial lab work), and development of human-safe access protocol (Hades–candidate interface engineering).
Equipment $750K
[#7, #8] Vault environmental/power redundancy systems and Hades.ECIC host hardware (air-gapped compute cluster, UPS/generator/HSMs).
International Diplomacy $550K
[#28] One-time payments/arrangements for cover-story creation, payments to local authorities, and black-budget cover projects (museum restoration, heritage project).
Secure Transport $325K
[#5] Covert international transport from Aachen to Site-19 (charter/sealed shipping, armed escort, false paperwork, covert logistics).
Amnestic Initial Administration $275K
[#16] Initial cluster administration of Class-C amnestics for candidate group (research-grade manufacture and administration for initial cohort).
Artifact Conservation Initial $150K
[#22] Initial conservation/stabilization of physical artifacts (Object-6518-1 etc.), climate-controlled packing and stabilization work.
Data Archival Initial $110K
[#18] Initial immutable archival backups (etched plates, microfilm, optical write-once media) and geographically separated vault copies.
Extraction And Rigging $90K
[#4] Heavy-lift extraction of Object-6518-1 (crane rental, rigging, custom shock-isolated crate, building reinforcement for lift).
Disposal Sterilization $50K
[#23] Single-batch disposal/sterilization capability (incineration, chemical neutralization) for contaminated materials as needed.
Recruitment And Vetting Initial $30K
[#26] Recruitment, vetting, relocation packages and NDAs for initial specialized contractors (one-time recruitment costs).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $8.6M/yr
Staff Wages $3.9M/yr
[#11, #12, #15, #17, #21, #26, #27] Salaries, benefits and overtime for 24/7 armed guards and supervisors, specialized memetics/cognitohazard research team, BSL containment staff, candidate monitoring/psychiatric aftercare staff, field recovery personnel, ongoing contractor salary components, and administrative oversight FTEs.
Research And Monitoring $2.1M/yr
[#9, #14, #29] Ongoing compute maintenance & software support for Hades.ECIC, long-term biosafety monitoring/containment work (if required), and ongoing R&D program funding if continued past initial capital phase.
Cover Story And Legal $1.2M/yr
[#20] Rapid-response leak suppression retainer, legal takedown teams, global PR/cyber takedowns and covert seize operations retainer (baseline).
Field Recovery Ops $400K/yr
[#21] Operational costs (equipment rental, armored vehicles, short-term airlift, detainment logistics) for mobile enforcement and clandestine retrievals (non-salary).
Facilities Maintenance $357K/yr
[#10, #15, #22] Vault operational costs (power, fuel, HVAC filters), BSL facility maintenance, and periodic artifact storage inspections/maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#21] Annual logistics costs for clandestine retrieval operations (vehicles, charters, fuel, transit for rapid recoveries) beyond personnel wages.
Cybersecurity Audits $175K/yr
[#19] Regular pen-testing, hardware inspections, emission detection and air-gap verification audits to prevent exfiltration.
Training And Drills $125K/yr
[#25] Annual training, simulated exposure drills, and protocol maintenance (Code Anástasi preparedness exercises).
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#10, #25] Consumables for vault/server operations (filters, fuel, sterile supplies) and material costs for training/drills.
Data Archival Maintenance $12K/yr
[#18] Ongoing maintenance of analog/immutable backups, periodic reproduction and geographic copy upkeep.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $8.6M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine containment, monitoring, and maintenance only.
no leak scheduled maintenance routine candidate screening
🚨 Minor Incident $9.1M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Limited unauthorized access or small-scale leak requiring targeted takedown, field recovery, limited amnestic administration and forensic response.
localized leak single-site online leak unauthorized file dissemination
🚨 Major Breach $13.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Physical breach with multiple exposures, mass amnestic deployment, large-scale field operations, international legal fallout and significant R&D/containment surge.
site breach mass exposure widespread leak of memetic material
🚨 Political Exposure $10.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Disclosure to public or host-nation authorities requiring significant cover-up payments, diplomatic expenditures, and legal operations.
host-nation discovery press exposure leaked classified documents
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 14 [#11] 24/7 armed guards, supervisors and specialized memetic vetting-trained security staff (baseline staffing ~12 guards + supervisors).
Research Scientist (Memetics) 6 [#12] Specialized memetics/cognitohazard research & response team (scientists, memetic engineers, clinical psychologists).
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#7, #8, #24] HVAC, generator, vibration isolation, Hades.ECIC hardware and vault systems engineers for maintenance and protocol engineering.
Medical Officer 2 [#14, #15, #16] Medical staff for biosafety, amnestic administration, monitoring and psychiatric aftercare.
Field Recovery Team / MTF 6 [#21] Mobile enforcement and clandestine retrieval operators for rapid-response and physical takedown operations.
Administrative Staff 4 [#27] Oversight, documentation, redaction workloads, classification and ethics review support FTEs.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#27] Senior site-level oversight and liaison with oversight committees.
Cybersecurity Specialist 2 [#9, #19] Air-gap verification, pen-testing, hardware emission inspections and secure-software support.
Conservator / Archivist 2 [#3, #22, #18] Artifact conservation, cataloging, photogrammetry and analog archival maintenance.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude based on analyst ranges; many line items are wide ranges (especially R&D, contingency and diplomatic payments) and depend on uncertain operational choices (frequency of candidate selection, severity of biologic activity). Midpoint choices used where ranges provided, yielding moderate confidence.
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