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SCP-6520 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-6520
Expected annual
$23.9M
One-time setup
$112.0M
Annual recurring
$18.3M
Personnel
155
Initial one-time response and mitigation (evacuation, rehousing, neutralization contingency, and site/facility buildout) dominate costs (~$112M one-time), while sustained containment/security, research, PPE replacement and social/legal obligations drive annual costs (~$18.3M/year). Main drivers are emergency evacuation, long-term rehousing/compensation, perimeter security wages, R&D for anti-entropy measures, and contingency/neutralization provisioning.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $112.0M
Emergency Evacuation $40.0M
[#1] Evacuation of one-mile exclusion zone: buses, temporary shelters, food, triage and transport for displaced residents for initial 2-week period.
Facilities $16.5M
[#9, #17, #21, #24] Permanent and temporary structural work: specialized entry/decon structures (#9), training/simulation facility buildout (#17), permanent annex/site conversion (#21), and local infrastructure repair/economic stabilization (#24).
Rehousing And Compensation Fund $15.0M
[#2] One-time settlement / rehousing fund to cover lost income, relocation assistance and legal settlements if exclusion persists.
Neutralization Planning One Time $10.0M
[#18] Contingency neutralization planning and provisioning of specialized assets (planning to heavy options).
Contingency Reserve One Time $10.0M
[#25] One-time contingency/escalation reserve for unexpected anomalous expenditures and major surprises.
Equipment $6.7M
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #11, #12, #22, #23] Vehicles/armor and transport procurement (#4), boundary sensors and datalogging installation (#5), generators and distribution hardware (#6), protective-suit R&D procurement and initial production (#7), forensic/incineration equipment (#11), custom artifact containment hardware (#12), helicopter/air-support initial retainer/flight hours (#22), archive setup hardware (#23).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.7M
[#8, #10] Initial anti-entropy R&D program setup and capital equipment (#8) plus field-lab/initial scientific field-team lab setup (#10).
Legal And Cover Story One Time $5.5M
[#14] Upfront legal/diplomatic/cover-story costs, municipal reimbursements and initial media control expenses.
Environmental Surveys $600K
[#20] Initial environmental surveys, soil/water testing and preliminary remediation mobilization.
Memetic Amnestics One Time $500K
[#15] One-time mass/initial amnestic deployment logistics and materials.
Occult Contracts Initial $500K
[#13] Initial mobilization/payment to local thaumaturgical/occult allies and specialists.
Initial Staff Screening $93K
[#16] Initial per-staff screening costs (~$200–$1,000/person applied to on-site complement).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $18.3M/yr
Staff Wages $8.4M/yr
[#3, #10, #17] Salaries/benefits for perimeter security/MTF/contractors (#3), research/field-team technical staff (ongoing portion of #10), and training staff/instructors (#17).
Facilities Maintenance $1.9M/yr
[#6, #9, #11, #12, #21, #23] Site/annex operations and maintenance (#21), generator fuel/maintenance (#6), containment entry/decon ops (#9), biohazard disposal contracts and incineration operations (#11), artifact storage/security recurring costs (#12), archive curation/storage (#23).
Supplies And Consumables $1.6M/yr
[#7, #10] High-throughput / sacrificial protective-suit replenishment and PPE consumables (#7) plus field consumables and per-sample analysis budgets (#10).
Rehousing And Compensation Payments $1.5M/yr
[#2] Ongoing temporary rehousing, compensation and business-interruption payments while restrictions remain.
Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr
[#8, #10, #20] Ongoing anti-entropy R&D program operating budget (#8), non-salary research expenses (dating, analysis) (#10), and ongoing environmental monitoring/remediation program (#20).
Occupational Health $1.0M/yr
[#16] Ongoing psychological care, screening, therapy, medications and attrition/replacement staffing costs for affected personnel.
Logistics And Transport $950K/yr
[#4, #22] Vehicle/fleet maintenance and fuel for logistics and patrols (#4), plus contracted helicopter/air-support operating retainer/hourly lift costs (#22).
Cover Story And Legal $900K/yr
[#13, #14, #15] Ongoing PR/legal monitoring, municipal/diplomatic liaison costs (#14), payments to occult allies/operational partners (#13), and memetic follow-ups for witnesses as needed (#15).
Replacement Reserve Yearly $500K/yr
[#19] Annual reserve for replacement of equipment lost to entropic degradation and rapid procurement of replacements.
Training Operations $125K/yr
[#17] Annual operating cost to run training/simulation scenarios, consumables and instructor time.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $18.3M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady containment operations, no major incidents; routine monitoring, research, staff wages and maintenance only.
no_major_incidents containment_stable routine_research_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $63.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$45.5M vs baseline
Localized escalation requiring large short-term emergency response: mass evacuation, short-term rehousing and surge security/medical response.
sudden_exclusion_zone_expansion mass_incursion civilian_evacuations
🚨 Major Breach $69.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$51.0M vs baseline
Severe breach or political/diplomatic incident prompting neutralization planning, heavy infrastructure repair and large settlements.
containment_failure international_exposure large-scale_neutralization_attempt
👥 Personnel 155 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 120 [#3] 24/7 perimeter cordon, checkpoints, patrol rotations and tactical response (primary labor cost driver).
Research Scientist 12 [#8, #10] Field researchers, materials scientists, physicists and archaeologists supporting R&D and ongoing study.
Engineer / Maintenance 6 [#4, #6] Generator, vehicle, facility and sensor maintenance staff.
Medical Officer 8 [#1, #11, #22] Emergency medevac/triage, forensic pathology support and ongoing medical coverage.
Administrative Staff 4 [#14, #21] Logistics, liaison, and administrative coordination for operations and diplomatic/legal matters.
Archive / Conservation Staff 2 [#12, #23] Artifact conservation, curation and long-term data preservation.
Training Instructor 2 [#17] Conducts anomalous-environment operation simulations and training.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#21] Senior O5/site-level oversight and decision-making.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to wide ranges in analyst notes, uncertain population counts, unknown long-term behavior of the anomaly (expansion rate and degradation effects), and many politically/diplomatically contingent costs. Several major items (neutralization, rehousing settlements, contingency draws) could shift totals by orders of magnitude.
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