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SCP-6546 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-6546
Expected annual
$2.8M
One-time setup
$14.5M
Annual recurring
$2.7M
Personnel
13
One-time setup and contingency costs are large (~$14.53M) driven primarily by strategic reserve, long-term escalation/vault construction and initial covert-sales/legal setup; recurring annual costs are significant (~$2.703M) driven by staff wages (thaumaturgy, security, researchers), legal/cover operations, medical care and market monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $14.5M
Strategic Reserve $10.0M
[#22] Restricted strategic reserve for extreme-scale sequestration or global stabilization (kept as a one-time capital reserve).
Facilities $3.3M
[#1, #20] Containment cell retrofit and potential long-term escalation / specialized vault construction; includes installation labor, structural work, and project-level contingency for transfer/neutralization planning.
Covert Sales Network Setup $350K
[#12] One-time legal/financial structuring and setup costs to establish shell companies, covert sale channels, and initial legal positioning to handle transmuted gold without market disruption.
Emergency Contingency Fund Seed $300K
[#18] Seed reserve for immediate emergency repairs/replacements following accidental transmutation damage (one-time seed contribution).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#10] Major instrumentation purchase for replication/analysis program (mass-spectrometry, histology prep equipment, lab buildout specific instruments).
Equipment $230K
[#2, #3, #8, #13, #14] Wooden anomalous-item locker fabrication, Hume-meter device purchase, portable imaging/ultrasound purchase, custom non-metal transport crate, and non-metallic instrument procurement (one-time buys).
Thaumaturgical Countermeasures Setup $125K
[#15] One-time setup of ward materials, ritual infrastructure, reagents and initial deployment of countermeasure hardware/supplies.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#4, #5, #10] Salaries and benefits for dedicated thaumaturgy containment team (2 specialists), security staffing (6–10 guards; mid assumed), and research personnel (2–4 researchers; mid assumed).
Cover Story And Legal $575K/yr
[#12, #16, #19] Operational costs for covert gold handling and economic control, ongoing amnestic/information-control budget, legal retainers and compliance/cover costs.
Research And Monitoring $315K/yr
[#10, #11, #21] Ongoing lab time, analyses, mass-spec/histology runs, materials analysis/cataloging of SCP-6546-1 instances, and market-impact/economic monitoring services and economist staffing.
Medical Care $250K/yr
[#7] Medical costs for urology/nephrology care, surgeries for >3cm stones, imaging, follow-ups and contracted specialist services.
Facilities Maintenance $125K/yr
[#1, #15] Ongoing maintenance of contained humanoid chamber retrofit, seals, and periodic ward reinforcement/maintenance work.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#13] Periodic specialized transport budget for transfers, escort training, occasional armored convoy rental, and transport-related drills.
Emergency Contingency Replenish $100K/yr
[#18] Annual replenishment recommended for the contingency reserve to respond to accidental transmutation damage and infrastructure failures.
Personnel Corruption Mitigation $80K/yr
[#17] Psychological counseling, rotation/hazard pay, and programs to mitigate corruption and temptation among staff exposed to SCP-6546-2.
Supplies And Consumables $58K/yr
[#3, #8, #9, #14] Hume-meter consumables and sacrificial sensors, OR/imaging consumables and slot fees, controlled diet provisioning (white cabbage/honey), and annual replacement of sacrificial metal components/non-metallic tools.
Access Control And Insider Monitoring $50K/yr
[#6] Continuous clearance vetting, background reinvestigations, polygraphs, psych evals, and insider-threat monitoring systems.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr
87.9% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine monitoring, maintenance, research, and controlled handling of outputs.
no breaches no major production spike routine medical events
🚨 Minor Incident $3.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or medical uptick requiring additional surgeries, repairs, and legal/amnestic actions.
small containment breach explosive/chemical byproduct from small metal transmutation 1–3 additional surgeries or repairs
🚨 Major Breach $5.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant breach or theft attempt leading to substantial repair, market mitigation and legal operations.
theft or organized attempt to extract stone larger-scale uncontrolled transmutation affecting equipment major legal exposure
🚨 Catastrophic Economic Impact $14.7M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Uncontrolled production or weaponization leading to widescale market disruption requiring deployment of strategic reserve and global stabilization operations.
mass production of valuable metals weaponization or leakage to hostile actors rapid market anomalies linked to Foundation activity
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Thaumaturgist / Occult Specialist 2 Dedicated team for monitoring Hume values, wards and ritual oversight (O3+ capability). Salary costs included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 Rotating 24/7 armed guard coverage and rapid-response capability; mid-range staffing assumption (6–10). Salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 3 Biochemists/nephrology researchers for diet/pathway replication and analysis (2–4 range; mid assumed). Salaries included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to the anomalous nature of SCP-6546-2, wide ranges in analyst notes, uncertain frequency/volume of stone production, and dependence on unknown actor behavior (insider temptation, market responses). Many line items are intentionally contingency-heavy and have broad ranges.
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