SCP-6575 — SCP-6575 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6575 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-6575

Expected annual

$27.6M

One-time setup

$26.8M

Annual recurring

$27.3M

Personnel

One-time capital costs are estimated at roughly $26.8M, driven by a hardened Secure Surrealistics wing, transport asset acquisition, and an amnestic stockpile. Ongoing annual operating costs are large (~$27.3M/yr) driven by specialized staff wages, contingency/resilience reserves, classified contingency funds, logistics, and capital maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $26.8M

Facilities $13.8M

[#1, #12] Construction/retrofitting of a Secure Surrealistics research wing (sensory isolation, Faraday cages, anti-memetic surfaces) and initial secure detention/witness-processing facility buildout.

Transport Asset Acquisition $6.0M

[#8] Option to purchase dedicated rapid-response transport assets (helicopters, vessels, RIBs, cargo aircraft) rather than fully relying on contracts.

Equipment $2.3M

[#2, #9, #14, #15, #18, #19] Initial purchase of air-gapped archive hardware, field communications hardware, predictive-modeling servers, field sensor hardware, portable generators/battery systems, and initial specialized PPE kits.

Amnestic Stockpile Initial $1.5M

[#11] Initial amnestic stockpile (example: 2,000 doses at mid-range per-dose cost) and administration infrastructure startup.

Insurance Reserve Initial $1.5M

[#26] Initial insurance/indemnity/liability reserve.

Maritime Outpost Kits $750K

[#7] Purchase/assembly of 2–4 rapid-deployment maritime outpost kits (modeled here as 3 kits).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $550K

[#10, #13] Development/validation of information-hazard-safe UI/middleware and cognitive decontamination/testing equipment and lab setup.

Low Gravity Training Initial $300K

[#6] Initial low-gravity training and certification (parabolic flight contracts, simulators) for core team.

Recruitment Program Initial $175K

[#5] Initial recruitment, CRV screening and extended psychometric evaluation program setup and contracting.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $27.3M/yr

Staff Wages $6.9M/yr

[#3, #4, #11, #20] Ongoing fully-burdened wages for Surrealistics researchers and operatives (8–12 FTEs), MTF Nu-1 rotational coverage (18–36 personnel), medical staff, and field-level audit/compliance officers.

Contingency And Risk Premium $6.3M/yr

[#30] Risk/contingency premium (30% of recurring operating subtotal) to cover Keter-level unknowns and escalation.

Capital Maintenance And Replacement $2.7M/yr

[#27] Annual maintenance and gradual replacement (~10% of total capital outlay).

Classified Contingency Fund $2.0M/yr

[#25] Black-ops and classified logistics contingency for covert actions, off-books contractors and emergency expenditures.

Logistics And Transport $1.2M/yr

[#8] Baseline contract costs for rapid-deployment transport, airlift and contracted maritime/air assets and transport logistics.

Cover Story And Legal $1.2M/yr

[#16] Privacy/legal/cover-story, liaison, PR and civilian compensation baseline budget.

Supplies And Consumables $1.2M/yr

[#2, #7, #11, #15, #17, #18, #19] Archive hardware maintenance, maritime kit upkeep, amnestic resupply, sensor subscriptions/maintenance, event consumables (fuel, medical, disposables), generator fuel/maintenance, and PPE replacement sterilization.

Incident Response Reserve $1.0M/yr

[#23] Aggregate per-event operating costs reserve (typical-year aggregate for small/medium events).

R And D Program $1.0M/yr

[#24] Ongoing R&D into safer comprehension-mitigation tools, memetic sandboxes and AI filters.

Detention Facility Operations $650K/yr

[#12] Recurring staffing, utilities and consumables to operate secure detention and witness-processing facility.

Facilities Maintenance $600K/yr

[#1] Utilities, HVAC/HPC cooling redundancy, structural maintenance and security systems for the Secure Surrealistics wing.

Redundancy Inventory $600K/yr

[#22] Annual reserve for spare parts, duplicate kits and replacement MTF personnel resources (10–20% of capital base proxy).

Insurance Replenishment $400K/yr

[#26] Annual replenishment for insurance/indemnity reserves and liability buffers.

Psychological Care $300K/yr

[#21] Trauma counseling, debriefing and long-term mental health support for MTF and witnesses.

Oversight And Ethics $300K/yr

[#28] Oversight boards, periodic ethics reviews and compliance staffing.

Research And Monitoring $175K/yr

[#14] Ongoing predictive-model compute/cloud costs, data feed subscriptions and model operations.

Training And Drills $175K/yr

[#29] Scenario-based training, surprise drills and simulations to validate procedures and MTF response.

Low Gravity Training Recurring $125K/yr

[#6] Annual recertification, new-hire training and simulator flights for low-gravity operations.

Field Comms Maintenance $125K/yr

[#9] Maintenance, airtime and redundancy costs for hardened/filtered field communications and hardware tokens.

Cognitive Decontamination Operations $125K/yr

[#13] Ongoing testing, scans, and laboratory operations for cognitive decontamination and certification.

Middleware Maintenance $90K/yr

[#10] Ongoing maintenance and audits for information-hazard-safe UI, automated redaction and middleware.

Recruitment Program Recurring $60K/yr

[#5] Ongoing candidate pipeline costs, CRV screening maintenance and periodic psychometric evaluations.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $27.3M/yr

65.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; recurring budgets cover routine response, maintenance, R&D and contingency reserves.

no major SCP-6575 events routine drills and maintenance only

🚨 Minor Incident $27.5M/yr

30.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline

One or more small-scale SCP-6575 events occur requiring rapid-deployment, amnestic administration, temporary detainment and localized cleanup.

small localized SCP-6575 event single-site rapid deployment and limited amnestic use

🚨 Major Breach $32.3M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Large/high-profile SCP-6575 event causing significant response, mass amnesticization, large-scale detainment and major legal/cover-up expenditures.

large multi-site SCP-6575 event mass civilian exposure and high-profile media attention

👥 Personnel 44 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist (Surrealistics Department)	10	Design Procedure 6575/BACKDRAFT, predictive modeling and classified information custodians; aligns with #3 estimates.
Security Officer / MTF Agent (Nu-1)	27	Operational field team with rotational coverage and low-CRV requirement; aligns with #4 staffing estimates.
Medical Officer	4	Amnestic administration, medical monitoring and emergency treatment; aligns with #11 recurring medical staff costs.
Compliance / Audit Officer	3	Protocol enforcement and audits to ensure Procedure 6575/BACKDRAFT compliance; aligns with #20.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed scoped line items and ranges, allowing a reasoned mid-range estimate; however wide ranges on capital purchases, event severity/frequency and classified/black-ops spend produce substantial uncertainty.

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