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SCP-6579 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-6579-D
Expected annual
$5.1M
One-time setup
$6.3M
Annual recurring
$5.0M
Personnel
11
Initial one-time setup is capital-intensive (secure retrofit, drones, compute, and R&D) totaling several million USD; recurring costs are dominated by staffing, AI/monitoring, maintenance, contingency reserves, and insurance totaling several million USD per year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.3M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.9M
[#11, #18] Initial containment protocol R&D (antimemetics research and safe-testing frameworks) plus autonomous autopsy/medical automation R&D setup.
Equipment $2.4M
[#3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #22, #24] Weaponized drone fleet purchase, ShyGuy.aic servers and air-gapped hardware, initial spare parts inventory, autonomous incinerator, non-visual sensor suite, blackbox/logging systems, archival hardware, fail-safe/data-loss hardware, and initial secure communications hardware.
Facilities $980K
[#1, #2, #20, #21] Secure containment chamber retrofit, HVAC one-time installation, high-availability power infrastructure, and perimeter/access-control installation.
Initial Permitting $28K
[#19] Initial hazardous-materials permits and compliance setup fees.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#5, #6, #17, #21] AI engineering & cybersecurity staff, robotics maintenance personnel wages, psychological & ethical oversight staff, and allocated security staffing for the Site-41 subsection.
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#4, #8, #9, #10, #11, #18, #22, #25, #29] Ongoing ShyGuy.aic hosting/updates/monitoring, sensor calibration and replacements, logging/blackbox operation, archival maintenance, ongoing containment R&D, autopsy-system operation, fail-safe audits, continuous surveillance SLA, and third-party audits/documentation.
Insurance And Writedown Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#23] Contingency reserve / internal insurance to cover costs from catastrophic breach or large-scale cover-up.
Opportunity Cost And Administrative Overhead $500K/yr
[#30] Estimated administrative overhead, diverted research time, and opportunity cost of losing senior antimemetic researcher workspace.
Cover Story And Legal $260K/yr
[#16, #26] Legal/cover-up operations, PR/counterintelligence, records sanitization and personnel records management.
Emergency Response Contingency Fund $200K/yr
[#12] Reserve fund for immediate containment-breach responses, rapid procurement, overtime, and surge operations.
Drone Maintenance And Spares $150K/yr
[#3, #6] Spare parts, battery replacement cycles, and routine maintenance for the weaponized drone fleet and autoloaders.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#3, #14, #28] Routine logistics for drone deployment and transport, baseline per-sortie logistics, and occasional contracted transport for specialists.
Personnel Replacement And Severance Reserve $100K/yr
[#13] Budgeted annual reserve for replacement hiring, onboarding, severance/benefit obligations, and cover-story processing per casualties.
External Contracting $100K/yr
[#28] Occasional specialist contractor use (memetic engineers, robotics specialists) for upgrades or emergency repairs.
Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr
[#2, #20, #1] HVAC filter replacements and maintenance, generator/UPS fuel & maintenance, and general containment room upkeep.
Training And Drills $60K/yr
[#15] Non-visual protocol training, robotic exercises, emergency AI override drills, and tabletop simulations.
Supplies And Consumables $40K/yr
[#27, #6] Decontamination consumables, PPE, and consumable spare parts replacements.
Communications Operation $30K/yr
[#24] Operation and maintenance of encrypted, memetic-safe communications channels and content filtering.
Hazardous Waste And Permits $30K/yr
[#19, #7] Ongoing hazardous-waste contracts, ash handling, and permit renewals/compliance for incineration/disposal.
Per Decommission Operational Costs $10K/yr
[#14] Consumables and expendables used in decommissioning sorties (ammunition, drone wear, disposal consumables) — baseline annual expected spend.
Documentation Audits $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.0M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with ongoing operations, monitoring, maintenance, and reserves.
no major incidents regular maintenance standard staffing and surveillance
🚨 Minor Incident $5.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring additional drone sorties, repairs, limited replacements, and legal handling.
single decommission event involving drone sortie hardware damage requiring repair limited legal/records work
🚨 Major Breach $8.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure with multiple casualties, large emergency response, major hardware loss, and substantial cover-up costs.
multiple personnel exposed/killed widespread hardware failure extended emergency operations
🚨 Political Exposure $10.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Public or governmental exposure requiring an extensive multi-year cover-up, major legal and PR campaigns, and high indemnities.
leak to press or oversight body investigation requiring large-scale deception significant legal settlements
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
AI Engineer / Cybersecurity 4 [#4, #5] Engineers to develop and maintain ShyGuy.aic, secure enclaves, and memetic-safe compute.
Robotics Technician / Maintenance 3 [#3, #6] Technicians for drone repair, autoloaders, actuators, and spare parts management.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#21] Assigned security personnel for perimeter control and site subsection patrols (memetic-safe procedures).
Psychological & Ethical Oversight 1 [#17] Ethics board member / mental-health specialist overseeing non-visual operations and decommission authorizations.
Site Director / Administrative Staff 1 [#30] Administrative coordination, liaison for legal/cover operations, and program management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are wide-ranging due to the anomalous, infohazardous nature of SCP-6579, uncertain incident frequency, and large R&D/engineering unknowns; many line items are intentional reserves or per-event costs with uncertain utilization.
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