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SCP-6607 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6607
Expected annual
$25.7M
One-time setup
$50.9M
Annual recurring
$25.1M
Personnel
43
Estimated startup (one-time) costs ~ $50.9M driven primarily by facility construction/retrofit, contingency seed funds, experimental harness infrastructure and redundancy premiums; steady annual operating costs ~ $25.14M driven by specialist and support staff wages, R&D/monitoring, legal/cover operations and contingency/redundancy replenishment.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $50.9M
Redundancy Premium One Time $17.0M
[#21] One-time redundancy premium (~50% of baseline one-time containment costs) to add orthogonal containment layers.
Facilities $10.0M
[#1] Concrete/steel construction, hardened ritual chamber wing or retrofit; blast-resistant doors, antechamber, insulation and structural work.
Contingency Seed Reserve $10.0M
[#15] Initial seed for insurance/contingency/catastrophe fund to cover large remediation or relocation.
Experimental Energy Harness Infra $5.0M
[#20] Prototype conversion arrays, containment batteries, safety interlocks and facility upgrades if harnessing attempted.
Equipment $4.2M
[#6, #9, #10, #11, #19] Custom sensor R&D/prototypes, generators/UPS installation, emergency containment inventory, armored van purchase, one-time IT security setup (air-gapped hardware).
Artifact Acquisition And Vault $2.0M
[#8] Purchase/authentication of relics and vault build/environmental control for secure storage.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#12] Laboratory buildout and initial anomaly-safe research equipment/setup.
Warding Anchors $1.0M
[#2] Permanent wards/anchors, consecrated nodes, grounding pylons, carved glyphs and initial sanctification ceremonies.
Training Program Setup $300K
[#5] Initial development of training/certification programs and simulation infrastructure.
Documentation Translation $200K
[#29] Translate ritual texts, create secure annotated copies and conservation startup costs.
Decontamination Setup $150K
[#16] Setup protocols and initial equipment for ritual disposal and permitted waste handling.
Licensing Permits One Time $50K
[#23] Initial fees for building/hazardous-material/import permits and regulatory negotiation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $25.1M/yr
Redundancy Premium Recurring $8.4M/yr
[#21] Recurring redundancy premium (~50% of baseline recurring costs) for maintaining orthogonal containment layers and legal/informational mitigations.
Staff Wages $3.8M/yr
[#3, #4] Salaries for thaumaturgists, security guards, technicians, medical staff, psychologists, chaplains and administrative staff; includes contracted retainers.
Research And Monitoring $2.8M/yr
[#6, #12, #22] Ongoing R&D into SCP-6607, sensor calibration & maintenance, lab time, archival research and monitoring operations.
Containment Failure Fund Replenishment $2.0M/yr
[#15] Annual replenishment contribution to contingency/catastrophe reserve.
Containment Failure Operation Fund $2.0M/yr
[#26] Annual availability fund for major neutralization operations, demolition or large-scale remediation.
Facilities Maintenance $750K/yr
[#1, #30] Ongoing building maintenance, utilities, site upkeep, ritual-aware janitorial and general facility services.
Cover Story And Legal $750K/yr
[#14] Legal counsel, media management, plausible-deniability operations, FOIA handling and covert corporate structures.
Supplies And Consumables $500K/yr
[#7] Ritual consumables: candles, incense, sacramental oils, organic materials, rare reagents and periodic procurement of sensitive items.
Experimental Harness Operations $500K/yr
[#20] Operational costs if Faustian-Sacramental Energy capture/harnessing trials continue.
Personnel Replacement Fund $500K/yr
[#24] Recruitment, relocation, severance and buyouts for compromised or lost personnel.
Public Safety Evacuation $500K/yr
[#25] Evacuation planning, temporary housing, medical surge readiness and public information under cover stories.
Cultural Ops $400K/yr
[#28] Disinformation, suppression of ritual texts and targeted outreach to reduce imitation risk.
Artifact Insurance And Replacement $300K/yr
[#8] Artifact replacement, authentication cycles and insurance premiums.
Psychosocial Monitoring $300K/yr
[#13] Long-term monitoring, counseling, medication and contingency extraction for exposed personnel.
Logistics And Transport $250K/yr
[#11] Operation of armored/ritual-shielded vehicles, drivers and routine transport costs; occasional charters budgeted separately per event.
Warding Maintenance $250K/yr
[#2] Recurring ritual maintenance, sanctification ceremonies and artisan recalibrations for geomantic anchors.
Religious Liaison $250K/yr
[#18] Contracts with theologians, cultural anthropologists and liaison specialists.
It Security Ops $200K/yr
[#19] Secure communications, air-gapped archive operations, encrypted backups and counter-surveillance.
Training And Drills $200K/yr
[#5] Ongoing safety drills, ritual safety training and psychological resilience programs.
Red Team Exercises $150K/yr
[#17] Simulated breach exercises, actors, analysis and remediation planning.
Emergency Equipment Restock $100K/yr
[#10] Restocking spirit-dampeners, portable wards, specialized hazmat and neutralization cartridges.
Ethical Oversight $100K/yr
[#27] Internal review board, external auditors and ethical vetting for experiments involving Faustian bargains.
Generators Fuel Maintenance $60K/yr
[#9] Fuel contracts, generator maintenance and UPS servicing.
Decontamination Operations $50K/yr
[#16] Recurring ritual disposal, permits and contracted disposal teams.
Licensing Renewals $50K/yr
[#23] Permit renewals and compliance monitoring.
Documentation Maintenance $50K/yr
[#29] Archive maintenance, translation updates and secure annotated library upkeep.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $25.1M/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major containment incidents.
routine_ritual_operations scheduled_research_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $26.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring targeted remediation, temporary overtime, small artifact recovery and public cover adjustments.
localized_breach artifact_contamination small_scale_neutralization
🚨 Major Breach $35.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure requiring multi-team remediation, large neutralization ritual, relocation/repair and substantial legal/cover operations.
multi-chamber_breach widespread_artifact_compromise high-profile_leak
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $75.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Catastrophic failure requiring full-site demolition/neutralization, mass remediation, major litigation and international cover operations.
systemic_containment_cascade large_scale_public_exposure need_for_full_demolition
👥 Personnel 43 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Thaumaturgist 6 [#3] Senior thaumaturgists/ritualists overseeing rituals, safety protocols and counter-rituals (compensated at specialist rates; some outside contractors retained separately).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 20 [#4] 24/7 security staffing for facility and ritual protection; shift rotation included in wages.
Technician / Maintenance 8 [#4, #6] Ritual technicians, sensor technicians and equipment maintenance staff supporting operations and custom instrumentation.
Medical Officer 3 [#4] Onsite medical staff for ritual trauma and emergency care.
Clinical Psychologist 2 [#4, #13] Psychological monitoring and long-term care for exposed personnel; part of psychosocial program.
Chaplain / Clergy Consultant 1 [#4, #18] Religious/cultural liaison and ritual consultancy for safe performance and community mitigation.
Administrative Staff 3 [#30] HR, accounting, scheduling and cover-story logistics support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes are comprehensive and enumerate major cost drivers, but ranges are very wide and many items (experimental harnessing, scale of redundancy, contingency sizing) are scenario-dependent; estimates use mid-range assumptions and a 50% redundancy premium, so uncertainty remains.
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