SCP-6611 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6611
Expected annual
$4.5M
One-time setup
$7.0M
Annual recurring
$4.5M
Personnel
32
Initial capital costs are large due to specialized civil works, transport/capture logistics and heavy equipment; ongoing annual operation is driven by staff wages (animal care, security, veterinary) and consumables (food, waste management, utilities), resulting in multimillion-dollar recurring costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.0M
Transport And Capture $3.5M
[#15] Capture and international transport logistics (chartered heavy-lift aircraft/sea freight, crates, in-field sedation and capture operations) for initial acquisition.
Facilities $1.9M
[#1, #2] Hangar repurposing (concrete/rebar walls, dry moat, steel railing, drawbridge) and 150 kL pool construction including site prep and industrial labor; combined one-time construction costs.
Equipment $916K
[#6, #5, #21, #14, #9] CCTV cameras/NVR and servers, six overhead heaters (purchase/installation), generator + UPS, emergency heavy-lift/crane/vehicle procurement, and capital veterinary surgical/diagnostic equipment.
Geriatric Surgery Reserve $110K
[#22] One-time surgical/orthopedic procedure reserve for geriatric matriarch (possible prosthetics/surgeries).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $90K
[#17] Research program equipment purchases (hydrophones, recorders, night-vision cameras, lab startup items) for preliminary behavioral/genetic work.
Protocol Development $90K
[#19] Development and initial training for Protocol 20KX-Hill, specialized PPE and procedural implementation costs.
Quarantine Setup $88K
[#16] Quarantine housing and biosecurity setup (separate stalls, PPE change rooms, decontamination facilities) for pre/post-transfer testing.
Environmental Control Install $85K
[#24] Installation of negative-pressure rooms, activated carbon/biofilter systems and HVAC upgrades for ORW and containment wing.
Vegetation Importation $70K
[#3] Importation, quarantine and installation of 12 savannah trees and four dirt piles including freight, phytosanitary certification and specialized handling.
Composting Setup $62K
[#12] Composting infrastructure setup (site, biofilters, permits) for large-volume dung processing.
Amnestics Initial Forensics $30K
[#20] Initial evidence seizure, digital forensics and one-time forensic/forcible media sanitization related costs.
Contraception Procedures $30K
[#23] One-time contraception procedures (hormonal implants/surgical preparations) per program initiation.
Data Infrastructure $30K
[#26] One-time secure data/archive infrastructure purchases (enterprise-grade secure server hardware, initial encryption/ingress control).
Water Initial Fill $3K
[#11] Initial pool fill cost (one-time) for 150 kL pool.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.5M/yr
Staff Wages $2.0M/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #17, #6] Annual salaries for security (guards + supervisor), elephant keepers (including head keeper), veterinary salaries (senior vet + vet techs), research staff salaries (lead + assistants), and ORW monitoring staff.
Supplies And Consumables $1.1M/yr
[#2, #4, #5, #9, #10, #11, #12, #14, #16, #18, #19, #21, #22, #23, #24, #26, #30] Pool chemicals and seasonal maintenance, enrichment materials, heater energy/maintenance, veterinary consumables/drugs, bulk forage and fresh produce, drinking water/treatment top-ups, composting operational costs, emergency readiness consumables, quarantine operational costs, psychological monitoring programs, protocol refresher consumables, energy fuel & maintenance, geriatric care consumables, contraception monitoring, filter replacements, secure data operations consumables, and miscellaneous PPE/tools.
Contingency Reserve $581K/yr
[#27] Capital replacement/contingency reserve (set at ~15% of baseline operating costs to cover equipment replacement and unexpected incidents).
Cover Story And Legal $312K/yr
[#20, #25] Recurring amnestic administration/cover-up budget and legal/regulatory/diplomatic liaison costs for maintaining secrecy and handling incidents.
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#17, #26] Ongoing research program operational costs (non-salary experiments, analyses, genomics, sample processing) and routine controlled data handling.
Facilities Maintenance $120K/yr
[#13, #28] Structural maintenance and repairs from animal wear-and-tear plus periodic safety/compliance audits and third-party reviews.
Logistics And Transport $60K/yr
[#29] Annual transportation and logistics for specialist rotations, staff travel, on-call specialists and heavy-equipment movements.
It Storage And Monitoring $48K/yr
[#6] Enterprise storage, video retention, backups and monitoring/maintenance for 24/7 CCTV and ORW recording infrastructure.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.5M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major containment incidents; routine staffing, maintenance, research and consumables expenditures only.
no breaches routine medicals standard research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $4.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Localized medical emergency or small escape/containment event requiring emergency veterinary care, temporary repairs, targeted amnestic administration and short-term MTF/response support.
medical emergency minor enclosure damage localized escape quickly contained
🚨 Major Breach $6.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or prolonged escape requiring full MTF deployment, heavy equipment (cranes/trailers), major repairs, large-scale amnestic operations and legal/PR response.
major structural failure multiple-animal escape sustained external exposure
🚨 Political Exposure $7.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Public exposure or diplomatic incident causing extensive legal settlements, major PR campaigns, extended investigations and large-scale amnestic/cover operations.
media leak local government intervention failed cover operation
👥 Personnel 32 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#7] Armed/responsive guards on 24/7 shifts; salary costs included in staff_wages.
Site Security Supervisor 1 [#7] On-site security supervisor salary included in staff_wages.
Animal Caretaker / Elephant Keeper 10 [#8] Full-time keepers responsible for daily husbandry; salaries included in staff_wages.
Head Keeper / Senior Keeper 1 [#8] Senior head keeper responsible for scheduling and oversight; salary included in staff_wages.
Veterinarian / Medical Officer 1 [#9] Full-time senior elephant veterinarian (or retained specialist); salary included in staff_wages.
Veterinary Technician 2 [#9] Vet techs supporting surgical and medical procedures; salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 1 [#17] Lead researcher overseeing behavioral and genetic studies; salary included in staff_wages.
Research Assistant / Technician 2 [#17] Research support staff for data collection and experiments; salaries included in staff_wages.
ORW Monitoring / CCTV Operator 2 [#6] Operators monitoring live feeds and recordings; salaries included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#13, #21] On-site engineers/maintenance staff for pumps, heaters, drawbridge and structural repairs; salaries included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff 2 [#19, #26] Administrative and compliance staff for scheduling, audits and secure data handling; salaries included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment and care items are well-described allowing middling confidence in engineering and staffing estimates, but many line items (capture/transport, frequency of incidents, amnestic/cover costs) have wide ranges and anomalous behavior introduces uncertainty.
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