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SCP-6629 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-6629
Expected annual
$3.1M
One-time setup
$4.0M
Annual recurring
$3.1M
Personnel
21
Estimated one-time capital/setup ≈ $4,020,000 driven by containment lockers, secure vaulting/transport, remote test chamber, and forensic/lab capital; recurring annual ≈ $2,990,000 driven primarily by staff wages (research and security), contingency, and legal/cover costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.0M
Equipment $1.0M
[#1, #3, #4, #5, #7, #9, #11, #18] XL lockers purchase/fabrication (#1), HVAC hardware (#3), CCTV/tamper sensors (#4), timed safe (#5), secure transport vehicle/crates (#7), telepresence platform (#9), deceased-specimen cabinetry (#11), generator/UPS (#18).
Incident Response Fund $1.0M
[#20] Standing one-time incident/breach contingency fund to allow rapid response contracting and emergency recontainment capacity.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $995K
[#10, #12, #13, #23] Conservation/repair lab (#10), forensic in-house instrumentation purchase (#12), compute cluster/cryptanalysis hardware (#13), R&D seed for attrition mitigation (#23).
Facilities $540K
[#2, #6, #8] Floor reinforcement/installation and structural vault/chamber work (locker-room installation #2, secondary vault #6, remote testing chamber #8).
Forensic Outsource Full Campaign $410K
[#12] Optional one-time cost to contract per-sample forensic analyses for 205 units at lower-range estimate (~$2,000/sample). Higher-range outsourcing estimates exist (~$1,025,000) and are noted in analysis but not duplicated here as a separate committed line item.
Cover Story Creation $50K
[#21] Initial cover materials and controlled public-record creation (one-time setup).
Sop Development And Initial Training $25K
[#17] Initial SOP creation, contractor SME costs, table-top and live drills (one-time development/training setup).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#14, #15, #16] Specialized research staffing (lead + scientists + lab staff) and containment/security staffing and containment technicians (salaries + benefits aggregated).
Contingency $300K/yr
[#25] Reserve for unforeseen costs, small capital replacements, and inflation (~10–20% of operational budget as recommended).
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#21, #24] Legal retainer/cover-story maintenance plus media/local influence expenditures.
Incident Response Replenish $200K/yr
[#20] Annual replenishment/readiness budget for incident response fund and emergency contracting.
Research And Monitoring $130K/yr
[#13, #23] Recurring compute/contract costs for cryptanalysis and ongoing R&D/experimentation budgets.
Ongoing R And D $100K/yr
[#23] Ongoing R&D to synthesize/replace SCP-6629-1 or mitigate attrition.
Medical And Ppe $85K/yr
[#19] Medical/counseling services and PPE consumables (medical support and counseling ~$80k + PPE ~$5k).
Supplies And Consumables $35K/yr
[#10, #22] Conservation consumables and routine packaging/supplies (kiln consumables, gloves, archival boxes, adhesives, batteries, etc.).
Climate Control Energy $24K/yr
[#3] Energy/operation for dedicated HVAC/dehumidification (~$2,000/month).
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#8, #18] Annual maintenance for remote testing chamber and generator/UPS fuel & maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#7] Recurring secure-transfer operations (assumed ~4 transfers/yr × $5,000/transfer as an operational average).
Surveillance And Monitoring $20K/yr
[#4] Recurring storage, recording, and monitoring staffing/operational costs for CCTV/tamper sensors.
Training Refreshers $15K/yr
[#17] Annual refresher training and drills for containment/testing SOPs.
Deceased Handling Disposal $10K/yr
[#11] Recurring handling, disposal and evidence storage costs for 'dead' units (cleanup kits, hazardous disposal).
Safe Maintenance $1K/yr
[#5] Maintenance and inspection on timed safe with Faraday lining.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1M/yr
95.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with standard maintenance, research, staffing, and no major incidents.
no_breach routine_research standard_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Localized containment incident causing loss/damage to a small number of units requiring repairs, overtime, and small-scale emergency contracting.
small_breach unit_destruction overtime_response
🚨 Major Breach $4.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.4M vs baseline
Significant breach or containment failure causing widespread loss/damage, large emergency response, legal/IO actions, and replacement/repair spending.
large_scale_breach multiple_unit_losses emergency_recontainment
🚨 Political Exposure $5.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.9M vs baseline
Public/official exposure or high-level political pressure forcing relocation of SCP-6629-A off-site and expensive vaulting/transfer operations and extended legal containment.
political_scrutiny official_investigation forced_relocation_of_SCP-6629-A
👥 Personnel 21 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 Lead researcher + 3 research scientists/postdocs; mapped to recurring research staffing costs [#14].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 24/7 guard coverage approximated as 12 guard positions; part of security staffing [#15].
Security Supervisor 1 Supervisor for guard team; included in security staffing estimate [#15].
Containment Technician 4 Daily inspections, locker maintenance and specimen handling staff (3–5 technicians; mid-range used) [#16].
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are explicitly estimated in analyst notes (salaries, lockers, vaults, labs) giving reasonable fidelity, but several choices required assumptions (number of annual transfers, whether forensics are done in-house vs outsourced, precise technician headcount), producing moderate uncertainty.
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