SCP-6654 — SCP-6654 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6654 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-6654

Expected annual

$1.9M

One-time setup

$2.2M

Annual recurring

$1.8M

Personnel

8.0

One-time setup is primarily driven by bespoke memetic-safe engineering, specialized equipment, and contingency reserves (~$2.2M). Annual costs are dominated by staff wages, MTF allocation, site overhead and recurring memetic/amnestic maintenance (~$1.83M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.2M

Equipment $680K

[#2, #6, #8, #16] One-time specialized monitoring & memetic-filter hardware (#2, $137,500 midpoint), information-security enclave hardware (#6, $80,000 midpoint), emergency response trailer/containment assets (#8, $275,000 midpoint), and initial specialized PPE/cognitive-hazard R&D/equipment (#16, $187,500 midpoint).

Facilities $600K

[#1, #17] Containment chamber retrofit (#1, midpoint $275,000) and backup containment cell redundancy (#17, midpoint $325,000). Includes construction/retrofit and certification.

Contingency Reserve $500K

[#20] Recommended minimum emergency/contingency reserve (chosen recommended-minimum $500,000).

Pr Contingency Fund $175K

[#14] One-time contingency fund for PR/covert ops if civilian exposure occurs (midpoint $175,000).

Amnestic Stockpile $150K

[#7] Initial stocking of Class-A/B amnestics and storage setup (midpoint $150,000).

Training Setup $65K

[#5] Initial development and delivery of specialized memetic-safe training & vetting curriculum (midpoint $65,000).

Archival Digitization $50K

[#12] One-time digitization/restoration of legacy records and secure migration (midpoint $50,000).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr

Staff Wages $640K/yr

[#3, #4] Salaries & benefits for 24/7 dedicated containment/security staff and assigned researcher(s)/psychologist time allocation (notes #3 & #4 combined; midpoint total ~$640,000/yr).

Facilities Maintenance $274K/yr

[#17, #18, #24] Site-level maintenance and pro-rata overhead: backup cell idle maintenance (#17, $15,000/yr), allocated power/utilities and UPS share (#18, $9,000/yr), and general site overhead allocation (#24, midpoint $250,000/yr).

Mtf Allocation $250K/yr

[#9] On-call Mobile Task Force allocation (training + partial salary allocation pro-rated to this SCP; midpoint $250,000/yr).

Cover Story And Legal $148K/yr

[#13, #14] Annual legal/cover-story liaison budget (#13, midpoint $87,500/yr) plus retained PR/covert ops capability (#14, recurring retainer midpoint $60,000/yr).

Logistics And Transport $125K/yr

[#8] Readiness/maintenance for emergency response kit & mobile containment assets (trailers, dampeners, storage; midpoint $125,000/yr).

Staffing Support And Turnover $75K/yr

[#21] Counseling, recruitment, life/trauma insurance premiums and retention/hazard premiums for staff (midpoint $75,000/yr).

Research And Monitoring $74K/yr

[#12, #15, #19, #23] Ongoing archival maintenance (#12, $6,500/yr), administrative oversight and research-moratorium costs (#15, $30,000/yr), medical monitoring and constrained testing logistics (#19, $17,500/yr), and amortized validation-testing budget (#23, annualized $20,000/yr).

Amnestic Replenishment $60K/yr

[#7] Ongoing replacement, training, and administration costs for amnestic stockpile (midpoint $60,000/yr).

Periodic Catastrophic Planning $55K/yr

[#25] Annualized budget for catastrophic containment-failure modeling, interagency contracts and large-scale drills (amortized midpoint ~$55,000/yr).

Supplies And Consumables $26K/yr

[#10, #11] Psychological amenities and benign stimulus provisioning (#10, midpoint $11,000/yr) plus consumables/laundry/PPE disposables for the cell (#11, midpoint $15,000/yr).

Training Recurring $25K/yr

[#5] Annual recertification and vetting refreshers (midpoint $25,000/yr).

Internal Semiontology Consultation $25K/yr

[#22] Expert-panel consultation, audits, and tabletop exercises with semiohazard specialists (midpoint $25,000/yr).

Memetic Filter Maintenance $20K/yr

[#2] Annual maintenance and support for one-way/filtered observation systems and memetic-filter hardware/software (midpoint $20,000/yr).

Ppe Rnd Maintenance $18K/yr

[#16] Ongoing production, testing and maintenance for specialized PPE / cognitive-hazard containment equipment (midpoint $17,500/yr).

Info Security Maintenance $16K/yr

[#6] Maintenance and operator time for the information security/redaction enclave (midpoint $16,500/yr).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr

94.5% probability / year

Normal year with no major incidents; routine staffing, maintenance, training and amortized testing.

no breach routine operations scheduled audits

🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr

4.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Small containment incident or limited accidental exposure requiring MTF dispatch, targeted amnestic administration, and short-term PR/legal response.

localized protocol violation limited civilian exposure equipment failure

🚨 Major Breach $2.6M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline

Significant breach requiring full MTF mobilization, large-scale amnestic administration, facility repairs, and extended legal/PR operations.

partial containment failure widespread exposure on-site multi-team medical response

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $6.8M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Major event with potential consensus-reality effects requiring national-level response, mass amnestic operations, invocation of contingency reserves and extended interagency coordination.

loss of localized reality constraints widespread civilian cognition impact multi-site cascading failures

👥 Personnel 8.0 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	5	[#3] 24/7 rotating guards (4–6 recommended; midpoint 5) responsible for physical containment and immediate response.
Containment Specialist	1	[#3] Senior containment specialist (~1 FTE) overseeing protocols and memetic-safe procedures.
Research Scientist	1	[#4] Assigned researcher / research lead (~0.5–1.0 FTE; counted as 1.0 to reflect primary oversight allocation).
Psychologist	0.5	[#4] Part-time psychologist for weekly interviews and on-call consultations (0.25–0.5 FTE; midpoint 0.5).
Medical Officer	0.5	[#3] Part-time med tech for immediate care and amnestic administration readiness (part-time ~0.5 FTE).

📋 Confidence Notes

Semiohazard properties and low-frequency/high-impact tail risks create wide uncertainty in frequency and magnitude of incidents; many items are policy-dependent (readiness posture), and several costs are amortized or highly variable, so estimates are order-of-magnitude.

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