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SCP-6680 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6680
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$2.9M
Personnel
16
Initial one-time setup is approximately $1.1M driven by equipment, lab setup, and facility fit-out. Annual recurring costs are ~ $2.9M driven by salaries (agents, researchers, medical staff), ongoing research/monitoring, and facility overhead; large incidents can add hundreds of thousands to millions.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Equipment $395K
[#3, #4, #6, #14, #18, #21] Secure-comms & lockbox installation (#3 $20k), surveilling equipment & install (#4 $75k), secure transport vehicle purchase (#6 $70k), mobile medical unit setup (#14 $50k), OCR/software development (#18 $150k), sampling equipment (#21 $30k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#8] Forensic analysis lab & high-resolution/scanning and testing equipment one-time purchase.
Facilities $200K
[#7] Site-09 containment storage and memetic-proof locker fit-out one-time cost.
Cover Story And Legal Setup $100K
[#16] Initial legal/setup costs, agreements, and initial liaison arrangements.
Cover Identity Creation $60K
[#2] One-time cover identity creation and initial infiltration costs for 6 agents.
Pr Initial $50K
[#17] Initial PR / information-management setup and materials.
Training Program $50K
[#19] Initial memetic countermeasures / field staff training program setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#1, #6, #8, #13] Embedded field agents (6 agents total comp ≈ $638k/yr) [#1]; drivers (2 drivers total comp ≈ $112.5k/yr) [#6]; forensic researchers (3 staff ≈ $450k/yr) [#8]; medical personnel (4 nurses + 1 supervising physician ≈ $537.5k/yr) [#13].
Research And Monitoring $447K/yr
[#9, #18, #21, #25] Long-term investigative program (~$250k/yr mid-range) [#9]; OCR hosting/updates (~$20k/yr) [#18]; baseline environmental/lab tests (~$10k/yr) [#21]; ongoing R&D for durable countermeasures (~$167k/yr as annualized portion of $500k/3yr) [#25].
Administrative Overhead $312K/yr
[#23] Administrative overhead (finance, procurement, evidence logging) estimated ~12% of baseline recurring operational costs as per notes.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#16] Legal retainer and liaison with Boston Public Schools (~$200k/yr retainer) [#16].
Facilities Maintenance $85K/yr
[#3, #4, #7] Local Boston field office rent/utilities (~$60k/yr) [#3]; surveilling equipment maintenance (~$5k/yr) [#4]; Site-09 storage power/maintenance (~$20k/yr) [#7].
Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr
[#12, #22] Minimal ongoing amnestic/pharmaceutical stock maintenance (~$10k/yr baseline) [#12]; protective equipment and prophylactic measures for staff (~$40k/yr) [#22].
Third Party Payments $50K/yr
[#5] Annual payments/compensation to cooperating third-parties / stipends (~$50k/yr) [#5].
Training Programs $20K/yr
[#19] Annual refresher training / memetic countermeasure refreshers (~$20k/yr) [#19].
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#6] Vehicle fuel and routine maintenance for secure transport (~$10k/yr) [#6].
Disposal And Destruction $0/yr
[#10] Secure destruction of contaminated textbooks. Baseline (uneventful year) set to $0 here; costs are incident-driven and modeled in scenarios.
Replacement Textbooks $0/yr
[#11] Replacement textbooks for cover/remediation. Baseline (uneventful year) set to $0 here; costs are incident-driven and modeled in scenarios.
Amnestic Medical Deployments $0/yr
[#12, #14, #15] Per-incident amnestic administration and post-amnestic therapy; baseline uneventful year set to $0 here and modeled in scenarios.
Mobile Clinic Deployments $0/yr
[#14] Operational cost per deployment for mobile clinics. Baseline set to $0; per-incident deployments modeled in scenarios.
Emergency Recall Logistics $0/yr
[#20] Emergency recall guard/overtime/logistics costs. Baseline set to $0; per-incident costs modeled in scenarios.
Post Amnestic Therapy $0/yr
[#15] Post-amnestic psychological follow-up & therapy costs. Baseline set to $0; per-incident costs modeled in scenarios.
Pr And Info Management $0/yr
[#17] Ongoing PR/information suppression per-incident costs; baseline uneventful year set to $0 here (initial PR setup is one-time).
Contingency Reserve $0/yr
[#24] Contingency / large-scale mitigation reserve is scenario-activated; baseline holding set to $0 here.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.9M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Uneventful year with routine surveillance, maintenance, and no major recalls or mass exposures.
routine_operations no_large_recalls no_mass_exposure
🚨 Moderate Recall $3.8M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$875K vs baseline
Localized recall affecting thousands of books and hundreds of exposed individuals; requires destruction, replacements, amnestics, medical follow-up, and PR/legal response.
discovery_of_contaminated_textbooks school_reports localized_print_run_infection
🚨 Major Breach $14.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Large-scale distribution/mass-exposure (e.g., large print run or digital leak) requiring mass amnestic deployment, replacement, massive PR/legal response, and large-scale medical surge.
large_print_run_or_digital_leak widespread_public_circulation mass_exposure
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Field Agent / Embedded Surveillance 6 [#1] Embedded field agents placed at printer companies (6 agents).
Research Scientist 3 [#8] Forensic/research analysts (3 full-time).
Medical Nurse (Field/Admin) 4 [#13] Nurses for amnestic administration and monitoring (4).
Medical Officer / Supervising Physician 1 [#13] Supervising physician for medical oversight (1).
Driver / Transport Specialist 2 [#6] Drivers for secure transport vehicle (2).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are order-of-magnitude estimates and scale with number of contaminated textbooks and exposed people; staffing and regular operational costs are better-defined, but incident-driven costs (disposal, replacements, mass amnestic deployments) are highly variable, yielding medium confidence.
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