SCP-6685 — SCP-6685 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6685 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-6685

Expected annual

$7.0M

One-time setup

$33.9M

Annual recurring

$6.7M

Personnel

Initial capital expenditures are dominated by contingency and capital procurement (approx. $33.9M one-time), while annual operations run on the order of $6.7M/yr driven by staff wages, aviation/rapid-response readiness, and ongoing monitoring/logistics.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $33.9M

Incident Response Contingency Reserve $20.0M

[#23] Contingency fund reserved for large-scale response (Gaia/56B31 activation, mass incineration, remediation).

Helicopter Purchase $4.0M

[#7] Dedicated helicopter purchase option (capital buy alternative to lease).

Facilities $3.5M

[#1] FOB construction (housing, mess, dock, helipad, sewage/water, storage) — small permanent modular compound sized for helicopter/boat delivery.

Containment Expansion Reserve $3.0M

[#29] Reserve for containment expansion if additional access points are discovered.

Equipment $1.4M

[#3, #4, #5, #12, #13, #16, #17, #20] Sensors purchase (#3), initial comms antennas/encryption (#4 initial), genset/install (#5), secure biological storage hardware (#12), decontamination initial equipment (#13), heavy-equipment purchase portion (#16), containment/neutralization initial procurement (#17), IT/hardware for data security (#20 initial).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $750K

[#11] Field sampling and lab equipment (portable and bench-top sequencers, microscopes, BSL upgrades, autopsy/table upgrades) initial buildout and instrumentation.

Insurance Reserve $750K

[#24] Insurance, liability reserves and hush/settlement fund (one-time reserve).

Legal And Consultation Initial $300K

[#18] Initial legal, permits, indigenous consultation and land-access fees.

Perimeter And Cover Props $125K

[#2] Perimeter works and covert "landslide" props — fencing, false signs, fake erosion material, photography/props.

Cultural Investigation Initial $50K

[#28] Cultural and archaeological initial research budget.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.7M/yr

Staff Wages $3.2M/yr

[#8, #9, #10] On-site covert security operatives (#8), Rapid Response Containment Team readiness and support (#9), research staff and lab technicians (#10) — salaries, benefits and overhead.

Helicopter Lease And Maintenance $1.3M/yr

[#7] Option to lease/charter a dedicated helicopter plus maintenance and related ops costs (lease + maintenance).

Miscellaneous Overhead $440K/yr

[#30] Miscellaneous overhead and contingency (calculated as ~7% of base annual operating costs per note).

Cover Story And Legal $350K/yr

[#18, #19] Ongoing legal payments/permits and indigenous/community payments (#18 recurring) plus cover-up, public relations and misinformation budget (#19).

Hq Administrative Overhead $350K/yr

[#27] Communications with Site-74 and HQ staffing overhead (program managers, loggers, admin time).

Supplies And Consumables $250K/yr

[#11, #13, #14, #17] Lab consumables and reagents (#11), PPE and decon replacements (#13), medical/field supplies and consumables including cutting tools and neutralizers (#14), consumables for containment/neutralization trials (#17 recurring).

Logistics And Transport $210K/yr

[#5, #6, #26] Fuel and transport consumables for boats/ATVs/helicopter resupply (#5,#6), secure transport of samples and courier services (#26).

Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr

[#1, #5, #12] Ongoing site maintenance, power & generator upkeep, cryofreezer/power for sample storage and site utilities.

Medical And Long Term Care $150K/yr

[#22] Medical research and care for survivors/subjects; baseline long-term care budget.

Research And Monitoring $122K/yr

[#3, #4, #25] Sensor telemetry/maintenance monthly and satellite service for telemetry (#3,#4), environmental impact monitoring and compliance (#25).

Data Security And It Services $100K/yr

[#20] Recurring cyber/IT security services, hardened cloud, secure logging and scrub services.

Training Drills $60K/yr

[#21] Annual training, drills, medevac and breach exercises.

Autopsy And Disposal $50K/yr

[#15] Autopsy, transformed-body disposal, incineration and waste treatment per recovered subject budgeted annually.

Cultural Research Followup $10K/yr

[#28] Ongoing small follow-up cultural/archaeological investigations.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.7M/yr

89.0% probability / year

Normal year with ongoing monitoring, staffing, lease-based aviation and no major incidents.

no_major_incident standard_operations

🚨 Minor Incident $7.2M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Localized breach or small conversion event requiring RRT mobilization, increased disposals and repairs.

single_conversion_event small_breach_or_exposure

🚨 Major Breach $26.7M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline

Large-scale conversion or SCP-6685-2 exiting Goldilocks zone requiring Gaia/56B31 activation and major remediation.

Gaia/56B31_activation large_scale_conversion loss_of_containment

👥 Personnel 41 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	10	[#8] On-site covert rangers/operatives (disguised as local enforcement) covering 24/7 rotations.
Rapid Response Team / MTF (RRT) Member	16	[#9] Rapid Response Containment Team readiness personnel (armed, hazmat, heavy equipment operators).
Research Scientist	4	[#10] Biologists/mycologists/geneticists studying hive-mind and transformation mechanisms.
Lab Technician	4	[#10, #11] Field and lab technicians supporting sampling, sequencing and BSL operations.
Site Director / Program Manager	1	[#27] Program leadership and primary liaison to Site-74/HQ.
Administrative Staff	3	[#27] Program admin, logs and reporting (HQ communications overhead).
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#5, #16] Technical staff for generators, power systems, heavy-equipment maintenance and site upkeep.
Medical Officer	1	[#22] Medical support for field teams and long-term subject care.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide wide but specific ranges for nearly all line items, permitting order-of-magnitude aggregation; however the anomalous behavior, unknown long-term dynamics, and binary choices (purchase vs lease, scale of contingency activation) introduce uncertainty, so confidence is medium.

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