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SCP-6733 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6733
Expected annual
$2.1M
One-time setup
$852K
Annual recurring
$2.0M
Personnel
15
Estimated one-time setup costs are modest-to-moderate (~$852,500) for containment upgrades, viewing chamber and equipment; annual recurring costs are dominated by staff wages and contingency/reserve allocations (~$2,045,000/yr). Major cost drivers are salaries (research + security + emergency team), incident contingency reserves, and emergency-response ops.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $852K
Facilities $260K
[#2, #8, #10] Vault upgrade/retrofit and design/build of a containment-grade viewing chamber; includes a small shared allowance for containment modifications associated with digitization rigs.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $178K
[#6, #10] Initial licensing/hardware for facial-recognition and image-matching plus high-resolution/isolated digitization/scanning rig hardware (remote-operated).
Insurance Reserve $150K
[#21] One-time reserved contingency for indemnity/hush-money/initial off-book payouts.
Equipment $114K
[#4, #9, #14, #22] CCTV/access-control installation, remote/robotic tape-handling hardware, forensic logging setup, and one-time data-security hardware/IT hardening.
Worst Case Decommission $100K
[#25] One-time budget for specialized irreversible-destruction protocol and verification/remediation costs.
Legal And Cover Setup $50K
[#15] One-time legal/cover-story setup, rights-clearance assessment and initial information-ops planning/retainers.
Archival Storage $2K
[#1] Climate-controlled tamper-evident archival box, accessioning labels and marginal hardware for a single anomalous VHS.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.0M/yr
[#3, #5, #11] Salaries and benefits: 2dedicated Level-2 guards, research lead + 3 RAs, and salary portion for a small dedicated emergency/response team.
Incident Contingency Annual Reserve $500K/yr
[#12] Annual reserve to be drawn for remediation, repairs, environmental cleanup and large per-incident expenses (per-incident costs can vary widely).
Emergency Response Ops $200K/yr
[#11] Non-salary recurring costs for the emergency/MTF-equivalent team: vehicles, specialized gear maintenance, hazard pay supplements, and communications upkeep (salary portion in staff_wages).
Research And Monitoring $150K/yr
[#6, #7, #14, #17, #18, #19] Recurring compute/storage for facial-recognition, manual investigative operations (travel/archives), forensic record maintenance, training/SOP updates, OSINT monitoring for copies, and specialist contractor engagements.
Medical Psych Reserve $50K/yr
[#13] Annual reserved allocation for medical and psychological care for any exposed personnel (per-incident budgeting implied).
Insurance Topup $50K/yr
[#21] Annual top-up to off-book contingency/indemnity reserves.
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#15, #23] Ongoing legal retainers, rights management and PR/cover-story maintenance.
Data Security Ops $30K/yr
[#22] Ongoing IT operations: hardened servers, air-gapped backups, secure terminals, encryption key management and OPSEC staffing/CI measures.
Facilities Maintenance $17K/yr
[#2, #8, #24] Ongoing maintenance of vault, viewing chamber HVAC/HEPA, Faraday/ventilation systems and proportional site overhead allocation.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#16] Annual budget for secure transport, chain-of-custody transfers and courier moves.
Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr
[#20] VHS deck maintenance, archival supplies, cleaners, PPE, HVAC filters, and miscellaneous consumables.
Cctv Monitoring And Storage $3K/yr
[#4] Recurring monitoring labor, storage retention and offsite backups for CCTV and tamper logs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.0M/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine research, monitoring, and no significant incidents.
no_incident routine_research scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $2.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized incident or small-scale containment breach requiring remediation, repairs, limited medical care and investigation.
localized_breach single-incident_remediation limited_medical_cases
🚨 Major Breach $4.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment failure with multi-personnel exposure and substantial site remediation and legal/PR operations.
multi_person_exposure extensive_equipment_damage major_remediation_and_legal
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $52.0M/yr
0.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Severe reality-destabilization or large-scale containment failure with multi-site impact requiring major national/international response.
reality_destabilisation multi-site_impact national_response
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#3] Two dedicated Level-2 guards assigned to Archives (salaries included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist 1 [#5] Principal Researcher (part-time lead) included in research staffing costs.
Research Analyst / Research Assistant 3 [#5] Research assistants/analysts devoted to SCP-6733 investigations (salaries included in staff_wages).
Emergency Response Team / MTF Agent 9 [#11] Small dedicated rapid-response team (headcount aligned to salary portion included in staff_wages; operational costs for vehicles/gear in emergency_response_ops).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are well-specified in analyst notes but many cost ranges are wide (particularly emergency/incident costs and destruction/contingency amounts). Estimates use midpoints and conservative reserves; uncertainty remains for low-probability high-impact events.
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