SCP-6783 — SCP-6783 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6783 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-6783

Expected annual

$7.3M

One-time setup

$7.5M

Annual recurring

$7.1M

Personnel

Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $7.46M driven by facility construction, capital lab equipment, and reserve funds; recurring annual costs are approximately $7.15M driven by staff wages, ongoing research/field operations, and cover/legal operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.5M

Facilities $2.1M

[#1, #9, #25] Vault construction (climate-controlled/secure storage), ISO cleanroom/test chamber buildout, and small secure incinerator facility; includes structural work, environmental control, and installation.

Equipment $2.0M

[#7] Capital analytical instrumentation (SEM/TEM, mass specs, XRD/XRF, Raman/FTIR, isotope labs) if purchased rather than contracted.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M

[#10] Initial reverse-engineering & prototyping budget (early-phase engineering, CAD, microfabrication set-up) for first reconstruction attempts.

Emergency Reserve $1.0M

[#19] One-time emergency leak/rapid-response reserve to fund immediate containment actions, buys, and emergency amnestic runs.

Specialized Insurance Reserve $750K

[#29] One-time specialized contingency reserve for high-risk/unknown-physics experiment liabilities and rapid quarantine/decontamination.

Amnestic Stockpile And Production $300K

[#13] One-time setup/stockpile and production capability for Class-A amnestic agents and secure storage/handling infrastructure.

Cyber Campaign $150K

[#16] One-time discrete cyber/record-falsification campaign(s) and contractor fees to seed cover records and plausibility seeding.

Forgery Replica Production $100K

[#17] Initial production of weathered replicas/replacement artifacts and falsified documentation for affected archaeological sites.

Data Management Setup $60K

[#15] One-time secure classified database setup, offline air-gapped backups, and physical archival initial provisioning.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.1M/yr

Staff Wages $2.4M/yr

[#2, #3, #12] Salaries and benefits for on-site security (guards), core scientific staff (archaeologists, paleobiologists, materials scientists, physicists, conservators, technicians), and continuous forensic/watchlist analyst support.

Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr

[#4, #5, #7, #8, #24, #10] Field-team deployments and expedition costs, remote sensing/GPR/LIDAR campaigns, contracted instrument access (beamlines/contract labs), ongoing sample analysis contracts, and continued prototyping/R&D effort.

Cover Story And Legal $710K/yr

[#16, #18, #20] Ongoing cyber monitoring/record falsification maintenance, PR and legal counsel contracts for front organizations, and liaison/diplomatic/legal fees to maintain cover.

Administrative Overhead $500K/yr

[#30] Program management, procurement, HR, accounting, and executive oversight (project directors and program managers).

Facilities Maintenance $335K/yr

[#1, #9, #23, #25] Maintenance, climate-control, UPS/backup generator fuel and upkeep for vaults, cleanroom operations, lab HVAC and small incinerator operating costs.

Logistics And Transport $255K/yr

[#6, #14, #4] Helicopter/air/maritime charters and transport for remote sites, armored courier/secure transport, per-diem and field logistics for recovery teams.

Forensic And Biometric Ops $250K/yr

[#12] Continuous forensic investigation/watchlist maintenance, travel/ops for leads, and covert liaison costs for tracking possible operators.

Emergency Fund Replenishment $250K/yr

[#19] Annual replenishment tranche for the emergency leak response fund after deployments/responses.

Specialized Experiment Insurance $250K/yr

[#29] Ongoing premiums/contingency for liability/exotic-hazard insurance related to reverse-engineering/unknown-physics experiments.

Insurance And Bonding $200K/yr

[#26] Routine insurance premiums, bonding, and contingencies for environmental damage, theft, and worker injury.

Archival And Data Management $150K/yr

[#15, #27] Ongoing secure archival curation, air-gapped backups, physical archival replacement, and IT staff/encryption maintenance.

Amnestic Program $125K/yr

[#13] Annual stockpile replenishment, administration costs, medical staff time and post-procedural monitoring for amnestic administrations.

Supplies And Consumables $105K/yr

[#11, #22] Conservator supplies, archival consumables, PPE, sample bags, solvents, fuel for small vehicles/generators, and routine consumables.

Training And Safety $50K/yr

[#21] Regular training on amnestic administration, biosecurity, hazardous-material handling, drills, and certifications for field staff.

Psychological Support $35K/yr

[#28] Counseling, monitoring, and vetting programs for personnel exposed to anomalous information to reduce disclosure risk.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.1M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with routine research, recovery, maintenance, and cover operations.

planned_research_and_field_work routine_maintenance no_public_disclosure

🚨 Minor Incident $7.5M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$350K vs baseline

Localized unauthorized disclosure or exposure requiring emergency amnestic use, rapid-response, limited PR/legal action and replenishment of reserves.

unauthorized_disclosure limited_breach witnesses_exposed

🚨 Major Breach $12.1M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Significant public exposure or catastrophic loss of fragments/prototypes requiring large-scale amnestic campaigns, legal settlements, international liaison, and major program remediation.

major_breach_public_exposure loss_of_fragments catastrophic_prototyping_failure

👥 Personnel 28 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	Armed 24/7 guard force for site and vault access control; background-screened and trained (~$55k avg incl benefits). [#2]
Research Scientist	10	Core archaeologists, paleobiologists, materials scientists, physicists running analysis and digs (~$120k avg incl benefits). [#3]
Lab Technician	3	Technical support for instruments, sample prep, and conservation (~$60k avg). [#3, #7]
Conservator	1	Artifact conservator for fragile paper/material stabilization (~$70k). [#11]
Medical Officer	1	Medical staff responsible for amnestic administration and monitoring (~$90k). [#13]
Engineer / Maintenance	2	Facilities, cleanroom, and equipment maintenance/engineers (~$80k avg). [#9, #23]
Administrative Staff	2	Procurement, HR, accounting support for program (~$70k avg). [#30]
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	Program director / executive oversight (~$150k). [#30]

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are assembled from analyst ranges in notes; many line items have wide ranges (field campaigns, reverse-engineering uncertainty, contingency reserves) and unknowns about scale/frequency of excavations and prototype risk, so mid-range point estimates are used.

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