SCP-6788 — Item-6788 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6788 Unknown ? low confidence

Item-6788

Expected annual

$3.8M

One-time setup

$5.4M

Annual recurring

$3.6M

Personnel

Estimated one-time setup costs total approximately $5.42M driven by secure containment construction, equipment purchases, and large contingency reserves. Recurring annual costs are about $3.63M driven primarily by staffed wages (security + surgical/medical teams), ongoing clinical care and insurance/reserve allocations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.4M

Facilities $1.9M

[#1] Reinforced negative-pressure BSL-3/4-capable containment suite construction/mods (walls/airlocks/viewing windows/effluent handling/anchoring).

Equipment $1.5M

[#2, #3, #7, #13, #17, #18, #14, #15] One-time equipment purchases and installs: redundant HVAC/backup power, OR upgrades/portable imaging purchase, restraint/handling gear, freezers/biobank equipment, monitoring/CCTV install, secure transport vehicle retrofit, incubator/isolation kit, decontamination/autoclave equipment.

Emergency Incident Response Reserve $1.1M

[#21] One-time contingency reserve fund to seed emergency incident response and major repairs.

Decommissioning Reserve $525K

[#25] One-time contingency reserve for potential euthanasia/neutralization, full-site decon and decommissioning.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $225K

[#12] Initial sequencing/genomics/pathology lab setup, sample-prep consumables and startup analyses.

Legal Initial $138K

[#19] Initial cover-story/permit fabrications, legal setup, and liaison costs (one-time).

Initial Training $18K

[#6] Initial specialized security and surgical team training package (one-time).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.6M/yr

Staff Wages $1.6M/yr

[#4, #5, #6] Salaries and benefits for dedicated surgical specialists/anesthesiology/support staff, full-time veterinary/medical caretakers and 24/7 security staffing (core recurring payroll).

Insurance Indemnity Reserve $550K/yr

[#26] Annual internal reserve for liability, medical indemnity, and financial risk absorption.

Major Surgeries Operations $300K/yr

[#11] Budgeted annual expectation for major multidisciplinary excisions (variable; covers OR time, imaging, histopathology per-year allocation).

Long Term Clinical Care $300K/yr

[#10] Ongoing clinical treatment for chronic disease management (oncology, pulmonary care, imaging follow-up, stenting, palliative interventions).

Research And Monitoring $170K/yr

[#12, #16] Ongoing research studies, behavioral/ethology contracts and research staff time for mechanistic studies beyond initial sequencing.

Supplies And Consumables $142K/yr

[#8, #9, #23] Pharmaceuticals (sedatives/antibiotics/IV fluids), nutritional support, PPE, sterile disposables and high-turnover consumables.

Egg Event Reserve $125K/yr

[#14] Annual contingency for periodic egg/offspring containment events (intensive quarantine, testing, disposal per-egg costs).

Logistics And Transport $90K/yr

[#3, #18, #27] Transport operations, outsourced imaging/scan transports (if needed), vehicle ops and secure courier/shipping for samples.

Cover Story And Legal $88K/yr

[#19] Ongoing legal liaison, cover-story maintenance, permits, and modest PR/legal contingency costs.

Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr

[#2, #15, #1] HVAC/filter replacement, generator/chiller maintenance, routine facility upkeep and periodic decon-related upkeep.

Misc Overhead $60K/yr

[#27] Shipping of samples, background checks, incremental admin overhead and miscellaneous logistics.

Decontamination Contracts $50K/yr

[#15] Regular biohazard waste removal, incineration contracts and emergency decon event readiness (recurring contract costs).

Training Drills $35K/yr

[#22] Recurring emergency drills, surgical dry-runs, security exercises and simulation upkeep.

Ethics And Compliance $30K/yr

[#20] Ethics-board administration, compliance audits, documentation and special review processes.

Necropsy Disposal Fund $20K/yr

[#24] Per-event necropsy/neutralization costs provisioned as an annual fund (covers occasional specialized necropsies).

Monitoring Storage $18K/yr

[#17] Ongoing telemetry/data storage, CCTV recording retention and alarm monitoring costs.

Biobank Maintenance $12K/yr

[#13] Liquid-nitrogen/-80°C freezer maintenance, LN2 supply and monitoring/alarm contracts for sample storage.

Restraint Maintenance $12K/yr

[#7] Replacements and repairs for restraint/handling gear and hoists.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.6M/yr

75.0% probability / year

Normal year with standard operations, scheduled surgeries, routine egg-event contingencies and no major incidents or breaches.

steady_state_operations scheduled_maintenance routine_clinical_interventions

🚨 Minor Incident $3.8M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Localized egg release or limited aggressive event causing focused decontamination, short-term hospitalization and targeted repairs.

egg_release localized_attack small_scale_decontamination

🚨 Major Breach $5.1M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Escape or large-scale breach requiring full emergency response, site repairs, extended medical care, heavy decontamination and potential public exposure mitigation.

full_escape structural_damage public_exposure

🚨 Sustained Surgery Campaign $4.2M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline

Year in which multiple major excisions / repeat surgeries are required (organ regrowth or complications), increasing OR, ICU and pathology load.

multiple_major_surgeries organ_regrowth postop_complications

👥 Personnel 18 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	9	[#6] 24/7 armed containment staffing across shifts (8–10 FTEs in analyst notes).
Research Scientist / Lead Surgeon	1	[#4] Lead surgeon / specialist responsible for complex excisions (high salary bracket).
Medical Officer / Anesthesiologist	1	[#4] Anesthesiology coverage for long-duration hybrid surgeries (prorated full-time equivalent).
Surgical Nurse / Vet Technician	3	[#4] Supporting surgical staff and intraoperative nurses/vet techs (2–3 supporting staff noted).
Veterinary / Monitoring Technician	4	[#5] Full-time caretakers and monitoring techs for 24/7 medical care and vitals/sample collection (3–6 FTEs noted).

📋 Confidence Notes

SCP-6788 is anomalous with high clinical variability, multiple uncertain event frequencies (egg releases, surgeries, breaches) and wide input ranges in analyst notes; cost estimates use midpoints and contain substantial uncertainty.

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