SCP-6820 — SCP-6820 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6820 Perfect ~ medium confidence

SCP-6820

Expected annual

$743.5M

One-time setup

$5.8B

Annual recurring

$673.0M

Personnel

220

One-time capital costs dominated by large contingency reserves, land acquisition for a 50-km exclusion zone, and specialized destruction / procurement programs (~$5.8B). Recurring annual costs are dominated by exclusion-zone operations, contingency fund allocations and classified overhead (~$673M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.8B

Contingency Fund Reserve $2.0B

[#21] Emergency contingency and catastrophe fund (capitalized reserve for CK-class or similar responses).

Destructive Program Procurement $1.0B

[#25] Advanced/black-science procurement & contingent weaponry one-time development/procurement costs.

Land Acquisition And Exclusion Zone $800.0M

[#9] 50-km exclusion zone land compensation/expropriation, legal/title work and initial signage/patrol base construction.

Power Generation Plant $600.0M

[#2] Dedicated redundant primary power plant (SMR or equivalent grid-hardened capacity, N+2 redundancy, UPS arrays).

Decommissioning Escrow $500.0M

[#24] Disposal / decommissioning planning & remediation escrow / contingent planning capital.

Facilities $200.0M

[#1] Hardened subterranean containment upgrades (structural reinforcement, blast doors, hermetic seals, sacrificial linings).

Classified Overhead Reserve $200.0M

[#14] Classified program overhead / black-budget accounting & covert procurement establishment costs.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $110.0M

[#12, #27] Scientific program establishment, lab buildout and computational resources (central HPC / secure compute hardware).

Reputation Reserve One Time $100.0M

[#29] Reputation & diplomatic damage-control reserve (initial capitalization for settlements/rapid responses).

Perimeter Defense Infrastructure $80.0M

[#10] Perimeter and airspace denial systems (radar, ground installations, fixed infrastructure).

Response Stockpile One Time $40.0M

[#19] Containment-breach rapid-response stockpile initial purchase (amnestics, mobile isolation units, quarantine supplies).

Remote Handling Systems $25.0M

[#6] Remote handling, robotics and automated interaction systems (heavy-duty manipulators, redundant control rooms).

Specialized Sensor Suite $20.0M

[#4] Specialized sensor, antimem & noösensory monitoring suite development and installation.

Legal And Coverup One Time $20.0M

[#15] Initial legal/diplomatic arrangements, settlements, and false-document infrastructure establishment.

Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility $15.0M

[#8] On-site hazardous waste processing and environmental remediation capability (treatment, long-term storage).

Life Support Facility $15.0M

[#23] High-security living quarters & life-support construction (food, water, waste systems, HVAC).

Public Cover Infrastructure $10.0M

[#20] Public-facing cover infrastructure (fake parks, research centers, restricted zone facades).

Backup Generators $9.0M

[#3] Backup fuel and generator systems (diesel/gas storage, automated switchover, tank farms).

Medical And Decon Facility $8.0M

[#16] Medical, psychiatric and decontamination facility construction (on-site wards, decon showers).

Secure Comm Vaults $8.0M

[#18] Secure communications, air-gapped backups, offsite redundancy vault deployment (tamper-evident archives).

Acid Handling Systems $6.0M

[#7] Acid handling & neutralization infrastructure (corrosion-resistant piping, neutralization tanks, effluent treatment buildout).

Memetic Countermeasures Infrastructure $3.0M

[#5] Memetic/cognitohazard countermeasure hardware and infrastructure (filters, isolation hardware, large amnestic stockpile initial purchase).

Initial Counterintelligence Setup $3.0M

[#26] One-time CI hardening, audits and initial counter-intelligence measures.

Environmental Sensor Deployment $2.0M

[#22] One-time sensor-net deployment for long-term environmental monitoring of the exclusion zone.

Training And Simulation Setup $1.0M

[#17] One-time curriculum, simulation systems and training program setup.

Equipment $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $673.0M/yr

Exclusion Zone Operations $200.0M/yr

[#9] Recurring costs to police, monitor and maintain the 50-km exclusion zone (patrols, land management, surveillance).

Contingency Fund Annual $150.0M/yr

[#21] Annual appropriation/interest treatment and liquidity maintenance for the catastrophe reserve.

Staff Wages $58.0M/yr

[#11, #13, #12] Salaries: on-site security workforce (~#11), high-grade personnel hazard pay & retention (~#13), research staff salaries portion of scientific program (~#12).

Destructive Program Operational $50.0M/yr

[#25] Recurring operational costs for an active destruction/neutralization program (research, testing, contracts).

Airspace And Patrol Operations $40.0M/yr

[#10] Perimeter and airspace denial operations: UAV patrols, radar ops, enforcement missions and air-patrol logistics.

Classified Overhead $40.0M/yr

[#14] Classified program overhead, shell companies, covert payments and black-budget logistics recurring costs.

Facilities Maintenance $34.0M/yr

[#2, #4, #8, #23] Power plant O&M and grid hardening (#2), sensor maintenance & calibration (#4), hazardous waste monitoring/disposal (#8), living-quarters & facility upkeep (#23).

Cover Story And Legal $28.0M/yr

[#15, #29, #20] Ongoing legal/diplomatic cover-up operations (#15), reputation readiness maintenance (#29), upkeep of public-facing cover assets (#20).

Research And Monitoring $23.0M/yr

[#12, #22, #27] Recurring R&D activity, experimental costs and contracts excluding direct salaries (#12), long-term environmental monitoring (#22), recurring compute/maintenance costs (#27).

Decommissioning Setaside $20.0M/yr

[#24] Recurring planning, escrow servicing and safe-keeping costs for eventual dismantling/remediation planning.

Counterintelligence Operations $8.0M/yr

[#26] Ongoing intelligence, counter-intelligence and inter-agency liaison recurring expenses.

Supplies And Consumables $5.5M/yr

[#5, #6, #7, #28] Amnestic replenishment and filter updates (#5), robotics spare parts (#6), chemicals/neutralizers and effluent consumables (#7), general PPE & consumables (#28).

Response Stockpile Replenishment $4.0M/yr

[#19] Annual replenishment and readiness costs for amnestics, mobile isolation units and quarantine supplies.

Security Equipment And Contractors $3.0M/yr

[#11] Annual equipment replacement, contractors and tactical-response consumables for on-site security.

Senior Staff Training And Recruitment $3.0M/yr

[#13] Training, relocation and retention program recurring costs for Level 4/5 staff and memetic specialists.

Medical And Decon Ops $2.0M/yr

[#16] Medical, psychiatric care and decontamination operations for staff (long-term monitoring and care).

Personnel Training And Rotation $2.0M/yr

[#17] Ongoing memetic safety training, rotation logistics and attrition/replacement costs.

Logistics And Transport $1.5M/yr

[#3] Fuel rotation logistics, transport and automated switchover testing costs (#3).

Secure Comm Maintenance $1.0M/yr

[#18] Maintenance and rotation of air-gapped media, offsite vault upkeep and secure archival rotation.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $673.0M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major incidents; standard operations, maintenance, research and security activity.

no major breaches steady-state operations routine maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $678.0M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Localized breach/incident requiring emergency response, limited remediation, amnestic distribution and short repairs.

small containment failure localized memetic exposure limited environmental contamination

🚨 Major Breach $1.2B/yr

4.0% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline

Significant containment breach with structural damage, widespread contamination or loss of some exclusion-zone control requiring major repairs and legal/diplomatic payouts.

large structural failure major memetic spread loss of multiple sink units

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $5.7B/yr

1.0% probability / year +$5.0B vs baseline

CK-class or near-CK-class escalation requiring global response, mass amnestics, activation/liquidation of contingency fund and emergency international operations.

site-wide RAGE-STATE / multiple sink failures uncontrolled ontokinetic propagation need for global-scale emergency measures

👥 Personnel 220 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	100	[#11] On-site security workforce (50–150 personnel). Count chosen near midpoint; wages included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist	75	[#12] Research staff supporting long-term R&D and monitoring; portion of research salaries included in staff_wages.
High-grade Personnel (Memeticists / Engineers / Level 4/5)	45	[#13] Senior technical staff, memeticists and engineers (30–60 senior staff); counts chosen to align with salary budget.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates use midpoints from wide analyst ranges and a conservative split of recurring vs one-time amounts. Many line items are jurisdiction-dependent, contingent (political/legal actions, black programs, catastrophic reserves) or intentionally classified, producing wide uncertainty; numbers are order-of-magnitude estimates informed by the detailed analyst notes.

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