SCP-6832 — SCP-6832 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6832 Neutralized ~ medium confidence

SCP-6832

Expected annual

$4K

One-time setup

$89K

Annual recurring

$3K

Personnel

One-time response and investigative costs are estimated at $88,900, driven mainly by the initial entomology response, contingency reserve, and targeted lab/analysis equipment and services. Recurring annual costs are modest at $3,150/yr, driven by monitoring, retention/storage, and periodic training refreshers.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $89K

Contingency Reserve $20K

[#19] Contingency / worst-case escalation reserve for unexpected developments or external consultants.

Entomology Initial Personnel $18K

[#5] Initial entomology response personnel time (specialist + techs) for specimen collection, trials, and preliminary reporting.

Equipment $8K

[#8] Tracking & behavioral experiment equipment (harmonic radar, tags, cameras) budgeted as equipment purchase/rental.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $6K

[#6, #9, #10] Laboratory consumables, short-term lab space/containment setup, and initial archival/storage setup.

Pheromone Analysis $6K

[#7] GC-MS / pheromone characterization campaign (external runs or amortized internal use).

Report Production $5K

[#14] Archival documentation, formal neutralization/incident report, redactions, and peer-review workshop costs.

Cleanup And Pest Control $4K

[#2] On-site deep clean & pest-control treatment for the cafeteria and disposal of exposed food.

Replacement Food And Downtime $3K

[#3] Replacement food, lost revenue/meal-service disruption, and alternate meal provision for ~1 day closure.

Cctv Review And Export $3K

[#11] CCTV forensic review, footage export and one-time storage/export costs.

It And Data Security $3K

[#16] IT/data security measures: redaction, secure backups, monitoring, and metadata cleaning (one-time upgrades/effort).

Emergency Response $2K

[#1] Immediate incident response: security lock-down, witness interviews, staff-hours (conservative estimate).

Policy Development And Training $2K

[#12] Creation/distribution of SOPs (no-unattended-food) and one-off staff training sessions.

Legal And Public Affairs $2K

[#17] Legal consultation and public-affairs coordination for an appropriate cover-story (one-time).

Medical Screening $2K

[#4] Medical screening and employee health checks for affected staff/patrons.

Insurance And Compensation $2K

[#20] Long-term insurance/liability adjustments, minor compensation or reimbursements.

Security Adjustments $800

[#18] Temporary badge-access changes and additional guard hours during investigation.

Biohazard Disposal $600

[#15] Evidence/sample disposal and biohazard waste removal contractor fees if required.

Facilities $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3K/yr

Research And Monitoring $1K/yr

[#13] Ongoing monitoring program: sticky traps, pheromone detectors, routine visual inspections (~$100/month estimate).

Policy Training Refreshers $750/yr

[#12] Annual refresher training and printed material updates for the no-unattended-food SOP.

Staff Wages $600/yr

[#13] Staff time portion for routine inspections/monitoring (allocated ~part-time, included in monitoring budget).

Facilities Maintenance $400/yr

[#11] CCTV retention/storage increase and minor facility maintenance related to camera storage/retention.

Archival Storage Fee $200/yr

[#10] Ongoing archival/sample storage fees for retained specimens/data drives.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr

[#17] Legal/PA costs are primarily one-time for this incident; recurring budget not allocated unless incident recurs.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3K/yr

94.5% probability / year

Normal year with no reappearance or major incidents; only scheduled monitoring, storage, and training refreshers.

no_reappearance routine_monitoring_only

🚨 Minor Reappearance $18K/yr

3.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline

Localized reappearance of SCP-6832-1 in cafeteria requiring incident response, cleanup, limited testing, and temporary downtime.

ants_reappear localized_cleanup_and_testing

🚨 Extensive Research Followup $33K/yr

2.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline

Reappearance or research interest triggers expanded external testing, extended behavioral trials, and consultant/field equipment procurement.

confirmed_reappearance scale-up_research external_consultants

🚨 Public Exposure $23K/yr

0.5% probability / year +$20K vs baseline

Leak or media attention requiring significant legal, PR, and incident-response spend (cover-story, legal counsel, potential small settlements).

media_leak public_attention legal_action

👥 Personnel 1 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Technician	1	Part-time assignment (~1 hr/week) responsible for routine inspections and trap replacement; wages included in recurring staff_wages ([#13]).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide line-item estimates and ranges for each response element, allowing a moderate-confidence aggregation. Some items (contingency, external consultant costs, probability of reappearance/exposure) are inherently uncertain, lowering overall confidence.

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