SCP-6836 — SCP-6836 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6836 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-6836

Expected annual

$4.4M

One-time setup

$8.6M

Annual recurring

$4.2M

Personnel

Estimated one-time startup costs are approximately $8,630,000 driven by property purchase options, contingency reserves and heavy initial equipment; recurring annual costs are approximately $4,227,000/yr driven primarily by continuous MTF staffing, specialist research wages, off-site monitoring and ongoing legal/cover operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.6M

Insurance Reserve $5.0M

[#19] Large reserve fund to cover catastrophic legal/municipal remediation in worst-case scenarios.

Offsite Property Purchase $900K

[#5, #17] Mid-range estimate for purchasing/altering small lot near terminus for permanent covert monitoring / public containment.

Equipment $765K

[#2, #3, #4, #5, #8, #14] Remote handling rigs, sensor suite initial purchase, CCTV/install, initial covert-van equipment, secure IT hardware, generator/UPS.

Decommissioning Execution Reserve $500K

[#15] Execution budget reserve for controlled demolition or heavy engineering actions if attempted.

Facilities $450K

[#1, #13] Hardened containment cell construction, HVAC isolation, blast/shielding and structural mitigations.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K

[#9] High-performance compute and dedicated modeling lab initial buildout and specialist software/hardware.

Decommissioning Study $200K

[#15] Engineering study and planning for controlled demolition/decommissioning options.

Cover Story One Time $200K

[#16] One-time legal/settlement/lease buyout or initial payment to mall owners and local actors to close corridor publicly.

Business Compensation One Time $200K

[#27] One-time compensation/settlement to affected mall businesses for closures and revenue loss.

Emergency Response Equipment $150K

[#12] On-site hazmat/medical/decon tents, firefighting and containment equipment initial purchase.

Terminus Climate Monitoring Install $15K

[#28] Installation of local weather station/soil probes/time-lapse equipment at terminus.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.2M/yr

Staff Wages $2.5M/yr

[#6, #10] Continuous MTF rotations/security staff and specialist research staff salaries (fully loaded).

Research And Monitoring $525K/yr

[#9, #26] HPC/software licensing recurring costs and long-term funded research program grants and collaborations.

Cover Story And Legal $380K/yr

[#16, #18, #25] Ongoing legal counsel, permits, amnestic/memetic operations and crisis communications retained costs.

External Contractor Retainers $100K/yr

[#24] Retainers for explosive engineers, plasma physicists and other extreme-event contractors.

Facilities Maintenance $75K/yr

[#4, #12, #14] Maintenance for surveillance storage, emergency equipment contracts upkeep, and generator/UPS fuel & maintenance.

Offsite Monitoring Lease $72K/yr

[#5] Lease/utility-lease option for property or equipment mounting at terminus (monthly lease option mid-range).

Logistics And Transport $60K/yr

[#7] Field transit, vehicle maintenance, fuel and occasional overnight travel between sites.

Emergency Response Contracts $60K/yr

[#12] Annual contracts/training for hazmat/medical/ambulance and rapid-response arrangements.

Psychological Support $60K/yr

[#20] Staff counseling and long-term medical monitoring for personnel.

Training Sop $60K/yr

[#21] Regular training, SOP development, tabletop exercises and cross-site drills.

Misc Site Operating Costs $60K/yr

[#23] Utilities, janitorial, minor repairs, and ongoing overhead for containment cell and any leased terminus property.

Supplies And Consumables $52K/yr

[#3, #11] Sensor calibration, consumables, spare parts and experimental consumables/test objects.

Public Containment Maintenance $50K/yr

[#17] Recurring costs to maintain public containment/closure measures at the terminus (permits, signage, crowd control).

Red Team Audit $45K/yr

[#29] Independent safety audits and stress-tests of containment protocols.

Offsite Monitoring Van Operational $35K/yr

[#5] Operational costs for covert surveillance van option (personnel, fuel, incidental maintenance).

Business Compensation Ongoing $30K/yr

[#27] Ongoing partial compensation for businesses affected by corridor restrictions.

Secure Archival $30K/yr

[#22] Secure document handling, classified archival storage, transcription and redaction staffing.

Secure It Operations $30K/yr

[#8] Encrypted network operations, hardened servers, offsite backups and VPN maintenance.

Terminus Climate Monitoring Ops $3K/yr

[#28] Annual operations/calibration for terminus environmental sensors.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.2M/yr

89.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, monitoring, scheduled tests within safe parameters and no public incidents.

routine monitoring scheduled testing no public exposures

🚨 Minor Incident $4.9M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$700K vs baseline

Localized public exposure or small containment event requiring elevated amnestics, repairs and PR/legal action.

small public sighting equipment damage localized leak requiring amnestics

🚨 Major Breach $14.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Significant containment failure or fusion/energetic event (or large-scale public disclosure) requiring major emergency remediation, legal settlements and large-scale engineering response.

partial fusion/energetic event large-scale public casualty/damage failed decommissioning attempt

👥 Personnel 37 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	24	12–18 per location rotation to provide continuous coverage and leave allowances; includes field agents and cordon teams. [#6]
Research Scientist	6	Senior physicists, anomaly researchers and analysts for modelling and experiment design. [#10, #9, #26]
Engineer / Maintenance	3	Site engineers for containment cell, shield maintenance, generators and remote rigs. [#1, #13, #14]
Medical Officer	1	On-call medical/hazmat support and long-term monitoring coordination. [#12, #20]
Administrative Staff	2	Logistics, scheduling, procurement and cover story coordination. [#16, #23]
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	Overall program oversight and command liaison. [#3, #9]

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on detailed analyst line items (MTF staffing, off-site monitoring, equipment and contingency reserves) but ranges are wide and the anomaly's behavior is partially unknown; core recurring costs are well-constrained while catastrophic reserves are highly uncertain.

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