SCP-6853 — SCP-6853 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6853 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-6853

Expected annual

$3.2M

One-time setup

$300K

Annual recurring

$3.1M

Personnel

One-time setup costs are moderate (~$300k) for a secure locker, backup hardware, and initial lab/training; recurring annual costs are higher (~$3.15M/yr) driven primarily by amnestic/cover contingency, legal/PR, D-class program costs, staffing, and ongoing surveillance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $300K

Destruction Disposal Contingency $175K

[#23] Contingency for controlled destruction/disposal and remediation if required.

Facilities $50K

[#1] Hardened tamper-resistant locker construction sized for the device.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $34K

[#8, #20] Dedicated test bench, observer booths, instrumentation and SOP development/initial training.

Equipment $24K

[#2, #18] Secure-grade CCTV/sensors and encrypted archival/hardware modules.

Backup Power Hardware $10K

[#4] UPS/generator or redundant feed hardware to keep locker monitoring live during outages.

Web Analysis Retooling $8K

[#14] One-time retooling cost for Oscar-12 / DUNE-HUNTER adaptation.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1M/yr

Amnestic Cover Contingency $1.2M/yr

[#16] Standing contingency reserve for civilian amnestic/medical/relocation costs for moderate regional incidents ($500k–$2M recommended).

Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr

[#17] Legal/PR/cover expense baseline for covert payments, fake records and long-term retconning.

Staff Wages $350K/yr

[#6, #7] Dedicated Level-2 researcher and psychiatrist/medical monitoring team salaries and benefits (pro-rated/part-time arrangements included).

D Class Program Costs $275K/yr

[#10] Recruitment, housing, security and administrative costs for a small D-class pool to support testing and transport.

Field Surveillance Texas $250K/yr

[#15] Covert monitoring of Texan medical centers, hospital liaisons, informants and travel.

Misc Operational Overhead $200K/yr

[#25] Miscellaneous overhead, overtime, replacements and contingency reserve (10–20% buffer assumed).

Facilities Maintenance $125K/yr

[#5] Proportionate Site-73 overhead allocation: security, utilities, amortization for allocated space.

Web Analysis Bot Maintenance $50K/yr

[#14] Ongoing maintenance, compute, data feeds and analyst oversight for Oscar-12 / DUNE-HUNTER.

Logistics And Transport $30K/yr

[#24] Travel, vehicle rental, per diem and lodging for personnel traveling to retrieval or testing locations.

Medical Followup $20K/yr

[#11] Baseline medical and psychiatric follow-up for D-class operators and post-exposure monitoring.

Containment Audit $20K/yr

[#22] Periodic independent containment audits / red-team assessments.

Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr

[#9, #21] Testing consumables, batteries, PPE, decon and medical disposables.

Secure Data Redundancy $6K/yr

[#19] Off-site backup, secure replication and periodic integrity checks.

Research And Monitoring $4K/yr

[#3] Continuous locker monitoring, 24/7 video retention, sensor telemetry storage and periodic review.

Training Refreshers $3K/yr

[#20] Annual refresher training and tabletop drills.

Backup Power Maintenance $1K/yr

[#4] Fuel, routine maintenance and testing for UPS/generator/system redundancy.

Per Incident Retrieval $0/yr

[#12] Per-incident armored retrieval / escort costs (estimated $15k–$60k per retrieval); budgeted in incident scenarios, not baseline recurring.

Incident Response Forensics $0/yr

[#13] Forensic/incident response costs (per-incident $20k–$150k); handled in incident scenarios.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major retrievals or public incidents; steady-state monitoring, staffing, surveillance and contingency reserves maintained.

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🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$292K vs baseline

Rediscovery/retrieval requiring a single retrieval + forensic response and localized amnestic/cover operations.

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🚨 Major Incident $5.3M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$2.2M vs baseline

Regional outbreak or public exposure requiring multiple retrievals, extensive amnestic treatments, major legal/PR and heavy forensic response.

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👥 Personnel 3 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Level-2 Researcher	1	[#6] Dedicated Level-2+ researcher responsible for authorization and oversight of testing.
Psychiatrist	1	[#7] Psychiatrist on-call/present for testing and subject monitoring.
Medical Officer	1	[#7] Medical monitoring/support team member allocated to SCP-6853 operations.

📋 Confidence Notes

Line items and ranges are detailed in analyst notes, allowing reasonable mid-point estimates; however per-incident frequencies and contingency drawdowns are highly uncertain, so confidence is medium.

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