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SCP-6859 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6859
Expected annual
$6.8M
One-time setup
$7.4M
Annual recurring
$6.6M
Personnel
41
First-year capital/setup costs are dominated by a contingency reserve and capital IT/containment build-out (~$7.45M one-time). Ongoing annual costs are dominated by salaries/benefits for hosted researchers and support staff plus monitoring, medical, security, and emergency readiness (~$6.62M/year).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.4M
Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#23] Recommended contingency/insurance reserve for catastrophic destabilization response (seeded fund).
Equipment $740K
[#4, #5, #6, #8, #16, #20, #21, #28] Network isolation hardware, hardened servers/storage, IDS/dev workstations, initial HPC/cloud credits, backup hardware, monitoring/recording kit, IP suppression infrastructure and repository setup.
Facilities $500K
[#19, #14] Site-89 wing reconfiguration and modular quarantine/decon suite build-out (combined estimate from #19 and #14).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#30] Initial R&D/lab safety buildout and containment-research startup costs to enable controlled experiments and safe expansion.
Relocation And Signon $400K
[#1] One-time relocation/sign-on bonuses and relocation support for ~20 new hosted mathematicians (~$10k–$30k per hire assumed; mid estimate used).
Recruitment And Clearance $240K
[#12] Background checks, expedited clearances and processing for new hires (~$5k–$20k per hire; mid estimate used for ~20 hires).
Legal And Policy Drafting $50K
[#11] One-time legal review, policy drafting, and initial ethics analysis related to detainment/consent and cover-story planning.
Training And Sop Setup $15K
[#22] Initial training materials and SOP documentation development for shrine/superstition policy and host handling.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.6M/yr
Staff Wages $3.8M/yr
[#1, #3, #7, #15, #18, #9, #10] Salaries, benefits, hazard/retention pay and related employer costs for hosted mathematicians (~20 hosts), security guards, 1–2 network engineers, capture/response team, forensic/archival staff, clinical staff and pharmacy technician(s).
Research And Monitoring $758K/yr
[#5, #6, #8, #13, #17, #28] Non-salary recurring costs: server operations/backups, IDS/forensics ongoing development, cloud compute/GPU rental, containment research program funding (annual research budget), red-team exercises and archival operations (non-staff portions).
Emergency Response Maintenance $400K/yr
[#14] Staffing, maintenance and readiness for mobile quarantine trailers, decon supplies and emergency response teams.
Medical And Pharmacy $340K/yr
[#9, #10] Recurring neuroimaging/EEG schedule, clinical follow-ups, pharmacy staffing and expected amnestic/pharmacological dose expenses (prophylactic/reactive use).
Host Living Support $300K/yr
[#2] On-site housing, increased food allowances and utilities for ~20 hosted researchers (~$10k–$25k/yr per host; mid estimate used).
Contingency Replenishment $200K/yr
[#23] Annual replenishment contribution to contingency reserve to hedge against depletion from serious incidents.
Cover Story And Legal $180K/yr
[#11, #21, #25] Ongoing legal, PR, publication suppression monitoring, and cover-story costs for incidents and IP/publication control.
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#15, #25] Vehicle maintenance and per-intervention logistics for capture/removal and public-facing liaison/medical transport related to incidents and cover operations.
Personnel Turnover $120K/yr
[#24] Expected annual rehiring/training/clearance costs from staff churn in an unusual work environment.
Network And It Operations $90K/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #16, #8] Non-salary IT operational costs: virtualization licensing, firmware/maintenance contracts, cloud monitoring, and routine forensic snapshot operations.
Facilities Maintenance $82K/yr
[#19, #4, #14, #16, #29, #20] Annual maintenance for site modifications, network isolation hardware firmware/maintenance, quarantine upkeep, backup vault rotation and energy/infrastructure overhead.
Outreach And Collaboration $75K/yr
[#27] Consulting, travel, honoraria and interdisciplinary collaboration budgets.
Security Training And Overtime $50K/yr
[#3] Additional overtime/training budget for Ramanujan-Class procedures and site-specific restraint protocols.
Documentation And Archival Ops $20K/yr
[#28] Ongoing repository audits, classification reviews and secure archival staffing/ops (non-salary portions covered here).
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#26] Miscellaneous consumables, office replacement and minor consumable losses due to pranks.
Training Refreshers $10K/yr
[#22] Annual refresher training costs and SOP updates.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.6M/yr
79.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine monitoring, staffing, and scheduled research activity.
no destabilizations routine research and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $7.0M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$350K vs baseline
Localized destabilization or host episode requiring targeted medical response, limited amnestic use, overtime and small capture/removal action.
single-host destabilization small off-site capture or medical surge
🚨 Major Destabilization $8.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Multi-host destabilization or on-site incident requiring mass quarantine, significant amnestic administration, replacement hiring and substantial emergency response.
host death(s) extended destabilization across SCP-6859-a
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $26.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Wide-scale containment failure or global information event (e.g., mass broadcast by SCP-6859) triggering use of contingency reserve and O5-level emergency operations.
global broadcast / major leak large-scale destabilization requiring contingency fund
👥 Personnel 41 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (hosted mathematician) 20 [#1] Foundation-employed hosts; mix of senior and junior researchers with hazard/retention pay included in salaries.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 7 [#3] 24/7 coverage for controlled areas (6–8 FTEs typical); salary and overtime budgets accounted separately.
Network Engineer / Sysadmin 2 [#7] 1–2 FTEs recommended to manage the single-bridge architecture and forensic snapshots.
Forensic Analyst / Archivist 2 [#18] Digital-forensic and records staff to maintain chain-of-custody and logging.
Medical Officer / Neuropsychologist 2 [#9] Clinical staff for EEG/MRI programs and ongoing neuropsychological care.
Pharmacy Technician / Medical Admin 1 [#10] Pharmacy staffing for amnestic administration and pharmacovigilance.
Capture/Response Team 4 [#15] Rapid-response personnel for off-site host recovery and interventions.
Administrative Staff 1 [#11] HR/legal/admin support for the program and cover-story coordination.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#19, #29] Facilities and infrastructure maintenance, UPS/generator and climate control upkeep.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges for many categories (salaries, IT, medical), enabling a reasoned estimate, but wide ranges on staffing mixes, contingency sizing, incident frequency and amnestic usage produce substantial uncertainty; chosen figures represent mid-range assumptions.
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