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SCP-6875 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6875
Expected annual
$7.5M
One-time setup
$26.8M
Annual recurring
$7.4M
Personnel
19
Estimated one-time capital requirements are large (~$26.8M) driven by site construction, specialized temporal-capable infrastructure, vaulting and contingency reserves; recurring annual operations are substantial (~$7.4M/yr) dominated by specialist staffing, temporal research reserves, continuous security and facility upkeep.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $26.8M
Temporal Facility $12.5M
[#16] Conditional capital for a modest temporal containment/research facility (included as a potential necessary capital outlay).
Facilities $5.8M
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #12, #14, #6] Land purchase/lease, hardened entrance, geotechnical stabilization, perimeter, on-site buildings, animal-facility upgrades and vault construction; includes grid-tie/infrastructure portion of power works.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.2M
[#13, #15] Paleontological/archaeological conservation program capital and containment-grade laboratory build-out (BSL-capable labs and instrument suites).
Incident Contingency Reserve $3.0M
[#25] Recommended on-call contingency reserve for major incidents; funded as an initial one-time reserve.
Equipment $1.8M
[#6, #8, #9, #10, #11, #21, #22] Generators and power hardware, rapid-response equipment procurement, heavy-lift mobilization, robotic manipulators/ROVs, portable containment modules fleet procurement, sensor network hardware, PPE procurement.
Artifact Transfer Initial $375K
[#27] Initial transfer/processing of sensitive items to Site-01 / central facilities.
Cover Story Initial $175K
[#19] One-time establishment of cover-story, payoffs, fake permits and legal obfuscation setup.
Transport Initial $100K
[#20] Initial expedition mobilization costs (armored/airlift mobilization).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.4M/yr
Staff Wages $2.0M/yr
[#7, #17, #26, #13] Aggregated salaries and benefits for continuous site staff: armed security force, medical staff, research personnel and conservation specialists (salaries only).
Temporal Research $1.2M/yr
[#16] Recurring staff and research costs associated with temporal-specialist containment and monitoring if the Machine/temporal effects are pursued.
Administrative Overhead $960K/yr
[#28] Program management, legal counsel and oversight budget estimated at ~15% of recurring operational costs (applied as overhead).
Research And Monitoring $745K/yr
[#15, #13, #21] Recurring operating/reagents for containment-grade labs and conservation programs plus data hosting/monitoring and non-salary research operating costs.
Rapid Response Operations $525K/yr
[#8] Annual operating costs for specialized rapid-response/MTF readiness, vehicles and tactical equipment (operating budget, separate from one-time equipment procurement).
Animal Care $400K/yr
[#12] Recurring costs for animal containment, feed, enrichment and veterinary care for living anomalies removed from the cave.
Facilities Maintenance $395K/yr
[#3, #4, #5, #6, #14] Ongoing geotechnical inspections/repairs, perimeter repairs/telemetry, utilities & upkeep, fuel/electricity operations and vault climate-control monitoring.
Logistics And Transport $315K/yr
[#9, #20] Ongoing heavy-equipment rental/maintenance and secure transport (armored transfers/helicopter lift) costs.
Cover Story And Legal $160K/yr
[#19, #29] Annual cover-story maintenance, payments to local officials, legal fees and public-facing archaeology/outreach budget.
Intelligence Surveillance $137K/yr
[#23] HUMINT/SIGINT, community monitoring, covert payments to communications providers, and local monitoring of medical facilities.
Amnestic Program $125K/yr
[#18] Annual operating budget reserve for amnestic supplies, memetic agents and administration (scales with incidents).
Medical Emergency Overhead $100K/yr
[#17] Trauma, evacuation overhead and emergency medical readiness reserved annually.
Long Term Storage $90K/yr
[#27] Ongoing storage and restricted-level archival costs at Site-01 or central facilities.
Training And Drills $62K/yr
[#24] Regular containment-breach drills, amnestic protocol training, excavation and animal-handling exercises.
Equipment Maintenance $55K/yr
[#10] Maintenance, spare parts and upkeep for robotic manipulators, ROVs and remote systems.
Containment Maintenance $40K/yr
[#11] Maintenance and servicing for portable containment modules/crates.
Supplies And Consumables $35K/yr
[#22] Consumable PPE/replacement stock and disposables.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.4M/yr
86.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; steady-state containment, research and upkeep activities.
no breach routine research and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $7.9M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized breach or limited petrification event requiring additional MTF response, amnestics, repairs and evidence processing.
small breach single-person petrification local publicity requiring coverup
🚨 Major Breach $10.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Significant containment failure (escaped regenerating megafauna or temporal event) demanding large-scale remediation, mass amnesticization, MTF surge and possible infrastructure replacement.
escaped dinosaur major temporal breach mass-casualty petrification
👥 Personnel 19 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#7] Continuous armed guard rota (6–12 suggested; 8 assumed for budgeting).
Research Scientist 8 [#26] Paleo/biology/temporal/research staff (6–12 suggested; 8 assumed; salaries included in staff_wages).
Medical Officer 2 [#17] On-site medics and emergency medical coverage.
Conservation Specialist 1 [#13] Paleontological/archaeological conservation lead (staffing included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges but several high-cost items (temporal facility, incident reserve, frequency of breaches) are conditional and uncertain; estimates use midpoints where ranges exist, producing moderate confidence.
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