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SCP-6944 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6944
Expected annual
$5.8M
One-time setup
$3.7M
Annual recurring
$5.7M
Personnel
27
Initial one-time setup is approximately $3,745,000 driven by custom soundproof lockboxes, quarantine chamber upgrades, lab setup and specialized equipment/vehicles. Recurring annual operations are approximately $5,717,000 driven primarily by staff wages (MTF salaries and research staff), research/R&D, HEPA/air handling and contingency/reserve funds.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.7M
Equipment $2.2M
[#1, #2, #5, #8, #10, #13, #14, #15, #18, #22, #23] Lockboxes, secure transport cases, encapsulating suits, MTF initial equipment, webcrawler development (software/hardware), autoclave/incinerator, environmental monitoring hardware, CCTV/non-audio sensors installation, emergency response vehicles, spare inventory and initial cover-story props.
Facilities $900K
[#3, #4, #12] Site-level physical work: Level-3 storage/access upgrade (Site-76), quarantine chamber BSL-2+/BSL-3 upgrades for 34-A and 57-C, and morgue/containment structural upgrades.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#17] Research lab equipment setup and instrumentation for the multi-year R&D program.
Sop Legal Setup $100K
[#16] SOP development, legal & ethics review initial setup and related administrative buildout.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.7M/yr
Staff Wages $3.0M/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #10] Research staff (3 senior researchers + 4 lab technicians), MTF Psi-8 annual all-in costs (12 operatives), security guards (6), and webcrawler analysts (2) salaries/benefits.
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#10, #14, #17] Webcrawler hosting/ops (portion), environmental sampling reagents & periodic assays, and the annual R&D program budget for reversing aging/preventing transmutation (staff/consumables/trials).
Contingency Reserve $700K/yr
[#24] Insurance-equivalent contingency reserve (recommended 20% of first-year OPEX) for unforeseen containment failures and extraordinary costs.
Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr
[#3, #4, #6, #15] Storage/access system monitoring and maintenance, quarantine chamber HVAC/negative-pressure/HEPA operational costs and maintenance, continuous HEPA/air-handling energy and filter replacement, and monitoring hardware upkeep.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#23] Annual cover-story/public relations and law enforcement liaison budget for plausible explanations, witness handling, and information management.
Medical Emergency Fund $200K/yr
[#11] On-site ICU capacity, geriatrics/aging-effect treatment capacity, pharmaceuticals, and contingency operational reserve for acute care.
Supplies And Consumables $107K/yr
[#2, #5, #12, #13, #19, #22] Transport case maintenance/replacement, suit consumables/maintenance, morgue PPE/handling consumables, waste disposal/outsourcing, routine PPE/disinfectants/filters/replacement parts, and spare-inventory replenishment.
Contingency Remediation Fund $100K/yr
[#21] Annual reserved budget for area fumigation, evacuation support, temporary housing and deep cleaning after spore release events.
Sop And Training $40K/yr
[#16] Annual SOP refresh, legal/ethics reviews, pre-test approval workflows and drills/annual staff training.
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#18] Fuel, maintenance and operation of containment breach response vehicles and rapid-deployment logistics.
Psychological Support $30K/yr
[#20] Counseling, psychiatric support, cognitive assessments and rehabilitation for exposed/traumatized staff.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.7M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with planned operations, monitoring, and no major containment incidents.
no major breaches routine testing and monitoring standard R&D progress
🚨 Minor Incident $5.9M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Limited spore release or single-site exposure requiring targeted fumigation, limited medical care and MTF overtime.
localized spore release single-site contamination small-scale medical treatment
🚨 Major Breach $7.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach at a site causing multi-person exposures, large-scale fumigation, MTF surge deployments and public cover-up operations.
multi-person exposure site-wide spore dissemination large MTF response and public liaison
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $20.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Widespread environmental release or public exposure requiring multi-site evacuations, long-term remediation, litigation/large-scale cover-up and emergency R&D scale-up.
multi-site correlated release public detection/exposure failure of primary containment and rapid regrowth
👥 Personnel 27 total
Role Count Notes
Senior Researcher 3 [#7] Senior researchers (pre-authorize/abort tests, oversight) as listed in analyst notes.
Lab Technician 4 [#7] Lab technicians conducting controlled exposure tests and sample handling.
MTF Agent 12 [#8] Mobile Task Force Psi-8 operatives (The Silencers) for field investigation and rapid response.
Security Officer / Guard 6 [#9] On-site security guards covering shifts for Level-3 storage and access control.
Webcrawler Analyst 2 [#10] Analysts triaging webcrawler outputs and triage workflows.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are built directly from analyst line items where provided (medium confidence), but several items (probabilities, R&D allocation splits, contingency sizing) require judgment calls and could vary significantly.
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