SCP-6945 — SCP-6945 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6945 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-6945

Expected annual

$3.3M

One-time setup

$17.7M

Annual recurring

$3.1M

Personnel

One-time capital and reserve expenses are large (estimated $17,700,500) driven by contingency/reserve funds and potential bespoke containment construction; recurring operations average ~$3.05M/yr driven by security payroll, ongoing thaumaturgical research, specialized response teams, and productivity losses.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $17.7M

Reserve Financial $10.5M

[#19] Insurance/indemnity and large financial reserves for catastrophic containment failure or veil exposure.

Facilities $3.6M

[#1, #2, #8, #23] Access-control/mantrap and hardened containment retrofit costs plus vault and potential bespoke containment cell construction (mantrap, reinforced walls, vault buildout, specialized cell).

Contingency Fund $1.2M

[#16] Off-site backup containment / relocation contingency fund (short-term relocation, leased facilities, transport contingency).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M

[#9] Initial containment R&D program and prototype research start-up (anti-dispel/anti-teleport R&D).

Pr Crisis Fund $625K

[#22] One-time PR/communications contingency and crisis retainer for large-scale disclosure response.

Equipment $579K

[#3, #5, #6, #13, #14, #15, #17, #20, #10] Initial surveillance/sensor package, robotic handlers, specialist response initial equipment/training, emergency barricade hardware, communications/inventory hardware/software, medical initial supplies, initial external consultant engagements and one-time legal/PR review.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1M/yr

Staff Wages $913K/yr

[#4, #18] 24/7 on-site security staff payroll (9 guards + 1 supervisor) plus SOC/data analysis salaries consolidated here.

Research And Monitoring $900K/yr

[#7] Ongoing thaumaturgical research program (personnel + consumables) to study artifacts and develop countermeasures.

Productivity Loss Operational Drag $240K/yr

[#24] Estimated loss-of-productivity due to announcement protocols, training, and altered lunch routines.

Containment Rnd Ongoing $200K/yr

[#9] Ongoing R&D costs for anti-dispel/anti-teleport prototypes and testing if initial program continues.

External Consultants Annual $200K/yr

[#20] Recurring budget for external contractors/consultants (occult practitioners, university labs) engagements.

Cover Story And Legal $172K/yr

[#10, #22] Annual legal/OPSEC retainer and ongoing PR/cover-story budget for leak management and liaison.

Staff Compensation Stipends $130K/yr

[#11] Employee meal stipends/hazard pay to compensate staff for taxed food and morale measures.

Personnel Turnover $70K/yr

[#21] Hiring, re-clearance, and training costs due to turnover/refusals.

Specialized Response Annual $50K/yr

[#5] Annual refresher training, small equipment replacement, and upkeep for the internal rapid-response squad.

Psychological Support $35K/yr

[#12] Counseling, HR programs, and debriefs for staff exposed to coercion and stressful events.

Medical Readiness Annual $30K/yr

[#17] Ongoing medical supplies, training refreshers, and on-call medic readiness.

Supplies And Consumables $28K/yr

[#25] Miscellaneous consumables and replacements (batteries, seals, RFID tags, small repairs).

Artifact Vault Maintenance $28K/yr

[#8] Monitoring and maintenance for artifact isolation vaults and tamper alarms.

Data Tools And Reporting $20K/yr

[#18] Tools, software, and reporting infrastructure for SOC analysts and data review.

Robotics Maintenance $15K/yr

[#6] Maintenance and upkeep for robotic/remote handling systems.

Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr

[#2, #1] Ongoing maintenance for reinforced rooms, mantrap upkeep and minor structural repairs.

Emergency Drills And Consumables $6K/yr

[#13] Regular lockdown and evacuation drills, consumables and drill supplies.

Surveillance And Storage Maintenance $3K/yr

[#3] Redundant surveillance/NVR storage maintenance and off-site encrypted backups.

Inventory And Food Monitoring Maintenance $3K/yr

[#15] Ongoing maintenance and hosting fees for RFID/smart-fridge inventory systems.

Communications Maintenance $3K/yr

[#14] Annual maintenance and small licensing for announcement/protocol software and secure comms.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1M/yr

78.0% probability / year

Normal year with containment procedures in place and no major incidents.

no_incident routine_operations

🚨 Minor Incident $3.3M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline

Localized annexation attempt or 'siege' causing equipment damage, cleaning, and medical costs but contained quickly.

localized_annexation_attempt gravy_floods minor_equipment_damage

🚨 Major Annexation $4.6M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

SCP begins annexation beyond the break room requiring multi-day relocation, leased facilities, large emergency response and public containment measures.

domain_expansion full_site_relocation large_scale_response

🚨 Containment Construction $6.1M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline

Decision and execution to build a bespoke permanent anomalous-containment cell and expanded vaults (capital project year).

research_concludes_bespoke_cell_needed scale_up_for_permanent_containment

👥 Personnel 13 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	9	[#4] 3 guards per shift × 3 shifts = 9 active guards (wages included in staff_wages).
Security Supervisor	1	[#4] Supervisor on-site (included in security payroll).
Data Analyst / SOC Analyst	3	[#18] 2–3 analysts to monitor video/sensor logs and produce reports (salaries consolidated into staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Ranges are wide and several items (thaumaturgical R&D, contingency reserves, insurance) are highly uncertain; estimates use midpoints and informed judgment from analyst notes but actual costs could be meaningfully higher or lower.

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