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SCP-6955 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6955
Expected annual
$2.6M
One-time setup
$7.5M
Annual recurring
$2.4M
Personnel
11
One-time capital outlays are approximately $7,470,000 driven largely by a recommended contingency fund and an optional aviation purchase; baseline annual operating costs are approximately $2,390,100/yr driven by staff wages (monitoring + SRT), legal/PR/insurance, monitoring/hosting and site lockdown losses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.5M
Helicopter Purchase $3.0M
[#6] Optional site helicopter purchase (capital option) as provided in note #6 (midpoint of $2–4M).
Contingency Fund $3.0M
[#20] Recommended one-time reserve for catastrophic cascading events (#20).
Equipment $555K
[#3, #2, #7, #8, #12, #16, #23] Server cluster & secure links (#3), implant procurement & surgery (#2), armored vehicle purchase (#7), drones (#8), high-speed cameras/arrays (#12), initial data platform hardware (#16), communications integration (#23).
Facilities $460K
[#11, #19, #28] Containment area renovations/isolation (#11), facility segregation/interference mitigation capital work (#19), and UPS/generator upgrades (#28).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $355K
[#1, #26] Device R&D, design, testing and certification one-time cost (#1) and one-time regulatory/ethical review setup (#26).
Replacement Researcher Onboarding $100K
[#27] Recruitment, clearance and training costs for replacement senior researcher / onboarding if required (#27).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.4M/yr
Staff Wages $915K/yr
[#4, #5, #13, #14, #24] 24/7 monitoring personnel wages (3 FTEs) (#4), SRT salaries (6 personnel) (#5), standby medic staffing (#13), hazard/retention pay (#14), and personnel backfill/temporary coverage budget (#24) aggregated as recurring wage costs.
Cover Story And Legal $460K/yr
[#17, #21, #30, #26] Legal/cover-up/amnestics/public-response contingency (#17), insurance/restitution-equivalent reserve (#21), public relations/disinformation operations (#30), and recurring regulatory/legal/ethics fees (#26).
Research And Monitoring $452K/yr
[#15, #16, #18, #22, #12] Ongoing scientific research program & experiments (#15), data storage/compute and analysis (#16), incident investigation/forensics (#18), regular training drills & SOP maintenance (#22), and sensor/camera storage/maintenance (#12).
Site Lockdown Downtime $150K/yr
[#9] Expected annual lost-operations cost from site lockdowns due to displacements (assumed 6 events/yr at ~$25,000 average) (#9).
Logistics And Transport $90K/yr
[#6, #25, #8] Charter aviation budget for expected retrievals (#6), evidence recovery & transport (#25), and drone maintenance/batteries (#8).
Supplies And Consumables $89K/yr
[#13, #29, #14] Acute per-incident medical care / supplies anticipated annually (#13), routine consumables & small items (#29), and counseling services (#14) aggregated here.
Srt Training And Equipment $80K/yr
[#5] Recurring training, certifications and equipment allowance for the On-site Rapid Retrieval Team (training & equipment) (#5).
Facilities Maintenance $56K/yr
[#19, #7, #28] Recurring costs for interference-mitigation operations (#19), armored vehicle maintenance/ops (#7), and UPS/generator fuel & maintenance (#28).
Server Hosting $42K/yr
[#3] Hosting, maintenance and secure links for redundant tracking/telemetry infrastructure (approx. $3,500/month midpoint) (#3).
Security Overtime $40K/yr
[#10] Extra security posture and overtime pay during incidents aggregated to an annual estimate (note #10).
Tracking Device Spares $10K/yr
[#1] Recurring procurement/replacement of spare specialized tracking devices (manufacturing per spare unit ~$5,000; assumed ~2 spares/year) (#1).
Comms Licensing $6K/yr
[#23] Recurring licensing/maintenance fees for communications & coordination systems integration (#23).
Implant Replacements $500/yr
[#2] Expected average annualized cost for implant replacements/repairs (~$2,000 every 3–5 years) (#2).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.4M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, expected retrievals without major incidents; no capital purchases.
routine displacements no major public incidents no capital asset purchases
🚨 Minor Incident $2.7M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
One or more public-facing displacement incidents requiring elevated legal/PR response, amnestics, extra security and incremental recovery costs.
public displacement with bystanders amnestic deployment and cleanup elevated security deployments
🚨 Major Breach $4.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Catastrophic event where a displacement places the subject into contact with a high-risk SCP or causes cascading containment failures requiring large-scale response and reserve drawdown.
displacement into high-risk anomaly containment cascade large-scale emergency response
🚨 Purchase Helicopter $5.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$3.2M vs baseline
Decision/year in which Site-400 purchases a dedicated helicopter for retrievals instead of relying on charter services.
policy change to own aviation asset site invests in helicopter purchase
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Monitoring Operator 3 [#4] 24/7 telemetry monitoring staff (3 FTEs) as specified in note #4.
On-site Rapid Retrieval Team Member (SRT) 6 [#5] Rapid retrieval team staffing (6 personnel) per note #5.
On-call Medic / Medical Officer 1 [#13] Standby medic staffing referenced in note #13.
Research Scientist (Subject / Retention) 1 [#14, #24] The primary researcher (Dr. Lantieern) requiring counseling/hazard pay and retention measures (#14) and affected by backfill policies (#24).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed and cover most cost drivers, but many line items are given as ranges and several operational assumptions (replacement rates, incident frequency, choice of charter vs. purchase) were required to pick midpoints; this yields medium confidence.
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