SCP-6986 — SCP-6986 | Cost Breakdown

Read on SCP Wiki ↗

SCP-6986 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-6986

Expected annual

$77K

One-time setup

$46K

Annual recurring

$73K

Personnel

One-time setup and retrieval costs are modest (~$46,000); recurring annual costs are dominated by personnel (monitoring/agent) and amnestic treatment budgets, totaling approximately $72,900/year under a moderate posture.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $46K

Initial Amnestic Stock And Training $10K

[#9] Initial procurement of stronger amnestic stock and training/medical protocols for administration.

Contingency Field Operation $10K

[#16] Contingency field op to approach/interview/detain Poole's son if found (field ops / secure interview / temporary housing).

Surveillance Hardware $6K

[#7] CCTV and motion sensor procurement and initial installation at cemetery (hardware procurement).

Genealogical Research $5K

[#15] Research fees, FOIA costs, travel and investigator/agent time to locate Poole's son.

Retrieval And Removal $3K

[#1] Removal of granite tombstone requiring crew, lifting equipment rental and site safety for retrieval.

Replacement Paperwork One Time $3K

[#13] One-time creation/maintenance of false paperwork and replacement-headstone story to cover retrieval.

Replacement Tombstone $2K

[#2] Ordering/matching non-anomalous granite marker, installation fees and cemetery disturbance/permit costs.

Agent Training One Time $2K

[#18] One-time memetic/mnestic exposure avoidance and amnestic administration training for operators.

Secure Comms Procurement $2K

[#21] One-time procurement of encrypted radios / satellite backup and secure upload equipment.

Cataloging And Locker Fitout $2K

[#4] Inventorying, photography, memetic testing, custom crate and small modifications/padding to safe locker.

Transport To Site $1K

[#3] Secure transport and chain-of-custody (armored courier or secure vehicle, packing crate, documentation).

Facilities $0

[]

Equipment $0

[]

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

[]

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $73K/yr

Amnestic Treatments $12K/yr

[#9] Per-treatment operational costs (drugs + medic time). Baseline assumes ~8 moderate treatments/year (~$1,500 avg).

Logistics And Transport $11K/yr

[#10, #19] Annual vehicle/travel/lodging (lease, fuel) and field deployment costs for amnestic administration (per-deployment travel/supplies).

Staff Wages $9K/yr

[#6] Part-time/weekly monitoring visits by a Foundation agent (salary/benefits/travel) used for baseline model.

Research And Monitoring $9K/yr

[#11] Forensic analysis of letters/flowers (handwriting, paper, DNA/pollen testing) estimated for ~15 items/yr.

Psychological Aftercare $8K/yr

[#17] Counseling and medical follow-up for civilians receiving strong amnestics (assume multiple recipients/year).

Administrative Overhead $6K/yr

[#20] Pro-rated share of Site-81 security, utilities, admin time for logs, incident reporting, and audits.

Contingency Reserve $5K/yr

[#24] Annual reserved contingency fund for unexpected escalation (recommended 10–25% of ops budget; baseline small reserve).

Cover Story And Legal $4K/yr

[#13, #14] Ongoing local legal/administrative cover-up maintenance and small-scale PR/misinformation budget.

Dedicated Locker Space $2K/yr

[#5] Marginal cost to reserve/maintain a standard safe object locker at Site-81 (security, power, admin overhead).

Depreciation And Replacement $2K/yr

[#25] Depreciation/replacement fund for cameras, vehicles, medical equipment.

Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr

[#12, #23] Evidence bags, archival boxes, gloves, labels, controlled storage and small biohazard/archival disposal fees.

Surveillance Maintenance $2K/yr

[#7, #8] Camera maintenance, storage costs, periodic replacement and remote monitoring bandwidth.

Evidence Backup Archive $1K/yr

[#22] Digital backups, duplicate physical storage and periodic review cycles for archives.

Secure Comms Maintenance $600/yr

[#21] Annual maintenance and service fees for encrypted communications and backups.

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

[]

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $73K/yr

77.0% probability / year

Normal year with part-time monitoring, routine surveillance maintenance and average amnestic/treatment load.

weekly monitoring only moderate amnestic demand no major incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $83K/yr

20.0% probability / year +$10K vs baseline

Small cluster of civilian witnesses or localized social chatter requiring extra amnestic deployments and PR/legal actions.

several civilians witness SCP-6986-1 extra amnestic deployments small PR/legal takedowns

🚨 Major Containment Operation $158K/yr

3.0% probability / year +$85K vs baseline

Discovery/locating of Poole's son or other escalation requiring a field containment/interview operation and broader mitigation.

son located and requires interview/detainment mass amnestic administration or larger op heightened PR/legal response

👥 Personnel 1 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	1	[#6] Single Foundation agent assigned to monitor Chaplin Cemetery (part-time/weekly baseline coverage reflected in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide ranges and split items (one-time vs recurring). Many line items are well-described but frequency assumptions (treatment counts, deployments) required judgment, hence medium confidence.

← SCP-6985 ↑ All SCPs SCP-6987 →