SCP-1644 — SCP-1644 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-1644 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-1644

Expected annual

$10.9M

One-time setup

$11.4M

Annual recurring

$10.7M

Personnel

One-time capital costs are approximately $11.38M driven primarily by robots, secure comms/IT, and facility buildout; recurring costs are approximately $10.75M/yr driven by staff wages, document-suppression operations, contingency reserves and ongoing monitoring/logistics.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $11.4M

Equipment $5.9M

[#3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #17, #20] Initial installation of power/distribution, secure communications hardware, robotic excavation fleet, initial robotics spares, remote sensing & surveillance hardware, IT/server hardware, and initial vehicle purchases.

Facilities $3.5M

[#1, #2, #22] Outpost-126 construction and site prep including earthworks, access road, perimeter fencing and initial environmental/site-stabilization works.

Reliquary Buildout $600K

[#15] One-time capacity buildout for climate-controlled vault and cataloging infrastructure at Reliquary Site-62.

Decommissioning Estimate Usd $600K

[#30] One-time archive & facility decommissioning / mothballing contingency.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $563K

[#13, #16] Translation/papyri imaging equipment, hires, and on-site analytical lab equipment (portable XRF, microscopes, digitization stations).

Training Program Initial $125K

[#18] Initial high-fidelity training program setup for operators, conservators, security and medical staff.

Cover Story Initial Dossier $100K

[#10] One-time fabrication/purchase of false dossier and initial cover-story materials.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.7M/yr

Staff Wages $2.8M/yr

[#8, #9, #19] Salaries, hazard pay and local allowances for core on-site staff (supervisor, deputies, remote-op technicians, archaeologists/cover personnel, translators, medic, mechanics) and a portion of security payroll included here.

Contingency Reserve $2.0M/yr

[#25] Annual allocation to a rapid-response suppression fund for escalations; highly uncertain and scalable.

Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr

[#10, #21, #29] Ongoing costs to maintain archaeological cover (paid academics, permits, PR), legal/diplomatic liaison, covert payments and off-book risk allowances/insurance reserve.

Document Suppression Operations $1.1M/yr

[#12] Ongoing worldwide search, legal takedowns, purchases, covert retrievals and targeted suppression operations for sources referencing Ba-Ka.

Research And Monitoring $800K/yr

[#13, #26] Ongoing funded research, papyri translation/conservation staff and imaging work, anomaly research and data analysis budgets.

Archival Intervention Reserve $700K/yr

[#24] Annual reserve for archival scanning, buying rights, and intervention campaigns in major archives and institutions.

Replacement Reserve $350K/yr

[#27] Planned replacement reserve for robots, generators, UAVs and IT (5–10 year replacement cycle equivalent).

Medevac Contract $250K/yr

[#19] Medevac/helicopter standby contracts and emergency evacuation readiness for the remote site.

Media Monitoring $230K/yr

[#23] Continuous academic, media and OSINT monitoring, analysts and rapid-response budget.

Logistics And Transport $225K/yr

[#14, #20] Routine artifact transfer costs, armored/dedicated transport logistics and vehicle operations (fuel/maintenance).

Communications Airtime $200K/yr

[#4] SATCOM/microwave airtime, redundancy and communications maintenance for low-latency remote ops.

Cultural Restitution $165K/yr

[#28] Payments, local employment and community compensation to mitigate leaks and maintain cooperation.

Supplies And Consumables $140K/yr

[#6, #16] Robotics consumables, spare parts, lab consumables and routine replacement items for tools, sensors and small equipment.

Reliquary Operations $125K/yr

[#15] Annual operations, conservation and curation costs for artifacts stored at Reliquary Site-62.

Facilities Maintenance $120K/yr

[#1, #2, #22] Ongoing maintenance of Outpost-126, access infrastructure, perimeter repairs and site stabilization upkeep.

Amnestic Administration $110K/yr

[#11] Costs for Class-B amnestic procurement, medical staff time and follow-up monitoring for dozens of administrations per year.

Power Fuel And Maintenance $100K/yr

[#3] Fuel and maintenance for diesel genset backup plus upkeep for solar/battery systems.

It Hosting And Security $95K/yr

[#17] Hosting, encrypted backups, forensic logging and IT security maintenance.

Surveillance Maintenance $60K/yr

[#7] Maintenance, replacement and service contracts for UAVs, fixed cameras, ground radar and sensors.

Training And Drills $50K/yr

[#18] Annual refresher training, simulations and operator rotations.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.7M/yr

87.8% probability / year

Routine year with no major public exposure: normal operations, monitoring and routine suppression activity.

no_public_exposure routine_operations scheduled_research

🚨 Minor Incident $11.2M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Local leak or discovery requiring targeted suppression, temporary increased legal/amnestic actions and a focused archival retrieval campaign.

localized_leak targeted_archival_retrieval

🚨 Major Campaign $13.7M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline

Significant exposure in academic or local press requiring multi-region suppression campaigns, large legal operations and expanded retrievals.

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🚨 Catastrophic Public Exposure $35.7M/yr

0.2% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline

Wide public dissemination requiring large PR/legal campaigns, mass amnestic operations, international operations and full mobilization of the contingency fund.

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👥 Personnel 28 total

Role	Count	Notes
Site Director / Supervisor	1	[#8] Senior supervisor responsible for SCP-1644 operations and clearance decisions.
Deputy Supervisor	1	[#8] Day-to-day operations deputy and alternate clearance holder.
Remote-ops Technician (robot operator)	8	[#8] Teleoperation specialists for the excavation fleet and robotic systems.
Research Scientist / Archaeologist (cover)	6	[#8, #13] Cover archaeologists, conservators and research staff conducting translations and secure research.
Translator / Conservator	2	[#13, #16] Specialists for papyri translation, imaging and conservation.
Medical Officer	1	[#19, #11] Medic responsible for onsite medical care and oversight of amnestic administration.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#6, #3, #20] Mechanics and engineers for robots, generators, vehicles and site equipment maintenance.
Security Officer / MTF Agent / Perimeter Guards	6	[#9] Perimeter guards and patrols to intercept civilians and enforce the archaeological cover.
Administrative Staff	1	[#10, #21] Administrative liaison handling permits, cover coordination and local payments.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items with ranges; estimates use midpoints and conservative reserves for contingency and suppression. High-uncertainty items (contingency reserve, suppression spikes) drive variance, producing a medium confidence rating.

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