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SCP-5635 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-5635
Expected annual
$51.3M
One-time setup
$248.9M
Annual recurring
$45.8M
Personnel
23
One-time setup dominated by potential space-mission capital and establishing global SIGINT access (~$249M); recurring annual operations (~$45.8M/yr) are driven by outsourced national-level retainers, global feed fees, and regionally distributed rapid-response teams.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $248.9M
Mission Capex Reserve $200.0M
[#16] Capital contingency for a potential micro-satellite rendezvous/capture/deorbit mission (order-of-magnitude estimate).
Global Sigint Access Setup $25.0M
[#3] One-time costs to establish covert/official legal agreements, contracts, or intrusion infrastructure for backbone/carrier/ISP access across jurisdictions.
Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#17] Rapid-response contingency reserve for large-scale leaks, litigation, or emergency neutralization.
Liability Insurance Reserve $5.0M
[#25] Reserve to cover settlements, audits, or internal compensation where insurance is unavailable for covert programs.
Equipment $4.3M
[#1, #2, #7, #8, #9, #18, #24] Ground-station dishes/receivers, wideband RF racks, cybersecurity appliances, secure storage hardware, regional team kitouts, geolocation/forensic hardware, and spare/hardware redundancy kit.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.8M
[#4, #15] ML/NLP development and initial multidisciplinary research lab buildout, datasets, and simulators.
Facilities $1.5M
[#20, #29] Site and facility-level one-time costs: safehouse / short-term quarantine setup and decommissioning/end-of-life preparations.
Space Mission Feasibility $1.2M
[#16] Engineering feasibility study for rendezvous/capture/neutralization options.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $45.8M/yr
Outsourced Partner Retainer $20.0M/yr
[#30] Optional retainer for national-level partner/contractor providing broad SIGINT, satellite access, or takedown capability.
Rapid Response Teams $6.3M/yr
[#9] Recurring costs for 6 regional rapid-response teams (personnel, vehicles, training, on-call premiums, and operational readiness).
Global Sigint Feed Fees $6.0M/yr
[#3] Recurring fees to maintain carrier/ISP/backbone feeds, location/SS7/CDR access, and ongoing legal/cover payments across jurisdictions.
Cover Story And Legal $3.1M/yr
[#13, #14, #19, #27] Public-relations/cover-up budgets, international legal/diplomatic liaison costs, internal compliance/legal counsel, and platform/influencer liaison payments.
Research And Monitoring $2.6M/yr
[#4, #15, #26, #28, #21, #12] Ongoing ML/NLP compute and ops, research program staff and projects, dataset maintenance/long-term monitoring, non-destructive engagement program, training/exercises, and medical/psych follow-up budgeted as operational research.
Staff Wages $2.6M/yr
[#5, #6, #23] 24/7 watch officers & analysts, linguists/psychologists/interpreters, and on-site armed/security staff (loaded costs).
Contingency Fund Contribution $2.0M/yr
[#17] Annual contribution to maintain liquid contingency reserves for large-scale exposures or emergency neutralization.
Liability Reserve Annual $1.0M/yr
[#25] Yearly provisioning toward internal liability/settlement reserve and independent audits.
Per Incident Response $500K/yr
[#10] Expected incremental per-incident operational costs (travel, covert lodging, local logistics); annualized estimate based on projected incident rates.
Logistics And Transport $400K/yr
[#20] Safehouse operations and short-term secure transport/relocation operating costs.
Supplies And Consumables $375K/yr
[#2, #11] Wideband RF system maintenance/licenses and amnestic/pharmaceutical inventory & medical consumables.
Facilities Maintenance $335K/yr
[#8, #22, #24] Secure storage maintenance, energy/utilities for Site-111 operations, and periodic hardware replacement upkeep.
Cybersecurity Operations $300K/yr
[#7] Ongoing red-team, vulnerability testing, and hardened-network operations staffing/licenses.
Geolocation Service Fees $200K/yr
[#18] Commercial geolocation subscriptions, per-trace emergency legal fees (annualized), and forensic service retainer.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $45.8M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with continuous monitoring, routine small incidents absorbed by standing teams and reserves; no large-scale leaks, mission activations, or national-partner deployments beyond normal retainers.
no major exposure routine CONSOLE events handled locally no mission activation
🚨 Minor Incident $50.8M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Clustered CONSOLE events in a region requiring extra field deployments, increased amnestic usage, short-term PR/ legal activity and higher safehouse utilization.
regional surge of CONSOLE events multiple simultaneous civilian contacts
🚨 Major Breach $70.8M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Significant public exposure or coordinated leaks requiring extensive PR campaigns, litigation, mass amnestic operations, and international diplomatic emergency response.
large-scale leak multi-country exposure prolonged media scrutiny
🚨 Mission Required $245.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Decision to execute a physical capture/neutralization mission (satellite rendezvous/capture/deorbit) in addition to standard operations.
recommendation to neutralize SCP-5635 approved dedicated space operation
👥 Personnel 23 total
Role Count Notes
Watch Officer / Analyst 10 [#5] 24/7 monitoring staff and shift rotations for Site-111 operations.
Linguist / Clinical Psychologist / Interpreter 5 [#6] Specialists for culturally appropriate evaluation, translation, and clinical assessment.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#23] On-site armed guards and supervisory security staff for classified infrastructure protection.
📋 Confidence Notes
Operational needs (personnel, rapid-response teams, ML ops) are well-specified in analyst notes; large uncertainties remain around SIGINT establishment costs, national-partner retainer size, and the possibility/timing of a space mission, so overall confidence is medium.
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