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SCP-5984 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-5984
Expected annual
$61.6M
One-time setup
$48.8M
Annual recurring
$56.0M
Personnel
55
Estimated upfront one-time capital of roughly $48.8M for infrastructure and hardware; baseline recurring operations about $56.0M/year driven by MTF staffing, R&D, SIGINT/cyber ops, containment maintenance and reserve funding. Per-incident response costs can add millions to hundreds of millions depending on scale.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $48.8M
Equipment $27.8M
[#1, #3, #5, #15, #20, #27] One-time procurement/install: sensor installs, EMP pulsed-power systems, heavy logistics vehicles, inertial/anchoring hardware, SIGINT buildout, and specialized cutting/tooling (midpoint sums).
Facilities $21.0M
[#4, #14] One-time construction of EMP test range and Faraday-shielded containment cell (midpoint estimates of $1M–$6M and $5M–$30M respectively).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $56.0M/yr
Compensation Reserve $10.0M/yr
[#24] Annual reserve allocation for victim/property compensation and indemnity (practical annual reserve figure).
Contingency Reserve $10.0M/yr
[#31] Annual set-aside toward a larger contingency war chest for catastrophic escalation (amortized annual allocation toward multi-hundred-million reserve).
Staff Wages $9.1M/yr
[#2, #18, #8, #29, #25] Salaries/benefits for MTF Omnicron-84, AI/forensics specialists, cyber personnel, red-team/counterinsurgency staff and medical/psych support (loaded salary estimates).
Research And Monitoring $6.0M/yr
[#19, #17, #18] Ongoing R&D to counter SCP adaptations and Maxwellist tech, plus containment testing and compute/storage for AI analysis (annual R&D/prototype/testing budget).
Emergency Escrow $5.0M/yr
[#26] Maintainable covert emergency escrow for urgent out-of-channel services, bribes and black-market buys (accessible fund allocation).
Cleanup Reserve $5.0M/yr
[#13] Annual reserve for collateral-damage cleanup, debris removal and infrastructure repairs (partial-year provisioning; major incidents billed separately).
Facilities Maintenance $2.0M/yr
[#4, #14, #17] Annual operations/maintenance for EMP test range, containment cell upkeep, and containment-site systems (midpoint ops estimates).
Counterinsurgency Ops $2.0M/yr
[#29] Red-team / counterinsurgency campaign costs to disrupt Maxwellist cells (annual ops budget, midpoint estimate).
Cyberoperations Ops $1.2M/yr
[#8] Ops and tooling for cyber team that can isolate networks and perform local net kills (midpoint annual ops estimate).
Logistics And Transport $1.2M/yr
[#5, #6, #16] Fleet/vehicle maintenance, leasing agreements, and logistics readiness for secure convoy/transport; includes baseline airlift/lease relationship costs.
Sigint Ops $1.0M/yr
[#20] SIGINT/COMINT ops baseline for tracking Maxwellist operatives (recurring ops estimates).
Sensor Network Operations $525K/yr
[#1] Recurring sensor network, tipline, informant payments, and small 24/7 watch team operational costs (midpoint of $250k–$800k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $500K/yr
[#10, #12, #21, #27] Baseline consumables: amnestic/pharmaceutical stocks, medical supplies, hazardous-materials disposal readiness; per-incident consumables handled separately in scenarios.
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#22, #23] Public affairs, disinformation operations, legal mitigation baseline budget for small-to-moderate incidents.
Emp Systems Maintenance $500K/yr
[#3] Maintenance, calibration and testing for EMP-capable weapon systems (midpoint of $200k–$800k/yr).
Telecom Suppression Ops $500K/yr
[#7] Maintaining capability/relationships for area telecom suppression and negotiated backbone actions (annual readiness/liaison costs).
Mass Evacuation Preparedness $500K/yr
[#9] Annual preparedness funding for evacuation logistics (contracts, shelter agreements, drills).
Psych Care $200K/yr
[#25] Ongoing psychological care, monitoring and counter-meme support for MTF and containment staff (baseline annual).
Oversight Costs $150K/yr
[#30] Regulatory, Ethics Committee and protocol review overhead (annual governance costs).
Environmental Monitoring Ops $100K/yr
[#28] Baseline environmental & electromagnetic-impact monitoring budget (aircraft/grid/pacemaker impact monitoring).
Nnemp Per Use $0/yr
[#11] NNEMP cruise-missile option is per-use and politically extreme; no routine annual cost assigned (per-use costs handled as scenario-level expenditures).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $56.0M/yr
74.8% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incident; routine staffing, monitoring, R&D and reserve funding only.
no significant sightings routine tests and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $59.0M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Localized sighting/subdued engagement requiring MTF deployment, limited evacuation/amnesticization and localized cleanup.
localized public sighting single-site EMP/subdual succeeds
🚨 Major Incident $116.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$60.0M vs baseline
Large urban engagement with mass evacuation, widespread amnesticization, major cleanup and PR/legal operations.
city-scale engagement extensive collateral damage large-scale amnesticization required
🚨 Catastrophic Escalation $1.1B/yr
0.2% probability / year +$1.0B vs baseline
National-level disaster or use of high-yield strike options requiring massive reconstruction, reparations and geopolitical management.
wide-area destruction NNEMP/nation-level strike or escalation international exposure
👥 Personnel 55 total
Role Count Notes
Mobile Task Force / MTF Agent 30 [#2] Omnicron-84 dedicated full-time MTF (midpoint of 20–40 personnel).
Research Scientist 6 [#19, #18] AI/forensics and countermeasure R&D staff supporting containment and adaptation research.
Cyberoperations Specialist 4 [#8] Team for network isolation, BGP/fiber manipulation and post-event cleanup.
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#15, #17] Mechanical/electrical staff for containment systems, EMP gear and restraint maintenance.
Red-team / Counterinsurgency Operator 6 [#29] Operators supporting clandestine disruption of Maxwellist cells.
Medical Officer 2 [#12, #25] Medical staff for surge support and personnel psychological care.
Administrative Staff 2 [#30] Administrative and oversight support for protocol governance and logistics.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#30] Senior oversight and liaison with ethics/Overseer Council.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates based on wide-ranging analyst ranges and many per-incident unknowns (NNEMP political costs, scale of Maxwellist activity, R&D unpredictability). Large discrete reserves and per-incident expenditures introduce high uncertainty, so confidence is low.
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