SCP-6091 — SCP-6091 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6091 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-6091

Expected annual

$52.5M

One-time setup

$112.3M

Annual recurring

$51.6M

Personnel

220

Initial one-time buildout and contingency reserves are the primary capital drivers (~$112.3M), while ongoing operations (embedded agents, medical readiness, surveillance and counter‑intelligence) drive a baseline recurring cost of roughly $51.65M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $112.3M

Contingency Reserve Capital $50.0M

[#27] Capital contingency reserve for mass‑exposure scenarios (rapid charters, mass amnestic deployment, diplomatic buy‑offs).

Facilities $35.0M

[#3, #5, #8] Safehouse/front‑office acquisition and refits (#3); fixed black‑site refits portion of medical units (#5); long‑term hardened detention facility construction/refit (#8).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $15.0M

[#7] Amnestic R&D lab buildout, specialized trials and secure research facilities to develop/validate SCP‑6091‑specific regimens.

Equipment $8.8M

[#5, #11, #18] Mobile medical unit hardware (#5 mobile vans & medical equipment), surveillance hardware (CCTV/biometrics/servers) (#11), secure communications hardware setup (#18).

Initial Recruitment And Training $1.2M

[#2] Intensive language, Cold War tradecraft, amnestic administration, legal cover story, medical screening training cohort and instructors/facilities/materials.

Archive Falsification Project $1.0M

[#29] Per‑major archive infiltration/forgery project to alter historical records if required.

Field Expedition Per Mission $500K

[#14] Per‑expedition covert reconnaissance cost (logistics, armored transport, translators, emergency evac); per‑mission estimate.

Translation Initial Contracts $500K

[#20] Initial archive access purchases, bulk translation contracts and document acquisition to seed historical research.

Forgery Tools Setup $300K

[#17] One‑time setup for forgery/record‑alteration toolkits and secure workflows.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $51.6M/yr

Staff Wages $24.6M/yr

[#1, #6, #12, #9, #25] Fully‑loaded salaries for embedded frontline agents (#1), medical staff (psychiatrists/anesthesiologists/nurses) (#6), surveillance analysts/operators (#12), detention guards/clinical staff (#9) and core agent welfare payroll components (#25).

Counterintelligence $5.0M/yr

[#15] Active measures, disinformation, double‑agent handling and protective tradecraft to counter GRU Division‑P and similar threats.

Facilities Maintenance $3.2M/yr

[#4, #9] Safehouse operating costs (rent, utilities, local cover staff) (#4) and ongoing detention facility operating costs (guards, utilities, food, maintenance) (#9).

Research And Monitoring $2.0M/yr

[#7, #20, #30] Ongoing amnestic production/supply chain costs (#7 recurring production), continued archival/translation research retainer (#20 recurring), and post‑amnestic monitoring/reintegration program funding (#30).

Logistics And Transport $2.0M/yr

[#13] Standing extraction logistics budget for ground/air assets, charters and operational readiness; per‑extraction charters are event costs outside baseline.

Passenger Data Acquisition $2.0M/yr

[#10] Payments, data purchases, covert access to manifests and targeted data pulls to preemptively identify affected travelers.

Surveillance Operations $2.0M/yr

[#12] Non‑wage surveillance costs (compute, ML model tuning, software, feed subscriptions) to augment analyst labor.

Bribery And Local Payments $2.0M/yr

[#16] Ongoing payments to local officials, border staff, medical personnel and small‑jurisdiction bribes to enable discreet removals and suppress reporting.

Legal Geopolitical Mitigation $2.0M/yr

[#28] Recurring reserve for high‑level diplomatic mitigation, back‑channel payments and contingency legal costs.

Record Falsification Operations $1.5M/yr

[#17] Per‑incident operational budgets for record alteration, legal cover, forgers and administrative bribes (ongoing operations).

Informant Networks $1.5M/yr

[#21] Recruitment, payments and upkeep for local informants in USSR/WP states (rail workers, hospital staff, taxi drivers).

Agent Medical And Insurance $1.0M/yr

[#25] Long‑term care, insurance, evacuation and casualty replacement funding for Foundation agents.

Equipment Lifecycle $600K/yr

[#26] Replacement, maintenance and upgrades for vehicles, comms, cameras, medical kit and facility hardware.

Medical Contingency Reserve $500K/yr

[#22] Reserve for ICU beds, emergency evacuations and acute care for amnestic complications.

Media Control $500K/yr

[#24] Ongoing PR, narrative management, planted stories and payments to counter leaks or hostile propaganda.

Monitoring And Reintegration $500K/yr

[#30] Ongoing post‑amnestic reintegration: counseling, relocation assistance, job placement and follow‑up monitoring.

It Operations And Cybersecurity $500K/yr

[#19] Ongoing IT ops, cloud/storage, threat monitoring and cybersecurity to protect SCP‑6091 data and comms.

Mortuary And Cleanup $200K/yr

[#23] Mortuary, biohazard disposal and incident cleanup reserves tied to violent or contaminated incidents.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $51.6M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; steady running of embedded agents, medical readiness, surveillance and counter‑intelligence.

no_large_outbreak routine_extractions stable intelligence environment

🚨 Minor Incident $53.6M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Localized cluster of exposed individuals requiring additional charters, extra amnestic doses, short‑term diplomatic payments and extra extraction ops.

cluster_exposure regional_media_attention increased extraction demand

🚨 Major Breach $81.7M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline

Large‑scale exposure or politically sensitive incident requiring mass amnestic deployment, major charters, emergency detention expansion and high‑level diplomatic mitigation.

mass_exposure exposure_in_friendly_country political_exposure

👥 Personnel 220 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / Embedded Agent	150	[#1] Embedded frontline agents in transport hubs (100–200 range). Count chosen to match wage assumptions (~$100k fully‑loaded).
Medical Officer / Psychiatrist / Nurse	30	[#6] Medical staff (psychiatrists, anesthesiologists, nurses) for 24/7 readiness; matches medical staffing estimate (30 staff).
Research Scientist / Amnestic R&D	5	[#7] Core R&D staff actively maintaining amnestic regimens (embedded in R&D budget; headcount included in staff_wages allocation).
Surveillance Analyst / Operator	20	[#12] Operators and analysts monitoring feeds and ML systems; headcount aligns with surveillance recurring wage allocation.
Security Officer / Detention Guard	15	[#9] Guards and on‑site security for detention facility operations (small/modest facility staffing).
Administrative Staff / Logistics	5	[#2, #4] Administrative, cover‑company staff, local logistics coordinators; supports embedded operations and safehouse plausibility.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, but many estimates have high variance (especially contingency, CI intensity, and R&D efficacy). Political/operational uncertainty in USSR/WP contexts and per‑incident variability reduce confidence to medium.

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