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SCP-6146 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-6146
Expected annual
$763.0M
One-time setup
$4.1B
Annual recurring
$477.0M
Personnel
385
Initial capital costs are dominated by site construction, an interception platform, dedicated power infrastructure, contingency reserves and manufacturing/backups, totaling several billion dollars; annual operating costs (staff, maintenance, monitoring, intelligence, and contingency replenishment) are in the high hundreds of millions per year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.1B
Facilities $2.0B
[#1, #2, #3, #12, #21] Construction of Exoversal Site-10, at least one Station Alpha platform, capital integration of dedicated power installations, build-out of specialized detention/containment annexes, and two redundant backup sites/data centers. Mid-range estimates chosen to reflect robust, hardened buildouts.
Contingency Reserve $1.0B
[#19] One-time reserve fund seeded to provide fast-access capital for large-scale Broken Masquerade cleanups, mass amnestic deployment, or emergency mobilization; mid-range seed chosen within the analyst range.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $405.0M
[#7, #11, #13, #27] One-time specialized lab and test-chamber construction and instrumentation, initial language/semantic AI development costs, seed funding/infrastructure for eigenweapon detection R&D, and initial archival/knowledge-preservation systems.
Legal Insurance Reserve $300.0M
[#28] One-time legal/insurance reserve for international incidents, reparations, or covert settlements; mid-range figure selected.
Equipment $255.0M
[#8, #9, #10, #16] Capital purchase of interceptor craft fleet (4–8 craft), initial multiversal sensor deployments, secure extraversal communications hardware, and initial Class-A/B amnestic/memetic stockpile purchases.
Manufacturing Facilities $200.0M
[#20] Industrial-scale controlled manufacturing and replication facility capital build to safely reproduce/replicate acquired thaumatech under secure conditions.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $477.0M/yr
Research And Monitoring $89.0M/yr
[#6, #9, #11, #13, #27] Ongoing research (thaumaturgy, countermeasures), continuous multiversal sensor monitoring/analysis, language/semantic model maintenance, ongoing eigenweapon R&D programs, and archival maintenance.
Facilities Maintenance $80.0M/yr
[#1, #2, #3, #21] Annual maintenance, life-support, shielding upkeep and power-plant operations for Site-10, Station Alpha readiness upkeep, and redundant site/datacenter maintenance.
Intelligence And Covert Ops $60.0M/yr
[#24] Covert operations, SIGINT, asset recruitment, interdiction efforts and ongoing monitoring of member realities; mid-range chosen given political sensitivity and scale.
Contingency Replenishment $50.0M/yr
[#19] Annual replenishment allocation to keep the contingency fund at operational readiness; value chosen as modest sustained top-up relative to seeded reserve.
Staff Wages $47.0M/yr
[#4, #5, #6] Salaries for diplomatic corps/liaisons, security/tactical forces, and research staff (including senior experts). Mid-range combined payroll chosen to reflect a 30–150 person technical/security/research complement.
Logistics And Transport $33.0M/yr
[#8, #22] Operations & maintenance for interceptor fleet, secure transport of delegations and cargo movers, and specialized transit corridor sustainment.
Manufacturing Operations $30.0M/yr
[#20] Ongoing operating costs for industrial-scale replication/manufacturing lines, secure sourcing, and logistics.
Upgrades And Acquisition $30.0M/yr
[#30] Rapid procurement, licensing of foreign thaumatech, short-term buyouts and technology acquisitions.
Cover Story And Legal $10.0M/yr
[#14] Redaction teams, legal counsel, diplomatic cover expense, and ongoing clandestine compensation budgets.
Legal Reserve Replenishment $10.0M/yr
[#28] Ongoing legal/insurance replenishment and budgeting for reparations or settlements as incidents occur.
Detainee Operations $8.0M/yr
[#12] Ongoing operations, housing, legal processing, and amnestic/detainee support costs for detained individuals transported or held in secure detention.
Public Safety Coordination $6.0M/yr
[#26] Interagency coordination costs, joint command structures and agreement maintenance with national actors.
Communications Maintenance $5.0M/yr
[#10] Annual maintenance, upgrades and redundancy testing for extraversal communications and translation relays.
Supplies And Consumables $4.0M/yr
[#23] Consumables, specialized PPE, replacement shielding parts and routine materials replenishment; mid-range chosen from analyst bands.
Training And Simulation $3.5M/yr
[#18] Regular drills, Broken Masquerade scenario exercises, joint military/police drills, and certification training cycles.
Gifts And Hospitality $3.0M/yr
[#15] Hospitality, ceremonial gifts, event hosting and cultural exchange budgets for visiting delegations.
Media Management $3.0M/yr
[#29] Ongoing narrative control, leak management, and clandestine public messaging operations.
Amnestic And Memetic Replenishment $2.0M/yr
[#16] Annual replenishment, testing, and lifecycle replacements for amnestic and memetic countermeasure stockpiles.
Regulatory Oversight $2.0M/yr
[#25] Oversight boards, ethics reviews, and continuous internal audits.
Psychological Services $1.5M/yr
[#17] Ongoing mental-health support, debriefing, indoctrination, and cognitive-hygiene programs for exposed personnel.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $477.0M/yr
85.5% probability / year
Normal operating year with routine diplomacy, monitoring, scheduled maintenance, and no major incidents.
scheduled diplomacy routine monitoring maintenance cycles
🚨 Minor Incident $527.0M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Localized Broken Masquerade or minor hostile incident requiring targeted amnestic deployment, repairs, legal payouts and surge staffing.
small-scale public exposure localized facility damage targeted amnestic/memetic deployment
🚨 Major Breach $2.0B/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5B vs baseline
Significant breach or escalation (major Broken Masquerade, interdiction response, partial facility/Station Alpha damage) requiring large-scale mobilization and major repairs.
hostile task force deployment major infrastructure damage international incident requiring reparations
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $50.5B/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50.0B vs baseline
Full-scale conflict or catastrophic widely-visible Broken Masquerade requiring national/multinational military mobilization, replacement of lost infrastructure, and multi-billion reparations/contingency spending.
open warfare with exoversal task forces destruction/loss of primary sites mass public exposure requiring global response
👥 Personnel 385 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 150 [#5] Guards, rapid-response and extraversal tactical units (24/7 shifts, specialized pay).
Research Scientist 110 [#6] Thaumaturgy, exoversal tech, countermeasures researchers and engineers.
Diplomatic Officer / Liaison 40 [#4] Senior diplomats, thaumaturgical liaisons, cultural attachés and translators.
Administrative Staff 50 [#14, #25] Administrative, legal support, redaction and program management staff.
Engineer / Maintenance 20 [#3, #21] Facilities, power plant, shielding and systems maintenance staff.
Medical Officer 7 [#17] Medical and psychological staff for personnel and detainee care.
Senior Experts / Program Leads 5 [#6, #13] Senior technical leads, eigenweapon specialists and program directors.
Contractors / Consultants 3 [#11, #30] External linguistic/semantic AI contractors and short-term technical procurement consultants.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on broad analyst ranges and high uncertainty around exoversal infrastructure, contingency sizing, and likelihood of breaches; many costs (platforms, thaumic power, eigenweapon R&D, contingency reserves) have order-of-magnitude uncertainty.
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