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SCP-6165 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6165
Expected annual
$4.6M
One-time setup
$4.7M
Annual recurring
$4.6M
Personnel
30
First-year one-time capital and setup costs are substantial (~$4.74M) driven by lab fit-outs, contingency reserves, surveillance procurement and emergency stockpiles; annual baseline operations are expected to be ~ $4.55M/year driven primarily by monthly town-wide fumigation, staff wages, surveillance/analysis, and community management.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.7M
Contingency Reserve $1.4M
[#20] One-time contingency/reserve fund capitalization for lawsuits, fines or large-scale containment failures.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $781K
[#14] Occult/memetic research team lab fit-out and shielding setup.
Emergency Stockpile Setup $750K
[#21] Standby stock and rapid-deployment equipment for emergency mass-deployment capability.
Surveillance Hardware $469K
[#8] Fixed cameras, mobile surveillance vans, drones, audio sensors and secure comms backhaul (one-time procurement).
Facilities $406K
[#12] One-time fit-out of secure holding/interrogation suite and containment upgrades.
Equipment $375K
[#4] Truck-mounted foggers, tree-injection rigs, PPE decontamination stations (capital purchase).
Decommissioning $344K
[#23] Estimated disposal and decommissioning costs if program ends (chemical disposal, demobilization, settlements).
Data System Setup $106K
[#18] Secure databases, records-redaction systems and expendable amnestic paperwork systems (one-time development/deployment).
Cover Campaign Setup $69K
[#6] Initial covert public-relations / cover campaign setup (branding, adverts, leaflets, press liaison).
Permits And Cover Setup $34K
[#2] Initial legal/regulatory permits and fabricated public-health authorisations to establish cover.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.6M/yr
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#7, #9, #14] Salaries and benefits for community-liaison team (British-Pakistani liaisons), surveillance/intelligence analysts and field agents, and a portion of occult/research staff wages.
Fumigation Contract $900K/yr
[#1] Town-wide monthly fumigation contract (contractor fees, pesticide supply, operator labor, hazardous waste disposal) converted to USD; baseline contractor model.
Research And Monitoring $581K/yr
[#3, #14, #15, #22] Environmental testing and remediation, annual research operating costs (portion of occult/memetic research), forensics/entomology testing, and long-term epidemiological/memetic monitoring.
Community Compensation $344K/yr
[#17] Payments/compensation to affected households and businesses to prevent complaints and lawsuits.
Cover Story And Legal $248K/yr
[#2, #6, #16] Annual permit renewals, cover-story maintenance, legal retainers and liaison/coordination costs.
Informant Payments $144K/yr
[#10] Informant recruitment and discrete payments / stipends to human intelligence sources.
Amnestic Program $125K/yr
[#11] Clinic overhead, medical staff standby and supplies for amnesticisation program (per-person treatment costs are per-event and handled in scenarios or ad-hoc budgets).
Surveillance Hardware Maintenance $112K/yr
[#8] Maintenance, comms and backhaul costs for surveillance hardware and drones.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#5, #13] Monthly operation logistics (vehicles, fuel, PPE) and fleet maintenance for capture/transport vehicles.
Emergency Stock Maintenance $75K/yr
[#21] Annual maintenance/replenishment costs for emergency surge stocks and standby teams.
Data System Maintenance $44K/yr
[#18] Annual maintenance, hosting, logging and records redaction costs for secure databases.
Training And Cultural Sensitivity $44K/yr
[#19] Annual training, language courses and cultural-sensitivity programs for staff.
Community Outreach Budget $38K/yr
[#7] Outreach budgets for community events, compensation and cultural engagement.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Secure Custody Running $0/yr
[#12] Running costs for a high-security detainee are quoted per-detainee per-year; assumed zero baseline long-term detainees in normal year.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.6M/yr
89.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with monthly fumigation and steady monitoring; no major incidents or long-term detainees.
monthly_fumigation regular_monitoring no_major_detections
🚨 Minor Incident $4.9M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$298K vs baseline
Localized POI apprehension/capture requiring a tactical operation, short-term detention, several amnestic treatments and limited surge fumigation.
single_POI_capture short_term_detention targeted_amnestics
🚨 Major Breach $6.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.8M vs baseline
Significant recurrence requiring emergency mass-deployment, large amnesticisation effort, replacement/repair of surveillance and heavy legal/PR response.
mass_recurrence widespread_public_exposure large_amnestics_campaign
🚨 Catastrophic Recurrence $8.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Catastrophic, large-scale event requiring major reconstitution of programs, large contingency expenditure, decommissioning/redeployment and extensive legal settlements.
wide_area_contamination mass_public_exposure program_recapitalization
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Community Liaison / Cultural Officers 8 [#7] British-Pakistani cultural liaisons and outreach officers (6–10 FTEs per notes; midpoint used).
Surveillance Analyst / Field Agent 16 [#9] Intelligence analysts and field agents (8–20 staff; midpoint staffing and pay implied in staff_wages).
Occult/Entoptic Research Specialist 5 [#14] Specialists (occultists, memeticists, entomologists) included as research staff; portion of annual research wages allocated to staff_wages.
Administrative Staff 1 [#2, #18] Program administrative support for permits, records and data management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are midpoints converted from GBP to USD (approx. 1 GBP = 1.25 USD) and aggregate many ranges and contingent per-operation costs; SCP description gives operational cadence but lacks precise frequency of captures/treatments and in‑house vs contractor choices, so figures are plausible but uncertain.
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