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SCP-6301 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6301
Expected annual
$7.2M
One-time setup
$3.3M
Annual recurring
$6.9M
Personnel
22
First-year one-time program (vault retrofit, METATRON.aic development, lab setup, initial seizure campaign) is estimated at roughly $3.34M; ongoing annual costs are dominated by staff, monitoring/compute, legal/PR, medical readiness, and contingency reserves (~$6.94M/yr). Major incidents can add multiple millions more.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.3M
Metatron Development $850K
[#1] Development/integration of METATRON.aic (initial algorithm, annotation dataset, API connectors, QA, security hardening) — one-time development cost.
Facilities $550K
[#5, #12] Vault retrofit at Site-43 and secure controlled-playback chamber construction (includes climate control, tamper-resistant casing, interlocks, soundproofing).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $510K
[#4, #11, #21] Forensic fingerprinting/database build ($150k), research lab setup (anechoic chamber, digitizers, EEG access etc - $300k), and outsourced analytical destruction/materials study ($60k).
Initial Confiscation Ops $400K
[#7] Initial seizure campaign (20–100 items) operational costs: covert operations, transport, evidence chain, and disposal planning.
Distribution Mitigation Setup $350K
[#13] One-time engineering/legal work to deploy audio-fingerprinting blocking at ISP/CDN/broadcast level; initial integration costs with platforms.
Decommissioning Reserve $200K
[#25] One-time reserve toward a discovered neutralization/decommissioning deployment (highly variable; placeholder mid-range estimate).
Equipment $180K
[#2, #6] Initial seed hardware for on-prem compute/rack ($150k) and air-gapped archival media/hardware ($30k).
Cover Story Setup $150K
[#15] Initial public-relations / cover-story budget for paid removals, fake recalls, and cover materials.
Enterprise Data Access Setup $100K
[#3] One-time legal/vendor negotiation/setup costs to secure enterprise API/data access and expedited takedown agreements with platforms.
Training Setup $50K
[#18] Initial SOP/training development, background checks, and clearance processing setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#8, #11, #9, #14] Salaries for field interdiction team (security/MTF operators), research scientists/engineers, core medical staff, and operations center personnel.
Amnesticization Procedures $1.2M/yr
[#9] Per-case amnestic costs (drugs, medical staff time, monitoring) estimated on volume (e.g., ~200 events/yr) in addition to core med staff salaries.
Contingency Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#20] Standby funds for a large-scale incident (mass broadcast, mass medical surge, mass amnesticization); recommended minimum reserve maintained annually.
Cover Story And Legal $750K/yr
[#14, #15, #16, #22] PR/cover-story ongoing budget (~$200k), legal retainer and litigation/regulatory team (~$300k), rapid takedown/legal emergency funds (~$250k), and liaison/legal coordination costs.
Research And Monitoring $745K/yr
[#1, #2, #4, #11, #19] METATRON.aic maintenance and model retraining ($250k), continuous compute/colo costs ($150k), fingerprint/tuning updates ($70k), experiment budgets ($125k), and long-term periodic monitoring/audits ($150k).
Medical Emergency Reserve $500K/yr
[#10] Reserve fund for pediatric ICU/hospitalization, long observation, and follow-up therapy when children are affected by broadcasts or interrupted playback.
Enterprise Data Access Fees $250K/yr
[#3, #13] Ongoing platform access fees, expedited takedown contracts, and platform cooperation fees to maintain live feeds and blocking/APIs.
Child Welfare And Indemnity $150K/yr
[#22] Child-welfare liaison staffing and indemnity/settlement fund to cover medical/compensation under cover stories.
Logistics And Transport $125K/yr
[#8, #17] Travel and operation funds for covert buys/seizures, insured purchases, secure couriering, and field logistics.
Insurance And Writeoffs $100K/yr
[#24] Accounting provision for destroyed seized inventory, small legal settlements, and partner write-offs.
Training And Clearances $80K/yr
[#18] Recurrent training, drills, SOP refreshers, and recurring personnel clearance renewal costs.
Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr
[#5, #12] HVAC, climate control, CCTV, motion sensors, and controlled-playback maintenance/testing.
Destruction Program $50K/yr
[#7] Ongoing per-incident costs for secure destruction (incineration/hazmat disposal) and chain-of-custody operations.
Supplies And Consumables $41K/yr
[#6, #23] Write-once media replacements, periodic integrity checks, medical consumables, PPE, and stockpile resupplies.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.9M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with regular monitoring, operations, and reserves; no major public broadcasts or large-scale incidents.
routine_monitoring scheduled_training standard_platform_interactions
🚨 Minor Incident $7.9M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized accidental broadcast or limited public exposure causing a handful of hospitalizations and several amnestic procedures.
localized_broadcast single_hospitalization rapid_takedown_operation
🚨 Major Breach $11.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Widespread broadcast (terrestrial or major streaming event) causing mass pediatric incapacitation and requiring large-scale medical/amnestic response.
widespread_broadcast terrestrial_radio_breach multiple_icu_cases
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#8] Field interdiction and covert recovery operators (6–12 operators range).
Research Scientist 6 [#11] Audio engineers, computational linguists, neuroscientists supporting analysis and neutralizer research.
Medical Officer 3 [#9] Core medical staff for amnesticization program (2–3 FTEs noted).
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#2, #1] Systems and IT engineers for METATRON.aic, compute infrastructure, and playback interlocks.
Administrative Staff 2 [#3, #15] Platform liaisons, admin support for legal/PR coordination and vendor management.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#5, #14] Executive oversight for Site-43 containment and 24/7 operations center coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are mid-range picks from wide analyst ranges; core recurring categories (staff, monitoring, legal, medical reserves) are well-identified but many items (decommissioning, incident frequency, platform cooperation) are highly uncertain, producing medium confidence.
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