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SCP-6349 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6349
Expected annual
$21.0M
One-time setup
$175.7M
Annual recurring
$19.3M
Personnel
39
One-time program setup dominated by satellite/mission and a potential Venus probe (~$176M total one-time), with recurring annual operating and staffing costs driven by monitoring, analysis, cyber suppression, and diplomacy (~$19.3M/year).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $175.7M
Venus Probe Mission $125.0M
[#18] Contingency cost for a small-to-mid probe/mission-to-Venus (instrumented probe, launch, mission integration).
Equipment $35.8M
[#1, #3, #16, #22] SAPHIR-282 build/upgrade/integration, additional monitoring ground/satellite receiver setup, covert field collection hardware outfitting, secure communications hardware/setup.
Incident Response Fund $10.5M
[#15] One-time emergency contingency fund for leaks, whistleblower payouts, emergency raids, buy-offs (reserve capital).
Eggshaft Development $2.8M
[#9] One-time development of EGGSHAFT.aic web-crawler/automated takedown AI (model training, hardened deployment).
Facilities $875K
[#8] Secure analysis facility construction (Faraday rooms, EMP/EMI shielding, accreditation).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $725K
[#4, #5] Initial high-fidelity archive setup and signal-processing/hardware cluster for analysis.
Audit And Setup $62K
[#21] One-time audit/setup cost for insurance, internal audit and compliance processes.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $19.3M/yr
Staff Wages $6.6M/yr
[#6, #7, #11, #19] Department of Astronomical Research staffing, linguistics/psychoacoustics analysts, embedded agents/intel operatives, long-term monitoring program staff (salaries and benefits).
Research And Monitoring $3.7M/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #24] SAPHIR-282 flight ops/telemetry, auxiliary monitoring receivers operations, data storage/archival operations, compute/licenses for signal processing, ongoing scientific research follow-up.
Diplomacy And Bribery $2.5M/yr
[#14] Recurring diplomacy/bribe/liaison contingency payments and covert support for international agencies when required.
Logistics And Transport $2.0M/yr
[#12, #17] MTF evidence confiscation logistics/standing readiness and per-operation costs plus transportation for intercepts and secure cargo.
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#13] Covert legal, PR cover-ups, fabricated releases, FOIA responses and related legal/PR operations.
Incident Response Fund Replenish $1.0M/yr
[#15] Annual replenishment budget for the emergency contingency fund as used.
Cybersecurity Ops $600K/yr
[#10] Ongoing cybersecurity/covert takedown technical operations and defensive monitoring.
Eggshaft Operations $550K/yr
[#9] Recurring cloud/compute and engineering ops for EGGSHAFT.aic (crawl/takedown ops, maintenance).
Facilities Maintenance $362K/yr
[#8, #25] Secure facility utilities/security and allocated energy/facilities overhead.
Insurance And Compliance $275K/yr
[#21] Insurance, liability premiums and ongoing audit/compliance costs.
Psych Support And Retention $275K/yr
[#23] Psychological support, retention bonuses, NDAs and hush measures for personnel with knowledge.
Training And Exercises $175K/yr
[#20] Regular training, drills, OPSEC and cross-team exercises for MTF, ops, and analysts.
Secure Communications Ops $112K/yr
[#22] Recurring costs for vetted/cleared secure comms, background checks and maintained encrypted accounts.
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#16] Replacements and consumables for covert field evidence-collection hardware.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $19.3M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing monitoring, staffing, suppression operations, and routine maintenance; no major incidents or missions.
routine_operations no_major_incident
🚨 Minor Incident $21.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized public leak or small-scale exposure requiring additional takedowns, MTF response, temporary legal/PR spending and incident fund use.
small_public_leak journalist_discovery
🚨 Major Breach $29.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant public exposure or multi-jurisdictional incident requiring large-scale raids, prolonged PR/legal campaigns and extensive diplomacy.
major_leak international_attention
🚨 Venus Mission Required $144.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$125.0M vs baseline
Decision/year in which a covert probe/mission to Venus is executed to directly investigate transmissions; includes mission one-time costs plus baseline operations.
escalating_transmissions triangulation_confirms_veneer
👥 Personnel 39 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 6 [#6, #19] Astronomers and planetary scientists for analysis and program leadership.
RF Engineer / Signal Analyst 4 [#5, #6] Engineers and analysts maintaining receivers, processing pipelines and direction-finding.
Linguist / Psychoacoustics Analyst 3 [#7] Specialists in language analysis, audio forensics and interpretation.
Embedded Agent / Intelligence Operative 10 [#11] Operatives placed in external organizations for evidence interception and influence.
MTF Security / Field Operative 8 [#12] Mobile task force members for evidence seizure and rapid response operations.
Systems Engineer / Ops Technician 4 [#2, #3] Satellite and ground station operations staff, telemetry and mission ops technicians.
Administrative Staff / Program Manager 3 [#19, #6] Managers, administrators, and program coordinators for ongoing monitoring.
Medical Officer / Psych Support 1 [#23] On-call medical/psychological support and retention oversight for exposed personnel.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of large ranges supplied in analyst notes; major uncertainties remain around satellite upgrade scope, probability of mission-level responses, and political/diplomatic cost variability — hence medium confidence.
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