SCP-6439
Unknown
?
low confidence
SCP-6439
Expected annual
$6.0M
One-time setup
$14.8M
Annual recurring
$5.1M
Personnel
20
One-time setup and contingency reserves total approximately $14.8M driven by secure vault/lab buildouts and a $10M contingency; ongoing annual costs are about $5.13M, dominated by staff wages, covert cultural-influence programs, and liaison/cover expenses.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $14.8M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $5.1M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$5.1M/yr
Normal year with routine monitoring, research, cultural influence and no major public exposures or large-scale operations.
no_public_exposure
routine_discoveries
localized_fieldwork
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Minor Incident
$5.6M/yr
Localized leak or limited public mention requiring targeted MTF deployments, extra amnestic doses, and short-term PR/legal activity.
localized_media_mention
small_public_record_release
limited_witness_exposure
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Major Breach
$17.1M/yr
Significant public exposure or whistleblower event requiring mass amnestic production, large-scale cultural/PR operations and international field mobilization.
widespread_broadcast
high-profile_leak
international_attention
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Catastrophic Mass Exposure
$55.1M/yr
Large-scale mass perception event or global awareness requiring full-scale emergency response, mass amnestic campaigns, and major worldwide containment measures.
mass_media_event
global_social_spread
failure_of_cultural_containment
Personnel
20 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Radio/Audio Forensic Analyst | 3 | [#6] Team to process, authenticate and redact audio evidence; budgeted as 3 FTE (~$300,000/yr). |
| Historical / Paleography Specialist | 3 | [#7] Manuscript analysis, provenance research and fieldwork; budgeted per note (~$220,000/yr total). |
| Research Scientist (Temporal/Physics) | 4 | [#10] Core theoretical and computational research team (4 FTE, included in $640,000/yr). |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent (Mobile Response Team) | 10 | [#14] Mobile containment & amnestic response team sized at 8-12; midpoint 10 personnel (wages portion included in recurring staff budget). |
Confidence Notes
Costs are rough estimates based on analyst notes; major uncertainty in scale decisions (regional vs national vs global), amnestic per-dose variability, and politically/covertly priced liaison payments. Large contingency and variable cultural-program scaling drive low confidence.