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SCP-6485 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6485
Expected annual
$26.3M
One-time setup
$5.3M
Annual recurring
$25.7M
Personnel
111
Initial capital outlay of approximately $5.28M for trackers, lab buildouts, IT hardening and related setup; ongoing annual operations are estimated at ~$25.66M driven primarily by staff wages (MTF, researchers, analysts), rapid-response logistics, legal/cover operations, and monitoring infrastructure.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.3M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.4M
[#12, #16, #28] Research lab and production buildouts: specialized research lab buildout, amnestic production lab setup, and archiving/key-management setup (notes #12, #16, #28).
Equipment $1.1M
[#3, #25] Capital hardware purchases: tracker chip procurement bulk order (~5,000 units) and one-time IT/SEC hardening costs (note #3, #25).
Insurance Initial Seed $1.0M
[#27] Initial seed for insurance/contingency reserve (note #27).
Facilities $650K
[#15, #23] One-time physical retrofits: retrofitting 10 sites with secure holding rooms and containment/comfort suites (note #15, #23).
Osint Development $625K
[#1] One-time OSINT/webcrawler development and initial model/tooling build (note #1).
Secure Hardware Manufacturing Setup $150K
[#5] One-time setup of secure manufacturing contracts and initial vendor audits (note #5).
Distribution Initial $150K
[#6] Initial shipping/distribution budget for sending trackers and kits to branches (note #6).
Data Storage Setup Encryption $75K
[#7] One-time encryption/key-management setup for evidence vaults and storage (note #7).
Training Setup $75K
[#20] Initial setup for de-escalation and bereavement sensitivity training programs (note #20).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $25.7M/yr
Staff Wages $14.3M/yr
[#1, #2, #8, #10, #17, #18, #23, #25] Salaries and benefits for OSINT engineers/analysts, legal counsel (salaries portion), MTF-Tau-87 personnel, research staff, ethics/oversight, site staffing rotations for containment suites, and IT/security personnel (notes #1, #2, #8, #10, #17, #18, #23, #25).
Logistics And Transport $2.3M/yr
[#6, #11, #14] Ongoing distribution/shipping, rapid-response airlift/transport contracts, and vehicle amortization for retrieval teams (notes #6, #11, #14).
Cover Story And Legal $2.0M/yr
[#8, #9, #24] Legal team contingency and operations (sundry payments/settlements are split as contingency here), plus content-removal/PR budgets and memorial/cover management (notes #8, #9, #24).
Supplies And Consumables $1.3M/yr
[#4, #12, #14] Recurring consumables and device costs: tracker replacements/data plans, recurring amnestic production and supplies, retrieval team supplies (notes #4, #12, #14).
International Liaison $1.2M/yr
[#22] Covert liaison and embedding operatives budget for hospitals, funeral homes, coroners and local assets (note #22).
Research And Monitoring $1.2M/yr
[#7, #16, #21, #28] Data storage/ingestion, instrument maintenance and consumables, public-health/epidemiological monitoring, and long-term archives/retention (notes #7, #16, #21, #28).
Civilian Witness Compensation $1.0M/yr
[#13] Payments, relocation, temporary housing and settlement budget for civilian witnesses and subjects (note #13).
Mental Health Aftercare $600K/yr
[#19] Ongoing counselling and aftercare programs for exposed civilians (note #19).
External Partnerships $550K/yr
[#29] Payments to third-party labs, contractors, NGOs and external partners for forensic/MRI/forensic analysis and cover assistance (note #29).
Insurance Reserve Annual Contribution $500K/yr
[#27] Annual contribution to contingency/reserve fund for lawsuits, device losses and PR crises (note #27).
Psychological Staff Support $250K/yr
[#30] Programs for staff burnout/PTSD prevention and counseling services (note #30).
Energy And Utilities $140K/yr
[#26] Power and utilities for 24/7 monitoring servers, labs and secure storage (note #26).
Training Programs $120K/yr
[#20] Recurring training for agents on bereavement sensitivity, de-escalation and legal/ethical protocols (note #20).
Secure Manufacturing Audits $75K/yr
[#5] Annual audits and oversight for secure hardware manufacturing and supply-chain contracts (note #5).
Facilities Maintenance $65K/yr
[#15, #23] Ongoing maintenance for retrofitted secure rooms and containment suites (notes #15, #23).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $25.7M/yr
73.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year covering monitoring, research, staffing, logistics and routine legal/cover operations.
routine monitoring no major public manifestations standard research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $26.7M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized public manifestation requiring additional rapid deployments, extra amnestic use, and intensified takedown/PR actions.
single-city viral footage multiple witnesses requiring amnesticization short-term PR/takedown surge
🚨 Major Breach $30.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Large, multi-site public exposure causing lawsuits, mass witness handling, multiple major deployments and significant legal/settlement costs.
widespread viral exposure cross-border legal actions sustained MTF/airlift operations
🚨 Political Exposure $35.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
High-profile international political exposure causing intense legal, covert-liaison, and public diplomacy responses and large-scale settlements/operations.
viral international media attention governmental inquiries major litigation or forced disclosures
👥 Personnel 111 total
Role Count Notes
OSINT Analyst 10 [#2] Human triage and investigation staff (multilingual analysts) as specified in note #2.
OSINT Supervisor 2 [#2] Supervisory staff for OSINT analysts (note #2).
OSINT Engineer / Data Scientist 4 [#1] Engineers and data scientists operating and improving webcrawlers and models (note #1).
Research Scientist 12 [#16, #17] Behavioral/neuroscience/materials researchers for SCP study (notes #16, #17).
Lab Technician 6 [#16, #17] Lab techs and subject liaisons to support research operations (notes #16, #17).
Legal Counsel 5 [#8] Multi-jurisdiction legal team for takedowns, FOIA handling and settlements (note #8).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 50 [#10] Rotating MTF-Tau-87 force for worldwide response and witness control (note #10).
Engineer / Maintenance (IT & Facilities) 4 [#25] IT security, system hardening and maintenance staff (note #25).
Logistics / Retrieval Team Member 10 [#14] Teams for confiscation, evidence retrieval and distribution logistics (note #14).
Administrative Staff 4 [#1, #2] Administrative and coordination staff supporting OSINT and operations (notes #1, #2).
Ethics / Oversight Board Staff 2 [#18] Personnel supporting IRB-style review and oversight operations (note #18).
Medical Officer 2 [#12] Medical/regulatory oversight for amnestic production and safe handling (note #12).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing a defensible estimate; however many items are range-based and depend on operational scale and incident frequency, so uncertainty remains.
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