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SCP-6576 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6576
Expected annual
$13.6M
One-time setup
$30.5M
Annual recurring
$13.1M
Personnel
21
One-time startup costs are ~USD 30.47M driven by secure facility fit-out, research/lab setup, and large contingency/reserve funds; baseline recurring costs are ~USD 13.147M/yr driven mainly by staff wages, legal/insurance, research/monitoring, and a recurring compensation reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $30.5M
Compensation Reserve $10.0M
[#19] One-time reserve recommended for survivor payouts / indemnities (minimum recommended reserve).
Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#28] Contingency reserve for anomalous escalation / emergency surge containment.
Facilities $4.8M
[#8, #22] Secure inpatient psychiatric 6–8 bed wing fit-out and security/UPS/genset/networking upgrades.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4.8M
[#9, #10, #13, #14, #15] Amnestic R&D, memory-implant protocol and IT, initial C-SSRS training, specialized human-subject R&D program setup, and weaponized-pharmaceutical production line setup.
Equipment $535K
[#1, #5, #7, #17, #23] Monitoring/software DEV/setup, telecom forensics hardware, 3 field vehicles, secure evidence server, and general field/camera/drone equipment stock.
Financial Shell Setup $250K
[#20] Setup of shell financial systems, covert transfer mechanisms, and accounting controls.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $13.1M/yr
Compensation Payouts $5.0M/yr
[#19] Annual working contingency for survivor payouts / claims (working budgeted expectation based on precedent).
Staff Wages $2.4M/yr
[#2, #6, #12, #18, #25] Human analysts, 24/7 rapid-response on-call team, research staff (psychiatrists/researchers/assistants/PM), data scientists, and public-safety liaisons (fully loaded salaries + benefits).
Research And Monitoring $2.1M/yr
[#1, #3, #5, #7, #11, #13, #14, #18, #27] Monitoring software hosting/licensing, publisher takedown budgets, telecom-forensics staffing, mobile-surveillance baseline ops, ethics/oversight costs, C-SSRS QA, experimental program budget, longitudinal study project budget, and forensic distribution audits.
Cover Story And Legal $1.7M/yr
[#4, #20, #30] Outside counsel retainer / incident legal spend, shell-account legal/FOIA work, and insurance-like litigation defense premiums.
Facilities Maintenance $620K/yr
[#8, #22, #17] Ongoing secure inpatient operational costs (per-patient operational baseline allocation), security system maintenance, and encrypted evidence storage/transcription maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $262K/yr
[#6, #16, #7, #25] Rapid-response per-deployment operational contingencies, MTF readiness/training, fleet fuel/maintenance, and liaison operational incident costs.
Staff Wellness Program $200K/yr
[#21] Employee assistance programs, dedicated counseling, resiliency training, and burnout mitigation for suicide-exposure staff.
Amnestics Supply $200K/yr
[#9] Ongoing procurement/production and administration costs for Class B amnestics (dozens of doses per year assumption).
Financial Shell Maintenance $125K/yr
[#20] Ongoing maintenance and accounting for covert financial mechanisms.
Reputation Management $100K/yr
[#26] PR/operations contractors and targeted outreach campaigns to manage civilian spread and narratives.
Weaponized Pharma Supply $100K/yr
[#15] Per-subject dosing materials and secure transport for research-only depressive agent.
Administrative Overhead $100K/yr
[#29] Permits, clearances, background checks, and administrative staff overhead.
Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr
[#24] Medical consumables, emergency meds, PPE, restraints, and routine consumables.
Field Equipment Replacement $50K/yr
[#23] Annual replacement/consumables for covert cameras, UAVs, batteries, and radios.
False Record Operations $50K/yr
[#10] Per-case fabrication workload, IT systems for false records, and occasional maintenance.
Transaction Handling $25K/yr
[#20, #19] Per-payout transaction handling, covert transfer fees, and audit costs for compensation disbursements.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $13.1M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine monitoring, response, research, and an allocated compensation contingency; no major incidents or breaches.
steady incidence rate no large-scale failures normal legal and research workload
🚨 Minor Incident $13.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Single high-cost incident (e.g., complex trace & extraction, emergency inpatient remand, legal/PR work) requiring additional per-deployment and legal expenses.
single high-risk case emergency extraction localized media/legal work
🚨 Major Breach $20.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$7.0M vs baseline
Multiple simultaneous cases or an escalation that triggers several remands, large compensation payouts, and program surge (staffing, facility expansion).
clustered incidence multiple suicides linked to SCP significant litigation/compensation demands
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $63.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Ethics/legal mandate or large-scale public exposure causing mass compensations, major lawsuits, and urgent nationwide containment/surge requirements.
mass exposure multiple-region escalation court-mandated large settlements
👥 Personnel 21 total
Role Count Notes
Human Analyst 4 [#2] Analysts to triage crawler hits and coordinate takedowns (4 staff for coverage).
Rapid Response / Communications Specialists 6 [#6] On-call rapid-response team for call traces and initial extractions (6 personnel, mix of comms and field coordinators).
Research Scientist / Psychiatry Team 6 [#12] Research staff: 1senior psychiatrist, 2 researchers, 2 research assistants, 1 project manager (6 total).
Data Scientist / Analyst 2 [#18] Data scientists for analysis and compute support (1–2; budgeted as 2).
Public-Safety Liaison / Law Enforcement Liaison 3 [#25] Covert liaison officers (2–3; budget assumed 3) to coordinate with local law enforcement.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are range-based and scenario-dependent (per-incident costs, legal outcomes, compensation payouts), and several large contingency/reserve decisions are policy choices; staffing and core monitoring costs are better defined so overall confidence is medium.
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