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SCP-6602 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6602
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$8.3M
Annual recurring
$1.7M
Personnel
8
One-time setup and contingency reserves dominate costs (approx. $8.2M) driven by METATRON development, secure lab build, sensor/drones, and large contingency for site expropriation; recurring annual operations are ~ $1.705M driven by staffing, research, monitoring (METATRON), and legal/cover expenditures.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.3M
Contingency Fund $5.0M
[#20] Reserved contingency for site purchase/expropriation or major physical containment (range $5M–$100M+; baseline reserve set to lower bound).
Metatron Development $1.0M
[#1] METATRON.aic development and initial deployment (NLP pipelines, scrapers, models, secure on-prem/cloud infra).
Long Term Research Reserve $1.0M
[#26] Multi-year fundamental research & preparedness reserve (noted $1M–$5M over 3–5 years; baseline set to lower bound).
Equipment $545K
[#5, #7, #16, #17, #19] Perimeter cameras/sensors (#5 - $150k), drone purchase (#7 - $120k), PPE procurement (#16 - $50k), forensic lab hardware (#17 - $100k), secure comms hardware (#19 - $25k), plus mounting/enclosures/spares included.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#15] Cognitohazard research & mitigation lab secure buildout, instrumentation, and initial test apparatus.
Secure Incident Db Provisioning $100K
[#4] Initial provisioning of secure incident database, high-res archival storage and chain-of-custody systems.
Facilities $80K
[#13] Ambulance lease/modification and off-site medical staging area equipment/mods.
Municipal Goodwill One Time $25K
[#23] One-time municipal payment/grant to town for permitting/goodwill projects.
Reputation Setup $25K
[#27] One-time emergency PR/political consultancy setup costs.
Public Outreach Signage $10K
[#11] Signage purchase and installation for night-safety / no-party messaging.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.7M/yr
Staff Wages $490K/yr
[#3, #10, #13] Local social/police monitoring & translation analysts (3 @ $80k = $240k) [#3]; local security contract to deter nocturnal trespassers (~$150k/yr) [#10]; medic staffing for standby (~$100k/yr) [#13].
Cover Story And Legal $425K/yr
[#9, #11, #12, #22, #23, #24, #27] Embedded liaison & covert stipend program with local police (~$100k/yr) [#9]; public outreach/social campaigns (~$60k/yr) [#11]; legal counsel/municipal negotiation retainer (~$75k/yr) [#12]; community compensation/hush reserves (~$100k/yr) [#22]; municipal goodwill access fees (~$20k/yr) [#23]; red-team/safety audits & compliance reviews (~$30k/yr) [#24]; reputation/media retainer (~$40k/yr) [#27].
Research And Monitoring $325K/yr
[#15, #17] Cognitohazard research operations and staff/equipment maintenance (~$300k/yr) [#15]; forensic specialist services for corrupted media recovery (~$25k/yr) [#17].
Metatron Maintenance $200K/yr
[#2] METATRON.aic maintenance, continuous model retraining, compute, data feeds and operating staff (~$200k/yr, includes ~$50k/yr for third-party data feeds).
Mortuary Forensics $50K/yr
[#21] Mortuary/forensics contingency reserve for remains processing, autopsies, secure storage (~$50k/yr baseline reserve).
Psych Aftercare $50K/yr
[#14] Psychological/psychiatric aftercare program for victims and exposed personnel (~$50k/yr baseline).
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#18] Travel, lodging, and logistics for field investigators (~$40k/yr).
Drone Ops $40K/yr
[#7] Drone operations, maintenance, insurance and spare batteries (~$40k/yr).
Satellite Imagery $30K/yr
[#8] Satellite and aerial imagery subscription/revisit services (~$30k/yr).
Secure Incident Db Storage $25K/yr
[#4] Ongoing storage/retention costs for high-res video/audio and evidence archives (~$25k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#6, #25] Perimeter surveillance O&M and data transmission (~$15k/yr) [#6]; energy & utilities for sensor nodes and staging area (~$5k/yr) [#25].
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#16] Specialized PPE replacements and consumables (~$5k/yr).
Secure Comms $5K/yr
[#19] Leases, SIM/satellite time and comms redundancy costs (~$5k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.7M/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal year with monitoring and maintenance only; no major incidents or site purchase.
steady_monitoring no_public_breach routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized civilian exposure or small-scale incident requiring surge response (medical, PR, extra forensics and stipends).
localized_civilian_exposure medical_injuries limited_media_coverage
🚨 Major Containment Escalation $26.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Anomaly worsens or public exposure escalates, forcing site purchase/expropriation and major containment construction/legal battles.
site_purchase_required ontokinetic_expansion major_public_breach
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Human Analyst / Translator (German) 3 [#3] Local social/police monitoring & translation team: 3analysts @ $80k each.
Security Contractor / Guards 4 [#10] Local security contract to deter nocturnal trespassers (coverage for 2 guards/night requires multiple FTE-equivalents; contract cost ~ $150k/yr).
Medical Officer 1 [#13] Immediate medical standby & emergency response staffing (~$100k/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates for most categories, yielding moderately confident totals; however very large contingency ranges (item #20, #26) and ontokinetic uncertainty create significant upside variance, preventing a high confidence rating.
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