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SCP-6706 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-6706
Expected annual
$2.8M
One-time setup
$2.6M
Annual recurring
$2.7M
Personnel
14
Initial one-time program setup is estimated at approximately $2.615M, with recurring annual operating costs of about $2.732M; primary recurring drivers are personnel wages, legal/PR/takedown retainers, and ongoing monitoring/field operations, while largest one-time drivers are site/vault works and contingency/infrastructure buyouts.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.6M
Facilities $700K
[#1, #9, #12] Vault retrofit and secure archival room (note #1), purchase/lease or acquisition of the original tower site or lot and associated property work (note #9), and experimental containment structures / Faraday enclosure or partial tower shielding (note #12).
Equipment $510K
[#1, #2, #3, #9, #11] Hardened archive servers and encryption hardware (note #1), access-control hardware (CACs/PKI/biometric terminals) (note #2), web-crawler / monitoring platform development and deployed systems (note #3), surveillance installation hardware for tower site (note #9), and RF research instrumentation / SDRs and antennas (note #11).
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#13] Emergency incident / contingency reserve fund for rapid response, large incidents, or legal crises (note #13).
Infrastructure Buyout $500K
[#10] One-time purchase or buyout of critical tower infrastructure or broadcast rights if required (note #10 — purchase/control costs).
Health Liability Reserve $200K
[#21] Health and liability reserve for accidental exposures, medical costs, settlements or litigation (note #21).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $185K
[#6, #15] Amnestic production/procurement capability and QA lab setup (note #6) and a dedicated forensic audio/historical research project setup including restoration equipment and initial testing (note #15).
Shell Company Setup $20K
[#16] One-time setup costs for shell companies / cover entities used in purchasing/holding assets or controlling narratives (note #16).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#4, #6, #7, #11, #18] Salaries and benefits for OSINT/content analysts (note #4), medical staff/amnestic administration clinicians (note #6), field rapid-response team salaries (note #7), specialized RF/R&D staff (note #11), and local on-the-ground staff (note #18).
Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr
[#5, #10, #16, #17] Legal/takedown retainers and rapid-response legal costs (note #5), recurring leases/monitoring payments to telecoms when used instead of buyout (note #10), PR/cover-story retainer and disinformation/cover operations (note #16), and legal/regulatory compliance and lobbying retainers (note #17).
Intelligence Ops $300K/yr
[#14] Ongoing HUMINT/CI operations, informant payments, undercover operations and inter-agency liaison budgets related to GOI-001 and investigation of 'Marie' (note #14).
Facilities Maintenance $247K/yr
[#1, #2, #9, #20] Recurring archive/storage maintenance and hardware refresh/cloud backups (note #1), identity-management and access-control services/maintenance (note #2), guard/remote monitoring and site security for tower site (note #9), and long-term preservation / format migration work (note #20).
Research And Monitoring $235K/yr
[#3, #14, #15, #19] Ongoing web-crawler operations and threat intelligence feeds (note #3), ongoing intelligence and HUMINT/CI budgets supporting investigation of 'Marie' and GOI activity (note #14), periodic forensic tests / smaller analytical engagements beyond the initial project (note #15), and annual training/SOP development and drills (note #19).
Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr
[#6, #8, #22] Amnestic materials and administration consumables (note #6), psychological aftercare and follow-up costs per recipient (note #8), and miscellaneous administrative consumables/insurance/travel contingencies (note #22).
Logistics And Transport $60K/yr
[#7, #18] Vehicle leases, deployment logistics, safehouses and per-deployment operational costs for rapid-response teams and local Chicago operations (notes #7 and #18).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents: steady monitoring, takedown posture, regular amnestic administration in isolated cases, and routine maintenance.
routine_monitoring isolated_mentions single_small_responses
🚨 Minor Incident $2.8M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Single localized public mention / exposure requiring takedown, a few field deployments, several amnestic administrations and elevated legal/PR work.
public_mention single_exposure targeted_takedown
🚨 Major Breach $4.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Mass exposure or aggressive GOI interference requiring large-scale field operations, heavy legal action, emergency medical response and settlements.
mass_exposure GOI_interference public_breach
🚨 Infrastructure Acquisition $3.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Decision/year in which the Foundation purchases or otherwise gains direct control of broadcast infrastructure and implements large RF shielding or demolition.
tower_buyout full_RF_shielding infrastructure_acquisition
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
OSINT Analyst / Content Reviewer 4 [#4] Analysts to triage crawler hits, investigate leads and coordinate takedowns (note #4).
Field Agent / Rapid-Response Team Member 4 [#7] Rapid-response agents/medics for field amnestic deployment and containment actions (note #7).
Medical Officer 2 [#6] Clinicians licensed to administer and monitor Class-C amnestics and post-procedure care (note #6).
Research Scientist / RF Specialist 2 [#11] Specialized RF/R&D staff to study signals and operate spectrum analysis equipment (note #11).
Administrative Staff / Local Support 2 [#18, #22] Local Chicago-based staff for logistics, office operations and administrative overhead (notes #18 and #22).
📋 Confidence Notes
Ranges in the source notes are wide and many costs are conditional (e.g., full tower buyout or extensive RF shielding). Large uncertainty in incident frequencies, GOI activity, and policy decisions makes precise costing difficult.
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