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SCP-6755 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6755
Expected annual
$39.6M
One-time setup
$221.2M
Annual recurring
$37.1M
Personnel
26
One-time capital and contingency reserves (notably a large escalation insurance reserve) dominate upfront costs (~$221M), while ongoing annual operations — driven chiefly by propaganda/media buys, partner payments, staff wages, social programs and surveillance — run at roughly $37.1M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $221.2M
Escalation Insurance Reserve $200.0M
[#25] High-severity scenario / escalation insurance / line-of-credit planning reserve to cover nationwide or cascading events (planning reserve $100M–$1B+).
Emergency Incident Response Reserve $15.0M
[#20] Standby contingency reserve for rapid large-scale response, evacuation, accelerated PR and emergency deployments ($5–$25M reserve fund).
Equipment $2.6M
[#14, #16] Surveillance & counter-surveillance hardware purchase ($500k–$2M) and secure transport asset purchases (4x4s, armored van, helicopter/purchase options ≈ $1.36M total).
Facilities $2.3M
[#3, #4] Purchase/retrofit of a discreet Mexican safehouse and reinforced evidence storage/vault structural work (safehouse purchase/retrofit $1.0–3.0M; evidence vault structural setup $200–$400k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#15, #11] Basic in-country lab buildout and instrumentation for forensic/material analysis and controlled-test instrumentation (lab setup $300–$800k; initial testing instrumentation ~$500k).
Initial Training Program $225K
[#17] Initial cultural/safety/legal/memetic training program development and rollout (~$150–$300k one-time).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $37.1M/yr
Propaganda And Media $10.0M/yr
[#5, #6, #18, #19, #23] National TV/radio/billboards, production, micro-targeted social media, influencer payments, community events and counterfeit instruction production (combined media buys and production; note ranges $5–$20M for major TV/radio campaign + additional digital costs).
Compensation And Social Programs $5.0M/yr
[#13] Community services, job training, small-business grants and social programs to reduce ritual appeal (pilot: $1–$3M; scaled nationwide up to $10–$25M; mid-range allocation).
Cover Story And Legal $4.0M/yr
[#8] Legal/diplomatic retainers, local law firms, lobbying, platform-pressure operations and contingency legal funds (~$1–$5M retainer + contingency).
Payments To Horizon And Clergy $4.0M/yr
[#7] Direct logistical and financial aid to Horizon Initiative / allied clergy and parish programs ($2–$8M/yr depending on scale).
Staff Wages $3.1M/yr
[#1, #4, #10, #14, #15] Salaries and benefits for field operatives (8 @ ~$90k = $720k), research staff (3–5 researchers + stipends included in budget), inventory/handling labor (~$80k), data/forensics analysts and other technical staff (surveillance/data analysts, forensics analysts).
Long Term Surveillance $3.0M/yr
[#21] Ongoing welfare checks, GPS monitoring, case management for monitored petitioners (per-case $2–$10k/yr; program of 500 monitored individuals = $1–$5M/yr).
Medical And Psych Care $1.5M/yr
[#12] Emergency and long-term medical/psychological care for petitioners/victims; acute high-cost case estimates ($50–$500k per severe case; assume multiple high-cost cases/yr).
Research And Monitoring $1.0M/yr
[#10, #11] Fieldwork budgets and multidisciplinary research program costs (anthropology, memetics, theology) and controlled testing program budget (fieldwork $200–$500k; testing program portion).
Cyber Operations $1.0M/yr
[#9] Content suppression, monitoring, takedown negotiations, darknet monitoring (~$500k–$1.5M/yr; major takedown incidents are additional contingencies).
Crisis Legal And Indemnity $1.0M/yr
[#22] Legal defense, indemnities and hush-money for collaborators and clergy in crisis situations (~$500k–$2M/yr).
Cultural Remediation And Reconciliation $1.0M/yr
[#24] Cultural preservation projects, reparations, anthropological programs used to mitigate backlash and maintain cover ($200k–$2M/yr).
Logistics And Transport $650K/yr
[#1, #16] Operational expense accounts for field teams (covert ops expenses ~$150k/yr) plus vehicle/helicopter operations, maintenance and fuel (~$300–$700k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr
[#3, #4, #15] Safehouse/site security, utilities and maintenance (~$250–$500k/yr), climate-control and facility upkeep for evidence storage and lab space.
Supplies And Consumables $500K/yr
[#11, #15, #4] Lab consumables and test supplies, evidence handling consumables and per-test expendables (~$200–$500k/yr).
Local Hires And Informants $500K/yr
[#2] Payments to community organizers, informant stipends and cultural liaisons (~$240–$360k plus high-value informant contingency $200k; midrange used).
Manufacturing Counterfeit Instructions $200K/yr
[#23] Production and distribution of counterfeit/fake ritual instructions to misdirect petitioners (~$50–$300k/yr).
Training And Compliance Recurring $150K/yr
[#17] Refresher cultural/safety/legal/memetic training and onboarding for new personnel (~$100–$200k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $37.1M/yr
86.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing operations, no major incidents or large-scale exposures.
no major exposure events steady local operations routine research and monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $39.1M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized exposure, small raid or targeted takedown requiring extra PR, legal and medical costs.
targeted leak or small publicized ritual localized violent incident with limited casualties small coordinated takedown requiring extra PR/legal response
🚨 Major Breach $150.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$112.9M vs baseline
Widespread adoption or mass 'promise' failures leading to significant casualties, major public exposure and large-scale emergency response.
mass promises / cascading societal harms large publicized events or mass casualties nationwide political/diplomatic crisis
👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent / Field Operative 8 [#1] Bilingual field teams for recruitment, raids, liaison and on-the-ground containment (8 operatives specified in notes).
Research Scientist 5 [#10, #11, #15] Multidisciplinary researchers for anthropology, theology, memetics and controlled testing (3–5 researchers noted; higher-end used).
Data Analyst / Forensics Analyst 6 [#14, #15] Surveillance data analysts, SIGINT analysts, and laboratory forensic analysts to process evidence and monitor networks.
Medical Officer 2 [#12, #20] Medical coordination and emergency care staff for acute and long-term petitioner treatment and crisis response.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#14, #16, #3] Technical staff for surveillance equipment maintenance, vehicle maintenance and site upkeep.
Administrative Staff 3 [#8, #19, #7] Admin, legal liaison and media procurement support for coordination with partners, translation/localization and legal/cover operations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges but many items (propaganda scale, partner payments, and high-severity exposure probabilities) are order-of-magnitude estimates; mid-range choices were used for budgeting, yielding medium confidence.
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