SCP-6764 — SCP-6764 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6764 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-6764

Expected annual

$7.9M

One-time setup

$4.6M

Annual recurring

$7.7M

Personnel

One-time capital of ~$4.61M for initial monitoring, vehicles, simulators, and research setup; recurring annual operations roughly $7.725M driven primarily by staff wages, forensic tracing, carrier data purchases, research, and contingency reserves.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.6M

Equipment $2.4M

[#1, #7, #8, #23] Secure monitoring platform development, vehicles & field equipment, cell-site simulators, and initial IT/security hardware/software ($750k + $500k + $1,000k + $150k).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M

[#10, #14, #25] Amnestic R&D setup (repurposing baseline), ML/dev one-time development, and containment research program setup ($200k + $500k + $500k).

Facilities $950K

[#12, #24] Secure clinical facility buildout and initial backup/off-site data center construction ($750k + $200k).

Compliance Setup $50K

[#26] One-time compliance/ethics setup costs (IRB, initial policy/legal structuring).

Honeypot Setup $10K

[#9] Honeypot numbers and active counter-communication initial purchase/rotation setup.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.7M/yr

Staff Wages $2.4M/yr

[#5, #6] 24/7 analyst/watch team and field rapid-response team salaries aggregated (analysts + agents/medics).

Per Incident Forensic Trace $700K/yr

[#4] Per-incident forensic trace work (assumes baseline volume of traces per year at ~$7k average each).

Research And Monitoring $600K/yr

[#14, #25] Ongoing ML model maintenance/compute and ongoing containment research/field experiments.

Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr

[#19, #20, #26, #29] Legal counsel/clandestine legal services, public misinformation/PR, ongoing compliance/insurance, and limited public-safety outreach programs.

Carrier Data Purchases $500K/yr

[#3] Carrier cooperation / covert data purchases across jurisdictions (partial multi-country program estimate).

Regulatory Reserve $500K/yr

[#28] Contingency reserve for fines, litigation settlements, or regulatory actions.

Program Overhead $500K/yr

[#30] Long-term program overhead: director salaries, HR, accounting, utilities and admin support.

Protective Surveillance $360K/yr

[#16] Temporary protective details, relocation/housing and watch costs for contacted individuals.

It Security Annual $300K/yr

[#23] Ongoing IT security, SIEM, audits and insider-risk mitigation staffing and services.

Witness Relocation Support $200K/yr

[#18] Long-term witness relocation, new identities, housing and support for amnesticized individuals.

Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr

[#12] Operating costs for secure clinical/witness processing centers (utilities, local maintenance, minimal staff ops).

Logistics And Transport $100K/yr

[#22] Travel, transport and lodging for field operations (airfare, hotels, per diems).

Amnestic Manufacturing $100K/yr

[#10] Ongoing amnestic manufacturing and QA/QC (repurposed-drug baseline production costs).

Amnestic Administration $100K/yr

[#11] Medical staff time and facility costs for amnestic administration (baseline number of administrations assumed).

Forensic Linguistics Contracts $100K/yr

[#15] Contractor linguists and behavioral profiling services.

Mortuary And Coverup $100K/yr

[#17] Mortuary/cleanup and cover-up per-fatality handling (baseline frequency assumed).

International Liaison $100K/yr

[#21] Covert liaison expenses and payments to foreign/local officials for limited multi-jurisdiction engagement.

Transcription Services $75K/yr

[#13] Human transcription/data-entry labor (automation reduces but does not eliminate need).

Cloud Hosting Bandwidth Storage $60K/yr

[#2] Encrypted cloud hosting, bandwidth and storage for intercepted communications (moderate retention policy).

Cell Site Simulators Maintenance $50K/yr

[#8] Annual maintenance, licensing/legal infrastructure and upkeep for IMSI-catchers/cell-site simulators.

Backup Data Center Annual $50K/yr

[#24] Off-site encrypted backups, cold storage maintenance and DR readiness costs.

Personnel Wellness $50K/yr

[#27] Counseling and burnout mitigation programs for staff.

Honeypot And Counter Communications $30K/yr

[#9] Ongoing SIM rotation, disposable devices, and staff time for honeypot interactions.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.7M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Normal year with expected monitoring, routine traces, regular staffing and no major incidents.

steady-contact rate no mass-fatality events

🚨 Minor Incident $8.4M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$680K vs baseline

Localized spike in contacts requiring extra forensic traces, field deployments, amnestic administrations and PR/legal work.

clustered contact events several on-site responses required

🚨 Major Breach $12.7M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Wide-scale exposure or many contact events with multiple fatalities, triggering mass-response, heavy legal/regulatory costs and emergency R&D ramp-up.

mass-contact cascade multiple fatalities/exposure

👥 Personnel 25 total

Role	Count	Notes
Analyst / Watch Officer	12	[#5] 24/7 monitoring, triage, transcription oversight and shift coverage.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	[#6] Field rapid-response agents for extractions, on-site containment and witness control.
Medical Officer / Paramedic	2	[#6, #11] Medical staff for amnestic administration and on-site medical support.
Administrative Staff	2	[#30] HR, accounting and program administration.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#30] Program leadership and executive coordination.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are low-confidence due to wide ranges in analyst notes, uncertain incident frequency, jurisdictional/legal variability, and potential for orders-of-magnitude increases for novel amnestic R&D or extensive international operations.

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