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SCP-6830 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6830
Expected annual
$38.6M
One-time setup
$481.3M
Annual recurring
$35.0M
Personnel
43
Total one-time capital is large due to optional high-risk temporal programs and contingency reserves ( ~$481,000,000 one-time); baseline recurring operating costs are driven by cultural influence/legal operations and research/monitoring (~$35,050,000/yr). Main drivers: duat/escalation capital campaigns, emergency reserves, ongoing cultural influence and research/lab operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $481.3M
Escalation Campaigns $200.0M
[#29] High-uncertainty capital campaigns (direct temporal experiments, cross-timeline interventions, etc.).
Duat Neutralization Program $115.0M
[#11] One-time capital fund for large-scale Duat/neutralization R&D campaign (highly optional/classified; midpoint of analyst range used).
Emergency Reserve $100.0M
[#12] One-time/semi-permanent contingency reserve to enable wartime or critical interventions, evacuations, or rapid hires/charters.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $35.4M
[#8, #10, #18, #20] Initial digitization/dataset setup, temporal & thaumaturgical research lab buildout and instrumentation, archive digitization, and training/materials development.
Facilities $12.2M
[#1, #6] One-time site fortifications and construction/retrofit of anomaly-grade vault(s) (per-site fortification and vault construction/retrofit costs).
Equipment $8.8M
[#3, #5, #7, #9, #17, #19, #27] Procurement of remote monitoring network, dedicated transport vehicles and crates, nullification tooling, memetics hardware, secure comms hardware, reality/chronometric sensors, and publication-monitoring hardware.
Insurance Reserve $5.5M
[#25] One-time insurance/asset-loss reserve seed fund.
Cultural Influence Setup $2.0M
[#13] One-time establishment costs for front companies, accounts, and initial campaign scaffolding for misinformation/cultural-influence program.
Covert Payouts $1.2M
[#14] Occasional one-time emergency buyouts, legal settlements, or large covert payouts.
Museum Lump Funds $600K
[#23] Occasional lump-sum funds for securing/recalling exhibits or making one-off adjustments to museum displays.
Rapid Response Initial $300K
[#4] Initial kit, vehicles, and training props for rapid-response field teams (one-time procurement).
Recruitment Pipeline Setup $200K
[#26] One-time setup costs for scholarships, internships, and recruitment pipeline infrastructure.
Rogue Aggregate Estimate Note $0
[#28] Analyst aggregate / rough-order-of-magnitude commentary (not added to totals here; used to guide prioritization).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $35.0M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $13.8M/yr
[#13, #14, #23, #24] Ongoing cultural-influence campaigns, grant/covert-incentive budgets, museum monitoring, and containment legal/regulatory overhead.
Research And Monitoring $10.5M/yr
[#3, #9, #10, #18, #19, #27] Ongoing remote monitoring bandwidth/processing, memetic program updates, temporal/thaumaturgical research activity recurring costs, archive storage/curation, reality-instability monitoring operations, and publication-monitoring operations.
Staff Wages $4.7M/yr
[#2, #4, #8, #15, #26] Salaries and benefits for contract/site security, portions of rapid-response payroll, paleographers/translation staff, small international/diplomatic liaison team, and baseline staffing pipeline support.
Logistics And Transport $2.5M/yr
[#4, #5, #16] Vehicle maintenance, fuel, charter/airlift access, armored transport operations, and rapid-response travel budgets.
Recruitment Programs $750K/yr
[#26] Ongoing scholarships, fellowships, and covert recruitment costs to sustain the talent pipeline.
Facilities Maintenance $600K/yr
[#1, #6] Utilities, structural upkeep, and periodic maintenance for field fortifications and anomaly-grade storage/vault facilities.
Public Safety Evacuation $600K/yr
[#22] Annual budget for local evacuation planning, staged restorations as covers, and contingent local operations.
Insurance Topup $500K/yr
[#25] Annual top-up for the insurance/asset-loss contingency pool.
Training Drills $400K/yr
[#20] Recurring costs to run live drills, tabletop exercises, and refresher training programs.
Secure Comms Operations $300K/yr
[#17] Operations, audits, and penetration-testing for secure communications and data architecture.
Psychological Care $300K/yr
[#21] Ongoing mental-health care, counseling, and monitoring for exposed/high-clearance staff.
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#7] Consumables and replacement items for nullification tooling and field mission kits.
Duat Program Operations $0/yr
[#11] Recurring costs for Duat neutralization program (set to $0 in baseline; costs incurred only if program is activated).
Emergency Reserve Maintenance $0/yr
[#12] Ongoing replenishment/maintenance for emergency reserve (set to $0 in baseline; periodic top-ups are scenario-dependent).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $35.0M/yr
93.0% probability / year
Normal year with standard monitoring, defensive posture, and no large capital campaigns or major incidents.
no breach no large program activation
🚨 Minor Incident $50.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Temporary loss or disruption of site monitoring (conflict/occupation) causing inscription proliferation and emergency response/surge operations.
regional conflict temporary monitoring blackout localized surge of inscriptions
🚨 Duat Program Activation $177.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$142.5M vs baseline
Overseer Council approves an aggressive Duat neutralization campaign that funds the capital program and initiates recurring high-cost R&D.
Council approval discovery of viable neutralization pathway escalation in threat posture
👥 Personnel 43 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 20 24/7 armed contract and on-site guards rotating across prioritized sites; referenced explicitly in note #2.
Archaeologist / Egyptologist / Paleographer 8 Specialists for translations, paleography, and archival work (note #8).
Rapid Response Team Member (Agents / Technicians) 10 Mobile containment and inscription-nullification teams (note #4); count reflects multi-disciplinary operators on rotation.
International Liaison / Diplomatic Officer 3 Covert coordination and local-government liaison teams for access and black-ops coordination (note #15).
Administrative Staff / Site Coordinator 2 Administrative and program coordination for day-to-day operations and cover-entity management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many baseline recurring items are well-scoped (monitoring, security, cultural programs) but several high-impact items (duat neutralization, escalation campaigns, emergency reserves) carry wide ranges and policy-dependent decisions; this produces medium confidence in the numeric totals.
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