SCP-6835 — SCP-6835 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6835 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-6835

Expected annual

$6.8M

One-time setup

$27.9M

Annual recurring

$6.5M

Personnel

Upfront capital and contingency dominate one-time costs (primarily a $20M emergency reserve and optional aircraft purchase), while recurring costs are ~ $6.5M/yr driven by tactical staffing, medical/witness processing, legal/cover operations and operational contractors.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $27.9M

Emergency Contingency Reserve $20.0M

[#19] Dedicated emergency escalation / contingency reserve recommended (~$10–30M; midpoint $20M used).

Air Support Ownership Purchase $5.0M

[#6] Optional purchase of a helicopter/airframe if ownership chosen (~$3–7M; midpoint used). Not included in baseline recurring costs (baseline uses chartering).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M

[#3, #16] Mnestic R&D and lab setup (~$1.0M) and imaging equipment for luminotype analysis (~$50k).

Equipment $675K

[#7, #8, #10] Communications secure-comm setup (~$200k), cyber-ops initial toolkit & staff (~$250k), drones/sensors purchase (~$225k).

Vehicles Purchase And Fitout $450K

[#5] Purchase & fit-out of 2–3 armored/covert vehicles (~$300–600k; midpoint used).

Facilities $300K

[#11] Secure, climate-controlled vault fit-out for evidence and archival storage (~$200–400k; midpoint used).

Training Setup $300K

[#2] Initial training/certification program setup (courses/facility) ~ $300k.

Vetting Initial $100K

[#13] Initial vetting costs (~$5k/person × ~20 people = ~$100k).

Legal Incident Settlements $0

[#12] Major one-off settlements (est. $500k–$5M) are episodic and modeled in adverse scenarios rather than baseline one-time budget.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.5M/yr

Staff Wages $2.0M/yr

[#1] Tactical Earnshaw-4 personnel salaries and hazard/overtime/benefits (~16 personnel; $2.0M/yr).

Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr

[#12] Legal retainer, PR and managed disinformation/cover fund (~$500k–$2M/yr; conservative midpoint used).

Medical Support And Witness Processing $1.0M/yr

[#4] Clinic operations, sedation/monitoring, transports and counseling for ~600 processed witnesses (~$1k–$3k per witness; mid used).

Logistics And Transport $550K/yr

[#5, #15] Vehicle maintenance/lease/insurance (~$100–200k/yr; midpoint) and travel/per-diems/overseas deployment (~$300–500k/yr; midpoint used).

Research And Monitoring $462K/yr

[#9, #11, #16] Intelligence/monitoring analysts and tools (~$250k/yr), archival curation/storage staff (~$75–100k/yr), small research/conservation program (~$100–150k/yr; mid used).

Cyber Ops And Media Sanitization $300K/yr

[#8] Recurring operations/contractor retainer for evidence/media sanitization and OSINT suppression (~$200–500k/yr; midpoint used).

Administrative Overhead $250K/yr

[#20] HR, procurement, finance, internal audit and compliance overhead (~$200–300k/yr; midpoint used).

Air Support Charter $225K/yr

[#6] Recurring charter/on-call air support budget (~$150–300k/yr; midpoint used). Baseline uses chartering rather than ownership.

Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr

[#3, #14] Mnestic doses and associated consumables (~$100k/yr) plus field consumables (ammo, PPE, disposables ~ $75–125k; midpoint used).

Capital Replacement Deprecation Reserve $175K/yr

[#18] Annual reserve for replacing capital (vehicles, drones, comms) (~$100–250k/yr; midpoint used).

Occupational Health And Psych Support $112K/yr

[#17] Ongoing counseling, PTSD treatment and resilience programs (~$75–150k/yr; midpoint used).

Training And Certification $75K/yr

[#2] Annual refreshers, drills, mnestics handling certification and firearms quals (~$50–100k/yr; midpoint used).

Communications And It $75K/yr

[#7] Recurring hosting, secure comms, data security and device management (~$50–100k/yr; midpoint used).

Facilities Maintenance $40K/yr

[#10] Recurring maintenance for remote observation equipment/drones and related small infrastructure (~$30–50k/yr; midpoint used).

Vetting And Counterintelligence $35K/yr

[#13] Annual reinvestigation/CI efforts (~$20–50k/yr; midpoint used).

Air Support Owned Maintenance $0/yr

[#6] Recurring maintenance if aircraft ownership chosen (~$500k/yr); set to 0 in baseline (charter assumed).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.5M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Routine year: regular sightings handled by Earnshaw-4 with chartered air support, routine training, mnestic use and no major legal exposures.

routine_sightings no_major_media_exposure chartered_air_support

🚨 Minor Incident $7.5M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

A localized public sighting escalates: extra legal/PR spending, additional mnestic dosing, increased travel and modest emergency expenditures.

widely-circulated footage multiple witnesses requiring processing unexpected local media attention

🚨 Major Incident $16.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Significant public exposure or a high-casualty event requiring large settlements, major emergency deployments, emergency R&D and potential asset purchases.

national media leak civil litigation/subpoena mass-casualty exposure

👥 Personnel 31 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	16	[#1] Earnshaw-4 dedicated rapid-response unit (12 operators, 2 med/logistics, 2 supervisors).
Research Scientist / Analyst	3	[#9] Intelligence/monitoring and data-analysis team (3 analysts/data scientist).
Cybersecurity / Digital Forensics Contractor	2	[#8] Cyber-ops and media sanitization contractors/technical staff (retainer budgeted).
Medical Officer	3	[#4] Medical/psychiatric staff for sedation, mnestic administration and follow-up processing.
Conservator / Historian	1	[#16] Small research program: luminotype specialist / conservator.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#5, #10, #18] Vehicle, drone and comms maintenance and technical support staff (capital replacement planning).
Administrative Staff	2	[#20] HR, procurement, finance and oversight support.
Vetting / Counterintelligence Officer	1	[#13] Continuous background reinvestigation and OPSEC / CI monitoring.
Occupational Health / Mental Health Counselor	1	[#17] Ongoing counseling and psychological support for personnel.

📋 Confidence Notes

Line items are based on explicit analyst estimates and typical operational costs; however SCP anomalous behavior and legal exposure are highly volatile, and optional choices (aircraft ownership vs charter, scope of legal incidents) produce significant variance.

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