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SCP-6862 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-6862
Expected annual
$13.3M
One-time setup
$16.6M
Annual recurring
$12.8M
Personnel
30
First-year one-time setup and reserves total approximately $16,600,000 with recurring operations around $12,840,000/year; main drivers are a $10M contingency reserve, archival facility and equipment buildout, recurring staffing/research wages, and ongoing acquisition/legal/monitoring costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $16.6M
Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#21] Large contingency / black-budget reserve for unpredictable high-cost events (auctions, mass manifestations, emergency containment).
Equipment $2.4M
[#4, #5, #7, #12, #17, #18] Media-monitoring deployment and development, AI/forensic hardware, initial digital storage procurement, rapid-response equipment/PPE, catalog/database development, public portal development.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.0M
[#10, #11, #15] Forensic/conservation lab equipment and buildout, specialized research program initial equipment, archival digitization initial program costs.
Facilities $1.2M
[#6] Secure archival facility construction, climate control, access control, FARAD shielding, fire suppression, vault insurance buildout.
Legal Retainer $1.0M
[#3] One-time retainer/negotiation costs for high-powered IP/legal teams to secure archives and set up long-term access agreements.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.8M/yr
Staff Wages $3.5M/yr
[#1, #5, #11, #12] Surveillance/detail agent salaries (two subjects), data scientists/audio engineers, research program staff salaries, rapid-reaction team salaries.
Research And Monitoring $2.1M/yr
[#2, #4, #5, #11, #17] Medical/biometric monitoring, cloud crawling/monitoring fees, AI/compute costs, research program operational funding, hosting/maintenance for catalog systems.
Archival Access Buyouts $2.0M/yr
[#22] Annual budget for buyouts/exclusivity fees to labels/estates for control of master tapes and private archives.
Cover Story And Legal $1.4M/yr
[#3, #13, #23, #14] Ongoing legal/PR retainers and operations, disinformation/cover campaign budgets, outreach suppression and international liaison costs.
Artifact Acquisition $1.0M/yr
[#8] Annual reserve fund for acquiring privately held or auctioned anomalous Beatles items.
Contingency Reserve Recurring $1.0M/yr
[#21] Annual replenishment policy for contingency/black-budget reserve.
Supplies And Consumables $475K/yr
[#7, #10, #15] Ongoing storage/backups, lab consumables/calibration, ongoing digitization processing costs.
Facilities Maintenance $375K/yr
[#6, #20] Archive maintenance, insurance related to facilities, energy/fuel for backup generators and site overhead.
Logistics And Transport $260K/yr
[#1, #9] Vehicles and stakeout support for surveillance; armored/specialized transport and escorts for artifact moves.
Public Acquisition And Crowdsourcing $200K/yr
[#18] Tipster payments, hotline operation and rewards for public submissions.
Training And Retention $200K/yr
[#19] Ongoing memetics/audio forensics/legal training and staff wellness/retention programs.
Insurance And Liability $150K/yr
[#16] Policies for high-value artifacts, staff liability and bespoke premiums.
Psychological Care $100K/yr
[#24] Counseling and treatment for staff exposed to memetic/obsessive phenomena.
Documentation And Embargo Administration $75K/yr
[#25] Costs to maintain publication embargoes, auditing, and leak monitoring.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.8M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, acquisitions within budget, and no major incidents.
routine_surveillance scheduled_acquisitions regular_research_activity
🚨 Minor Incident $13.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized memetic/manifestation event or small high-profile leak requiring targeted legal action, emergency containment, and limited acquisitions.
localized_memetic_manifestation fan_community_leak small_auction_spike
🚨 Major Breach $32.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Widespread/multi-jurisdictional manifestation, large public leak, or auction forcing large buyouts and deployment of contingency resources.
widespread_manifestation high_profile_leak multi-jurisdictional_auction
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#1] Dedicated surveillance/detail teams for surviving subjects (6 agents per subject × 2 subjects).
Data Scientist / Audio Engineer 4 [#5] ML/model development and audio forensic staff included in AI/forensic recurring costs.
Research Scientist 10 [#11] Multi-disciplinary memetics/temporal research program staff included in research program recurring costs.
Rapid Response Team / Specialist Agent 4 [#12] Containment/response rapid-reaction teams for anomalous manifestations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are built from detailed analyst notes but the anomaly's cross-timeline, memetic, and unbounded acquisition risks introduce large uncertainty; contingency figures are policy choices rather than empirically bounded costs.
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