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SCP-6939 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6939
Expected annual
$13.0M
One-time setup
$40.0M
Annual recurring
$11.6M
Personnel
27
One-time setup ~38.9M driven primarily by contingency/reserve funds and multi-year research startup; recurring annual costs ~9.8M driven by staff wages, continuous monitoring/takedown operations, legal/PR, and ongoing research/medical support.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $40.0M
Catastrophic Contingency Reserve $25.0M
[#30] Large-scale contingency planning reserve for catastrophic/outbreak-level response (mass amnestization, global containment).
Medical Countermeasures Research Startup $3.0M
[#13] Translational research program startup for surgical/regenerative countermeasures (multi-year program seed).
Long Term Research Startup $3.0M
[#25] Multi-disciplinary long-term research program seed (morphogenesis, memetics, software sentience).
Facilities $2.0M
[#8, #11, #12, #22] Containment lab construction, autopsy lab buildout, morgue expansion, and UPS/genset structural/installation costs.
Insurance Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#21] Contingency / liability reserve to cover unexpected claims, whistleblower settlements, fines.
Legal Litigation Reserve $1.0M
[#16] One-time litigation reserve for large legal actions and compliance events.
Cyber Ops Initial $800K
[#4] Initial legal actions and initial covert cyber capability procurement for AppStore/server intervention.
Pr And Settlement Fund $500K
[#15] Initial public relations campaign and settlement/legal fund to suppress media/leaks.
Kill Switch Rnd $500K
[#23] R&D for hardware/software 'kill switch' capabilities, reverse-engineering and exploit development.
Medical Imaging Purchase $350K
[#10] Purchase/research-grade micro-CT / histology equipment (or equivalent capital to reduce contract spend).
Vans And Field Kits $300K
[#5] Purchase and hardening of 2 fortified vans and mobile forensic kits.
Digital Containment Platform $250K
[#1] One-time development and hardened server infra for Delta-11 web-crawler and takedown automation.
Network Sinkhole Infrastructure $225K
[#2] One-time DNS/TLS sinkhole hardware/software and ISP integration.
Amnestic Stockpile $200K
[#14] One-time procurement/stocking/manufacturing capacity for amnestic agents.
Secure Data Systems Build $200K
[#20] One-time build of hardened case management, audit trails, backups and chain-of-custody systems.
Initial Third Party Payments $200K
[#24] Initial payments/compensation to third-party insiders or liaisons (e.g., expedited logs, cooperation).
Mobile Forensic Cloud One Time $125K
[#27] One-time build cost for mobile forensic cloud fingerprint/hash database infrastructure.
Forensic Station Setup $112K
[#6] Forensic phone/wipe/decontamination station setup (write-blockers, Faraday cages, software licenses).
Controlled Test Devices $100K
[#9] Fleet of iPhones, dev kits, and instrumentation for destructive testing.
Secure Evidence Vault $70K
[#7] Air-gapped hardware vaults, Faraday cupboards, tamper-evident storage.
Sop Development $50K
[#18] SOP development and initial exercise design one-time cost.
Equipment $0
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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.6M/yr
Staff Wages $3.1M/yr
[#3, #5, #11, #13, #14, #20] Salaries for monitoring/takedown team, field MTF personnel, research & medical staff, engineers and administrative staff.
Reconstructive Treatment Per Patient $1.5M/yr
[#13] Ongoing clinical treatment budgets (reconstructive surgeries, ICU care) aggregated for expected patients/year.
Cover Story And Legal $1.4M/yr
[#15, #16] Ongoing PR/social operations and legal retainer/compliance billings.
Social Ops $1.0M/yr
[#15] Ongoing social-media ops, PR maintenance, and small settlement/cover payments budget.
Long Term Research Funding $1.0M/yr
[#25] Annual funding tranche for sustained morphogenesis/memetics research program.
Cyber Ops Sustained $500K/yr
[#4] Budget for ongoing covert cyber/forensic liaison if sustained intervention is required.
Legal Retainer $350K/yr
[#16] Annual retainers and predictable billing for high-level counsel.
Amnestic Administration $300K/yr
[#14] Per-treatment administration, monitoring, and post-care aggregated annually.
Hospital Coordination $300K/yr
[#26] Annual coordination fund and per-incident reimbursements for hospitals/ER diversion.
Autopsy And Tissue Storage $295K/yr
[#11] Per-autopsy costs and long-term tissue cryostorage aggregated annually.
Supplies And Consumables $292K/yr
[#6, #29, #12] Forensic consumables, logistics/misc consumables, and recurring biohazard disposal/morgue costs (per-case consumables aggregated).
Logistics And Transport $160K/yr
[#5, #29] Vehicle operations/fuel, secure shipping/courier fees and mobile unit logistics.
International Takedown $125K/yr
[#17] Multilingual takedown operations and localized legal filings.
Research And Monitoring $120K/yr
[#1] Recurring cloud/hosting and ops for Delta-11 web-crawler and monitoring platform.
Network Sinkhole Ops $105K/yr
[#2] ISP coordination, sinkhole maintenance and contractual fees.
Medical Imaging Contracts $100K/yr
[#10] Contracted CT/MRI/scanner access and consumables when out-sourcing imaging.
Insurance Premiums $100K/yr
[#21] Annual insurance and liability premiums.
Kill Switch Deployment $100K/yr
[#23] Operational deployment and occasional updates for kill-switch tooling.
Third Party Compensation Recurring $100K/yr
[#24] Ongoing payments/compensations to cooperating third parties.
Logistics And Misc Consumables $100K/yr
[#29] Evidence bags, Faraday pouches, PPE, shipping and courier fees aggregated.
Biohazard Disposal $98K/yr
[#12] Per-body disposal and refrigerated morgue holding aggregated annually.
Secure Data Systems Maintenance $80K/yr
[#20] Maintenance, patches, and backups for case management and logging systems.
Forensic Processing Consumables $62K/yr
[#6] Per-device processing consumables (handling, logging) aggregated annually.
Field Confiscation Ops $60K/yr
[#5] Per-van operations, fuel, and field kit replenishment for MTF confiscation teams.
Training And Exercises $60K/yr
[#18] Annual staff training, exercises and SOP refresh costs.
Psychological Support $60K/yr
[#19] Staff counseling, wellness programs and turnover mitigation.
Energy And Utilities $60K/yr
[#22] Power, cooling and utilities for secure facilities and equipment.
Staff Clearance Overhead $50K/yr
[#28] Program overhead for clearances, polygraphs, and travel vetting (per-employee one-time costs handled separately).
Mobile Forensic Cloud Compute $40K/yr
[#27] Recurring compute and storage costs for forensic hashing/fingerprinting service.
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#7] Ongoing physical security and maintenance for air-gapped evidence vaults and secure storage.
Secure Evidence Vault Security $20K/yr
[#7] Physical security staffing and tamper-evidence maintenance for evidence vaults.
Delta 11 Ops $0/yr
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Recurring Catastrophic Response Budget $0/yr
[#30] No regular annualized catastrophic spend; held as one-time reserve unless activated.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.6M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, takedowns, medical cases, and ongoing research spend.
steady_case_load cooperative_platforms no_large_scale_outbreak
🚨 Minor Incident $11.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$-322500 vs baseline
Localized spike in re-uploads or platform non-cooperation requiring elevated covert/cyber response, additional legal/PR spend, and extra MTF deployments.
reupload_spike platform_noncooperation localized_outbreak
🚨 Catastrophic Outbreak $84.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$73.2M vs baseline
App achieves mass-market distribution or platforms refuse cooperation, triggering emergency mass-containment, mass amnestic campaigns, and large-scale research/medical response.
mass_market_spread global_platform_resistance uncontrolled_transmission
👥 Personnel 27 total
Role Count Notes
Threat Analyst / Reverse Engineer / Moderator 8 [#3] 24/7 SOC-like monitoring and takedown team (threat analysts, reverse-engineers, content moderators).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#5] Field confiscation unit personnel for device seizure and on-site isolation/transport.
Research Scientist 4 [#25, #13] Multidisciplinary research staff for morphogenesis/memetics and countermeasure work.
Medical Officer 3 [#11, #14, #13] Pathology, infectious control and clinical staff for autopsy, amnestic administration and patient care.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#1, #2, #20] DevOps, network and systems engineers supporting Delta-11, sinkholes and case-management systems.
Administrative Staff 3 [#15, #16, #24] Legal/PR coordination, contracts, and administrative record-keeping.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#16, #21] Program leadership and liaison for high-level legal/insurance decisions.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are built from analyst ranges in the notes; many items (legal, covert ops, long-term research and catastrophic reserve) carry wide uncertainty and scenario-dependence, so confidence is medium.
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