SCP-6946
Unknown
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medium confidence
SCP-6946
Expected annual
$114.9M
One-time setup
$2.3B
Annual recurring
$106.2M
Personnel
120
Corrected estimate: Foundation one-time capital and program spend ≈ $2.275B (main driver: engineered island/trench + hardened facilities) and recurring operational spend ≈ $106.25M/yr (main drivers: personnel, platform maintenance, vessels/aviation, research). Systemic (non-Foundation) one-time economic impact of a Type-Black activation is modeled at ≈ $275B with recurring macroeconomic effects ≈ $5B/yr; this corrects the original report by moving catastrophic evacuation/economic losses out of Foundation operational budget and by itemizing all >$1B figures.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $2.3B
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $106.2M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$106.2M/yr
Routine year: containment posture maintained, scheduled maintenance, monitoring, and ongoing decommissioning R&D with no major incidents.
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scheduled_maintenance
no_breach
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Minor Incident
$116.2M/yr
Localized containment incident or failed/restricted decommissioning attempt requiring emergency repairs, short investigations and modest legal/compensation payouts.
localized_breach
sensor_alert
minor_structural_damage
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Major Breach
$306.2M/yr
Significant containment failure or large-scale decommissioning operation causing loss of assets, major repairs, replacement procurement and substantial legal/compensation costs.
extended_movement
platform_damage
failed_decommission_attempt
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Catastrophic Activation
$1.5B/yr
Type-Black activation (SCP-6946 mobilizes at destructive scale) that triggers mass regional evacuation and multi-decade economic damage.
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mass_evacuation
regional_catastrophe
Personnel
120 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 60 | Platform and maritime security teams, MTF rotations and interdiction personnel; assumed loaded cost ~$100k per FTE/year (includes hazard pay and rotation premiums). |
| Research Scientist | 15 | Paratheory researchers, anomalous-component researchers and modelers; assumed loaded cost ~$150k per FTE/year. |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 20 | Structural, marine, ROV/AUV and legacy-component engineers; assumed loaded cost ~$120k per FTE/year. |
| Medical Officer | 6 | Offshore medics and field-hospital staff; assumed loaded cost ~$90k per FTE/year. |
| Pilot / Aircrew | 5 | Rotary-wing pilots and aviation crew for transport, medevac and aerial surveillance; assumed loaded cost ~$120k per FTE/year. |
| Administrative Staff | 4 | Shore command, liaison, legal-administration and cover-story administration; assumed loaded cost ~$100k per FTE/year. |
| Maritime Crew / Deckhands | 10 | Crewing for patrol boats, supply vessels and routine at-sea logistics; assumed loaded cost ~$70k per FTE/year. |
Confidence Notes
This re-evaluation corrected the previous report by (a) moving catastrophic evacuation and large GDP/property losses to the systemic_economic_impact bucket (those are not Foundation expenditures), (b) itemizing all >$1B Foundation figures (facilities), and (c) explicitly itemizing the Foundation's realistic one-year spend in a catastrophic activation (1.5B) while keeping the truly systemic damages in a separate bucket. Remaining uncertainty stems from volatility of decommissioning outcomes, adversarial insider risk (as demonstrated in the article), and long-run political decisions about Foundation/state cost-sharing; these drive the medium confidence rating.