SCP-6964 — SCP-6964 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6964 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-6964

Expected annual

$11.3M

One-time setup

$22.3M

Annual recurring

$11.3M

Personnel

One-time startup and contingency reserves dominate costs (~$22.3M one-time), while annual recurring operations (staffing, conservation, surveillance, logistics and PR/legal) run roughly $10.1M/yr; helicopter support, contingency fund and staff payroll are the largest drivers.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $22.3M

Emergency Contingency Fund $10.0M

[#27] One-time capital reserve for major breach/cover-up/large-scale contingency (set-aside fund).

Equipment $7.3M

[#4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #12, #14, #15] Perimeter/summit surveillance hardware, geolocated sensors, drone fleet, helicopter purchase option, ground vehicle fleet, climbing/rescue gear (one-time), mortuary refrigeration/storage, and archival/hardened hardware.

Facilities $3.7M

[#2, #3, #20] Visitor-center retrofit/secure front-office construction, summit access hardening civil works, and immediate conservation/refit on takeover.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#13] Small secure laboratory and analysis suite buildout (fume hood, microscopes, evidence handling).

Legal And Interagency Arrangements $500K

[#1] Site takeover negotiations, MOUs, permits, interagency legal work, and initial coordination paperwork.

False Documentation Setup $125K

[#17] Initial setup for falsified studies, controlled talking points, and PR cover-story collateral.

Training Initial $100K

[#24] Initial intensive training wave (climbing/rescue, hazardous handling, cover-story briefings).

Staff Vetting Initial $55K

[#23] Initial polygraphs/psych evaluations and onboarding background screening.

Initial Audit And Forgery Project $50K

[#30] Initial fabrication project / creation of forged baseline studies and artifacts.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.3M/yr

Staff Wages $2.8M/yr

[#9] Site-222 core staff payroll (30–45 personnel) including benefits; core operational staffing burden.

Facilities Maintenance $1.5M/yr

[#3, #20] Ongoing summit/trail maintenance and conservation/structural upkeep of the memorial and closure infrastructure.

Logistics And Transport $1.4M/yr

[#7, #8, #22] Helicopter lease/ops (baseline lease), ground vehicle fuel/ops and general transport/logistics.

Helicopter Lease Ops $1.1M/yr

[#7] Baseline option: lease and operating costs for light utility helicopter (flight hours, pilots, maintenance).

Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr

[#17, #18, #19, #30] Ongoing false documentation/PR buys, legal counsel and intergovernmental liaison, local discreet compensations, and audit/falsification maintenance.

Public Operations $1.0M/yr

[#28] Visitor services, interpretive programs, shuttles, and public-facing operations to maintain cover story and access.

Research And Monitoring $978K/yr

[#10, #13, #29] Specialized researchers (Tactical Theology team, historians, linguists) and lab consumables/analysis plus investigative travel.

Mtf Readiness $550K/yr

[#11] Mobile Task Force readiness, rotation, training, and equipment upkeep (recurring readiness costs).

It Security $175K/yr

[#16] Endpoint security, monitoring, incident response, and counter-information operations.

Utilities And Site Ops $162K/yr

[#21] Power, water, HVAC, refrigeration loads, and site utilities.

Training Programs Recurring $125K/yr

[#24] Annual climbing/rescue recertifications, hazardous handling refreshers, and cover-story training.

Psychological Care $62K/yr

[#25] Counseling and critical-incident support for exposed personnel.

Archival Maintenance $55K/yr

[#15] Air-gapped backup maintenance, physical archive upkeep, and memetic countermeasure asset maintenance.

Staff Vetting Reinvestigations $50K/yr

[#23] Periodic reinvestigations and counterintelligence screening costs.

Consumables Ppe $50K/yr

[#26] PPE, evidence bags, batteries, rope replacement consumables, and miscellaneous expendables.

Surveillance Maintenance $42K/yr

[#4] Camera/thermal system maintenance, licensing, and monitoring operator support.

Climbing Equipment Maintenance $25K/yr

[#12] Rope replacement, anchor inspection, rescue equipment inspection and replacement.

Mortuary Monitoring $25K/yr

[#14] Power, monitoring, and tagging systems for refrigerated evidence storage.

Drone Ops $20K/yr

[#6] Drone maintenance, spare batteries, and operator time.

Sensor Maintenance $18K/yr

[#5] Trail/ground sensor maintenance, calibration, and occasional replacement.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Helicopter Purchase Ops $0/yr

[#7] Recurring ops if helicopter purchased instead of leased (estimate $300k–$600k/yr) — set to 0 in baseline (purchase treated as optional one-time equipment).

Mtf Deployment Per Event $0/yr

[#11] Per-deployment incremental cost estimate: ~$100k–$400k per active deployment (not included in baseline recurring; applied in incident scenarios).

Investigative Travel $0/yr

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Audit And Forgery Maintenance $0/yr

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Fuel Transport Logistics $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.3M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with light containment measures and routine operations (no major breaches or large-scale deployments).

no major incidents routine maintenance and staffing cycles

🚨 Minor Incident $10.8M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$-450000 vs baseline

Single unauthorized summit ascent or small breach requiring one MTF deployment, emergency repairs, and localized PR/legal response.

unauthorized_ascent single_mtf_deployment limited_public_attention

🚨 Major Breach $15.1M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$3.9M vs baseline

Multiple unauthorized entries or a well-publicized incident leading to repeated deployments, large structural repairs, broad litigation and significant cover-up expenditures.

multiple_unauthorized_ascents major_media_exposure structural_damage_or_mass_casualties

👥 Personnel 36 total

Role	Count	Notes
Site Director / Executive Staff	3	[#9] Site director and deputies to manage operations and interagency liaisons.
Administrative Staff	6	[#9] Admin, visitor management, recordkeeping and scheduling for dual-use visitor center operations.
Conservation / Visitor Services	8	[#20, #28] Conservation crew and public-operations staff maintaining memorial facade and visitor services.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	10	[#9, #11] Frontline security and surveillance operators; baseline security rather than full-time assault force.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#4, #8, #21] Technical maintenance for surveillance, vehicles, and site utilities.
Medical Officer	1	[#11] Medical support for rescues and deployments.
Research Scientist / Tactical Theology	6	[#10] Specialized researchers (theologians, historians, linguists, forensic anthropologists) funded separately by research budget.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide broad ranges and enumerate required systems, but many line items (helicopter purchase vs lease, contingency sizing, frequency of MTF deployments) are optional/uncertain; cost engineering is mid-confidence based on typical Foundation site operations and supplied ranges.

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