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SCP-6990 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6990
Expected annual
$5.4M
One-time setup
$2.2M
Annual recurring
$5.3M
Personnel
9
Initial one-time setup costs for monitoring and outreach are moderate (approx. $2.2M) while ongoing annual costs for staff, data, cloud, legal, and outreach dominate (~$5.26M/yr); major spikes (viral amplification or litigation) could add multi-million-dollar expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.2M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $510K
[#3, #4, #21] One-time dev and tooling: digital monitoring platform development, ingestion tooling, and forensic/experimental archaeology exhibit/lab buildout.
Public Education Program $500K
[#8] One-time major public education / documentary / exhibit program startup costs.
Equipment $280K
[#6, #16, #19] One-time hardware: high-performance compute cluster, production/AV equipment for content creation, and cybersecurity hardening/hardware.
Crisis Response Reserve $250K
[#17] One-time crisis reserve for rapid deployment, security operations, and emergency response.
Covert Operations Campaign $200K
[#15] One-time covert remediation campaign reserve (initial campaign scale).
Facilities $150K
[#2] One-time setup for secure office/observation suite: furnishing, secure networking, and retrofit (Site-107 incremental footprint).
Fieldwork Collaboration $150K
[#11] One-time funds for larger in-country collaborative projects, travel setup, and partnership initiation with Egyptian institutions.
Litigation Contingency $100K
[#9] One-time litigation contingency / legal case reserve for significant cases.
Compliance Setup $40K
[#18] One-time archive and legal-hold compliance setup (e-discovery tools, initial policy implementation).
Background Clearance $27K
[#20] One-time background/clearance processing costs for core personnel (estimated per-person fees aggregated).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.3M/yr
Staff Wages $1.4M/yr
[#1] Core personnel wages, benefits, recruitment, clearance processing overhead for memetics researcher (senior), 2 data/social media analysts, 1 web/malware engineer, 1 field liaison, 1 legal liaison, 1 public-engagement specialist, 2 security/ops (9 FTEs).
Api Data Access Fees $600K/yr
[#5] Enterprise social media API and third-party data feed access fees (representative contracted coverage).
Data Storage And Indexing $480K/yr
[#4] High-volume data ingestion, storage, indexing, backups and retention costs (representative mid-range ~ $40k/month).
Research And Monitoring $400K/yr
[#7] Long-term research program funding (academic collaborations, grants, fellowships) to study memetics/archaeology interface.
Deradicalization Partnerships $300K/yr
[#25] Grants and program funding for NGOs and deradicalization partnerships to counter extremist recruitment channels.
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#9, #12, #24] Legal retainer, diplomacy/permit coordination, and reputational/PR management retainer costs.
Covert Operations Budget $200K/yr
[#15] Recurring budget for covert remediation/influence campaigns if used (campaign-based ongoing reserve).
Crisis Response Reserve Renewal $200K/yr
[#17] Annual renewal of crisis response contingency reserve to maintain readiness.
Compute Cloud Costs $180K/yr
[#6] Cloud/GPU costs for modelling, ML training, and media analysis (~$15k/month representative).
Multilingual Analysts $150K/yr
[#10] Recurring wages/contractors for translators, regional analysts, and cultural consultants.
Media Monitoring And Rapid Response $150K/yr
[#13] Standing capability for rapid rebuttal placements, sponsored content buys, and surge ad inventory.
Psychological Counter Messaging $150K/yr
[#14] Professional communications, behavior-change specialists, and A/B testing budgets.
Contingency Amplification Reserve $150K/yr
[#23] Annual reserve to scale monitoring, buy ad inventory, and hire emergency contractors during amplification events.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#11, #17] Ongoing travel, field visits, and rapid-deployment transport costs for in-country liaisons and crisis deployments.
Public Education Ongoing $100K/yr
[#8] Ongoing renewals and smaller-scale outreach campaign costs post-initial program.
Digital Platform Maintenance $96K/yr
[#3] Ongoing dev/maintenance and cloud costs for digital monitoring platform & dashboards (~$8k/month representative).
Cybersecurity Ops $80K/yr
[#19] Ongoing cybersecurity, OPSEC, incident response, and penetration testing.
Training And Clearance Recurring $72K/yr
[#20] Ongoing memetic safety training, media engagement training, cultural sensitivity programs for staff.
Archive And Legal Hold Compliance $50K/yr
[#18] Ongoing costs for e-discovery tools, legal-hold management, and compliance officers.
Forensic Archaeology Maintenance $50K/yr
[#21] Maintenance and materials for experimental archaeology demonstrations and replica exhibits.
Facilities Maintenance $40K/yr
[#2] Utilities, physical maintenance, and secure comms operations for the observation suite / office footprint.
Insurance And Liability $40K/yr
[#22] Insurance policies for staff travel, events, and intervention liabilities.
Content Production Maintenance $25K/yr
[#16] Maintenance and update costs for produced counter-memetic content and interactive exhibits.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.3M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing monitoring, research, outreach, and standing reserves; no major amplification or litigation events.
steady memetic presence no major viral spikes routine research/outreach activity
🚨 Minor Incident $5.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Moderate viral spike or localized controversy requiring surge ad buys, emergency contractors, and short-term legal action.
regional viral amplification media controversy small litigation / takedown campaign
🚨 Major Breach $8.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Large-scale global amplification or protracted high-profile litigation/diplomatic incident requiring mass-media campaigns, extensive legal defenses, covert remediation, and large field deployments.
global viral amplification major lawsuit or diplomatic crisis coordinated extremist exploitation
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Memetics Researcher (senior) 1 [#1] Lead memetics scientist conducting analysis and coordinating responses.
Data / Social Media Analyst 2 [#1] Real-time data ingestion, trend analysis, dashboarding.
Web / Malware Engineer 1 [#1] Platform development, scraping, and tooling maintenance.
Field Liaison / Cultural Specialist 1 [#1, #11] Regional expertise and in-country coordination (Egypt liaison).
Legal Liaison 1 [#1, #9] Platform takedown coordination, legal requests, litigation interface.
Public Engagement Specialist 1 [#1, #8, #16] Outreach, content strategy, and educational program management.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#1, #17] Site security, field protection, and crisis deployment personnel.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on explicit analyst ranges for each line item and typical staffing models, but many costs (API firehoses, covert operations, litigation) are highly variable and scenario-dependent, so certainty is moderate.
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