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SCP-7011 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7011
Expected annual
$7.6M
One-time setup
$6.9M
Annual recurring
$7.5M
Personnel
43
Initial one-time capital (compute allocation, hub purchase/fit-out, sensor deployment) is approximately $6.9M; recurring annual operations (personnel, ALICE operations, storage, legal/cover, maintenance) run about $7.49M/yr, driven mainly by staff wages and ALICE compute/ops.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.9M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0M
[#6] Dedicated ALICE hardware / compute cluster allocation (representative mid-scale purchase / dedicated rack allocation ~ $3,000,000).
Decommission Reserve $2.0M
[#30] Rapid-response / decommission / emergency escalation reserve allocation (~$2,000,000 one-time contingency allocation).
Equipment $785K
[#3, #4, #5, #9, #10, #11, #12] Surveillance hardware initial procurement/install (~$125k), UAV/drone fleet purchase (~$220k), initial active/cold storage procurement (~$85k), RRT kit (~$65k), local deployment/install contractor startup (~$30k), vehicles purchase (~$200k), secure comms hardware (~$60k).
Facilities $522K
[#1, #2, #21, #23] Site purchase and hub fit-out (purchase option $400k), physical security upgrades one-time portion (~$75k), tower hookup/site hookup fees (~$17.5k), secure/classified records room & initial documentation storage (~$30k).
Initial Reserve $400K
[#19] Initial insurance / legal contingency / crisis seed reserve (~$400k one-time seed).
Energy Backup $85K
[#20] Generator and UPS procurement for hub and select sites (~$85k one-time).
Amnestic Stock $55K
[#15] Initial amnestic/medical contingency stock and specialist equipment procurement (~$55k one-time).
Shell Startup $55K
[#17] Startup costs for covert employment / shell entities / company formation (~$55k one-time).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.5M/yr
Staff Wages $4.3M/yr
[#8, #9, #13] Core OTF Sāmek-1 observational staff and analysts (20–35 FTEs) plus on-call RRT salaries (6–12 personnel) and cybersecurity / data science staff (3–6); aggregated salary burden incl. benefits and payroll taxes (~$4.27M/yr).
Research And Monitoring $1.8M/yr
[#5, #7, #14, #22, #27, #29] ALICE operations (power/cooling/maintenance/licensing) (~$825k/yr), storage operations & archival egress (~$60k/yr), dedicated research/experiment budget (~$300k/yr), environmental sampling & lab analysis (~$35k/yr), satellite/third-party sensor purchases (~$50k/yr), annual ML model lifecycle & retraining (~$525k/yr).
Contingency Reserve $500K/yr
[#19, #30] Annual contingency / insurance reserve maintained for escalation (~$500k/yr ongoing reserve contribution).
Facilities Maintenance $436K/yr
[#1, #2, #3, #4, #10, #11, #12, #20, #21, #23, #25] Site lease option (~$39k/yr), security systems maintenance (~$5k/yr), sensor maintenance (~$12.5k/yr), drone ops maintenance (~$65k/yr), local contractor annual spend (~$85k/yr), vehicle fuel & maintenance (~$37.5k/yr), bandwidth/satellite uplink (~$66k/yr), generator fuel/maintenance (~$17.5k/yr), tower/site leases (~$63k/yr), recurring documentation/storage staffing (~$15k/yr), utilities & local taxes (~$30k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $302K/yr
[#16, #17, #18, #28] Legal, cover-story and liaison retainers (~$115k/yr), covert employment ongoing costs (~$125k/yr), PR/information monitoring (~$35k/yr), public health / municipal coordination (~$27.5k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $182K/yr
[#13, #15, #24, #26] Consumables (batteries, spares) (~$25k/yr), routine personnel medical/psychological support (~$12.5k/yr), training and staff rotation travel (~$125k/yr), cybersecurity training/consulting (~$20k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.5M/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal year with continuous observation, routine maintenance, and no major incidents.
steady operations no major equipment failures no breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $7.6M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Small-scale equipment failures, drone loss, limited memetic exposure or localized legal incident requiring repair and legal support.
sensor/drone failure small data-loss incident minor local leak requiring mitigation
🚨 Major Breach $9.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment complication requiring surge staffing, expanded compute/time-sensitive model retraining, and greater legal/cover operations.
failed extraction extended ALICE downtime sustained public exposure
🚨 Catastrophic Escalation $10.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Worst-case escalation requiring large emergency procurement, mass relocation or extended crisis response (uses decommission/reserve funds).
anomaly expansion forced civilian relocation large-scale breach
👥 Personnel 43 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Analysts 25 [#8, #6, #29] Core observational scientists, behavioral researchers and ALICE analysts (majority of FTEs supporting prediction, model ops and experiments).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#9, #2] On-call rapid response and field team personnel for equipment recovery, limited interventions and site security.
Engineer / Maintenance / Field Tech 4 [#3, #4, #11, #21] Field technicians, drone pilots, vehicle operators and tower/site maintenance staff.
Cybersecurity / Data Scientist / MLOps 3 [#13, #6, #29] Staff focused on data ingestion, model validation, adversarial defence and ALICE model lifecycle management.
Administrative Staff 1 [#16, #17] Admin and liaison support for cover stories, permits and local coordination.
Medical Officer 1 [#15] Medical/psychological support for staff, routine screening and emergency amnestic administration coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges but many items (ALICE allocation, decommission reserve, staffing mix) have wide ranges and operational choices (purchase vs lease) that materially change totals; therefore confidence is medium.
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