SCP-8377
Unknown
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medium confidence
SCP-8377
Expected annual
$21.5M
One-time setup
$62.5M
Annual recurring
$20.8M
Personnel
64
Up-front containment and R&D capital of approximately $62.6M driven by R&D, hardened facilities and a contingency reserve; recurring annual operations are roughly $20.8M driven by staff wages, aviation O&M, monitoring and contractual payments to MCF.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $62.5M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $20.8M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$20.8M/yr
Normal year with steady containment via MCF agreement and routine monitoring; no major incidents.
no breach of agreement
routine monitoring
no major intercept operations
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Minor Incident
$21.8M/yr
Localized breach or interdiction requiring a rapid response and limited remediation (single small capture/contain event).
unauthorized publicity
small-scale engagement
limited crash/cleanup
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Major Operation
$27.8M/yr
Major capture/termination operation requiring full MTF mobilization, ordnance, international coordination and heavy R&D/field equipment use.
sustained breach
civilian endangerment
forced interdiction
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International Escalation
$40.8M/yr
Catastrophic public incident causing international diplomatic fallout, large reparations, and extended operations.
public exposure
cross-border incident
treaty-level dispute
Personnel
64 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 24 | [#9] 24 on-site guards to cover 24/7 shifts, patrols and rapid-response security for facilities and stored assets. |
| Research Scientist | 10 | [#8, #5] Physicists/aeronautical specialists and thaumaturgic consultants (8–12 suggested; 10 used here) supporting experiments and R&D. |
| Intelligence Analyst | 7 | [#3] 24/7 monitoring team (5–10 analysts suggested) responsible for SIGINT/GEOINT/OSINT and watch duties. |
| Aviation Pilots / MTF Aircrew | 6 | [#4] Pilots to staff the rapid-response aviation package (rotate for readiness across 2–3 airframes). |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 6 | [#4, #17, #15] Avionics, airframe technicians and power/system engineers for aircraft, hangar and DEW/power infrastructure. |
| Covert Operative / Liaison | 3 | [#2] Embedded HUMINT liaisons inside MCF (2–4 operatives; 3 assumed). |
| Logistics / Ground Crew | 3 | [#17] Drivers, crash-recovery crane operators and ground logistics support for equipment movement. |
| Administrative Staff / Legal / Liaison | 2 | [#10, #1] Legal and administrative personnel managing contracts, diplomacy and MCF interface. |
| Medical Officer | 2 | [#9, #20] On-site medical support for personnel and incident response. |
| Site Director / Executive Staff | 1 | Overall site/program management and executive decision-making. |
Confidence Notes
Estimates draw on ranges provided in analyst notes and combine discrete line items into program-level budgets; core recurring staff and aviation O&M are reasonably well-defined, but R&D, incident frequency and international escalation costs carry substantial uncertainty.