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SCP-9600 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-9600
Expected annual
$221.6M
One-time setup
$5.3B
Annual recurring
$196.0M
Personnel
120
One-time capital program estimated at ~$5.3B driven by mission development (rendezvous/removal missions), tug/propulsion hardware and directed-energy development; baseline recurring operations are ~ $196M/year driven by logistics (refueling, launches), personnel, SSA and contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.3B
Equipment $4.7B
[#1, #2, #4, #5, #6, #9, #13, #20, #10] Dedicated rendezvous spacecraft, on-orbit tug hardware, direct-removal mission capital, directed-energy development, dedicated SSA sensors, space-rated suits/equipment, secure comms hardware, launcher unit cost; includes large mission capital (removal / crewed mission program costs as listed).
Facilities $236.0M
[#11, #15] Off-world quarantine/disposal site preparation and hazardous-materials long-term storage buildout.
Anomalous Escalation Reserve $200.0M
[#22] Large contingency reserve for anomalous escalations, repeated awakenings, thaumaturgic feedback.
Insurance Indemnity Reserve $100.0M
[#18] Contingency reserve for third-party satellite damage and indemnity payouts (order-of-magnitude reserve).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $86.0M
[#14, #8, #21] Ground-based thaumaturgic laboratory buildout and specialized thaumaturgical/containment R&D setup plus legal/ethical R&D startup.
Veil Operation Campaign Fund $25.0M
[#17] One-time campaign/operation fund for major cover-operations, bribes, falsified telemetry or staged claims.
Decon Incident Pool $5.0M
[#23] One-time pool for decontamination / epidemic control incident response.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $196.0M/yr
Logistics And Transport $64.0M/yr
[#2, #3, #20] Tug telemetry/ground ops, periodic propellant refueling campaigns, annual launch/transport/logistics activity.
Facilities Maintenance $37.0M/yr
[#6, #14, #15] Operations and maintenance for SSA assets (if owned), ground thaumaturgic lab operations, hazardous-materials storage monitoring.
Contingency Reserve Fund $30.0M/yr
[#12] Emergency debris mitigation & collision-response fund (annual reserve/availability).
Staff Wages $29.0M/yr
[#7, #9, #19] Permanent mission control/ops staff, MTF interdiction teams (annual training/maintenance), core scientists/engineers/thaumaturgists salaries.
Cover Story And Legal $19.0M/yr
[#13, #17, #21, #24] Communications hardening operations, veil retainer/cover-story baseline, ongoing legal/ethical maintenance, baseline PR/media management.
Supplies And Consumables $8.0M/yr
[#8, #15, #23] Ritual reagents, irrilite repair materials, life-support/suit consumables, decon readiness consumables.
Research And Monitoring $8.0M/yr
[#6, #25] Leased SSA data/analysis and long-term surveillance of Prometheus-linked IP and remnants.
Psych Ethical Oversight $1.0M/yr
[#16] Psychological/ethical oversight, counselling, rotation programs for personnel exposed to entities/termination.
Directed Energy Use Cost Per Incident $0/yr
[#5] Per-use logistics/personnel/collateral mitigation costs for high-energy strikes (baseline 0; per-incident costs $10M–$100M when used).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $196.0M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Routine operations: monitoring (leased SSA or modest owned ops), tug station-keeping with occasional refuels, regular research and personnel wages; no major incidents or removal missions.
routine_monitoring scheduled_refuel normal_personnel_rotation
🚨 Minor Incident $216.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Small-scale incident: minor debris creation, limited collision threat, small emergency debris mitigation response, short MTF engagement, PR/Veil expenses.
small_collision_fragment unscheduled_refuel localized_breach
🚨 Direct Removal Mission $1.4B/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.2B vs baseline
Full active removal/neutralization (capture/boost to disposal or controlled destruction) requiring a major mission program and collateral mitigation; may include expanded PR/legal and research surge.
decision_to_remove escalating_thaum_risk trajectory_threat_to_high-value_asset
👥 Personnel 120 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 60 [#19] Core scientific and thaumaturgical research staff (part of recurring personnel salaries).
Engineer / Maintenance 25 [#7, #20] Orbital mechanics engineers, spacecraft/tug maintenance, launch/cargo support (included in mission control and personnel wages).
Mission Control / Flight Controller / Communications Specialist 20 [#7] Permanent mission control and ground-station operations staff (24/7 rotations included in staff wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#9] Mobile Task Force interdiction, boarding and termination personnel (roster and training costs included in staff wages).
Administrative Staff 3 [#17, #21] Administrative, legal-liaison and cover-story coordination staff (small portion of recurring personnel budget).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates rely on order-of-magnitude ranges from analyst notes; key drivers (SCP mass, delta-v, frequency of refuels/incidents, thaumaturgic behaviour) are unknown and can change costs by orders of magnitude, so confidence is low.
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