SCP-809 — SCP-809 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-809 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-809

Expected annual

$560K

One-time setup

$853K

Annual recurring

$548K

Personnel

One-time setup and contingency reserves are modest-to-moderate (~$0.85M) driven by indemnity and initial amnestic stock; annual operating costs are dominated by personnel, psychiatric care and amnestic replenishment (~$548k/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $853K

Indemnity Reserve $375K

[#15] Contingency reserve for compensation, litigation and settlements.

Robotics R And D $150K

[#22] Optional R&D program for remote handling / synthetic subject proxies.

Amnestic Initial Stock $110K

[#11] Initial stockpile of Class-A equivalent amnestics (20-dose stock estimate).

Legal Cover Story $55K

[#10] Purchase of property rights, paperwork, local liaison and initial cover-story costs.

Facilities $32K

[#1] Museum-grade secure containment cabinet with installation and anchor work.

Secure Transport $30K

[#9] Crating, customs/permits, air freight and armed courier for initial acquisition.

Equipment $28K

[#5, #6, #20] CCTV/sensor install, biometric/access hardware and initial IT hardening.

Pr Contingency One Time $25K

[#27] One-time contingency for public-relations / cover-up preparations if needed.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $16K

[#2, #8] Climate-control/conservation micro-enclosure setup and initial forensic analyses.

Decommissioning Reserve $15K

[#30] Reserve for eventual safe decommissioning/disposal and documentation.

Sop Development $6K

[#21] Initial SOP development, ethics oversight setup.

Medication Initial Stock $6K

[#26] Initial on-site stock of sedatives and emergency medications.

Archival Digitization $5K

[#23] High-resolution 3D scanning/photogrammetry and database entry to reduce handling.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $548K/yr

Staff Wages $212K/yr

[#3, #4, #16] Two security officers (~$100k), part-time containment technician (~$67.5k) and research staff (~$45k).

Psychiatric Budget $62K/yr

[#13] Acute PTSD treatment budget for affected staff/volunteers.

Research And Monitoring $61K/yr

[#8, #17, #18] Forensic follow-ups, neuroimaging/EEG studies, and volunteer/test subject compensation.

Long Term Care Reserve $50K/yr

[#14] Annual contingency allocation toward potential long-term institutional care.

Medical And Anesthesiology $30K/yr

[#12] Anesthesiologist/OR time and medical monitoring for controlled testing.

Incident Response Contingency $30K/yr

[#19] HAZMAT cleanup, incident command, overtime and destructive-testing contingency.

Amnestic Replenishment $28K/yr

[#11] Ongoing purchase/production and administration costs for amnestic doses.

Insurance Premiums $26K/yr

[#28] External insurance premiums or internal risk-pool allocation.

Cover Story And Legal $21K/yr

[#27, #29] Ongoing PR retainer and periodic legal/IRB review fees.

Documentation It Operating $10K/yr

[#20] Secure database operations, backups, sysadmin and redaction personnel costs.

Sop Training $5K/yr

[#21] Annual training, drills and SOP maintenance.

Cctv Monitoring $4K/yr

[#5] 24/7 monitoring service and tamper-alert monitoring fees.

Logistics And Transport $3K/yr

[#24] Internal secure on-site movement, crates and couriers.

Facilities Maintenance $1K/yr

[#2] Climate-control / conservation enclosure maintenance and silica gel management.

Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr

[#7] PPE and biohazard consumables replenishment (gloves, gowns, waste disposal).

Access Control Licensing $1K/yr

[#6] Biometric/badge system licensing and maintenance.

Medication Replenishment $1K/yr

[#26] Ongoing replenishment of sedatives and emergency medications.

Energy And Utilities $600/yr

[#25] Electricity for climate-control cabinet, cameras and alarms.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $548K/yr

93.5% probability / year

Uneventful year with normal operations, maintenance, testing and no major incidents.

routine_testing regular_maintenance no_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $608K/yr

5.0% probability / year +$60K vs baseline

Small unauthorized activation or contamination requiring cleanup, limited medical/amnestic use and PR response.

unauthorized_activation localized_contamination limited_public_leak

🚨 Major Breach $1.3M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline

Significant breach or multiple exposures causing permanent psychological injury, major litigation and long-term care obligations.

multiple_exposures permanent_insanity_cases large_scale_litigation

🚨 Political Exposure $848K/yr

0.5% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Public disclosure or media leak requiring extensive cover-up, relocation and expensive legal/PR mitigation.

public_leak governmental_scrutiny large_media_attention

👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	Two on-site guards (permanent posts) as primary physical security [#3].
Containment Technician / Curator	1	Dedicated part-time technician responsible for handling, logging and liaison with conservators (~0.5–1.0 FTE) [#4].
Research Scientist	1	Psychologist/neuroscientist (part-time appointment) supporting testing and analysis (~0.25–0.5 FTE) [#16].

📋 Confidence Notes

Line-item cost ranges from analyst notes were detailed, enabling mid-point estimates for budgeting; however probabilities of incidents, required indemnities and long-term-care case counts are highly uncertain, so overall confidence is medium.

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