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SCP-8947 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8947
Expected annual
$30.0M
One-time setup
$1.2B
Annual recurring
$25.9M
Personnel
54
Initial capital (land purchase, stabilization, bullion stock, vaults, major equipment) drives one-time costs into the hundreds of millions; ongoing yearly operations (security, medical, research, monitoring, cover operations and evacuation readiness) are dominated by personnel, monitoring and contingency-maintenance, producing multi‑million annual costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2B
Catastrophic Liability Reserve $1.0B
[#24] Capital reserve for catastrophic compensation, litigation, mass-relief, buyouts and cover-up in worst-case scenarios.
Dam Mitigation $100.0M
[#22] Civil works planning reserve for engineering mitigation to protect Davis Dam (grout curtains, emergency reinforcement) — optional but high-cost preventive measure.
Relocation Budget $30.0M
[#30] Contingency budget for replacement facility build and relocation if site is irreparably damaged.
Facilities $22.5M
[#3, #4] Emergency site remediation, structural shoring and long-term micro-pile/underpinning/concrete buttressing to stabilize the Spirit Mountain Hotel and protect access routes.
Evacuation Preparedness $20.0M
[#23] One-time planning and partial capability expenditures for Mohave Valley evacuation readiness (shelters, transport contracts, communications).
Gold Strategic Reserve $12.0M
[#17] Additional strategic bullion reserve (~200 kg) for contingency/top-ups and market hedging.
Property Acquisition $8.0M
[#1] Covert purchase of the derelict Spirit Mountain Hotel and immediate parcel via shell entities/offshore trusts; includes layered acquisition costs.
Equipment $6.1M
[#5, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #18, #28] Perimeter monitoring hardware, vehicle/armored fleet purchase, optional helicopter purchase, tactical armory/setup, surveillance drones, gas detection/filtration equipment, onsite vault installation and generators.
Robotics Rd Seed $5.0M
[#29] Seed R&D program to explore robotic/synthetic proxies for ritual tasks (reduce legal/ethical exposure).
Child Asset Program Setup $4.0M
[#13] Set-up costs per analyst estimate for covert child asset program (cover identities, relocation, housing, schooling) for a pool of children.
Gold Baseline $3.6M
[#16] Baseline bullion stock (~60 kg) to cover multi-hour events and immediate protocol needs.
Subsurface Investigation $2.5M
[#21] Deep-drilling, boreholes, ground-penetrating radar and core analysis to determine properties of SCP-8947-A.
Legal Forensic Acquisition $600K
[#2] Lawyers, forensic accountants, forged documents, PR to create plausible ownership history, closing costs and immediate municipal filings related to acquisition.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#20] Lab space, computing, simulation software and initial research equipment for seismologists, psychologists and occult specialists.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $25.9M/yr
Evacuation Maintenance $10.0M/yr
[#23] Annual stipends/logistics and ready-reserve maintenance to retain partial evacuation capability for Mohave Valley (staffing, contracts, stockpile refresh).
Staff Wages $5.5M/yr
[#6, #9, #12, #20] Salaries and benefits: 3security force (~30 personnel), onsite tactical team salaries/training, medical staffing/on-call trauma coverage, and research staff salaries.
Research And Monitoring $5.0M/yr
[#22] Ongoing external monitoring and modeling budget for dam risk and continual subsurface/geotechnical monitoring (annual monitoring reserve from engineering mitigation).
Cover Story And Legal $1.7M/yr
[#25, #26, #27, #32] Counter-intelligence/local influence/bribes, PR shell maintenance and administrative costs, intelligence/legal suppression and online ops, and annual audits/compliance for clandestine program.
Logistics And Transport $1.5M/yr
[#7, #8, #18] Vehicle operating costs (fuel/maintenance for SUVs/ATVs), contracted air support/charter patrols budget, and armored courier/restocking operations (estimated transfer frequency).
Supplies And Consumables $1.1M/yr
[#11, #12, #14, #15, #19, #10] Consumables and recurring maintenance: filtration consumables/SCBA support, medical consumables, weekly acute transfusion/rehabilitation costs, biohazard disposal, ritual consumables (salt/burlap), and drone maintenance/spares.
Facilities Maintenance $812K/yr
[#5, #18, #28, #31] Perimeter and hardware maintenance, vault storage/security insurance (midpoint estimate), generator maintenance and fuel provisioning, routine site/building upkeep.
Child Asset Program Operational Care $200K/yr
[#13] Ongoing care, schooling, psychological conditioning and replacement pool costs for child asset program (pool of ~10 children).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $25.9M/yr
81.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with scheduled monitoring, protocols run as designed and no major incidents.
routine Montezuma-11 events scheduled maintenance and monitoring no protocol failures
🚨 Minor Incident $27.9M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized protocol failure or small breach requiring emergency medical response, overtime security, limited repairs and extra armored transfers.
partial protocol failure increased medical evacuations short-term structural repairs
🚨 Major Breach $100.9M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$75.0M vs baseline
Significant structural activation expanding SCP-8947-A that necessitates large emergency stabilization, partial relocation and intensive remediation.
failed Montezuma-11 sequence major tremor series significant casino/hotel structural collapse
🚨 Catastrophic Dam Failure $1.5B/yr
0.1% probability / year +$1.5B vs baseline
Cascade failure threatening Davis Dam and mass-casualty scenario requiring full-scale relief, compensation and long-term remediation.
failure to contain SCP-8947-A seismic event destabilizing Davis Dam loss of control over expansion
👥 Personnel 54 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 [#6] 24/7 security force, three shifts plus supervisors and quick reaction teams (30 personnel as per analyst estimate).
Onsite Tactical Team / Special Weapons 8 [#9] Rapid-response containment/SWAT-style team for breaches; equipment and salaries included in notes.
Research Scientist 11 [#20] Seismologists, psychologists, occult specialists and game-theorists (8–12 range; costed as $1.5M/yr).
Medical Officer 5 [#12, #14] Paramedics and trauma surgeons on-call; staffing and acute/chronic care costs accounted for in recurring budgets.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed on individual line items, giving moderate confidence in recurring operational estimates and many one-time hardware costs; large optional policy choices (dam mitigation, catastrophic reserve, whether to purchase aircraft vs contract, and whether to implement/replace the child-asset program or fund robotics R&D) introduce high variance in total capital needs, reducing overall confidence.
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