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SCP-9002 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-9002
Expected annual
$5.6M
One-time setup
$117.6M
Annual recurring
$5.3M
Personnel
26
One-time capital costs are dominated by facility retrofits, specialized monitoring hardware and a recommended catastrophic-response reserve (total one-time ~112.6M). Recurring annual costs (~5.31M/yr) are driven primarily by staff wages and ongoing research/monitoring (SKYEYE, AIC, instrumentation) plus legal/containment readiness.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $117.6M
Catastrophic Response Reserve One Time $100.0M
[#24] Baseline catastrophic-response reserve (lower-bound selection to cover mass amnestics, emergency sheltering and societal-scale interventions; referenced as unbounded in notes).
Containment Loss Catastrophic Cleanup Reserve $5.0M
[#30] Dedicated containment-loss / catastrophic cleanup reserve (recommended minimum reserve for worst-case rapid response).
Facilities $3.1M
[#1, #9, #22, #25] Secure containment cell construction, lead retrofit around Site-56, Site-56 decommissioning/refit for long-term epochal storage, and one-time communications hardening/install costs.
Dedicated Antenna Build $3.0M
[#4] Optional one-time construction for a dedicated SKYEYE antenna/radio-telescope if shared infrastructure is insufficient.
Vehemence Planning And Contingency Planning $3.0M
[#24] One-time preparation of sealed contingency planning files and associated planning costs.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#18] Initial R&D program and lab buildout for Ψ-A attenuation/memetic countermeasure research.
Amnestics Initial Purge $1.1M
[#20] Initial heavy purge/amnestic campaign and AIC content removal costs (one-time large-scale cleanup).
Equipment $555K
[#2, #3, #19] Remote visual/timed-exposure camera and shutter systems, CCTV/memetic-safe archive hardware, and specialized Ψ-A detection instrumentation.
Rapid Response Vehicles And Kit $225K
[#5] One-time purchase/retrofit of armored van(s), containment crates and non-lethal retrieval kits for MTF.
Exposure Tracking Software $140K
[#8] One-time development/deployment of exposure-tracking and biometric monitoring platform.
Remains Storage Setup $125K
[#10] Secure refrigeration, sealed containment and storage vault setup for Class-3 psychohazard remains (Specialist Meltzner).
Ppe And Psychoprotective Gear $32K
[#14] One-time purchase of PPE, psychoprotective gear and training kits for rare direct handling.
Bike Lock Procurement $1K
[#13] Initial procurement of Foundation-issue bike locks and spare inventory.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.3M/yr
Research And Monitoring $1.9M/yr
[#3, #4, #18, #19, #20, #21] SKYEYE monitoring uplink time and analysts, continuing R&D program costs, Ψ-A detector calibration/staffing, CCTV/archive audits, ongoing AIC/content-removal operations and social-media monitoring integration.
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#6, #7, #12, #5] Salaries and benefits for security guards, MTF personnel pay (rotations/standby), memetics/psychology staff and on-site technician time (includes 0.5 FTE maintenance tech).
Facilities Maintenance $415K/yr
[#9, #22, #25, #26] Ongoing inspections and maintenance for lead shielding, long-term storage/site mothballing costs, communications operations and incremental HVAC/power for shielded vault.
Cover Story And Legal $275K/yr
[#20, #23] Legal retainer, liaison and cover-story budgets; ongoing costs for content removal and limited PR/legal work.
Insurance And Reserves $200K/yr
[#27] Internal liability reserves, personnel exposure contingencies and leave cover.
Exposure Training $200K/yr
[#15] Ongoing sensitivity and exposure-limiting training for staff; accounts for regular remedial sessions after exposures.
Recruitment Premium $180K/yr
[#28] Premiums for recruiting psychically-compatible staff (relocation, higher wages, specialist recruiting).
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#5] Vehicle fuel, transport, insertion logistics and operational costs for rapid-response activity (excludes MTF base wages in staff_wages).
Neurosurgical Readiness $100K/yr
[#17] Maintain access to neurosurgical teams, on-call OR time readiness and ICU contingency (readiness, not full intervention cost).
Training Exercises $88K/yr
[#29] Drills and tabletop exercises for VEHEMENCE activation response and non-hostile retrieval training.
Supplies And Consumables $71K/yr
[#11, #12, #13, #14] Hazardous-waste/disposal readiness contracts, weekly consumables (tire/lube), lock replacements and PPE refresh.
Psychological Screening $65K/yr
[#16] Quarterly psychometric screening and Psychic Coherence Rating assessments for site personnel.
Psych Tests And Equipment $30K/yr
[#7] Consumables, testing supplies and instrumentation support for memetics/psychological monitoring.
Exposure Tracking Maintenance $20K/yr
[#8] Annual cloud/maintenance and compliance costs for exposure-tracking and biometric monitoring.
Remains Storage Monitoring $12K/yr
[#10] Ongoing monitoring, testing and safe-storage maintenance for Specialist Meltzner's remains.
Remote Visual System Maintenance $2K/yr
[#2] Annual maintenance and logging costs for the timed visual-delivery system.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.3M/yr
87.9% probability / year
Uneventful year with routine operations, scheduled training, maintenance and research continuing as normal.
no breaches regular monitoring scheduled maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $5.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized contamination or public sighting requiring targeted decontamination, limited amnestics and MTF retrieval.
small public exposure single decontamination event limited amnestic deployments
🚨 Major Breach $11.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Containment breach allowing wider exposure, requiring surgical interventions for affected staff, larger amnestic campaigns and extended cleanup.
Stage 4 exposure containment loss requiring mass response multiple surgical interventions
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $105.3M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
VEHEMENCE Cycle activation / epochal event requiring large-scale emergency operations, mass amnestics and societal-scale interventions.
VEHEMENCE Cycle activation widespread societal propagation sealed-plan activation
👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 Day/night rotation and backups for Site-56 perimeter and access control; aligns with recurring security wage budget. [#6]
Rapid Response MTF Agent 6 Mobile containment/retrieval team (4–8 personnel recommended); wages included in staff_wages. [#5]
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist 5 Psychologists, memeticists and R&D staff performing monitoring, screening and countermeasure development. [#7, #18]
Technician / Maintenance 1 Facility and weekly maintenance technician (0.5 FTE reflected in wages; rounded to 1 on-staff). [#12]
Administrative Staff 2 Administrative, legal liaison and record-keeping support for containment and AIC operations. [#23]
📋 Confidence Notes
Ranges in analyst estimates are wide, the anomaly is memetic/psionic with epochal designations and unbounded catastrophic cost potential, and many items (e.g., VEHEMENCE activation reserve) are inherently speculative; therefore estimates have low confidence.
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