SCP-9003 — SCP-9003 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9003 Euclid ? low confidence

SCP-9003

Expected annual

$21.9M

One-time setup

$19.6M

Annual recurring

$21.4M

Personnel

Year‑1 one‑time setup cost is estimated at $19,640,000 (secure forensic facility, BULLETINBRAIN build, vehicles/equipment, contingency reserve). Recurring annual costs are estimated at $21,373,188/yr, driven primarily by staff wages, site monitoring/guards, digital interception/AI operations, covert/cover operations, and administrative overhead.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $19.6M

Contingency Reserve $12.5M

[#20] Emergency scale‑up / reserve fund (midpoint of recommended $5M–$20M).

Facilities $2.5M

[#4] Secure forensic / physical-processing facility build-out (midpoint of specialized facility build range).

Bulletinbrain Initial $1.8M

[#5] Development and initial HW for BULLETINBRAIN.AIC (GPU/TPU clusters, secure servers) — midpoint of provided range.

Field Vehicles Purchase $900K

[#2] One vehicle per team; 10 teams assumed; midpoint purchase cost.

Digital Archive Setup $600K

[#8] Hardened air‑gapped archive and vault hardware setup (midpoint).

Legal Incident Reserve One Time $550K

[#18] Incident reserve for a major legal/cover event (midpoint of incident reserve range).

Site Sensor Installs $175K

[#14] One‑time camera/sensor installs for assumed 10 monitored sites (per‑site midpoint × 10).

Portable Kits Purchase $165K

[#3] One‑time purchase of portable documentation/evidence kits for 10 teams (midpoint).

Amnestic Clinic Setup $150K

[#9] Clinic setup for amnestic procedures and observation (midpoint).

Cybersecurity Audit Projects $125K

[#7] Periodic deep third‑party audits (single project midpoint).

Training Program Setup $125K

[#16] Initial SOP/training program development (midpoint).

Ppe One Time $100K

[#15] One‑time PPE kits for 10 teams (midpoint per‑team × 10).

Equipment $0

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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $21.4M/yr

Staff Wages $6.2M/yr

[#1,#5,#9] Salaries & benefits: field collection agents (40 agents, 10 teams × 4) and BULLETINBRAIN engineering/operators and medical staff for amnestic procedures (midpoint totals).

Administrative Overhead $3.9M/yr

[#25] Program management, logistics, HR, accounting markup (22.5% midpoint of direct recurring ops).

Contingency Replenish $1.2M/yr

[#20] Annual policy replenishment of contingency reserve (assumed ~10% of one‑time reserve per year).

Site Monitoring Ops $1.2M/yr

[#14] Ongoing monitoring/guards/drone patrols for assumed 10 monitored sites (midpoint per‑site × 10).

Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr

[#17] Secure R&D and memetic research program budget (midpoint of provided range).

International Operations $1.1M/yr

[#19] Foreign field teams, safehouses, travel and local ops for a moderate international footprint (midpoint).

Miscellaneous Covert Ops $1.1M/yr

[#24] Discretionary black‑budget for covert payments, off‑books ops and unplanned procurements (midpoint).

Digital Interception $900K/yr

[#6] Continuous crawling, monitoring, takedown operations and coordination with providers (midpoint).

Replacement Staffing $780K/yr

[#23] 10–20% replacement/relief budget for field payroll (midpoint applied to assumed field payroll).

Bulletinbrain Ops $600K/yr

[#5] Ongoing cloud/GPU power, storage, ops for BULLETINBRAIN.AIC (midpoint).

Physical Destruction Per Item $550K/yr

[#13] Incineration/neutralization and hazmat transport for an assumed moderate number of physical instances (~200 instances/yr × midpoint per‑item cost).

Psychological Monitoring $420K/yr

[#11] 1–2 full‑time clinical psychologists, testing, counselling and bimonthly reviews (midpoint of staffing + per‑session costs).

Cybersecurity Annual $375K/yr

[#7] Annual red‑team, model safety audits, IDS and staff contracts (midpoint).

Cover Story And Legal $350K/yr

[#18] Baseline legal/PR and liaison operations (midpoint).

Amnesticization Program $300K/yr

[#9] Per‑procedure consumables and case treatment for ~100 exposures/yr (midpoint $1k–$5k per case example).

Training Refreshers $250K/yr

[#16] Annual refresher training and simulation exercises for ~200 personnel (midpoint).

Energy Utilities $225K/yr

[#21] Power/cooling for AI clusters and secure labs (midpoint).

Access Enforcement $162K/yr

[#12] HR/investigation staff and internal enforcement costs (midpoint).

Logistics And Transport $150K/yr

[#2] Vehicle maintenance, fuel, and comms recurring costs for field teams (midpoint for 10 teams).

Facilities Maintenance $125K/yr

[#4] Utilities, HVAC, maintenance for secure forensic lab, interlocks, and destruction apparatus (midpoint).

Digital Archive Ops $88K/yr

[#8] Recurring access control, credential mgmt, logging, and monitoring for archive (midpoint).

Civilian Investigation $65K/yr

[#10] Costs for interviewing and following up civilian cases (~100 cases/yr midpoint).

Ppe Recurring $50K/yr

[#15] Routine PPE replacement and decon consumables for teams (10 teams midpoint).

Portable Kits Consumables $30K/yr

[#3] Consumables for portable documentation/evidence kits (10 teams midpoint).

Permits And Compliance $28K/yr

[#22] Environmental and disposal permits plus jurisdictional fees (midpoint).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $21.4M/yr

81.5% probability / year

Normal year with steady monitoring, field collections, routine R&D, and no major incidents.

steady detection rate no major distribution spike regular upkeep and operations

🚨 Minor Incident $22.7M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$1.3M vs baseline

Localized spike or cluster requiring overtime, temporary field scale‑up, and targeted legal/cover measures.

localized outbreak multiple nearby exposures increased takedown operations

🚨 Major Breach $28.9M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$7.5M vs baseline

Multi‑city distribution requiring emergency scale‑up: leased labs, contractor hires, significant rapid procurement and larger incineration operations.

multi‑city spread large number of physical instances heightened public exposure

🚨 Catastrophic Outbreak $51.4M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline

Widespread global distribution and persistent self‑replication requiring full emergency reserve, international mobilization, and long‑term scale‑up.

global persistent spread AI/digital self‑replication or mass memetic exposure severe public incidents requiring major coverups

👥 Personnel 48 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	40	[#1] Field collection teams: 10teams × 4 agents (salaries/benefits included in staff_wages).
AI Engineer / Operator	4	[#5] BULLETINBRAIN.AIC engineering/operators (staff cost component included in staff_wages).
Clinical Psychologist	2	[#11] Full‑time clinical psychologists responsible for monitoring and bimonthly reviews (costs included in psychological_monitoring).
Medical Officer	2	[#9] Physicians/anesthesiologists for amnestic procedures and observation (salary portion included in staff_wages; per‑procedure consumables budgeted separately).

📋 Confidence Notes

Budget uses midpoints and scaling assumptions (10 teams, 10 sites, ~200 physical instances/yr). The SCP's article provides containment procedure text only with no incident rates, virulence, or geographic distribution; therefore many values are approximate and contingent on incidence data.

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