SCP-9005 — SCP-9005 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9005 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-9005

Expected annual

$3.7M

One-time setup

$2.9M

Annual recurring

$3.6M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup is estimated at $2,940,000 driven by facility buildout, equipment (shielding, power, monitoring) and a contingency reserve; ongoing annual costs are estimated at $3,555,000 driven by specialist staff wages, OPSEC/counterintelligence, legal/PR, and research/monitoring.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.9M

Contingency Reserve $1.0M

[#18] Incident-response contingency fund / emergency reserve (liquid capital set aside for emergency research, payouts, or large-scale response).

Equipment $690K

[#2, #3, #8, #9, #10, #23, #24] Faraday/electromagnetic & acoustic shielding, generators/UPS/HVAC hardware, monitoring/analog recording systems, document sterilization hardware (shredder/incinerator), air-gapped computing hardware, specialized containment hardware (white-noise booths/filters), and initial physical-evidence cataloging hardware.

Facilities $600K

[#1] Reinforced, soundproof containment suite / physical holding room (baseline retrofit/underground mid-range estimate).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#14] BSL upgrade / laboratory buildout (conditional biological-testing capability; includes build and certification).

Training Development $100K

[#7] Development of SOPs, memetic safety training modules, incident-revision documentation.

Secure Transport Per Transfer $50K

[#15] Per-major-transfer secure transport cost (armored/blacked vehicles, escorts) - one-time per transfer estimate.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.6M/yr

Staff Wages $1.4M/yr

[#4, #5, #6, #11] 24/7 security staffing (guards + supervisor), memetics/cognitive-hazard specialists, on-call medical and mental-health clinicians, archivists/redactors.

Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr

[#16, #26] Legal retainers, PR/cover-story operations, takedown litigation and content-suppression contracts.

Opsec And Counterintelligence $300K/yr

[#17] Continuous web/social monitoring, takedown teams, cyber-ops and contracted rapid response for leaks.

Research And Monitoring $250K/yr

[#20, #8, #2] Psychosocial research, counter-meme development, experimental programs and monitoring upkeep (includes monitoring systems maintenance/testing costs).

Compensation Reserve $250K/yr

[#19] Annual actuarial set-aside for compensation, settlements, and liability related to exposed civilians or subjects.

Contingency Liquidity $200K/yr

[#18] Ongoing liquidity allocation for rapid-response spending and small emergency revisions.

Biological Testing $200K/yr

[#14] Operational testing costs for PCR/culture/serology and lab operations (conditional — only if biological transmission risk present).

Public Health Coordination $100K/yr

[#28] Liaison activities, coordination budgets with public health agencies (conditional / variable if public exposure occurs).

Facilities Maintenance $80K/yr

[#3, #24, #23] Fuel/maintenance for redundant power/HVAC/generator, vault/storage maintenance, specialized-hardware upkeep.

Logistics And Transport $80K/yr

[#15, #29] Vehicle maintenance, convoy logistics, covert travel costs and local travel/perimeter mitigation related transport.

Staff Vetting $60K/yr

[#25] Ongoing background reinvestigation, polygraphs and clearance maintenance costs.

Ethics And Human Subjects $60K/yr

[#21] IRB-like compliance, legal counsel for human-subject protections and ethics review.

Training And Sop Refreshers $50K/yr

[#7] Recurring refresher trainings, drills, and SOP updates including memetic inoculation refreshers.

Psychosocial Mitigation $50K/yr

[#12] Routine psychological monitoring, rotation policy costs, employee assistance programs and leave coverage.

Perimeter And Travel Mitigation $50K/yr

[#29] Site perimeter work, signage removal, community mitigation/bribes/compensation to reduce local suspicion.

Decontamination And Waste Disposal $40K/yr

[#22, #9] Regulated disposal, incineration permits, biohazard transport to licensed facilities and disposal fuel/permits.

Long Term Archival $40K/yr

[#27] Redaction maintenance, legacy record sanitization and secure index upkeep.

Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr

[#13] PPE, biohazard consumables, condoms/sterile supplies, replacement media for analog records and other consumables.

Audit And Compliance $30K/yr

[#30] Periodic external review, audits, and oversight documentation.

Document Disposal Permits $15K/yr

[#9] Recurring permit fees and disposal costs tied to document/media destruction.

Monitoring And Recording Maintenance $10K/yr

[#8] Maintenance/calibration for analog/air-gapped recording systems and secure logbook preservation.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.6M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with steady staffing, training, OPSEC and routine research/maintenance.

routine_operations scheduled_training minor_maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $3.9M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Localized exposure event or small containment breach requiring medical response, evidence destruction and limited PR/legal activity.

localized_exposure medical_treatment limited_public_leak

🚨 Major Breach $5.6M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Large containment failure or multi-subject exposure requiring large-scale medical/compensation payouts, emergency research and extended legal/PR response.

multi-person_exposure facility_breach extended_legal_action

🚨 Political Exposure $5.1M/yr

6.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Widespread public dissemination / scandal requiring sustained legal battles, large-scale takedown operations and reputational management.

viral_leak subpoenas_or_litigation media_investigation

👥 Personnel 16 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	7	[#4] Frontline 24/7 security coverage (rotational guards).
Security Supervisor / Shift Leader	1	[#4] Supervisor to manage rotations and oversight.
Research Scientist (Memetics/Cognitive)	3	[#5] Specialists in memetics/information hazards and sexual-behavior expertise.
Medical Officer	1	[#6] On-call medical clinician for exposures (EHR/STD testing capability).
Mental Health Clinician / Counselor	1	[#6, #12] Counseling and psychosocial monitoring for staff exposures.
Archivist / Redactor	3	[#11] Trained personnel for redaction, classification and secure archival handling.

📋 Confidence Notes

Source brief is incomplete and the anomaly's precise hazard modality is ambiguous (memetic vs biological vs social). Many costs are conditional and estimated as order-of-magnitude ranges, so totals are low-confidence approximations.

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