SCP-9027 — SCP-9027 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9027 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-9027

Expected annual

$23.7M

One-time setup

$35.4M

Annual recurring

$19.4M

Personnel

Initial capital costs are substantial (~$25.0M) driven by secure labs, an R&D program and a contingency reserve; recurring operations (surveillance, MTF wages, misinformation, forensic staffing, logistics) are estimated at ~$18.7M/yr but can scale into tens or hundreds of millions if incidence increases.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $35.4M

Contingency Reserve $10.0M

[#23] Establishment of a liquid contingency reserve for major outbreak / escalation (~$10M minimum established).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $8.5M

[#4, #18] Amnestic research & manufacturing facility setup (~$3.5M) and R&D program initial setup (~$5.0M).

R And D Setup $5.0M

[#18] One-time setup cost for long-term R&D program (multidisciplinary labs, animal facilities, trial infrastructure) (~$5M).

Facilities $4.0M

[#10, #9] Safehouse network acquisition and forensic/mortuary facility buildout (network acquisition ~$2M; mortuary facility ~$2M).

Forensic Mortuary Facility $2.0M

[#9] One-time mortuary / secure autopsy lab buildout (~$1–3M; chosen $2.0M).

Safehouse Acquisition $2.0M

[#10] One-time partial acquisition for a network of discrete safehouses (example network acquisition ~$2M).

Equipment $1.4M

[#11, #12, #7] Initial tactical/transport fleet and covert hardware: vehicles fleet (~$1,000,000), initial surveillance hardware (~$220,000), deepfake/AV asset creation (~$200,000).

Vehicles Fleet Acquisition $1.0M

[#11] Initial acquisition of unmarked cars/armored vans and storage (~$500k–$2M; conservatively $1.0M).

Secure It Infrastructure $600K

[#13] One-time secure IT / encrypted data center setup (~$200k–$1M; chosen $600k).

Training Program Development $250K

[#2] One-time development of tactical & amnestic training program (simulators, curriculum, initial consumables).

Surveillance Hardware Initial $220K

[#12] Initial body-worn cameras, trackers, drones for a modest deployment (example for ~200 subjects: $40k–$400k; chosen ~$220k).

Deepfake Av Assets $200K

[#7] One-time creation of deepfake/AV assets and major media fabrication tools (~$200k).

Identity Creation $200K

[#19] One-time creation of cover identities and initial documentation pool (per-actor $2–10k; pooled estimate ~$200k).

Leak Response Toolkit $50K

[#20] Initial leak-response / counter-intel toolkit and rapid-response technical assets (~$50k).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $19.4M/yr

Undercover Monitoring $3.5M/yr

[#3] Continuous undercover monitoring of affected individuals; baseline conservative case 50 subjects × ~$70k/yr = $3.5M/yr (scales with caseload).

Research And Monitoring $3.0M/yr

[#18] Ongoing R&D into mechanisms/antagonists/alternate protocols (~$2–10M/yr; conservative ~$3M/yr).

Staff Wages $1.6M/yr

[#1] Dedicated MTF Gamma-5 full-time salaries (12 specialists × ~$100k fully burdened = $1.6M/yr).

Supplies And Consumables $1.0M/yr

[#5] Amnestic production & per-administration operational costs (sterile packaging, QC, cold-chain). Example baseline ~$1M/yr (5,000 administrations × ~$200).

Emergency Incident Response $1.0M/yr

[#6] Rapid-deployment incident response budget (~$10k–$75k per incident; budgeted ~$1M/yr for ~20 moderate incidents).

Misinformation Campaign $1.0M/yr

[#7] Ongoing national-level misinformation/media control campaign baseline (~$1M/yr).

Hush Payments Reserve $1.0M/yr

[#15] Payments/hush money and local official influence reserve (~$500k–$5M/yr; conservatively $1M/yr).

Medical Followup $1.0M/yr

[#17] Hospitalization and side-effect care for amnestic administrations (~$500k–$2M/yr; chosen $1.0M).

Contingency Replenish $1.0M/yr

[#23] Annual replenishment buffer for contingency reserve and emergency purchases (maintain minimum $10M on books; replenish ~$1M/yr).

Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr

[#7, #14] Ongoing misinformation/PR campaign baseline (~$1M/yr) and legal counsel (~$300k–$1M/yr); legal line separated but primary cover-story spend captured here as legal/counsel baseline ($500k assigned to legal specifically).

Legal Counsel $500K/yr

[#14] Ongoing legal team for documentation, lawsuits, liaison, lobbying (~$300k–$1M/yr; chosen $500k).

Operational Security $500K/yr

[#20] Counter-intel, leak response team staffing and tools (~$300k–$1M/yr; chosen $500k).

Press Handling Reserve $500K/yr

[#22] Communications blackout and press-handling infrastructure reserve (~$500k–$2M/yr; chosen $500k).

Record Tampering $500K/yr

[#24] Digital record tampering and archival manipulation operations (~$500k–$5M/yr; conservative $500k).

Forensic Staffing $400K/yr

[#9] Staffing for internal forensic/pathology capacity (~$400–600k/yr; chosen $400k/yr).

Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr

[#10] Safehouse maintenance, utilities, discreet property upkeep (~$200–400k/yr; chosen $300k).

Mortuary Per Death $300K/yr

[#16] Mortuary/body-disposition recurring costs; baseline estimate for ~100 deaths/year ($1k–$10k per death; chosen $300k).

Cover Identity Compensation $300K/yr

[#19] Ongoing compensation and stipends for cover actors and maintenance of IDs (~$100k–$500k/yr; chosen $300k).

Epidemiological Analytics $300K/yr

[#25] Long-term monitoring database and analytics team (~$150k–$600k/yr; chosen $300k).

Social Media Monitoring $250K/yr

[#8] Platform monitoring, takedown actions, contracted analysts (~$250k–$1M/yr; chosen $250k).

Logistics And Transport $200K/yr

[#11] Vehicle operations, fuel, insurance, storage (~$150–300k/yr; chosen $200k).

Vehicles Maintenance $200K/yr

[#11] Ongoing vehicle maintenance and ops (~$150–300k/yr; chosen $200k).

Secure It Hosting $200K/yr

[#13] Hosting, updates, infosec, backups (~$100–300k/yr; chosen $200k).

Psychological Care $150K/yr

[#21] Mental health and retention programs for agents (~$50k–$300k/yr; chosen $150k).

Surveillance Maintenance $100K/yr

[#12] Replacement and comms costs for covert surveillance (~$50–200k/yr; chosen $100k).

Training Refreshers $75K/yr

[#2] Annual refresher training, certs, consumables (~$75k/yr).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $19.4M/yr

64.0% probability / year

Normal year with current low/localized caseload (baseline staffing, monitoring, misinformation operations, and modest R&D).

localized_cases no_major_public_breach

🚨 Minor Incident $20.7M/yr

30.0% probability / year +$1.3M vs baseline

One or a few high-visibility exposures requiring amplified response (major PR buys, emergency deployments, extra hush payments).

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🚨 Major Outbreak $58.7M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$39.3M vs baseline

Substantial proliferation requiring scale-up (hundreds of cases): large increase in undercover monitoring, safehousing, production and emergency operations.

regional_proliferation multiple_simultaneous_exposures

🚨 Catastrophic Global Spread $218.7M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$199.3M vs baseline

Large-scale international proliferation (thousands of instances) requiring emergency global mobilization, massive media buys, and large contingency drawdown.

global_spread simultaneous_multi-country_outbreaks public_panic

👥 Personnel 12 total

Role	Count	Notes
MTF Gamma-5 (Rapid Response Team: operators, medic, lead, comms)	12	[#1] Core 24/7 rapid-response team (12 specialists) covered by staff_wages estimate.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and reasonable baseline choices; large uncertainty remains because costs scale nonlinearly with incidence, geography, and operational secrecy requirements.

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