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SCP-9028 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9028
Expected annual
$6.8M
One-time setup
$10.1M
Annual recurring
$6.6M
Personnel
29
Initial one-time establishment costs are approximately $10.1M driven by infrastructure, equipment (drones/aircraft/vehicles) and laboratory/R&D buildout; annual operations run roughly $6.6M/yr driven by staff wages, helicopter/UAV operations, research & monitoring, covert local control and contingency funds.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $10.1M
Equipment $2.4M
[#4, #5, #6, #14, #18, #20] Rapid-response kit ($450k), surveillance hardware ($250k), UAV/tether system ($300k) + optional helicopter purchase ($1,000k), secure transfer vehicles ($200k), communications hardware ($150k), medical/decon kit ($50k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.0M
[#7, #9, #11, #12, #24] Hardened sensing R&D ($200k), modular BSL-2/3 lab ($1,000k), initial textual analysis ($100k), experiment set-up & safety ($250k), specialized long-term research equipment ($500k).
Facilities $1.3M
[#2, #8, #19] Perimeter hardening ($350k), on-site operations building ($750k) and power infrastructure ($200k).
Land Use And Legal $1.0M
[#1] Initial legal/land-use agreements, buyouts and village compensation to secure approaches and perimeter.
Public Exposure Fund $1.0M
[#23] One-time emergency media-control / public exposure contingency fund.
Program Contingency $700K
[#25] One-time program contingency for procurement friction, local inflation and initial unforeseen costs.
Cover Story And Legal $525K
[#16, #15] Setup for shell NGO / legal/PR infrastructure ($500k) and initial cultural liaison consultations/community meetings ($25k).
Environmental Mitigation $500K
[#21] Contingency planning and initial eradication/remediation planning for invasive/anomalous species risks.
Intel Initial $400K
[#22] Initial intelligence push to investigate unknown ingress methods and HUMINT operations.
Community Investment $250K
[#17] Upfront community investment to redirect tourism/subsidies to mitigate pilgrimage traffic.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.6M/yr
Staff Wages $2.5M/yr
[#3, #4, #10, #20] On-site security & local-hire guards (~12 rotating personnel, $600k/yr), tactical team readiness & training ($300k/yr), scientific staffing (8–12 FTEs, ~$1.5M/yr), medical staff ($80k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $1.7M/yr
[#7, #9, #11, #12, #21, #22, #24] Hardened-sensor R&D & contingency ($100k/yr), lab operational consumables and waste disposal ($200k/yr), textual follow-up research ($50k/yr), Protocol Mithra experimental program ops ($500k/yr), environmental monitoring & response ($50k/yr), ongoing intelligence-related technical R&D ($300k/yr), long-term strategic research funding ($500k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $700K/yr
[#6, #14] UAV attrition & ops ($150k/yr) and helicopter lease/operations ($500k/yr), secure transfer operations & vehicle operations ($50k/yr).
Program Contingency $500K/yr
[#25] Annual contingency (10–15%) for inflation, procurement delays and miscellaneous unforeseen recurring expenses.
D Class Program $300K/yr
[#13] Annual costs for D-class procurement, housing, medical and transport if used.
Cover Story And Legal $260K/yr
[#16, #15] Ongoing cover NGO operation, legal retainer and PR ($200k/yr) plus cultural liaison & outreach contracts ($60k/yr).
Public Exposure Fund $250K/yr
[#23] Annual replenishment for emergency media-control and rapid response in case of exposure.
Community Mitigation $150K/yr
[#17] Annual hush payments, local subsidies and tourism redirection support.
Facilities Maintenance $125K/yr
[#2, #8, #19] Perimeter and fencing upkeep ($15k/yr), operations building utilities & maintenance ($80k/yr), power system fuel & maintenance ($30k/yr).
Land Use And Legal $100K/yr
[#1] Ongoing payments/compensations to locals, bribes/retainers and permit maintenance costs to secure approaches.
Communications $50K/yr
[#18] Satellite uplink/secure comms service fees, off-site backups and data transfer costs.
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#5] Surveillance & sensor monitoring/maintenance, data storage overhead (surveillance maintenance $30k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.6M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with no major incidents; routine operations, maintenance, research and community management continue.
routine_operations no_major_breach steady_equipment_attrition
🚨 Minor Incident $7.0M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Localized breach or intrusion (unauthorized Protocol Mithra attempt) resulting in equipment losses, overtime, local mitigation and limited public-management action.
unauthorized_ritual_attempt equipment_loss overtime_and_amnestics
🚨 Major Breach $9.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach with public exposure risk, heavy equipment destruction, emergency relocation/evacuation and large PR/legal operations.
media_exposure mass_pilgrimage large_scale_equipment_loss
👥 Personnel 29 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#3] Local-hire guards and Foundation-trained response personnel for 24/7 site security (rotations).
Research Scientist 10 [#10] Archaeologists, linguists, botanists, xenobiologists, astronomers and engineers (8–12 FTEs; 10 assumed).
Engineer / Maintenance (Rapid-response support) 6 [#4] Tactical team/technicians maintaining vehicles, armored response and specialized gear readiness.
Medical Officer 1 [#20] On-site medic and decontamination readiness staff.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed and provide explicit item estimates, but the SCP's anomalous behavior (probe destruction, unknown ingress methods), political sensitivity in-region and optioned items (helicopter purchase vs lease, scale of R&D) introduce substantial uncertainty; quantities are order-of-magnitude estimates rather than fixed bids.
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