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SCP-9039 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9039
Expected annual
$3.0M
One-time setup
$5.8M
Annual recurring
$2.9M
Personnel
14
One-time buildouts (containment wing, amnestic facility, secure archive, reserves) drive initial costs (~$5.8M). Ongoing annual costs (~$2.87M) are dominated by staff wages, legal/cover operations, and ongoing research/monitoring and hosting/forensics infrastructure.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.8M
Emergency Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#29] One-time reserved capital for mass-exposure or rapid escalation events; set-aside fund (~$2,000,000).
Facilities $1.5M
[#9, #12, #16, #25, #26] Containment wing buildout (~$300k), CCTV installs for initial cells (~$40k), security/hardening upgrades (~$50k), secure-archive setup (~$100k), and in-house amnestic facility buildout included here (~$1,000,000).
Equipment $1.0M
[#1, #3, #4, #7, #27] Web-crawler and ingestion dev (~$300k), AI classifier/dev (~$225k), emergency takedown/red-team buildout (~$200k), cyber-forensics workstations/licenses (~$150k), and data-analytics initial development (~$150k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#18] Research program initial buildout and specialized facilities/equipment, estimated at ~$1,000,000.
Insurance Reserve $250K
[#31] One-time insurance/indemnity seed/reserve (~$250,000).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.9M/yr
Staff Wages $1.0M/yr
[#6, #11, #15] OSINT/network-trace analysts (3 analysts ~$400k total), dedicated guard staffing for wing (~8 guards, ~$450k), and medical staffing/OHS overhead (~$150k) combined.
Cover Story And Legal $680K/yr
[#5, #21, #22, #23, #24, #28] Legal retainer and counsel (~$250k/yr), PR/social-media ops (~$120k/yr), front-company media/cover-story per-incident annualized (~$100k), local bribery/law-enforcement liaison annualized (~$80k), international takedown/legal per-incident activity annualized (~$30k), and public-compensation/hush funds annualized (~$100k).
Research And Monitoring $466K/yr
[#17, #18, #19, #27] Ongoing research program (~$300k/yr), psychological screening/prophylactic staff monitoring (~$30k/yr), controlled testing operations baseline (~$100k/yr), and data-analysis/model run costs (~$36k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $285K/yr
[#2, #3, #7, #8, #10, #13, #14, #15] Cloud hosting/crawler ops (~$54k/yr), AI detector ops (~$36k/yr), cyber-lab maintenance/licenses (~$50k/yr), per-case forensic consumables (~$50k/yr), per-witness quarantine operational costs (~$50k/yr baseline), per-amnestic administration procurement/overhead (~$25k/yr baseline), psych eval/aftercare for witnesses (~$15k/yr), and small medical incident consumables (~$5k included in totals).
Facilities Maintenance $122K/yr
[#12, #16, #25, #30] CCTV/audio archival maintenance (~$4k), security hardware maintenance (~$10k), long-term archive storage ongoing (~$48k), and energy/utilities attributable to program (~$60k).
Emergency Takedown Retained Ops $100K/yr
[#4] Retained operational capability (bandwidth, red-team infrastructure, ops personnel) for immediate takedowns (~$100k/yr retained ops).
Amnestic Facility Operations $100K/yr
[#26] Operations for in-house amnestic production/procurement facility (~$100k/yr ops assumed).
Replacement And Training $65K/yr
[#20] Annualized replacement and training costs from turnover/incidents (mix of junior and occasional senior replacements annualized).
Insurance Replenishment $50K/yr
[#31] Annual replenishment contribution to insurance/indemnity funds (~$50k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.9M/yr
70.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing monitoring, occasional takedowns handled within retained ops, and routine research/testing; no major public exposure or large-scale incidents.
routine_monitoring isolated_cases_handled_technically
🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
One localized public exposure or linked murder requires international takedown, per-incident legal/cover ops, additional forensic analyses and witness quarantines beyond baseline.
single_murder_exposure_online localized_leak
🚨 Major Breach $5.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Multi-jurisdictional exposure or mass uploads requiring large-scale emergency operations, major legal settlements, large replenishment of reserves, and significant PR/cover campaigns.
mass_exposure_event multi_country_leak
🚨 Political Exposure $3.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
High-profile legal/political action (government investigation or media exposé) forcing large settlements, intense legal defense, and expanded cover operations.
government_inquiry viral_media_exposé
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
OSINT Analyst / Network Trace Analyst 3 [#6] Matches the analyst note calling for 3 analysts (salaries included in staff_wages).
Security Officer / Guard (quarantine wing) 8 [#11] Dedicated guard staffing for 24/7 coverage of the wing (~8 guards).
Medical Officer / On-call Medic 3 [#15] Medical staffing and OHS overhead included in staff_wages (~$100k–$200k total staffing overhead).
📋 Confidence Notes
Costs are medium-confidence: many line items have wide ranges and depend on unknown incident frequency and containment posture. Facility/equipment quotes and staff salaries are better-defined; incident-driven costs (legal takedowns, public compensation, contingency spending) required multiple assumptions.
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