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SCP-9103 Entos1 ~ medium confidence
SCP-9103
Expected annual
$1.3M
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
6
Initial one-time setup is approximately $1,434,000 driven largely by site buildout, contingency reserves and specialized vehicle/lab setup; recurring annual operations are about $1,269,000/year driven by personnel salaries, benefits, legal/PR/takedown readiness, and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M
Contingency Litigation Reserve $500K
[#20] One-time reserve for litigation, settlements, or large emergency remediation.
Facilities $258K
[#5, #7] Fireproof/tamper-evident safe + climate/Faraday modifications (#5) and secure room/site buildout (SIEM, badge access, cameras, redundant power) (#7).
Public Contingency Buyout Pool $250K
[#30] One-time reserve for rapid payouts, NDAs, media buys or buyouts to blunt public spread.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $205K
[#24, #26, #27] One-time forensic media analysis and failsafe copy production (#24), initial pilot countermeasure research program (#26), and one-time forensic lab setup (#27).
Equipment $155K
[#1, #3, #17, #21] Air-gapped server and hardened workstation (#1), offline archival hardware/tape + vaulting kit (#3), initial content-monitoring deployment/hardware (#17 one-time), and emergency response vehicle outfitting (#21).
Training And Sop Development $35K
[#15] Initial curriculum, SOP development and memetic inoculation program development (one-time).
Legal Retainer Setup $25K
[#19] One-time retainer/setup for contract lawyers/PR rapid-response team.
Initial Vetting $6K
[#13] Initial background checks/psychological memetic-susceptibility screenings for initial hires (assumed ~6 initial hires × $1,000 each).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Staff Wages $500K/yr
[#9, #10, #11] Salaries: memetics research staff (1 senior + 2 junior = $300,000) (#9), IT security/sysadmin ($120,000) (#10), physical security guards (2 × $40,000 = $80,000) (#11).
Research And Monitoring $210K/yr
[#17, #18, #24, #26, #27, #29, #32] Recurring monitoring feeds/subscriptions and analyst time (#17/#18), recurring revalidation/updates of media/failsafe (#24 recurring), ongoing research budget (#26 recurring), recurring investigation hours (#27 recurring), records management/subscriptions (#29), and annual external audit/review (#32).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#19, #30, #31] Ongoing takedown/legal actions and PR rapid-response ($100,000) (#19 recurring), annual replenish for public contingency/buyout pool ($50,000) (#30 recurring), and insurance premiums ($50,000) (#31).
Benefits Overhead $150K/yr
[#12] Employer taxes, healthcare, pension and HR overhead estimated ~30% of salaries.
Psychological And Medical Response $75K/yr
[#25] Emergency psychiatric/medical treatment and intensive real-world amnestic-equivalent care — budgeted as ~$15,000 per affected person × up to 5 incidents/year.
Facilities Maintenance $52K/yr
[#6, #8] Vault utilities and maintenance (power/climate/seals/Faraday) (#6) and facility operations (utilities, janitorial, basic building security) (#8).
Training And Drills $30K/yr
[#15, #16] Recurring training delivery and annual drills/tabletop exercises and refresher training costs.
Logistics And Transport $23K/yr
[#22, #23, #28] Emergency response vehicle maintenance/fuel/readiness drills (#22), secure courier/guarded moves for physical media (#23), and secure destruction/crypto-wiping services (#28).
Monitoring And Software Maintenance $12K/yr
[#2] Ongoing patching, IDS/host monitoring, integrity checks, logging and contracted monitoring/sysadmin time.
Vetting And Psych Screens $10K/yr
[#14] Ongoing annual re-screening, psychological memetic-susceptibility checks and targeted inoculation.
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#33] Lock batteries, tamper seals, PPE, print materials, evidence bags, small consumables.
Backup Rotation And Offsite Storage $2K/yr
[#4] Annual rotation of physical backups, courier, and offsite sealed copy storage fees.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
81.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, training, and no major leaks or legal crises.
no_incident routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $1.3M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Small leak or limited exposure requiring takedown, targeted treatment, forensic investigation and modest legal/PR action.
single_person_exposure limited_online_spread targeted_takedowns
🚨 Major Breach $1.8M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Larger leak with multiple exposures, significant remediation, litigation defense and heavy PR and research response.
widespread_leak multiple_personnel_affected litigation_and_settlements
🚨 Political Exposure $2.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Public/political exposure requiring large-scale PR buys, buyouts/NDA payouts, large legal settlements and strategic emergency response.
high_profile_public_leak media_coverage government_involvement
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Memetics) - Senior 1 [#9] Senior researcher leading containment policy (salary listed in #9).
Research Scientist (Memetics) - Junior 2 [#9] Two junior researchers for monitoring, countermeasures, experiments (salaries in #9).
IT Security & Systems Admin 1 [#10] Full-time infosec engineer to maintain air-gapped systems and monitoring.
Security Officer / Guard 2 [#11] On-site security staff to enforce access policies (2 guards as budgeted in #11).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates follow detailed analyst line items but contain assumptions (e.g., initial vetting headcount, how some split one-time/recurring items are allocated) and several items overlap (duplicate monitoring/training lines). Prices are plausible but not market-verified, so confidence is medium.
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