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SCP-9108 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-9108
Expected annual
$144K
One-time setup
$487K
Annual recurring
$132K
Personnel
5
One-time setup (land purchase, fencing, vehicles, basic field lab) is roughly $488k; annual operations (caretaker, remote monitoring, minimal research, maintenance, and contingency budgets) are about $132k/year, with research staffing and occasional amnestic responses as the main recurring drivers.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $487K
Contingency Reserve $165K
[#22] General contingency reserve for escalation, relocation, large legal settlements, or site expropriation.
Amnestic Campaigns Reserve $96K
[#20] Reserve allocated for larger amnestic/memetic campaigns or high-profile incident responses (per-incident scale reserved as contingency).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $83K
[#13, #15, #16] Containerized field lab/recording suite, initial human-subjects study budget (one-time study), and archival/translation setup.
Facilities $57K
[#1, #4, #25] Land purchase, perimeter fencing and small capital path/barrier improvements (land + fence + walking paths/shelters).
Equipment $57K
[#5, #9, #10, #17, #21] CCTV/cellular comms & solar hardware, on-site 4x4 vehicle purchase, field/triage kit, groundskeeping tools, initial PPE kit.
Cover Story Setup $13K
[#18] One-time cover/PR establishment expenses to create plausible private/historical site cover.
Legal Initial Retainer $10K
[#19] Initial local legal counsel/retainer and handling of immediate legal issues.
Title And Closing Costs $7K
[#2] Notary, title transfer, closing costs and land surveys.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $132K/yr
Research And Monitoring $36K/yr
[#14, #16] Research staffing (linguist, neurologist, clinical psychologist combined partial FTEs) and archival/data storage recurring costs.
Staff Wages $29K/yr
[#7] Local caretaker / site custodian (part- to full-time) payroll, taxes and benefits.
Logistics And Transport $24K/yr
[#6, #8, #9, #24] CCTV/communications data plans and maintenance, periodic security patrols / MTF callout budget, vehicle fuel/maintenance, and travel for specialists/O5 inspections.
Administrative Overhead $14K/yr
[#23] Pro-rated Site-99 administrative overhead allocation: HR, payroll, accounting, secure IT and reporting.
Amnestic Administration $11K/yr
[#12] Annual expected amnestic administration and follow-up costs (assumes ~2 small civilian incidents/year at mid-range per-subject cost).
Cover Story And Legal $9K/yr
[#18, #19] Ongoing cover maintenance/PR costs and local counsel retainer.
Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr
[#11, #21] Medical consumables, PPE replacements, and periodic medical readiness training consumables.
Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr
[#3, #17] Annual property taxes/municipal fees and groundskeeping/cemetery preservation maintenance.
Clinical Imaging And Testing Ongoing $0/yr
[#15] Recurring clinical imaging/testing (set to 0 in baseline; incurred only if ongoing study program is active).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $132K/yr
70.0% probability / year
Normal year with basic containment, minimal research activity, routine maintenance, and expected small number of trespass incidents.
routine maintenance 1-2 civilian trespasses ongoing minimal research staffing
🚨 Minor Incident $147K/yr
20.0% probability / year +$15K vs baseline
Single significant trespass or medical incident requiring MTF callout, amnestic administration to multiple civilians, and extra travel/logistics.
civilian breach MTF callout multi-subject amnestic administration
🚨 Major Breach $272K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$140K vs baseline
High-profile breach or journalist exposure requiring large amnestic/PR campaign, substantial legal action and emergency operations.
journalist/public exposure mass amnestic campaign extended legal/PR operations
🚨 Research Scale Up $212K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$80K vs baseline
Foundation elects to run a sustained, expanded research program (larger cohort imaging, full-time research hires, extended field studies).
funding decision to scale study multi-year clinical trials expanded imaging cohort
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Local Caretaker / Site Custodian 1 [#7] One part- to full-time local employee responsible for checks, gate maintenance and first response.
Research Staff (linguist / neurologist / clinical psychologist) 3 [#14] Combined partial FTEs budgeted under research_and_monitoring; represents the three specialist roles engaged on a part-time basis.
Administrative Staff 1 [#23] On-site/assigned admin support reflected in administrative overhead allocation.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling a reasoned budget. Several items (land cost, frequency of trespass incidents, and scale of research) are range-bound and policy-dependent, requiring assumptions; hence medium confidence.
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