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SCP-9113 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-9113
Expected annual
$3.2M
One-time setup
$985K
Annual recurring
$3.1M
Personnel
9
Initial capital to stand up archival storage, digitization, and a pilot research program is roughly $985,000 one-time; main annual costs (~$3.1M/yr) are staff wages, artist stipends/support, legal/cover operations, and digital archive operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $985K
Incident Reserve $500K
[#22] One-time establishment of an incident/contingency reserve fund for unpredictable high-cost events.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#11] Clinical/behavioral research program setup (pilot study design, IRB-style oversight, recruitment systems).
Equipment $120K
[#1, #3, #4] Archival cabinets (4 units), digitization camera/scanner rigs and calibration, initial digital archive server hardware.
Facilities $100K
[#2] Vault/room retrofitting: minor construction, sensors, UPS-backed monitoring integrated with site HVAC.
Sop Development $15K
[#19] Initial SOP creation and setup for intake, cataloging, referrals, and cover-story procedures.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1M/yr
Staff Wages $765K/yr
[#5, #6, #13, #20] Salaries: art registrar, part-time conservator advisor, in-house clinical psychologist, research program staffing (PI + research staff), incremental security shift coverage.
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#9, #25] Case intake, cover narratives/PR budgets, legal retainers, proactive litigation defense and settlements.
Artist Support Stipends $480K/yr
[#10] Stipends and living assistance program for active artists (program supporting ~20 artists).
Long Term Support $300K/yr
[#21] Long-term disability/unemployment support and retraining for sustained former-artist cases.
Personnel Benefits $230K/yr
[#24] Benefits, payroll taxes and administrative overhead (estimated ~30% on top of salary pool accounted in staff_wages).
Research And Monitoring $220K/yr
[#12, #13, #14] Non-salary research costs: neuroimaging/cohort study per-cohort costs, ethical oversight/admin and participant compensation (research staff salaries accounted under staff_wages).
Therapy Contracts $180K/yr
[#6] Contractor therapy sessions for affected artists (weekly treatment equivalents for cohort under care).
Digital Archive Operations $130K/yr
[#18, #4] Sysadmin and operations for digital archive, off-site backup and maintenance, integrity checks and migrations.
Missing Persons Investigations $100K/yr
[#8] Annual budget reserve for disappearance investigations (travel, private investigators, liaison payments, case maintenance).
Media Exhibition Budget $100K/yr
[#17] Controlled exhibitions, catalogs, grants and small PR campaigns to shape cover stories and provenance.
Logistics And Transport $55K/yr
[#7, #16] Mobile case-response travel/consumables and secure, climate-controlled artwork transfers (couriers, vehicles, per-transfer costs).
Translation And Provenance $50K/yr
[#23] Translation, forensic linguistics and provenance/authentication research per-case budget.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#15] Art conservation supplies, archival sleeves, boards, gloves, labels and small stabilization consumables.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine cataloging, therapy, stipends, research and archive operations.
routine_intake scheduled_research steady_support_for_active_artists
🚨 Minor Incident $3.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Single disappearance or localized high-effort investigation requiring extra travel, investigations and limited legal/PR work.
single_disappearance local_investigation limited_media_inquiry
🚨 Major Breach $4.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
High-profile disappearance or cross-border case with major litigation, international liaison, large settlements and expanded PR response.
cross-border_missing_artist high_media_attention protracted_litigation
🚨 Political Exposure $4.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant media or political exposure requiring major cover operations, paid reattributions, and legal strategy (but not necessarily a missing-person litigation).
viral_media_story public_litigation_risk high-profile_gallery_exposure
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / PI 1 [#13] Leads research program and clinical trials; salary included in staff_wages.
Research Staff (data analyst / lab tech / art-therapy practitioner) 3 [#13] Research staff supporting trials and data analysis; salaries included in staff_wages.
Art Registrar 1 [#5] Full-time registrar for cataloging and metadata management; salary included in staff_wages.
Conservator / Conservator Advisor (part-time) 1 [#5] Part-time conservator for assessing and stabilizing works; salary included in staff_wages (part-time).
Clinical Psychologist / Counselor 1 [#6] In-house clinical psychologist for persistent emotional distress management; salary included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / Site Security (incremental) 2 [#20] Incremental guard shifts and badge/admin coverage to protect archives and staff; costs included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many cost items are well-scoped (hardware, salaries, stipends) so capital and baseline recurring estimates are moderately reliable; event-driven costs (disappearances, cross-border litigation, political exposure) have high variance, producing residual uncertainty.
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