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SCP-9131 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-9131
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$6.6M
Annual recurring
$3.2M
Personnel
12
Initial one-time setup for a small program (5 containment chambers, one neutralization cell, robots, vehicles, and lab instruments) is roughly $6.6M; recurring annual costs driven by staff wages, research, per-instance neutralization operations, and program overhead are ~ $3.23M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.6M
Facilities $4.2M
[#1, #2, #17, #27] Retrofit of ~5 single-person containment chambers (~$125k each), construction of a reinforced blast/neutralization cell (~$2.5M), initial secure evidence storage buildout, and base containment-expansion infrastructure contingency (~$1M).
Catastrophic Breach Reserve $1.0M
[#20] One-time reserve allocation for large-scale emergency response / catastrophic breach contingency.
Equipment $966K
[#4, #5, #8, #12, #13, #22] Purchase of 2 full-capability EOD robots + spare inspection drones, secure transport crates and one armored vehicle, initial secure catalog/database dev, PPE suits, internal remote inspection systems, and hardened comms hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K
[#14] Initial materials-science lab instrument purchases (SEM, spectrometers, vacuum chambers) and lab buildout to start the research program.
Training $60K
[#10] Initial specialized training/certification for one-person entry protocols, EOD simulator time and travel for the initial staff complement.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#9] Annual salaries for on-site personnel (example staffing: 2Research Scientists, 4 EOD Technicians, 6 Security Officers) including benefits.
Research And Monitoring $525K/yr
[#14, #8, #13] Ongoing materials-science research program personnel/equipment, database/IT maintenance, and remote inspection system maintenance.
Per Instance Neutralization Reserve $450K/yr
[#6, #7, #19, #25] Expected annual budget for intelligence leads, MTF deployment, transport, EOD charges, documentation/forensics aggregated per-instance (assumes ~3 moderate-resistance neutralizations/yr).
Scalable Program Overhead $300K/yr
[#26, #27] Central program management, procurement, compliance, and administrative overhead; includes small recurring contingency for scaling discovery.
Facilities Maintenance $210K/yr
[#1, #2, #17, #21] Annual upkeep of containment chambers, neutralization cell maintenance, evidence-storage climate/space costs, and energy/utilities for active cells.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#18] Legal retainers, cover-up fund, front company costs and civil-mitigation budget.
Insurance Contingency Contribution $200K/yr
[#20] Annual reserve contributions toward catastrophic breach insurance / contingency fund.
Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr
[#3, #12, #15] EOD expendables/charges stock, PPE replacement/cleaning consumables, and general laboratory consumables.
Equipment Maintenance And Spares $50K/yr
[#4, #13, #15] Maintenance, spare parts and manipulator tip replacements for EOD robots, drones and lab manipulators.
Medical Readiness $50K/yr
[#11] On-call medics, trauma kit replenishment, medevac standby and post-incident counseling/medical follow-up.
Decontamination And Hazardous Disposal $30K/yr
[#16] Routine hazardous waste and post-detonation/decontamination disposal budget.
Incident Investigation And Forensics $25K/yr
[#23] Post-incident analysis, autopsies, forensic instrumentation and scene work.
Training And Certification $24K/yr
[#10] Annual refresher training and certification for one-person entry protocols and EOD skills.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#5, #19] Vehicle upkeep, routine transport maintenance, and small domestic travel/field staging costs (excludes per-instance ops consolidated below).
Psychological Screening And Counseling $15K/yr
[#24] Annual staff screening, counseling and resilience programs.
Evidence Storage Recurring $10K/yr
[#17] Annual costs for long-term archival storage space, climate control and tamper-proof monitoring.
Comms Maintenance $7K/yr
[#22] Recurring maintenance, logging retention and hardened comms channel upkeep.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, scheduled research, and an expected small number (~3) of controlled neutralizations.
routine research scheduled neutralizations no major incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized fight or containment incident that requires medevac, increased forensics, decontamination, and temporary overtime; no large-scale breach.
on-site altercation small detonation for neutralization single serious injury
🚨 Major Breach $6.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or politically exposed operation resulting in site evacuation, large-scale emergency response, infrastructure replacement, and prolonged investigations.
major containment breach public exposure / civil-mitigation site-level infrastructure loss
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 2 [#9] Materials-science and neutralization research staff included in research wage pool.
EOD Technician 4 [#4, #9] EOD operators responsible for remote neutralization and robot operation.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#9] On-site security personnel enforcing one-person entry and site security.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges, allowing medium confidence in per-item estimates; major remaining uncertainty is the unknown population/distribution of instances which can scale costs dramatically.
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