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SCP-9140 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9140
Expected annual
$913K
One-time setup
$802K
Annual recurring
$821K
Personnel
10
Initial setup requires ~$802,000 in one-time spending for containment, secure housing retrofit, R&D, and reserve funding; ongoing operating costs are about $820,900/yr driven primarily by surveillance/research operations, legal/cover-story budgets, security staffing, and medical monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $802K
Contingency Legal Reserve $250K
[#18] Initial contingency legal/liability reserve fund.
Secure Medical Suite Retrofit $100K
[#9] Secure housing / long-term care suite retrofit (reinforcement, medical gas, CCTV, staff space).
Memetic And Amnestic Rd $100K
[#17] One-time R&D for memetic/psychotropic countermeasures and amnestic protocol validation/stockpiling.
Equipment $87K
[#2, #6, #13] Microclimate case and conservation equipment (#2), laboratory sequencing equipment (#6), secure digital archive/server setup hardware (#13).
Per Case Retrovert Conversion $75K
[#8] RETROVERT conversion per-subject one-time cost (midpoint per-case estimate).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $60K
[#5] Archaeological & textual initial study (specialist time, dating, imaging, translation).
Field Mission Per Mission $50K
[#16] Per-mission fieldwork / excavation / procurement contingency (one mission typical).
Facilities $40K
[#1] Secure containment locker one-time build/installation.
Transport Cases And Rapid Response Gear $30K
[#11] Armored transport case and rapid-response gear one-time purchase.
Access Control And Vetting $10K
[#4] Initial background checks and training package (one-time setup).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $821K/yr
Research And Monitoring $350K/yr
[#6, #10] Ongoing laboratory operations/personnel & reagents for genetic/biological analysis (#6), surveillance/monitoring and interdiction program (analysts, cyber tools, field ops) (#10).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#12] Legal/counter-disclosure/public affairs baseline budget.
Staff Wages $150K/yr
[#3] Additional site security staffing: incremental cost for 3 FTE guards (wages + benefits).
Secure Medical Suite Per Resident $40K/yr
[#9] Ongoing staffing/food/standard medical care per resident in secure medical suite (per-resident annual cost).
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#11] Transport maintenance and per-deployment costs: $5,000/yr maintenance plus a typical per-deployment cost recorded as $10,000 (per-deployment costs treated as recurring entry for budgeting).
Psych Support And Exposure Monitoring $15K/yr
[#14] Staff psychological support and K-class exposure monitoring (counseling, screening).
Record Vigilance Per Subject $15K/yr
[#20] Covert monitoring / case management per monitored SCP-9140-A subject (baseline per-subject estimate; range reported in notes).
Medical Monitoring Per Patient $10K/yr
[#7] Weekly medical exam per converted patient: $200/exam × 52 = $10,400/yr per patient (recorded as per-patient recurring cost).
Ethics Oversight $10K/yr
[#19] Ethics Committee review cadence, admin, and external honoraria.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#2, #15] Conservation consumables and periodic conservator visits (#2), PPE and handling consumables (#15).
Data Hosting And Backups $5K/yr
[#13] Secure hosting, backups, and maintenance for archival records and encrypted servers.
Vetting And Training Renewals $3K/yr
[#4] Annual renewals for background checks and refresher training.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#1] Maintenance and upkeep for the secure containment locker.
Amnestics Per Use Cost $0/yr
[#17] Per-administration cost for amnestics (variable $100–$1,000 per dose) — not budgeted as a fixed annual cost here.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $821K/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, research, and containment activities only.
no_incidents routine_monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $1.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized field discovery or attempted ritual that requires a single field mission, one emergency deployment, and one RETROVERT conversion.
field_discovery ritual_attempt_detected single_exposure
🚨 Major Incident $4.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.3M vs baseline
Significant public exposure or multi-case outbreak requiring multiple conversions, multiple field missions, major legal settlements, and extended use of secure medical facilities.
public_exposure mass_breach major_litigation
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#3] Incremental guard coverage to ensure 24/7 guarded access (3 FTE).
Research Scientist 2 [#5, #6] Archaeologist/linguist and senior researcher time for archaeological/textual research and lab coordination (part of research ops).
Lab Technician 1 [#6] Lab technician support for biological/genetic analyses (consumables and reagents budgeted in research ops).
Intelligence Analyst / OSINT 2 [#10] Surveillance, monitoring, and interdiction program staffing for analysts and cyber tools.
Medical Officer 1 [#7, #9] Medical oversight for weekly monitoring of converted individuals and secure medical suite oversight.
Administrative Staff 1 [#4, #19] Administrative support for vetting renewals, ethics coordination, and documentation.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude and based on analyst-provided figures; per-subject and per-mission costs introduce significant uncertainty, but individual line items and operational needs are well-identified.
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