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SCP-9145 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-9145
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$662K
Annual recurring
$1.9M
Personnel
7
One-time containment and equipment purchases are modest (~$662k total one-time) while recurring annual costs are dominated by personnel, contingencies, monitoring and reserves (~$1.9M/yr). Main drivers are staff wages, reserves for legal/contingency and potential mass-exposure funds.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $662K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#23] Initial funding and lab/setup costs for long-term research into neutralization/safe-use mitigation (multi-year project startup portion).
Targeted Buyout Startup $100K
[#18] Start-up budget for targeted removal-from-circulation buyouts / covert retrieval ops.
Manufacturer Investigation Startup $100K
[#24] Initial investigative/interdiction budget to trace and interdict manufacturer/Dr. Wondertainment operations.
Initial Legal Pr Campaign $100K
[#20] One-time initial legal/PR cover-up and retailer cooperation campaign (midpoint of estimated range).
Equipment $52K
[#1, #2, #3, #10, #11, #15, #16, #26, #13, #25] Temperature-controlled item locker, fireproof locked filing cabinet, environmental monitoring installation, high-resolution digital documentation equipment, secure digital storage servers/air-gapped drives, incident response kit, PPE/viewing setup, communications/access-control upgrades, SOP development (initial), records labeling and cataloging supplies.
Facilities $10K
[#9] On-site incinerator purchase/installation ($10,000).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr
Mass Exposure Contingency Fund $1.0M/yr
[#27] Prepared reserve for emergency mass-exposure response (national recall, mass counseling/remediation).
Staff Wages $350K/yr
[#4, #5, #12, #6] Security allocation (pro rata/dedicated guards), Research staff salaries (1–2 FTEs), IT / information-security staffing, Ethics Committee staffing allocation.
Contingency Reserve $250K/yr
[#21] Recurring contingency/legal reserve for civil claims, settlements, and high-exposure legal costs (recommended minimum reserve).
Research And Monitoring $142K/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #23] Ongoing research funding for mitigation ($100k/yr portion), per-test child-testing operational costs (assumed 1 test/yr avg ~$40k), ethics submission fees per test (~$2k).
Marketplace Monitoring $50K/yr
[#19] Continuous online marketplace monitoring, analyst time and low-cost field operations for recovery (analyst + ops budget).
Remediation Repairs $25K/yr
[#22] Annual remediation/repair budget for affected private property, covert repairs and replacements.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#17, #19, #18] Secure transport and chain-of-custody baseline, field recovery purchase budget and low-cost transport for retrieval ops.
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#20] Ongoing legal retainer, PR monitoring and retailer cooperation payments (recurring retainer).
Psychological Support $20K/yr
[#14] Clinical psychologist retainers, counseling sessions and debrief contingencies for staff and affected civilians.
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#8, #15, #16, #10, #11, #28] Per-item destruction/disposal fees (contracted where applicable), incident kit consumables, PPE replacements, digital equipment software & calibration, secure storage maintenance, miscellaneous consumables and small replacements.
Training And Sop Refreshers $5K/yr
[#13] Annual training refreshers, SOP distribution and validation.
Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr
[#1, #2, #3, #11, #26, #25] Locker electricity/maintenance, filing cabinet lock/maintenance, environmental monitoring service, secure digital storage maintenance, access-control auditing, records maintenance.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine containment, monitoring, research, and reserves but no major incidents.
no significant exposure routine monitoring and testing normal personnel operations
🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized discovery/exposure requiring targeted retrievals, modest remediation, counseling, and legal follow-up.
localized civilian exposure targeted buyout/retrieval operations small-scale remediation and counseling
🚨 Major Breach $2.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or violent FF-variant event requiring large response, emergency medical care, and settlements.
violent or tangibly dangerous variant (e.g., SCP-9145-FF) property damage or injuries MTF deployment and legal claims
🚨 Mass Public Exposure $3.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Large-scale public exposure or national distribution requiring recall, mass counseling, major remediation, and large settlements.
widespread retail distribution national recall or major public exposure large-scale legal/PR response
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 Three rotating guards or pro rata allocation for 24/7 restricted-access coverage (see #4).
Research Scientist 2 1–2 researchers responsible for containment oversight, testing coordination, and interviews (salaries covered by research staff line, #5).
IT / Information Security 1 IT/admin to manage digital-only documentation, air-gapped backups, and memetic containment tooling (#12).
Ethics Committee / Administrative Staff 1 Ethics liaison and admin support for submissions, reviews, and oversight (#6).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provided explicit line-item estimates for most categories; one-time purchases and recurring personnel figures are well-specified. Largest uncertainties remain in incident probabilities and scale of mass-exposure responses, which are scenario-driven and addressed via contingency reserves.
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