SCP-9223 — SCP-9223 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9223 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-9223

Expected annual

$12.5M

One-time setup

$12.2M

Annual recurring

$12.1M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup and site hardening cost approximately $12.2M, driven by restoration, safehouse fortification, covert seed funds, and equipment; annual operations run about $12.12M/year, dominated by MTF deployment, diplomatic liaison, and ongoing covert/intelligence operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $12.2M

Facilities $6.2M

[#2, #7, #17, #19] Structural repairs and restoration for seven sites (#2), physical portion of archival vault (#7 - vault $400k), local infrastructure/goodwill projects (#17), and Payama Stupa fortified safehouse/relocation capacity (#19 one-time fortification $1,000,000).

Equipment $2.4M

[#6, #9] MTF durable kit and platform purchases (armored vehicle(s), comms, generators, field HQ) (#6 $2,000,000) plus site monitoring/tamper-detection installation (CCTV, sensors, comms) (#9 $350,000).

Covert Contingency Seed Fund $2.0M

[#11] One-time seed for classified discretionary incentives and politically-sensitive fast-response local cooperation funds (item 11 seed fund $2,000,000).

Authorized Performance Contingency $1.5M

[#13] One-time contingency to coordinate and support an authorized performance (best-estimate $1.5M for travel, consumables, extra security, diplomatic guarantees, medical contingencies; item 13).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K

[#7] Digitization equipment and translation workstation for archival vault digitization and secure copies (item 7 digitization/IT ~$200k).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.1M/yr

Staff Wages $5.1M/yr

[#1, #3, #5, #8, #10, #14, #15, #20] Aggregate estimated on-payroll and loaded salaries for diplomatic liaisons, MTF personnel, archivists/translators, monitoring operators, PR/legal core staff, intelligence analysts, and admin/compliance staff (allocated salary component across items listed).

Mtf Sigma 109 Operations Non Salary $3.0M/yr

[#5] MTF rotation/airlift, sustainment, per-diems, leases and field support beyond salaries for Sigma-109 deployment in Myanmar (item 5 non-salary portion).

Intelligence Threat Monitoring Non Salary $600K/yr

[#15] HUMINT/SIGINT tasking costs, GEOINT purchases, local asset payments and tradecraft expenses (item 15 non-salary portion).

Covert Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr

[#12] Ongoing replenishment for the discretionary incentive/cooperation fund (item 12).

Public Relations Legal Non Salary $500K/yr

[#14] PR campaigns, multi-jurisdiction legal retainers and external fees (item 14 non-salary portion).

Payama Safehouse Guards $500K/yr

[#19] Annual guard contracts, guarded logistics and local security for Payama Stupa safehouse (item 19 recurring portion).

Energy And Utilities Non Salary $470K/yr

[#18] Power, generator fuel and utilities for vaults, safehouses and remote sites (item 18).

Emergency Extraction Medevac Non Salary $400K/yr

[#16] Contracts with air ambulance/charter providers, medevac stand-by costs and related readiness (item 16).

Monastic Stipends And Education $350K/yr

[#4] Recurring cultural-preservation grants, stipends and education programs to support monastic continuity (item 4).

Ongoing Site Preservation $300K/yr

[#3] Annual conservator visits, minor repairs, pest control and conservation consumables for seven sites (item 3 non-salary portion).

Diplomatic Liaison Program Non Salary $240K/yr

[#1] Travel, local offices, translation/protocol and other non-salary recurring diplomatic program costs (remainder of item 1 after salary allocation).

Monitoring Operations Telemetry Non Salary $80K/yr

[#10] Data storage, imagery subscriptions, comms costs and non-salary monitoring station expenses (item 10 non-salary portion).

Archival Operations Translations Non Salary $50K/yr

[#8] Consumables, digital preservation materials and non-salary costs for historians/translators (item 8 non-salary portion).

Administration Non Salary $50K/yr

[#20] Non-salary administration, vetting and audit overhead (item 20 non-salary portion).

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Research And Monitoring $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.1M/yr

78.0% probability / year

Uneventful operational year with normal recurring operations and no major incidents.

no major incidents routine diplomacy and monitoring stable site conditions

🚨 Minor Incident $12.9M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline

Localized attack, clandestine ritual attempt, or small-scale site damage requiring emergency response, repairs and limited extra extraction/medical support.

local skirmish or vandalism unauthorised ritual gathering single-site emergency extraction

🚨 Authorized Performance $13.6M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Foundation authorizes and supports a synchronized ritual performance across sites; incurring one-off coordination and operational costs.

decision to perform SCP-9223 multi-jurisdiction diplomatic coordination large ceremonial logistics

🚨 Major Conflict Escalation $20.1M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline

Escalation in Myanmar (or other jurisdiction) forcing MTF surge, major evacuations, large covert payouts and extensive repair/replacement of assets.

full-scale military escalation MTF direct engagement and sustained operations widespread site damage and mass evacuations

👥 Personnel 81 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	30	Forward-deployed Sigma-109 operators (item 5); primary field security contingent.
Diplomatic Liaison / Cultural Officer	8	Full-time liaisons embedded with partner agencies (item 1).
Research Scientist / Historian / Translator	6	Archivists, philologists and translators working on ritual records (item 8 and digitization item 7).
Monitoring Operator	6	Remote monitoring station operators for 24/7 telemetry (item 10).
Administrative Staff / Compliance / Audit	3	Accounting, compliance and vetting personnel managing grants and audits (item 20).
Legal / PR	4	Public relations and legal retainer core staff (item 14).
Medical Officer / Field Medic	2	Field medics attached to MTF and response teams (portion of item 5 / medevac readiness item 16).
Engineer / Maintenance	2	Technical maintenance for generators, vault climate control and site systems (portions of items 6, 7, 9, 18).
Local Security Contractor / Guards	20	Contracted local guards and site protection personnel (recurring guard contracts, item 19 recurring portion).

📋 Confidence Notes

Line items are detailed and granular, producing a reasonable mid-confidence estimate; uncertainty remains for covert/discretionary expenditures and operations in hostile/sanctioned states (Myanmar, DPRK) which can rapidly inflate off-book costs.

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