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SCP-924 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-924
Expected annual
$3.5M
One-time setup
$2.3M
Annual recurring
$3.4M
Personnel
20
Initial one-time setup is approximately $2.3M driven primarily by facility retrofits (BSL-3) and specialized containment plus field recovery and one-time research setup. Recurring annual costs are approximately $3.41M, driven by staff wages (security and dedicated researchers), facilities maintenance, site custody, overhead and a contingency reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.3M
Facilities $1.2M
[#4, #9] BSL-3 retrofit and specialized containment chamber outfitting (independent HVAC, filtration, airtight seals, memetic safeguards).
Experimental Program Initial $300K
[#17] Initial pilot budget for controlled ritual testing and interaction studies (medical standby, additional containment and recording equipment).
Retrieval And Field Recovery $275K
[#1] Polar recovery expedition to Svalbard: charter flights/ice-capable transport, field camp, snowmobiles/sleds, cold-storage containers, permits and initial field team costs.
Legal And Cover $200K
[#15] Initial legal/diplomatic expenses, retroactive permit processing and establishing cover documentation (museum acquisition paperwork, potential payments).
Intelligence Acquisition $100K
[#16] Purchase/covert acquisition of archival or GRU-P/Operation REDSKY documentation and translations.
Equipment $95K
[#10, #12] UPS/backup generator and technical monitoring installation (CCTV, environmental sensors, intrusion/tamper sensors).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $80K
[#3, #6, #20] Forensic osteology/pathology lab analyses, audio restoration services/equipment, and archival digitization/digitization equipment for degraded tape and documents.
Memetic Countermeasures Initial $30K
[#18] Initial development of memetic-resistant protocols, viewing/transcription tool development and initial training materials.
Community Outreach Initial $20K
[#24] Initial engagement and restitution/outreach to indigenous communities (consultation, travel, initial offers).
Artifact Conservation $15K
[#5] Conservation and stabilization for stone knife, slate tablet, and reel-to-reel tape (baking/cleaning) and archival housings.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.4M/yr
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#11, #13] Security staffing (8 guards + supervisor) and dedicated research personnel (PI, 2-3 scientists, conservator, audio specialist, ethnographer).
Project Overhead $620K/yr
[#25] Institutional overhead (approx. 25% of direct personnel and operations costs) covering admin, HR, procurement and facility charges.
Research And Monitoring $423K/yr
[#7, #8, #14, #17, #18, #20, #24] Ongoing linguistic/cultural consulting, archaeological fieldwork (annualized), medical/psych monitoring, recurring experimental program budget, memetic refresher training, archival storage/monitoring, and community engagement follow-ups.
Contingency And Reserve $310K/yr
[#19] Contingency/reserve fund (approx. 10% of recurring program budget) for unexpected incidents, emergency response and unknown-unknowns.
Site Maintenance Custodial $150K/yr
[#23] Long-term custodial storage and seasonal site maintenance if original field site is secured instead of removal.
Facilities Maintenance $140K/yr
[#4, #9, #10, #12] BSL-3 maintenance and consumables, specialized chamber operational costs (filters, air-changes), energy for continuous HVAC and monitoring system upkeep.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#15, #21] Ongoing legal/diplomatic cover costs, media monitoring and PR/counterintelligence expenditures to maintain plausible deniability and respond to leaks.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#2] Secure/climate-controlled transport and armored courier per-transfer costs (annualized estimate for multiple transfers).
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#22] Gloves, reagents, archival sleeves, splicing kits, replacement HVAC/HEPA filters and general disposables.
Artifact Storage Monitoring $3K/yr
[#5] Controlled humidity/temperature cabinets and monitoring for conserved artifacts (annualized).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.4M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with no major incidents: routine research, maintenance, and monitoring only.
no breach no major incidents routine operations
🚨 Minor Incident $3.7M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized incident (medical/psych exposure, small contamination, or localized archival degradation) requiring incident response, limited decontamination and legal/PR response.
staff exposure small contamination event localized leak or media mention
🚨 Major Breach $6.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Major containment breach or discovery that triggers large-scale response: emergency relocation, full decontamination, possible BSL-4 upgrade and major diplomatic/legal operations.
containment breach widespread contamination significant public exposure
👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#11] 24/7 guard coverage (minimum 2 per shift) to cover rounds and access control.
Security Supervisor 1 [#11] Senior supervision and incident response coordination.
Research Scientist 3 [#13] Dedicated research staff for archaeological, anthropological and lab analysis.
PI / Lead Researcher 1 [#13] Program lead coordinating research agenda and oversight.
Conservator / Technician 1 [#5, #20] Artifact stabilization, conservation and digitization support.
Audio Forensic Specialist 1 [#6] Tape restoration and forensic audio analysis.
Ethnographer / Cultural Liaison 1 [#7, #24] Linguistic/cultural research and community outreach coordination.
Medical Officer 1 [#14] Medical/psychological monitoring, exposure triage and rapid-response medical duties.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#9, #10, #12] HVAC, filtration and monitoring system maintenance and testing.
Administrative Staff 2 [#15, #25] Procurement, legal liaison, project admin and overhead functions.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing a reasoned baseline; however large ranges for BSL+memetic risk, experiment scope and frequency introduce substantial uncertainty, and incident probabilities are judgment-based.
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