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SCP-9285 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-9285
Expected annual
$4.2M
One-time setup
$18.3M
Annual recurring
$4.1M
Personnel
22
Initial capital costs are large due to a deep off-site bunker, rated safe/lockbox, containment suites, and large contingency reserves (~$18.3M one-time). Recurring annual operations (security, research, bunker ops, testing, and legal/amnestic costs) are substantial at roughly $4.1M/yr, driven by security staffing, research teams, and controlled test operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $18.3M
Catastrophic Contingency Reserve $10.5M
[#30] Large reserve for catastrophic containment failure response, wide-scale recapture ops and public safety interventions.
Deep Bunker $3.6M
[#3] Land purchase/excavation and reinforced deep bunker construction 10 miles outside Site DELTA (blast/penetration resistance, drainage, basic utilities).
Containment Bays $1.1M
[#16] Dedicated adaptable rated holding cells (biosecure rooms, small/medium-animal/anthropoid suites, HAZMAT-ready bays).
Insurance Compensation Reserve $1.1M
[#20] Reserve fund for compensation, settlements, bribes or property damage contingency (initial funding).
Medical Quarantine Facility $575K
[#28] One-time upgrade/creation of specialized medical/quarantine ward for captured humans/sentients (facility build-out).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#10] Initial lab benches, instrumentation bench buildout and secure testing grind-room upgrades (one-time capital portion of research program).
Emergency Equipment $175K
[#17] Initial stock of MTF kits, sedatives, animal control tools, restraints, portable decon, HAZMAT suits, cages, and rapid-deploy gear.
Cybersecurity Systems $175K
[#24] High-assurance secure logging systems, hardened database, offline/cold storage initial build and biometric timestamp integration.
Facilities $125K
[#1] Containment room fit-out for SCP-9285-1 (light chamber with keyed access, CCTV, environmental controls, vibration isolation, rigging).
Decoy Development $110K
[#27] R&D and production of inert facsimiles/decoy manuscripts and operational/legal vetting to reduce destruction-risk.
Psych Initial Screening $100K
[#22] Initial psychological screening and background checks for staff pool likely to encounter the piano (one-time mass screening portion).
Page Monitoring $90K
[#14] Page-level sensor hardware and integration (pressure, optical, micro-motion arrays and IDS integration).
Safe And Lockbox $85K
[#4] Rated intrusion/fireproof safe and custom internal lockbox with certified locks, biometrics, tamper sensors and inerting options.
Forensic Instrumentation $75K
[#23] Lab-grade forensic kits, fast-response imaging, hardened evidence lockers and rapid page isolation tools (equipment purchase).
Archival Imaging $72K
[#15] High-resolution/multispectral imaging and 3D scanning equipment plus conservator setup for non-invasive backups.
Sop Development $60K
[#11, #12] Initial SOP and training program development, documentation, and test simulation design.
Documentation Cataloging $30K
[#29] Initial provenance research, specialized catalogue creation and insurance-grade records setup.
Heavy Lift Rigging $18K
[#8] One-time cranes, specialized piano movers, rigging hardware and structural reinforcement for piano/safe moves.
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.1M/yr
Research And Monitoring $1.0M/yr
[#10, #26] Ongoing specialized research team salaries, lab overhead, instrumentation operation, and programmatic R&D into mechanism and safe-use protocols (annualized research program costs).
Security Staffing $750K/yr
[#6] 24/7 on-site security presence or contract remote armed response including roving patrols and rapid-response availability for bunker and perimeter.
Long Term Rnd $500K/yr
[#26] Multi-year program spending to investigate mechanisms, neutralization, surrogate builds, and automation for safe-use protocols (annualized commitment).
Staff Wages $400K/yr
[#9] Dedicated containment team salaries (site containment officers, custodians, restricted custody officer) including benefits, overtime and hazard pay.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#19] Legal teams, PR firms, media monitoring/scrubbing, fabricated documentation, and payouts/cover operations for incidents and public exposure.
Controlled Test Runs $300K/yr
[#25] Annual budget for repeated controlled research/test pairings (personnel O/T, standby emergency teams, consumables and post-test analysis).
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#7] Armored transport and escorted transfer operations (annual budget for repeated high-security transfers between bunker and testing site).
Facilities Maintenance $135K/yr
[#2, #5] Room operations (electricity, HVAC/climate control, CCTV archival storage, monthly maintenance) plus remote bunker operational costs (power/generator/UPS testing, routine inspections, janitorial & access road maintenance).
Amnestic Supply $112K/yr
[#18] Amnestic pharmaceuticals, administration, trained medical staffing and record-keeping for witness management and incident responses.
Medical Care $100K/yr
[#28] Ongoing care costs for recovered humans/sentients (medical, psychiatric, legal support and long-term care as needed).
Red Team Audits $85K/yr
[#21] Annual independent audits and red-team exercises testing procedures, logs and social-engineering vulnerabilities.
Supplies And Consumables $80K/yr
[#14, #15, #17, #23, #25] Consumables and recurring monitoring costs: page-monitoring service, imaging upkeep, emergency equipment replenishment, forensic kit maintenance, and per-test consumables.
Cybersecurity Ops $60K/yr
[#24] Annual operations, patching, log archival, and cyber defenses for access logging and secure evidence storage.
Psych Screening $30K/yr
[#22] Ongoing periodic psychological monitoring and re-screening for staff with piano access to detect memetic influence or risky behavior.
Forensic Maintenance $30K/yr
[#23] Maintenance and calibration of forensic response kits and rapid-isolation hardware.
Sop Refresher Training $15K/yr
[#13] Annual SOP refreshers, tabletop exercises, new-employee induction, and periodic drills to prevent simultaneous use and unauthorized access.
Documentation Upkeep $6K/yr
[#29] Annual upkeep of insurance-grade records, catalogue updates and provenance maintenance.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.1M/yr
93.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; regular testing and containment maintenance only.
routine_testing scheduled_maintenance no_breach_or_public_exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $4.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized containment incident or accidental unauthorized pairing causing limited exposure or loss requiring targeted response.
single_page_destruction limited_public_exposure small_release_needing_recontainment
🚨 Major Breach $7.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or multiple unauthorized pairings leading to widespread operational response and public/asset impacts.
bunker_compromise media_exposure multiple_pages_released
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $54.1M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Rare, apocalyptic-scale containment failure (mass casualties, public disaster or self-replicating hazard) requiring extraordinary global response.
widespread_release self_replicating_or_apocalyptic_hazard major_public_casualties
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#6] 24/7 security presence or contracted armed response for bunker and perimeter; roving patrols and rapid response.
Research Scientist 6 [#10, #26] Physicists, memeticists, conservators and behavioral scientists supporting ongoing research and long-term R&D.
Containment Officer / Custodian 3 [#9] Dedicated containment officers and 1–2 full-time custodians for SCP-9285-1 plus restricted custody officer for SCP-9285-2 access.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#1, #3, #8] Facility engineers and maintenance staff for environmental systems, bunker utilities, and heavy-lift coordination.
Medical Officer 1 [#17, #18, #28] Medical personnel to administer amnestics, triage captures, and provide ongoing care/psychiatric support.
Administrative Staff 2 [#24, #29] Record-keeping, secure logging, documentation, and access database management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Ranges derive from analyst estimates but the object's anomalous capabilities (pages can contain people/objects irretrievably and potential for public exposure or large-scale hazards) create large tail risks and unknowns; many cost drivers (frequency of tests/transfers, depth/spec of bunker, and likelihood of major incidents) are highly uncertain.
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