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SCP-9314 Pending ~ medium confidence
SCP-9314
Expected annual
$2.3M
One-time setup
$8.0M
Annual recurring
$2.1M
Personnel
16
Initial one-time setup and contingency budgeting are dominated by a recommended emergency/relocation fund and containment construction (~$8.0M one-time). Annual operations are primarily staff wages, monitoring, and episodic deployments (~$2.08M/year).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.0M
Escalation Relocation Fund $5.0M
[#15] Planning fund for emergency escalation, relocations, mass amnestic operations and related contingencies (item #15 recommended planning fund).
Facilities $1.5M
[#9, #19] One-off structural costs: certified containment/interview chamber construction (item #9) and optional demolition/sealing of sublevels (item #19).
Equipment $625K
[#3, #4, #7] Purchase/integration of sublevel mapping hardware, remote inspection robotics, and initial internal monitoring hardware (mapping purchase, robotics procurement, sensor/storage hardware).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $340K
[#3, #5, #6, #8] Initial data-processing/licenses/operator training for mapping (item #3), memetic/cognitive assessment engagement (item #5), archival research/interviews (item #6), and initial training rollout (item #8).
Legal Cover Initial Retainer $300K
[#16] Initial retainer/engagement for legal/PR cover-story planning and contracts (item #16 one-time component).
Recruitment Costs $100K
[#22] Recruitment, background checks, and clearance costs for specialized hires (item #22 one-time hiring campaign).
Evidence Handling Setup $80K
[#13] Secure evidence lockers, cold-storage boxes, and initial forensics/encrypted archival setup (item #13).
Replacement Repair Contingency $60K
[#20] Contingent fund for equipment losses or anomalous destruction during searches (item #20).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#10] Permanent staffing for containment: ~12 guards + 4 specialists including benefits and on-call/incident overhead (item #10).
Research And Monitoring $310K/yr
[#14, #5] Data analysis and long-term monitoring team costs including analysts, servers and memetic monitoring (item #14; recurring memetic monitoring from item #5).
Facilities Maintenance $103K/yr
[#7, #18] Ongoing monitoring/storage costs, sensor monitoring analyst storage fees (item #7 recurring) and increased HVAC/filtration/power/backup fuel for containment and monitoring stacks (item #18).
Logistics And Transport $75K/yr
[#17] Secure travel, charter flights, heavy-equipment transport, and vehicle maintenance for specialist rotations and remote deployments (item #17 recurring deployments).
Audits And Oversight $50K/yr
[#21] Recurring RAISA/ethical audits, independent review cycles and reporting costs (item #21 recurring).
Investigator Deployment $40K/yr
[#1] RAISA investigator deployment (travel, lodging, per-diem, mission pay) estimated per-mission; annualized here for a single deployment/year (item #1).
Onsite Overtime Per Deployment $40K/yr
[#2] Onsite support staff overtime for intensive sublevel search operations; annualized assuming occasional deployment-level activity (item #2).
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#16] Annual legal/PR retainer and maintenance for cover-story/public-facing countermeasures (item #16 recurring component).
Single Visitor Event Costs $30K/yr
[#11] Per-visitor operating cost (escort, observation, screening, amnestic readiness); annualized assuming roughly one event/year in baseline (item #11).
Mapping Rental Per Deployment $27K/yr
[#3] Rental cost for LIDAR/GPR/seismic/tethered-sonar mapping missions (item #3 rental component), annualized for expected rental usage.
Robotics Rental Per Deployment $20K/yr
[#4] Rental/mission costs for tethered crawlers/drones/snake-cams where used instead of purchase (item #4 rental component).
Equipment Maintenance Per Year $20K/yr
[#4, #20] Ongoing maintenance and repair for remote inspection robotics and mapping gear; reduces need to draw on replacement contingency (items #4 and #20).
Amnestic Treatments $20K/yr
[#12] Pharmaceuticals, procedural amnestics, follow-up therapy and inventory turnover for treated subjects (item #12 recurring expected usage).
Evidence Storage Maintenance $12K/yr
[#13] Annual maintenance and storage costs for secure evidence lockers, cold-storage boxes and encrypted archives (item #13 recurring component).
Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr
[#8] Recurring consumables for training refreshers and memetic countermeasure distribution (item #8 recurring component).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.1M/yr
88.5% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing monitoring, one routine deployment, standard staffing, and no major incidents.
routine_monitoring single_deployment no_breach
🚨 Minor Incident $2.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized incident or discovery requiring extra deployments, overtime, repairs, and targeted amnestic treatment.
localized_breach equipment_loss small-scale_leak
🚨 Major Breach $7.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.5M vs baseline
Partial containment failure or large information exposure requiring activation of relocation/response fund and mass emergency operations.
partial_containment_failure widespread_information_leak
🚨 Political Exposure $22.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Public/political exposure of sensitive information requiring extensive PR/legal operations, mass amnestics, and relocation.
public_leak political_scrutiny mass_amnestization
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#10] 24/7 guard rotation and active security staffing (item #10).
Memetic Observer / Cognitive Specialist 2 [#10, #5] Specialists for memetic monitoring and cognitive containment; part of the permanent specialist complement (item #10) and memetic assessment requirements (item #5).
Medical Officer 1 [#10] Medical standby for visitor events and treatment (item #10).
Administrative Staff / Incident Manager 1 [#10] Administrative oversight and incident response coordination included in permanent staffing estimates (item #10).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing a reasoned baseline and scenarios, but many estimates are broad ranges and several large contingencies (relocation/fund, demolition, breach responses) introduce high uncertainty.
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