SCP-9317 — SCP-9317 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9317 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-9317

Expected annual

$8.0M

One-time setup

$18.8M

Annual recurring

$7.8M

Personnel

Initial capital/setup is estimated at $18,775,000 driven primarily by deep excavation, structural stabilization and contingency reserves; ongoing annual operations are estimated at $7,755,000 driven by specialized staff wages, thaumaturgical R&D/maintenance and administrative/security overhead.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $18.8M

Facilities $8.6M

[#1, #18] Excavation and cavern construction plus initial rock stabilization (Section A5 sub-level works and grout/anchor/lining costs).

Decommissioning Reserve $5.0M

[#26] Decommissioning/relocation/neutralization contingency reserve (one-time contingency fund allocation).

Emergency Reserve $2.0M

[#23] Emergency contingency rapid-deployment reserve (initial allocation held liquid).

Equipment $1.8M

[#2, #5, #10, #17] Elevator/airlock installation (hardware), enchanted/runic tools initial procurement, initial non-electronic PPE & safety systems, backup generators (equipment purchases/installations).

Secure Transport Vehicles $400K

[#16] Armored/secure vehicles procurement for transport and logistics staging (one-time vehicle purchases).

Rune Installation $300K

[#3] Initial rune-installation and ritual anchoring specialist fees, materials and ceremonies (one-time specialist/ritual costs).

Cover Story Retainer $200K

[#15] Initial legal/PR retainer for cover-story/front-organization setup (one-time retainer portion).

Legal Retainer $200K

[#25] One-time legal liability / covert legal defense retainer (initial retainer).

Rune Spares $150K

[#20] Pre-carved replacement rune slabs and alternate arrays (initial production and offsite storage setup).

Secure Archives $100K

[#22] Secure archives and documentation sanitization initial setup (vaults, systems, initial falsified records creation).

Personnel Vetting Initial $75K

[#27] Initial intensive vetting, background checks and security clearances (polygraphs, psychological exams, initial processing).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.8M/yr

Staff Wages $2.5M/yr

[#8, #9] Containment team leadership, researchers, thaumatechnologists and security staffing salaries (covers senior leads, researchers/technicians and rotating MTF/security personnel).

Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr

[#4, #6, #7] Rune maintenance labor (triweekly), Dept. of Thaumatechnology ongoing R&D, specialized non-technological monitoring/scrying upkeep and trained observers/psychics.

Administrative Overhead $800K/yr

[#21] Administrative/site overhead apportioned to SCP-9317 containment: utilities, food, janitorial, non-A5 IT and site admin.

Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr

[#15, #25] Ongoing cover-story/front-organization expenses, legal pools and covert PR/media management, plus annual legal liability costs.

Long Term Containment Rnd $500K/yr

[#24] Multi-year containment R&D and alternate-containment program budget (averaged annual allocation over program lifespan).

Facilities Maintenance $370K/yr

[#2, #17, #18] Annual elevator/airlock certification & inspections, backup power fuel/maintenance, geotechnical inspections and grout/anchor maintenance.

Replacement And Destruction $300K/yr

[#19] Budget for predictable loss and destruction of equipment and enchanted items due to SCP-9317's degradation field.

Mental Health Care $200K/yr

[#13] Mental health, memetic debriefing and long-term care for exposed personnel.

D Class Management $200K/yr

[#14] Recurring costs to procure, house and maintain a small D-class test pool for experiments (security, food, medical).

Logistics And Transport $150K/yr

[#16] Annual convoy/logistics costs for secure transport of materials and specialists (staging, armored convoy operations).

Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr

[#10, #11] Consumables and recurring PPE/fuel for non-electronic safety systems, ritual consumables (incense, inks, salts, fuels).

Enchanted Tools Replacement $100K/yr

[#5] Annual replacement/spares budget for enchanted/runic tools and non-technological maintenance equipment lost to degradation.

Training $100K/yr

[#12] Specialized training for Hume/anti-detection procedures, memetic protocols, and non-electronic operations.

Emergency Fund Replenishment $100K/yr

[#23] Annual replenishment allotment to restore rapid-deployment funds if used during emergencies.

Miscellaneous $75K/yr

[#28] Small miscellaneous and unpredictable operational expenses, petty supplies and incidentals.

Secure Archives $50K/yr

[#22] Ongoing secure archives maintenance, documentation sanitization and forensic logging efforts.

Redundant Rune Maintenance $30K/yr

[#20] Storage rotation, occasional replacement and maintenance of spare rune slabs/offsite arrays.

Personnel Vetting Ongoing $30K/yr

[#27] Ongoing periodic re-clearances, psychological testing and periodic vetting costs.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.8M/yr

84.5% probability / year

Normal year with routine maintenance, R&D, staffing and no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $8.3M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Sudden localized rune degradation or equipment loss requiring emergency repairs and overtime.

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🚨 Major Breach $10.8M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline

Significant containment degradation requiring large-scale repairs, replacement rune arrays and temporary increases in staffing and security.

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🚨 Catastrophic Failure $22.8M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline

Full containment failure or decision to relocate/neutralize requiring decommissioning/evacuation/resolution operations.

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👥 Personnel 23 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	15	[#9] 24/7 physical security and rotating MTF personnel specialized for non-electronic operations (headcount allocated to match security salary portion of staff budget).
Research Scientist / Thaumatologist	6	[#6, #7, #4] Researchers, thaumatechnologists and monitoring specialists supporting R&D, monitoring and maintenance.
Containment Team Lead / Senior Researcher	2	[#8] Two senior containment team leads overseeing containment operations and ritual coordination.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on broad ranges from analyst notes; geology, rune degradation frequency and anomalous behavior introduce large uncertainty in both one-time capital and recurring loss rates, so confidence is low.

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