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SCP-9342 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-9342
Expected annual
$5.5M
One-time setup
$65.0M
Annual recurring
$5.4M
Personnel
27
Total one-time setup and reserve costs are dominated by large contingency and potential decommissioning reserves; recurring costs are driven by highly staffed scientific, technical, and security teams plus ongoing thaumaturgic monitoring and cover-story maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $65.0M
Decommissioning And Extreme Mitigation $50.0M
[#26] Ballpark lower-bound fund for attempted permanent neutralization, large-scale remote excavation, or entombment (contingent, one-time).
Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#19] Rapid-response reserve fund for extreme events, temporary relocations, and ad-hoc scaling of operations (recommended minimum reserve).
Facilities $4.2M
[#1, #2, #3] Site acquisition, civil engineering/subsurface containment construction, and structural reinforcement (anchors/plates).
Moral Legal Fund $2.0M
[#27] Reserve for settlements, diplomatic/legal defense, and covert reimbursements in event of public harm (one-time reserve).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.8M
[#5, #12] Advanced non-invasive imaging R&D and instrumentation plus initial thaumaturgic/occult research setup and ritual staging lab buildout.
Equipment $800K
[#4, #6, #14] Heavy lifting/manipulation equipment, sensor suite hardware, remote robotic probes (one-time procurement).
Environmental Control $250K
[#8] HVAC, humidity control, and active vibration isolation installation (one-time).
Power Infrastructure $200K
[#7] Grid tie-in, UPS, backup generators, ATS and secure fuel storage (one-time infrastructure).
Cover Story Setup $200K
[#16] Initial legal/permit fabrication, local consultant fees, and cover-story establishment costs (one-time).
Data Security Infra $150K
[#15] Secure comms hardware and encrypted server infrastructure (one-time).
Test And Simulation Setup $150K
[#23] Construction of test rigs and simulation infrastructure for red-team and safe-failure testing (one-time).
Emergency Response Setup $100K
[#18] Initial planning, agreements, and equipment purchases for emergency response/evacuation contracts (one-time).
Chain Maintenance Setup $50K
[#13] Initial manufacture/fit/testing setup for non-anomalous chain approximations and testing equipment.
Logistics Setup $50K
[#17] Initial discrete transport assets, camouflage crates, and vehicle modifications for covert logistics (one-time).
Archival Setup $25K
[#29] Initial secure archival hardware and off-site encrypted backup provisioning (one-time).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.4M/yr
Staff Wages $3.9M/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #21] Onsite security (10 staff), technical operations (4-6 specialists), scientific research team (~12 staff), plus hazard pay/insurance/medical monitoring included in fully-burdened costs.
Research And Monitoring $505K/yr
[#6, #12, #14, #20, #23, #29] Sensor maintenance, thaumaturgic research consulting/consumables, probe maintenance, long-term sigil monitoring, annual red-team simulations, and archival maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $325K/yr
[#16, #24, #28] Ongoing legal retainers, permits, public relations/media control, and scientific publication/cover research budgets.
Data Security $200K/yr
[#15] Cybersecurity operations, encrypted comms monitoring, and counterintelligence staffing (annual).
International Monitoring $200K/yr
[#25] Monitoring of external groups (occultists, academics, journalists) and liaison under cover (annual).
Supplies And Consumables $75K/yr
[#22] Consumables, sample analysis, replacement sensors, PPE, spare parts, and lab operating costs.
Emergency Response $50K/yr
[#18] Annual retainer for evacuation/decon/medical surge contractors and associated readiness costs.
Power And Backups $40K/yr
[#7] Fuel contracts, generator maintenance, and UPS servicing (annual).
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#17] Ongoing covert transport, heavy lift scheduling, and vehicle operations under cover.
Environmental Control $30K/yr
[#8] Maintenance, filters, and extra power costs for HVAC and vibration isolation (annual).
Chain Maintenance $20K/yr
[#13] Periodic tensile testing, replacement chain fabrication, and NDT scheduling (annual).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.4M/yr
94.4% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, maintenance, research, and cover-story operations.
no_activation routine_maintenance normal_research_ops
🚨 Minor Incident $5.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized sigil activation or mechanical failure requiring emergency response, temporary increased staffing, repairs, and small payouts.
localized_activation anchor_failure emergency_evacuations
🚨 Major Breach $15.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant activation or partial breach causing equipment loss, extended remediation, major legal/diplomatic exposure, and use of contingency reserves.
partial_activation multiple_casualties significant_equipment_loss
🚨 Decommissioning Attempt $55.4M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Policy decision or forced response to attempt permanent neutralization/entombment leading to full decommissioning fund drawdown and massive engineering operations.
policy_shift attempted_neutralization international_coordination
👥 Personnel 27 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 Onsite 24/7 armed security covering three shifts (item #9); count aligns with budgeted wages.
Engineer / Maintenance / Technician 5 Technical operations staff (electricians, HVAC, systems, robotics technicians) (item #10); mid-range estimate (4-6).
Research Scientist 12 Scientific research team including physicists, geologists, materials scientists, computational imaging specialists (item #11).
📋 Confidence Notes
Costs are built from many high-uncertainty estimates (experimental thaumaturgic R&D, contingency reserves, and contingent decommissioning ranges). The anomalous nature and impossible-to-engineer failure modes (10^72 J) produce substantial epistemic uncertainty.
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