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SCP-9355 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-9355
Expected annual
$13.7M
One-time setup
$25.6M
Annual recurring
$12.8M
Personnel
57
Initial one-time setup is estimated at ~$25.6M driven by fence/install, contingency reserve, generators, vehicles, lab fitout and remediation; baseline recurring operating costs are ~ $12.84M/yr driven by MTF staffing, specialist teams, survivor care and ongoing monitoring/anchor replacement.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $25.6M
Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#21] One-time contingency/catastrophe reserve fund for high-consequence failure modes (set-aside).
Facilities $4.0M
[#1, #24] One-time physical construction: class-2 ontostatic fence installation and site retrofits/secure orphanage modifications (anchors/physical anchors, structural anchors, soundproofing and child-safe retrofits).
Equipment $2.8M
[#3, #5, #6, #13, #29] Hardware and systems: backup generators/UPS capacity, vehicle/airlift/armored transport acquisition, security/CCTV/counter-surveillance installation, hardened archive hardware/evidence capture safes and air-gapped printing/procurement.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.5M
[#7, #8, #26] Research lab fitout and instrumentization: memetic-hardened soundproof labs and isolation booths, development/procurement of safe non-triggering recording tools, portable monitoring equipment (EEG/portable rigs) and initial instrument setup.
Environmental Remediation $1.6M
[#12] One-time costs for soil remediation, hazardous materials abatement and site stabilization after contamination events.
Evacuation And Quarantine Capability One Time $1.2M
[#22] One-time purchase/standby capability for rapid extraction systems, mobile medical units and quarantine shelters.
Legal Retainer One Time $1.1M
[#28] One-time retainer/reserve for high-level legal defense, indemnity fund initial capital.
Cover Story Initial $800K
[#15] One-time implementation of Epsilon-6 cover story activities (initial staged cleanup, demolition/restoration, paid consultants and initial legal setup to establish cover).
Decommissioning Budget $800K
[#27] One-time safe destruction/decommissioning budget for Areas 9355-2/3 (specialist contractors, hazardous handling).
Archival Recovery One Time $350K
[#18] One-time costs for library/forensics/photo-microfilm recovery, consultant fees for reconstruction projects.
Compensation One Time $300K
[#16] Initial hush payments/compensation to civilians, contractors or local authorities as needed at program start.
Training And Sop Development One Time $100K
[#19] Initial development of 'no recitation' protocols, training program development and SOP design.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.8M/yr
Staff Wages $6.3M/yr
[#4, #9, #6, #25, #26] Salaries and benefits: continuous MTF Mu-17 deployment (20–40 personnel), core memeticists/linguists/psychologists team, site SOC/security staffing, responder psychological resiliency staff, and monitoring technicians.
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#9, #18, #23, #30, #26] Non-salary research budgets: specialist project travel/training, archival/forensic follow-up operations, long-term cohort monitoring, contracted threat-modelling/risk assessments, and periodic fMRI/scan access fees.
Survivor Care Operational $1.0M/yr
[#10] Ongoing survivor housing, medical care, trauma therapy, education and protection costs for affected individuals.
Cover Story And Legal $790K/yr
[#15, #28, #16, #20] Ongoing PR/legal suppression, retainer operations, liaison expenses to local authorities, and psychological operations/misinformation management.
Covert Investigations $700K/yr
[#17] HUMINT ops, undercover placements, travel and small incursions to map SEEC/GoI networks and recover materials.
Logistics And Transport $575K/yr
[#5, #22] Vehicle/aviation maintenance, fuel, leased airlift and recurring emergency evacuation readiness expenditures.
Orphanage Operational $550K/yr
[#24] Operational costs specific to the Site-17 orphanage anomalies wing (staffing, consumables, child-safe operations).
Supplies And Consumables $540K/yr
[#11, #8, #7, #19] Consumables and operational supplies: amnestics/pharmaceuticals inventory usage, secure-storage ops for recordings, lab consumables/PPE/environmental control maintenance, and refresher training course consumables.
Anchor Rotation And Sensor Network $375K/yr
[#2] Scheduled anchor replacements, diagnostic sensors, spare parts and specialist crew for anchor swaps and recalibration.
Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr
[#3, #6] Ongoing site-level maintenance: continuous power/UPS maintenance, HVAC for electronics enclosures, security hardware servicing and perimeter upkeep.
It Operations $260K/yr
[#14] Ongoing IT controls: DLP, privileged access management, monitoring and forensic staffing operations.
Archives Operations $150K/yr
[#13] Labor for redaction, secure storage operations, and maintenance of hardened archives and air-gapped backups.
Environmental Monitoring $100K/yr
[#12] Ongoing environmental and contamination monitoring following recitations and remediation.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.8M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine containment, monitoring, and survivor care continuing at planned levels.
stable_containment routine_anchor_rotation ongoing_research
🚨 Minor Incident $15.3M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Localized recitation or partial containment failure requiring targeted evacuation, medical response, limited remediation and increased covert activity.
localized_recitation_event limited_contamination small_survivor_cohort
🚨 Major Breach $32.8M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or ontological event causing mass casualties/dislocation, major remediation, prolonged investigations and political/legal fallout.
major_breach site_loss mass_casualties
👥 Personnel 57 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 [-] Mu-17 contingent to patrol, respond and prevent incursions; rotation and full burdened pay included in staff_wages. [#4]
Research Scientist / Memeticist 8 Senior memeticists, linguists, psychologists and cultologists forming the core research team; salaries accounted in staff_wages. [#9]
Site Security / SOC Operator 3 Security operations center staffing and counter-surveillance operators; included in staff_wages and facilities_maintenance. [#6]
Monitoring Technician 2 EEG/portable device operators and scan technicians; support research and monitoring activities. [#26]
Medical Officer 2 Medical staff to manage amnestics, emergency care and PTSD interventions; part of staff_wages and amnestic inventories. [#11, #25]
Caregiver / Childcare Staff 10 Staff for Site-17 anomalies orphanage wing: caregivers, pediatric psychiatric support and education staff; covered in orphanage_operational and survivor care. [#10, #24]
Administrative Staff 2 Administrative coordination, logistics and liaison personnel for program management. [#15, #16]
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use wide analyst ranges; SCP-9355 is anomalous with poorly constrained contagion/scale, contingency requirements dominate one-time spend and survivor counts/MTF sizing materially change recurring costs. Many items overlap with Site-17 infrastructure assumptions, producing substantial uncertainty.
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