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SCP-9480 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-9480
Expected annual
$6.8M
One-time setup
$125.3M
Annual recurring
$6.3M
Personnel
26
Estimated initial capital is approximately $125,275,000 driven primarily by a large relocation/demobilization contingency and high-end robotic R&D plus heavy equipment; recurring annual costs are roughly $6,268,000/yr driven by security staffing, research staff, robotics maintenance and facility operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $125.3M
Relocation Demobilization Contingency $100.0M
[#28] Order-of-magnitude contingency for full unmanned extraction/relocation (industrial heavy-lift + bespoke robotics).
Robotic R And D $11.0M
[#11] Specialized robotic R&D for portal-safe unmanned operations (bespoke systems; mid-range estimate).
Equipment $7.4M
[#7, #8, #9, #10, #29, #14, #22] Ventilation/pumping, power tie/generators/UPS, remote handling robotics initial, heavy rigging/cutting tools, initial sensors/servers, sample vault install, and one-time forensics/anti-theft equipment.
Facilities $3.0M
[#1, #5, #6, #20, #19, #24] Perimeter install, operations building, initial shaft stabilization, road/transport upgrades, land acquisition/purchase, and quarantine/medical setup (sums of selected midpoints).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#12, #26] Secure on-site laboratory build & initial equipment and specialized containment chambers setup for artifact preservation.
Contingency Reserve One Time $1.0M
[#21] One-time contingency/escrow reserve for unexpected events (lower-mid reserve chosen).
Memetic Data Handling Setup $650K
[#17] Secure data rooms, redaction workflows, air-gapped systems and initial memetic/information-security infrastructure.
Legal Defense Contingency Fund $600K
[#3] One-time contingency/legal fund to cover major legal/liability events and licensing costs.
Major Leak Event One Time $300K
[#30] One-time major cover/PR/payout event estimate (midpoint of occasional large payouts).
Amnestic Program Setup $50K
[#4] Secure pharmacy/storage, training and protocol setup for amnestic program.
Ppe And Decon Setup $50K
[#16] Initial PPE purchase and decontamination suite setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.3M/yr
Staff Wages $2.9M/yr
[#2, #25, #17] Security staffing (24/7 guards & supervisors), long-term research team salaries, and memetic specialist salaries (fully loaded).
Research And Monitoring $1.4M/yr
[#12, #13, #26, #27, #29, #9, #14] Secure lab operations, contracted external analysis campaigns (SEM/XRD/etc.), containment-chamber operations, intermittent contracted specialist campaigns, continuous sensors/data archiving, robotics maintenance, and sample-vault operations.
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#18, #21, #30, #19] Ongoing info-security/PR and cover-story enforcement, recurring insurance/bonding costs, baseline public liability/mitigation, and community goodwill/lease costs.
Rapid Response Team Training $425K/yr
[#3] Recurring training, retention, and readiness costs for a specialized rapid-response armed team.
Supplies And Consumables $243K/yr
[#4, #15, #16, #32] Amnestic licensing/supplies, hazardous waste disposal, medical surveillance/PPE replenishment, and general consumables/spares.
Facilities Maintenance $230K/yr
[#1, #6, #7] Perimeter maintenance/monitoring, shaft inspection/maintenance, and ventilation/pump operations (power & upkeep).
Audit And Compliance $165K/yr
[#31] Administrative overhead, audits, legal/ethics coordination, and interdepartmental compliance.
Logistics And Transport $125K/yr
[#8, #20] Power fuel/maintenance for generators and routine transport/logistics support.
Training And Drills $125K/yr
[#23] Regular training of security, robotics operators, medics, scientists and SOP development exercises.
Medical Readiness $100K/yr
[#24] Medevac readiness, quarantine maintenance and trauma care readiness costs.
Forensics And Anti Theft $65K/yr
[#22] Ongoing audits, tamper-evident systems, forensic marking, and covert recovery budgets.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.3M/yr
79.8% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, staff wages, maintenance, and periodic contracted analysis only.
no major incidents routine research activity periodic maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $6.8M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Small theft/unauthorized access or localized contamination requiring response, legal payouts, repairs and extra amnestic administrations.
trespasser breach localized contamination minor structural repair
🚨 Major Breach $11.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or accident requiring large-scale emergency response, extensive repairs, major cover operations, and multi-month contracted campaigns.
major structural failure large-scale leak or publicity event extended contractor mobilization
🚨 Relocation Extraction $106.3M/yr
0.2% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
Decision or forced requirement to fully remove/relocate SCP-9480 requiring full demobilization, bespoke unmanned extraction and long-term secure storage.
policy decision to extract irreversible hazard to civilians strategic relocation mandate
👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 14 24/7 armed security force across three shifts (includes supervisors) — corresponds to security wage budget.
Research Scientist 9 Physicists, materials scientists, geologists, robotics engineers and analysts — corresponds to long-term research staff budget.
Memetic Specialist 3 Project Alexandria / memetic monitoring specialists covered in memetic salaries.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates combine many wide ranges and high-uncertainty line items (robotic R&D, contractor campaigns, and potential full relocation). The SCP's anomalous behaviors and rare/high-cost scenarios drive low confidence.
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