SCP-9616
Unknown
~
medium confidence
SCP-9616
Expected annual
$1.0M
One-time setup
$3.6M
Annual recurring
$978K
Personnel
12
One-time capital and contingency reserves dominate initial costs (≈$3.6M), with annual operations driven by personnel and ongoing research/containment readiness (~$978k/yr). Main drivers: security/research staffing, emergency containment readiness, and contingency reserves for catastrophic failure.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $3.6M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $978K/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$978K/yr
Normal, uneventful year with steady-state containment and routine research/drills; no major incidents or large-scale population surges.
steady-state operation
routine maintenance and research
no breach or major reproduction acceleration
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Minor Incident
$1.1M/yr
Localized containment incident (equipment failure, small reproduction surge) requiring increased disposal, temporary surge staffing, emergency fumigation or short-term transfer to backup vessels.
localized reproduction spike
sensor/HVAC failure
small-scale breach requiring temporary transfer
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Catastrophic Breach
$2.5M/yr
Runaway exponential population growth or pressure-induced containment failure requiring large-scale emergency response, mass neutralization, public remediation, and legal/PR deployment.
uncontrolled exponential reproduction
pressure rupture of containment
public exposure requiring remediation
Personnel
12 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 6 | [#11] Two-person coverage per shift, three shifts/day; used the $40k/yr guard salary figure from notes. |
| Research Scientist | 2 | [#12, #24] Full-time entomologist/biologist staff responsible for monitoring, experiments, and reproduction-control research; salary included in staff cost. |
| Psychologist | 1 | [#12, #18] Part-time psychologist/therapist for SCP-9616 mental-health sessions; included in recurring staff costs. |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | [#26] 0.5–1.0 FTE admin support for scheduling, procurement and compliance; budgeted as part of staff_wages. |
| Technician / Maintenance | 1 | [#8, #15] Daily cleaning/deceased handling and routine equipment maintenance labor partially represented in staff_wages and recurring maintenance estimates. |
| Medical Officer / Medic | 1 | [#12, #17] On-call physician/medic for staff bites and prophylactic care; included in recurring medical monitoring budget. |
Confidence Notes
Detailed line-item ranges available in analyst notes permit a reasonable estimate, but large uncertainties remain around reproduction-acceleration likelihood and upper pressure limits, and contingency/reserve sizing drives much of the variance.