SCP-9628 — SCP-9628 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9628 Unknown ? low confidence

SCP-9628

Expected annual

$375.8M

One-time setup

$2.8B

Annual recurring

$360.8M

Personnel

100

Initial capital outlay dominated by R&D/facility construction and Project Delaware program costs (~$2.8B one-time). Annual operations driven by power, sustained R&D/monitoring and security/staffing (~$361M/yr baseline).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.8B

Project Delaware Capital $1.0B

[#11] Project Delaware multi-year program capital (classified trials/weaponization infrastructure).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $800.0M

[#2] Capital R&D and fabrication of gateway hardware/software/thaumaturgical apparatus; large uncertainty, mid/high-range estimate used.

Contingency Reserve Seed $300.0M

[#12] Seeded rapid-response / catastrophic-breach reserve recommended (initial buffer).

Strategic Reserve Seed $200.0M

[#30] Seed for strategic reserve to enable rapid pivoting/scale-up (recommended fund).

Facilities $150.0M

[#1] Hardened, compartmentalized site construction with underground vaulting, EMP/Faraday and redundant feeds; mid-range estimate chosen.

Redundant Facilities $150.0M

[#13] Duplicate critical facilities / geographic dispersal (one or two redundant control facilities).

Breach Cleanup Event Reserve $100.0M

[#26] Reserve for single-major-event containment breach cleanup / public safety operations (one-event cost estimate).

Equipment $25.0M

[#4] Supercomputing/HPC cluster and data infrastructure hardware (one-time purchase).

Logistics Fleet Procurement $20.0M

[#14] Fleet procurement/leasing for airlift/vessels/secure convoys (initial purchase/leasing costs).

Training Initial $20.0M

[#10] Initial high-end training/simulation for ~100 staff (per-analyst guidance).

Decommissioning $20.0M

[#25] Decommissioning and safe disposal capability (site remediation and secure destruction of sensitive tech).

Specialized Platforms Procurement $10.0M

[#28] Procurement of 2–5 specialized platforms/vehicles for nonstandard environments (initial capital).

Exotic Materials Procurement Initial $5.0M

[#15] Initial procurement of exotic/rare components and reagents required for early experiments.

Archival Setup $3.0M

[#19] One-time setup for tamper-proof archives, offline air-gapped storage and legal retention systems.

Specialized Personal Equipment $2.5M

[#8] Development/procurement of protective suits and field kits (initial procurement for ~50 kits).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $360.8M/yr

Power And Energy $100.0M/yr

[#3] Continuous power and high-energy costs for portal/containment systems (major recurring driver; highly variable).

Research And Monitoring $69.5M/yr

[#2, #4, #16, #21, #27] Recurring R&D/testing of gateway systems, HPC maintenance, memetic countermeasure research, safety/red-team programs and multiversal monitoring/tracking.

Project Delaware Ops $50.0M/yr

[#11] Multi-year operational costs for Project Delaware trials, classified operations and integration activities.

Logistics And Transport $26.0M/yr

[#7, #14, #28] Annual expeditionary program operations, fleet operating costs and maintenance of specialized platforms.

Cover Story And Legal $25.0M/yr

[#17, #18] Legal/diplomatic expenses, cover-story/disinformation campaigns and cross-jurisdictional operations support.

Contingency Replenishment $20.0M/yr

[#12] Annual replenishment to maintain rapid-response / catastrophic contingency fund.

Staff Wages $16.5M/yr

[#5, #6] Permanent core scientific team (~30) and security/operational personnel (~70) fully loaded compensation and benefits.

Facilities Maintenance $10.0M/yr

[#1, #13] Ongoing maintenance, structural integrity, EMP/Faraday upkeep and local facility utilities for primary and redundant sites.

Insurance And Financial Safeguards $10.0M/yr

[#23] Ongoing premiums, bonds and financial safeguards for indemnities and political fallout management.

Strategic Reserve Replenishment $10.0M/yr

[#30] Annual contribution to grow/maintain strategic reserve for rapid reallocation or emergency scale-up.

Replacement And Attrition $8.0M/yr

[#22] Annual replacement for lost/damaged equipment and personnel recruitment/training cycles (~10–20% of ops budget proxy).

Cybersecurity Opsec $5.0M/yr

[#29] High-grade OPSEC, cybersecurity, insider-threat monitoring and compartmentalization systems.

Supplies And Consumables $4.0M/yr

[#8, #15] Consumable replacements for field kits/suits and ongoing procurement of exotic consumables/reagents.

Training Refresher $3.0M/yr

[#10] Annual refresher training and simulation exercises for multiversal/memetic preparedness.

Long Term Custodial $2.0M/yr

[#24] Recurring custodial care costs if indefinite custody is required for subjects (housing, medical, legal support).

Archival And Record Custodial $1.0M/yr

[#19] Ongoing archival storage, tamper-proofing, audits and long-term custodial record costs.

Cultural Linguistic Specialists $800K/yr

[#20] Specialists for interaction with Shivering Kingdom denizens and alternate-reality cultural advising.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $360.8M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; ongoing R&D, monitoring and routine operations.

routine_operations scheduled_research no_major_breach

🚨 Minor Incident $410.8M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline

Localized breach or field-team casualty requiring repair, limited cleanup and legal/PR response.

localized_breach field_team_casualties temporary_power_loss

🚨 Major Breach $860.8M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline

Severe reality incursion or public exposure requiring large-scale evacuation, cleanup, diplomatic/legal escalation and program remediation.

uncontained_reality_incision mass_public_exposure facility_destruction

👥 Personnel 100 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	30	[#5] Physicists, memeticists, thaumaturgists, computational modelers and senior research staff (core scientific team).
Security Officer / MTF Agent	60	[#6] Armed security, shift guards and rapid response teams for 24/7 coverage.
Engineer / Maintenance	10	[#6, #13] Facility engineers, maintenance and technical staff supporting operations and redundant facility upkeep.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates carry low confidence due to extreme uncertainty around anomalous engineering, power scaling, and political/legal variables; ranges in analyst notes are very wide and many costs (energy, weaponization experiments, breach impacts) are highly contingent.

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