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SCP-9645 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-9645
Expected annual
$10.2M
One-time setup
$6.8M
Annual recurring
$9.9M
Personnel
45
One-time capital and conversion costs are roughly $6.8M to secure and harden the remote lodge; recurring annual operations, staffing, monitoring, and remediation drive ongoing costs to roughly $9.9M/yr, dominated by specialized staff wages, research/monitoring, and insurance/legal expenditures.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.8M
Equipment $2.0M
[#3, #5, #6, #7, #14, #16, #19, #24] Perimeter hardware, rapid-response equipment, generator/UPS/HVAC install, Faraday rooms/hardened storage, vehicles/aviation initial purchases, sensor deployment, archival hardware, and R&D equipment one-time installs.
Facilities $1.7M
[#1, #2] Purchase/settlement of lodge and land, legal/title work, and structural sealing/hardening of the building.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#8, #11] Amnestic production/setup and specialized memetics/neuroscience lab fit-out and instrumentation.
Contingency Reserve One Time $1.0M
[#21] Initial contingency/reserve fund held available for rapid large-scale response or contractor mobilization.
Community Relocation Buyouts $600K
[#20] Initial buyouts/stipends/relocation payments to adjacent households to secure perimeter and reduce civilian exposure.
Initial Cover Story $175K
[#13] Initial cover-story / PR campaign and local liaison setup costs.
Training Curriculum One Time $62K
[#18] Initial SOP/training curriculum development and certification materials.
Vetting Program One Time $62K
[#17] Initial personnel vetting program setup and one-time background/polygraph program costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.9M/yr
Staff Wages $3.8M/yr
[#4, #9, #11, #17, #23] 24/7 armed security payroll and benefits (guards), medical staff salaries, research team salaries/overhead, ongoing retention/hazard pay and full-time site support staff wages.
Research And Monitoring $3.0M/yr
[#7, #8, #10, #11, #12, #15, #16, #18, #19, #24, #25] Ongoing memetic research/R&D budget, long-term cohort monitoring, IT/secure-room maintenance, amnestic administration per-treatment costs and production consumables, information-remediation campaigns, decontamination/disposal budgets, environmental sampling/analysis, annual training refreshers, archival maintenance, and public-record sanitization.
Insurance And Liability Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#22] Annual insurance/liability reserves and indemnities for hazardous operations and potential settlements.
Logistics And Transport $950K/yr
[#5, #14] Rapid-response retainers (transport/contractors) and ongoing vehicle/helicopter contracts, travel, per-diem and site access logistics.
Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr
[#13, #12] Ongoing legal retainers, local-government liaison costs, cover-story/PR maintenance and litigation response support.
Community Management And Relocation Program $300K/yr
[#20] Ongoing stipends, relocation assistance, and nuisance payments to nearby residents to reduce curiosity and leaks.
Facilities Maintenance $245K/yr
[#6, #3] Fuel/maintenance for generators/UPS/HVAC and routine facility repairs and perimeter hardware upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr
[#9, #15] Medical consumables, clinical supplies for amnestic administration, and routine decontamination consumables.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.9M/yr
75.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major containment incidents; ongoing monitoring, staffing, and remediation continue at planned levels.
no breaches routine exposures only steady-state research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $10.4M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Limited exposure event or small-scale leak requiring additional amnestic administrations, targeted remediation, and short-term surge staffing.
localized civilian exposure small public information leak single-site contamination
🚨 Major Breach $13.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or wide public exposure requiring mass amnestic operations, major legal/media suppression, large contractor mobilization, and possible settlements.
large-scale public spread media/online viral exposure multi-jurisdiction legal actions
👥 Personnel 45 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 16 [#4] 24/7 armed guard rotations (3 shifts plus relief) as specified in analyst notes.
Research Scientist 8 [#11] Small memetics/neuroscience research team (6–10 FTEs) to study SCP-9645 and develop countermeasures.
Medical Officer 3 [#9] Clinical staff to administer amnestics and monitor patients (2–4 dedicated clinical staff).
Facility Support Staff 10 [#23] Cooks, custodians, facilities technicians and administrative support for a remote sealed site (8–15 staff).
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#6, #3] Technicians for generators, HVAC, perimeter and facility maintenance.
IT / Cybersecurity 2 [#7] On-site IT specialists for Faraday/air-gapped systems and secure data handling.
Administrative Staff 2 [#13, #20] Admin and liaison staff for legal/cover operations and community management.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#11] Single site director/executive oversight role included in operational staffing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence because the SCP is an information/memetic hazard with uncertain exposure frequency, variable per-treatment costs, and many contingent legal/operational factors; ranges in analyst notes are wide and real costs depend heavily on unknowns (number of exposures, digital propagation).
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