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SCP-9654 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9654
Expected annual
$15.4M
One-time setup
$40.3M
Annual recurring
$13.2M
Personnel
31
Up-front capital and retrofit costs are roughly $40.3M driven by secure containment wings, a remote isolation campus, a large contingency reserve, vehicles and specialized equipment; steady-state operations are ~ $13.2M/yr driven primarily by specialist staff wages, donor/decoy sleeper programs, contingency replenishment, ongoing research (fMRI/software), and transport/logistics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $40.3M
Containment Breach Reserve $20.0M
[#26] One-time mid-range contingency fund/reserve for large-scale events and emergency facility activation.
Facilities $11.2M
[#1, #2] Secure sleep/containment wing retrofit (#1) and remote isolation facility campus setup (#2) capital costs combined; excludes contingency reserve handled separately.
Equipment $3.9M
[#3, #4, #17, #18] Capital purchase of EEG/PSG suites and neurostimulation hardware (#3, #4), emergency transport vehicle purchases (ambulances/helicopter) (#17), and backup power/UPS hardware (#18).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.3M
[#9, #11, #14, #15, #25] Amnestic development lab and research buildout (#9), lucid-dream program development (#11), initial data infrastructure deployment (#14), initial bespoke software/AI development (#15), and small brain-bank/forensic suite setup (#25).
Wearable Program $1.8M
[#16] Pilot procurement/integration of sleep-tracking wearables (10,000-unit pilot) and initial integration costs.
Legal Pr Initial $500K
[#20] Initial legal/PR retainer and contingency planning to support cover stories and classification efforts.
Training Program Initial $150K
[#22] Initial staff training program development (lucid-dream training, simulated drills, resilience programs).
Documentation Setup $150K
[#23] Secure SOP/documentation system setup and classification systems.
Pharmacological Initial Inventory $150K
[#10] Initial stockpile of sedatives, stimulants, emergency meds and controlled-substance licensing/secure storage setup.
Ethical Oversight Setup $100K
[#24] Establishment costs for IRB/ethics oversight and compliance units.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $13.2M/yr
Staff Wages $2.8M/yr
[#6, #7, #8] Clinical specialists and technicians (#6), rapid-response medics/teams (#7), and site security personnel (#8) wages aggregated (core ongoing staffing).
Breach Contingency Replenishment $2.0M/yr
[#26] Annual replenishment target for contingency reserves used after significant incidents.
Donor Sleepers $1.4M/yr
[#12] Compensation for a minimal buffer of ~20 paid donor/decoy sleepers plus associated housing/monitoring costs.
Logistics And Transport $1.0M/yr
[#17, #27] Operations for ambulances/helicopter and vehicle maintenance/ops (#17) and routine covert logistics for quarantine/relocation coordination (#27).
Per Case Containment $1.0M/yr
[#30] Aggregate expected per-case treatment/monitoring costs (assumes ~5 moderately resource-intensive cases/year at ~$200k average per case; highly variable).
Facilities Maintenance $700K/yr
[#2, #18] Remote facility operations/maintenance and utilities (#2) plus generator/fuel/UPS maintenance (#18).
Research And Monitoring $700K/yr
[#5, #14, #15] Ongoing research program costs including paid fMRI access/time or imaging fees (#5), compute/storage/model maintenance for dream analytics (#14), and ML/software maintenance (#15).
Long Term Patient Care $500K/yr
[#13] Ongoing ICU/rehabilitation/custodial care costs for chronic or comatose SCP-9654-A hosts (aggregate annual estimate for a small program).
Research Grants $500K/yr
[#28] Funding for external collaborations, academic partnerships, and outsourced assays or specialized analyses.
Pandemic Response Planning $500K/yr
[#31] Ongoing planning, interagency coordination exercises and maintenance of pandemic-scale response protocols.
Cover Story And Legal $350K/yr
[#20] Ongoing PR/legal staffing and retainer costs to manage civilian disclosure and contractual cover with hospitals (#20).
Wearable Operations $300K/yr
[#16] Ongoing wearable program operations, data ingestion, device replacements and privacy/cover-up arrangements.
Liability Insurance $200K/yr
[#21] Specialized insurance/indemnity or equivalent internal provision for malpractice and containment/research risks.
Amnestics Production $200K/yr
[#9] Ongoing production, QC, and stockpile maintenance for amnestic agents tailored to dream-state intervention.
Public Health Coordination $200K/yr
[#27] Routine liaison, travel, covert quarantine logistics and per-diem for coordination with external health providers/local authorities.
Fmri Access $200K/yr
[#5] Paid access/scanner time, operator fees and study costs when purchasing a scanner is not used; allocated to recurring imaging needs.
Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr
[#3, #19] EEG/PSG consumables, electrodes, gels, PPE and facility disposables (#3, #19).
Monitoring Staff Programs $150K/yr
[#29] Staff monitoring, amnestic administration programs, background checks and secure communications to limit leaks.
Staff Training And Psych Support $125K/yr
[#22] Annual refresher training, counseling and psychological resilience programs for exposed staff.
Pharmacological Restock $75K/yr
[#10] Annual restock/disposal costs for sedatives, stimulants, emergency medications and controlled substances.
Ethical Oversight $60K/yr
[#24] Annual operation and auditing costs for internal IRB/ethics review and compliance.
Documentation Maintenance $50K/yr
[#23] Ongoing maintenance of secure documentation systems and classification processes.
Forensic Processing $50K/yr
[#25] Recurring costs for post-mortem neural tissue processing, cryostorage upkeep and per-sample analysis capacity.
Neurostimulation Maintenance $15K/yr
[#4] Maintenance, calibration and service contracts for TMS/tDCS/neurofeedback hardware.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $13.2M/yr
82.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine monitoring, research activity, staff salaries and program maintenance; no major incidents.
no large migration events steady caseload routine research and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $18.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Localized outbreak/migration requiring emergency facility activation, additional staff overtime, short-term ICU/rehab for several patients, and targeted PR/legal actions.
localized cluster of SCP-9654-A cases activation of remote isolation short-term PR/legal response
🚨 Major Breach $63.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Multi-site migration requiring mass activation of remote facilities, large-scale ICU care, major contingency drawdown and replenishment, significant legal/cover-up costs.
multi-city anchoring events several dozen comatose patients large PR/litigation exposure
🚨 Catastrophic Pandemic $513.2M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline
Pandemic-scale spread of Oneirophage requiring national-level mobilization, mass ICU usage, economic disruption and billion-dollar-scale cover-up/response.
widespread, sustained transmission national healthcare system overload large-scale public exposure
👥 Personnel 31 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Clinical Specialist 10 [#6] Core clinical team (4 specialists + 6 technicians) concurrently staffing monitoring, neurostimulation and therapy programs.
Rapid Response Team / Medics 10 [#7] Mobile retrieval/medic teams trained for on-site isolation and patient transport.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#8] On-site security coverage for containment wing (concurrent shift-level coverage estimate).
Administrative Staff / Site Ops 3 [#23, #27] Administrative and liaison personnel handling SOPs, coordination and covert logistics.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#18] Technical staff for generators, HVAC, shielding and facility systems maintenance.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates combine detailed analyst line items and domain knowledge but rely on broad ranges for capital and incident costs and uncertain incident frequencies; anomalous behavior and migration risk drive residual uncertainty.
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