SCP-9671 See ~ medium confidence
SCP-9671
Expected annual
$2.8M
One-time setup
$2.5M
Annual recurring
$2.7M
Personnel
6
Initial setup costs are moderate-to-high (about $2.53M one-time) driven by containment locker construction, secure equipment, and large contingency reserves; recurrent annual operating costs are substantial (~$2.72M/yr) dominated by specialized personnel, legal/media suppression, and secure R&D/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.5M
Leak Containment Reserve $1.1M
[#20] Contingency reserve for rapid off-site remediation, relocation, settlements, deniability operations (one-time reserve midpoint of $100k–$2M).
Media Suppression Incident Surge $525K
[#10] One-time surge budget estimate for major takedown/legal actions per serious publicity incident (midpoint of $50k–$1M incident surge range).
Equipment $364K
[#2, #3, #4, #12, #14, #17, #22] Capital hardware and installed systems: redundant power/generator capital (#2), non-representational environmental & integrity sensors (#3), access-control hardware & secure tokens and development-related hardware components (#4), transport vehicle / modified containment vehicle (#12), secure archival hardware/setup (#14), specialized PPE procurement (#17), cryptographic HSMs and related hardware for archival access (#22).
Insurance Substitute Reserve $300K
[#21] Capital reserve to replace lost capabilities, severance, and rebuild if containment is degraded; substitute for conventional insurance (midpoint).
Facilities $212K
[#1] Construction/retrofit of sound- and light-proof Secure Containment Locker (CV-8A) with environmental controls, Faraday shielding, biometric access and physical lockout systems.
Deliberate Communications Development $80K
[#5] One-time curriculum and materials development for Deliberate Communications Training, including scenario design and certification protocols.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $780K/yr
[#10, #11, #24, #25] Baseline media suppression/legal retainer (#10), front-company/cover finances (#11), long-term public misinformation/narrative maintenance (#24), and portions of legal/ethical compliance duties (#25) aggregated as cover/legal recurring costs.
Research And Monitoring $600K/yr
[#16] Ongoing secure memetics/linguistics R&D program to refine containment doctrine and mitigations.
Staff Wages $450K/yr
[#7] Salaries for core operational team: 1Containment Lead, 1 Communications Specialist, 2 Containment Technicians, 2 Security escorts (annual totals as provided).
Incident Response $188K/yr
[#13] Retainer and readiness costs for on-call rapid containment specialists, equipment cache and surge overtime (annual retainer midpoint).
Administrative Overhead $125K/yr
[#23] Pro-rated share of site overhead (HR, payroll processing, utilities, security gate) and facility allocation costs.
Hazard Pay $112K/yr
[#8] Hazard / restricted-access premium (~25% of base payroll) to retain personnel working with cognitohazardous material.
Data Loss Prevention $110K/yr
[#15] Enterprise DLP, automated redaction and monitoring licensing/support tuned to avoid false positives for 'no-representation' rules.
Leak Containment Replenishment $100K/yr
[#20] Annual replenishment / reserve top-up for contingency fund to remain ready for public leak remediation.
Auditing And Compliance Reviews $88K/yr
[#19] Periodic third-party/internal audits, controlled exposures under protocol and compliance reviews.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#12] Recurring transport operation costs (route planning, escorted operations, fuel/maintenance for transport capability, per-year baseline operations estimate).
Insurance Top Up $25K/yr
[#21] Recurring top-ups to substitute insurance reserve to cover replacement and rebuild costs over time.
Psychological Monitoring $20K/yr
[#9] Baseline psychiatric evaluation, neurocognitive testing, counseling and prophylactic measures for authorized staff (6 personnel midpoint).
Deliberate Communications Recurring Training $20K/yr
[#6] Ongoing recertification, drills, instructor hours and simulation costs for 6 authorized personnel.
Facilities Maintenance $19K/yr
[#2, #3, #14] Recurring maintenance and fuel for generator/UPS (#2), maintenance & telemetry for sensors (#3), and upkeep for archival hardware/system (#14).
Supplies And Consumables $14K/yr
[#17, #18] PPE replacement and consumable replacements (filters, seals, adhesives, locks).
Access Control Support $12K/yr
[#4] Annual support and maintenance for specialized access-control & auditing software, secure tokens and tamper-evident logging infrastructure.
Crypto Support $6K/yr
[#22] Annual support and key-management costs for cryptographic archival HSMs and access controls.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no significant public leak or major containment incident; routine training, maintenance, and research proceed as planned.
no_public_exposure routine_operations scheduled_training_and_audits
🚨 Minor Incident $3.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Limited descriptive leak or small-scale exposure requiring rapid legal takedown, targeted remediation, overtime for incident response and localized containment actions.
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🚨 Major Breach $4.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Widespread public dissemination of descriptive content or major containment failure requiring large-scale suppression, relocation, reserve drawdown and capability rebuilding.
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👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Lead / Senior Memeticist 1 Senior lead responsible for oversight of deliberate communications and containment decisions. [#7]
Communications Specialist 1 Handles deliberate-communications protocol, access control of permitted phrases and liaison with legal/PR. [#7]
Containment Technician 2 Custodial/containment technicians for in-person handling and locker maintenance. [#7]
Security Officer / Escort 2 Armed/unarmed escorts for authorized transports and on-site security. [#7]
📋 Confidence Notes
Mid-level confidence: analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges but many items have wide ranges and uncertain frequencies (e.g., incident surge, reserve sizing, R&D scope), so cost magnitudes are reasonable estimates but not precise.
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