SCP-9700 — SCP-9700 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9700 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-9700

Expected annual

$3.2M

One-time setup

$6.7M

Annual recurring

$2.8M

Personnel

One-time startup costs are estimated at $6,655,000 driven primarily by surge/reserve funding and initial site/vault construction; ongoing annual operations are estimated at $2,814,050/yr driven by specialist staff, per-new-site response spending, and contractor/field deployment costs.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.7M

Surge Reserve $5.0M

[#27] Program-scale surge reserve for worst-case multi-site escalation (bulk containment, international logistics).

Site Containment Construction $750K

[#9] One-off engineered containment construction for discovered anomalous site (medium engineered containment example).

Facilities $200K

[#1] Build/upgrade climate-controlled secure vault(s) with gas fire suppression and restricted access.

Land Acquisition $200K

[#14] Purchase of rural/cover property for containment or plausible cover operations.

Special Experiment Setup $100K

[#18] One-time setup for specialized containment testing or complex experiments.

Vehicles $100K

[#21] Purchase of vans/ATVs for artifact transport and field access (fleet purchase).

Equipment $75K

[#3] Purchase of large-format/multispectral digitization equipment and supporting hardware for in-house imaging.

Monitoring Hardware $75K

[#10] Purchase and deployment of CCTV, motion, seismic and environmental sensors for initial sites.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K

[#4] Initial database/GIS integration and server setup, initial cataloging systems and backups.

Cover Incident Payments $50K

[#13] Discrete one-off payments to local authorities/other incident-specific cover costs (reserve).

Generators And Installation $25K

[#11] Backup generator(s) and installation for remote/permanent sites.

Medical Hazmat Initial $20K

[#16] Initial PPE, portable decon equipment and training kits.

Secure Comms Hardware $10K

[#19] Initial hardware for encrypted communications, satellite phones and secure field devices.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.8M/yr

Per New Site Budget $500K/yr

[#26] Expected average annual allocation for discovery and initial response to new sites (assumes multiple new sites/year; planning metric).

Staff Wages $400K/yr

[#6] Salaries for archivist(s), conservator(s), GIS analyst(s), cartographer/historian and small program research staff (3–5 FTEs assumed).

Program Management Overhead $367K/yr

[#25] Administrative overhead (15% of direct recurring program costs) for procurement, accounting and admin staff.

Surge Readiness Allocation $250K/yr

[#27] Annual recurring readiness/reserve allocation to prepare for multi-site surge scenarios.

Local Contractors $200K/yr

[#23] Payments to geophysicists, civil engineers, private security and specialty contractors across sites.

Excavation Operations $150K/yr

[#17] Archaeological/excavation costs for test trenches and larger digs averaged across anticipated excavations.

Logistics And Transport $100K/yr

[#12] Secure couriers and armored/artifact movement (domestic and some international shipments averaged across program).

Field Deployments $100K/yr

[#7] Costs for rapid-response field teams (vehicles, security, medics, logistics) averaged across multiple deployments.

Monitoring Operations $100K/yr

[#10] Connectivity, telemetry, remote monitoring staffing and monthly sensor operations costs across sites.

Scientific Experiments $100K/yr

[#18] Ongoing experimentation, containment testing and instrumentation upkeep for program research.

Contingency Fund Allocation $100K/yr

[#22] Annual allocation to contingency/liability reserve (insurance-like fund).

Cover Story And Legal $75K/yr

[#13] Regional cover identities, PR management, shell company maintenance and routine cover payments.

Forensic Analysis $50K/yr

[#5] Forensic/materials testing (ink/paper dating, spectroscopy) averaged across maps requiring full provenance work.

Legal Counsel $50K/yr

[#15] Retained counsel/ legal support for covert interactions, permits and cross-jurisdictional issues.

Facilities Maintenance $40K/yr

[#1, #9] Ongoing vault monitoring, climate control, and maintenance for contained sites.

Site Power $36K/yr

[#11] Fuel, generator maintenance and power costs for remote permanent sites.

Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr

[#2] Archival conservation consumables and per-map conservation actions (estimated 30 maps/yr at ~$1,000 avg).

Outsourced Digitization $30K/yr

[#3] Outsourced high-resolution/multispectral scanning for maps not processed in-house (estimated 30 maps/yr at ~$1,000 avg).

Reconnaissance Subscriptions And Procurement $30K/yr

[#8] Satellite imagery subscriptions, commercial imagery purchases and LiDAR/drone contracts averaged across program needs.

Training And Exercises $30K/yr

[#20] Regular trainings, GIS/map interpretation exercises and periodic larger drills.

Vehicle Ops $30K/yr

[#21] Fleet fuel, maintenance, insurance and occasional charters.

Database And Gis Licenses $25K/yr

[#4] GIS/enterprise licenses, cloud storage and backup subscriptions for map datasets.

Record Retention $10K/yr

[#24] Long-term record retention, off-site backups and auditing costs.

Secure Comms $6K/yr

[#19] Satellite airtime, encrypted comms subscriptions and periodic hardware refreshes.

Medical Hazmat Maintenance $5K/yr

[#16] Replenishment of PPE, decon consumables and per-event decon costs.

Research And Monitoring $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.8M/yr

69.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents or escalations.

routine map processing scheduled field deployments no containment failures

🚨 Minor Incident $3.0M/yr

25.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Localized containment incident or single-site emergency requiring emergency repairs, extra deployments and one-off cover payments.

single-site containment breach emergency reconstruction one-off legal/cover payments

🚨 Major Breach $4.8M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Significant structural breach or hazardous discovery requiring engineered containment, extended field operations and major contracting.

engineered containment required multi-week field operation large contractor engagement

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $22.8M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline

Simultaneous multi-site escalations or discovery of high-complexity anomalies requiring program-scale surge response and major capital outlays.

multiple simultaneous sites international logistics surge full containment facility construction

👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Conservator / Archivist	1	[#6] Responsible for paper conservation, storage and handling.
GIS Analyst	1	[#6] GIS integration, georectification and database management.
Cartographer / Historian	1	[#6] Map analysis, provenance research and historical context.
Research Scientist / Program Manager	1	[#6] Oversees studies, coordinates field responses and manages research projects.

📋 Confidence Notes

Notes provide detailed line-item ranges, but per-site and per-map variability is large and surge scenarios are highly uncertain; estimates use mid-range assumptions for a modest regional program.

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