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SCP-9714 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9714
Expected annual
$80.5M
One-time setup
$261.1M
Annual recurring
$80.5M
Personnel
120
One-time capital procurement (sensor network, KIP/suppression hardware, strategic reserve) drives upfront costs (~$233M); recurring staffing, Code Broadway readiness, maintenance and contingency reserves dominate annual spending (~$64.1M/year).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $261.1M
Contingency Strategic Reserve $100.0M
[#24] Strategic reserve capital stockpile for high-catastrophe containment and long-term operations.
Equipment $87.0M
[#1, #5, #6, #22, #23] Sensor network deployment (#1), KIP emitters procurement (#5), deployment kits (#6), high-sensitivity gravimeters (#22), and secure communications equipment (#23).
Dedicated Maritime Asset Purchase $35.0M
[#27] Option to purchase a dedicated vessel for salvage/maritime support.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $21.0M
[#12, #15] HPC/compute cluster and data pipeline (#12) and research/materials lab setup (#15).
Space Mission Launch $12.5M
[#14] Dedicated cubesat(s) / mission design and launch (one-time if required).
Facilities $3.0M
[#3] Upgrades to Stations 23-RA and 64-US (redundant power, hardened racks, secure comms) mapped to facility upgrade work.
Mtf Equipment And Training $2.5M
[#10] Vehicles, tactical gear, deployable cranes, drones, radios and initial training setup for rapid-response MTF.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $80.5M/yr
Staff Wages $22.8M/yr
[#4, #9, #13, #16, #18, #25, #30] Monitoring station operators and shift staff (#4), Rapid-response MTF salaries (#9), statistical prediction data scientists/ML staff (#13), research personnel (#16), portions of Code Broadway teams (#18), administrative/compliance staffing (#25), and classified staffing premiums/recruiting (#30).
Cover Story And Legal $12.7M/yr
[#18, #19, #25] Code Broadway standing overhead (media/legal teams, shell companies) (#18), legal/foreign affairs & fixer networks (#19), and recurring administrative/legal compliance non-staff costs (#25).
Collateral Damage Reserve $10.0M/yr
[#21] Annual contingency reserve for infrastructure remediation, clandestine repairs and medical treatments (recommended annual contingency).
Supplies And Consumables $7.0M/yr
[#8, #29] Field maintenance, spares and periodic recalibration for KIP/emitters and replacement/disposal of contaminated equipment.
Research And Monitoring $6.6M/yr
[#2, #13, #14] Global EM+gravity sensor network operations & data (#2), prediction pipeline/cloud costs (#13), and contracted space/observation operations (#14).
Kip Field Maintenance And Spares $6.5M/yr
[#8] Annual field maintenance, parts, engineering labor, and recalibration for emitters (10–20% of procurement annually).
Rapid Response Mtf Staffing $6.0M/yr
[#9] Full-time Rapid-Response MTF (Epsilon-7) salaries, hazard pay and premiums (40–60 personnel).
Statistical Prediction Operations $2.1M/yr
[#12, #13] Ongoing operations for Site-89 Department of Statistical Prediction: staff salaries and data/cloud costs.
Code Broadway Per Event $2.0M/yr
[#17] Annualized reserve for per-event Code Broadway amnestic/media operations (local urban events annualized).
Space Observation Operations $1.8M/yr
[#14] Contracted telescope/satellite observation time and DSN tracking (recurring operations).
Public Health Reserve $1.2M/yr
[#28] Public health and medical treatment reserve / recurring readiness for mass exposure events.
Logistics And Transport $530K/yr
[#11, #27] Annualized rapid transport/air-support charters (#11) and occasional maritime charter costs (#27) (annualized estimate).
Local Emergency Response Per Event $500K/yr
[#20] Annualized budget for evacuation, temporary housing and local security cordons (per-event annualization).
Training Simulations $400K/yr
[#26] Regular multi-agency exercises, tabletop and field drills (travel, expendables, observers).
Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr
[#23] Recurring maintenance and bandwidth/maintenance for secure communications and hardened racks.
Kip Power And Fuel Per Event $200K/yr
[#7] Annualized budget for generator rental, fuel and field power during KIP/dampener activations (per-event costs annualized).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $80.5M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Uneventful year with steady-state monitoring, maintenance, staffing, and standing program overhead only.
no major materializations in populated areas routine maintenance and scheduled deployments only
🚨 Minor Incident $64.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$-16100000 vs baseline
Remote or small-scale materialization requiring immediate perimeter establishment and short deployment of KIP/dampeners; limited public exposure.
small remote materialization single short-duration deployment of emitters and transport
🚨 Major Metro Event $94.1M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$13.6M vs baseline
Materialization within a major metropolitan area triggering full Code Broadway activation, prolonged dampener operation, large infrastructure remediation and extended MTF operations.
materialization in high-density population center extended dampener activation and mass amnestic deployment
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $264.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$183.6M vs baseline
Prolonged containment failure or sustained activation in major population centers requiring national-scale suppression, reconstruction, and drawdown of strategic reserves.
prolonged activation across multiple sites major infrastructure collapse or prolonged public exposure
👥 Personnel 120 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 50 [#9] Rapid-Response MTF (Epsilon-7) full-time tactical and support personnel.
Monitoring Station Operators / Signal Analysts 30 [#4] Continuous staffing for Stations 23-RA and 64-US (12–18 per station; staffed for 24/7 operations).
Research Scientist / Data Scientist / ML Engineer 10 [#13] Site-89 Department of Statistical Prediction staff (modeling, ML, geophysics).
Research Technician / Lab Staff 10 [#16, #15] Ongoing R&D and lab experiment staff supporting materials science and diagnostics.
Engineer / Maintenance 6 [#8, #6] Field engineering and maintenance crews for emitters, sensor nodes and deployable kits.
Administrative Staff 8 [#25] Administrative, compliance, classified recordkeeping and budget oversight staff.
Medical Officer / AMT 4 [#9, #28] Medical/AMT personnel embedded in rapid-response teams and public health response.
Site Director / Executive Staff 2 [#12, #25] Executive oversight for Site-89 operations and cross-program coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of wide ranges supplied in analyst notes; per-event costs and event frequencies for a mobile, sporadic anomaly are highly uncertain, and political/operational choices (reserve size, purchase vs charter) strongly affect totals.
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