SCP-9716 — SCP-9716 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9716 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-9716

Expected annual

$1.8M

One-time setup

$3.1M

Annual recurring

$1.6M

Personnel

First-year (including one-time buildout) capital costs are roughly $3.07M driven primarily by containment buildout and a ~$2.0M contingency reserve; steady-state annual operations are roughly $1.60M/yr driven by D-Class pool maintenance, staff wages, automated scrubber operations and emergency readiness.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.1M

Hazard Contingency Reserve $2.0M

[#22] Standby reserve for large incidents (wide-scale ringing, CK-Class interactions, major breach response) per analyst recommendation.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $512K

[#4, #12] Development/integration of the air-gapped automated transcription & content-scrubbing system and initial experimental instrumentation/equipment for controlled study.

Facilities $261K

[#1, #18] Containment chamber construction/retrofit (sound-treated, secure HVAC, pass-throughs, visual-only alarm interfaces) plus initial artifact restoration/corrosion control (midpoint estimates).

Equipment $232K

[#3, #5, #9, #10, #16, #17, #26] Visual-only CCTV hardware, initial sound-canceling headgear stockpile, initial visual-alarm hardware, IT servers/hardware, specialized playback booth, redundant alarm installations, and initial spare-parts stock.

Artifact Acquisition $30K

[#2] Secure transport and installation of the cast-iron K6 telephone box (crane, flatbed, packaging/shock mounts, permits, on-site installation).

Cover Story Initial $30K

[#14] Initial civilian cover-story setup (antique phone exhibit framing, initial PR/legal setup).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr

Staff Wages $440K/yr

[#8, #11, #10, #20] Aggregated salaries & benefits: site security coverage (4–6 guards), linguists/noetic reviewers (1–2 specialists), partial IT admin FTE, and inventory/chain-of-custody compliance officer.

D Class Pool $400K/yr

[#6] Recurring costs for a 20-person D-Class pool (housing, food, medical screening, turnover, training) — baseline usage assumption built into recurring budget.

Research And Monitoring $320K/yr

[#12, #25, #29] Recurring research program budget (experimentation/study), external memetics/forensic consulting contracts, and periodic equipment/noetic safety certification/validation.

Emergency Overtime $75K/yr

[#9] Annual reserve for emergency overtime and rapid-response staffing when SCP-9716 rings unexpectedly (midpoint of $50–100k).

Scrubber Operations $65K/yr

[#4] Ongoing operations/updates/validation for the air-gapped automated transcription & content-scrubbing system (midpoint ops estimate).

Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr

[#14] Annual legal/OPSEC retainer, ongoing cover maintenance, forgery/fabrication budgets and contingency PR/retainer costs.

Psychological Medical Monitoring $45K/yr

[#13] Post-exposure psychological/medical checks, counseling and treatment budget (scales with incident frequency).

Public Relations $40K/yr

[#30] Annual PR/rumor-containment operations and occasional public-facing cover activities.

Proxy Termination $30K/yr

[#7] Proxy termination/autopsy/biohazard disposal/falsified paperwork costs. Baseline assumes ~10 terminations/year at ~$3,000 each (adjusts with usage).

Audit And Oversight $22K/yr

[#21] Internal audits, SOP maintenance, and documentation updates following incidents and periodic review.

Device Discard Reserve $20K/yr

[#15] Annual reserve for safe destruction and replacement of devices that receive audio during an event; per-device costs vary.

Declassification Archival $18K/yr

[#28] Long-term archival of sanitized transcripts, maintenance of falsified records, and museum-exhibit archival costs.

Training And Drills $15K/yr

[#19] Regular site drills, new-employee training, and refreshers simulating SCP-9716 ringing and visual-alarm procedures.

Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr

[#23] Consumables and PPE (gloves, disinfectants, batteries, replacement pads/consumables, signage and small repair parts).

Security Training $10K/yr

[#8] Specialized training budget for guards (SCP-9716 SOPs, non-audio drills) separated from base wages.

It Storage Maintenance $10K/yr

[#10] Storage, backups, system hardening, and routine maintenance for air-gapped transcript servers and secure archives.

Facilities Maintenance $7K/yr

[#17, #18] Annual maintenance for redundant visual alarm infrastructure and environmental controls (alarm upkeep, corrosion control consumables, HVAC servicing).

Cctv Maintenance $5K/yr

[#3] Annual maintenance, secure storage and tamper-proof logging upkeep for visual-only CCTV hardware.

Spare Replenishment $5K/yr

[#26] Annual replenishment budget for spare parts for the scrubber and playback devices.

Hazardous Waste Permits $4K/yr

[#24] Licensing, contracting and compliance for hazardous waste disposal and special autopsy materials.

O5 Invocation Reserve $4K/yr

[#27] Expected annualized cost for rare O5 Council invocations (assumes ~0.2 invocations/year at ~$20k each).

Headgear Replacement $2K/yr

[#5] Annual replacement/consumables budget for stockpiled sound-canceling headgear.

Specialized Playback Maintenance $1K/yr

[#16] Annual maintenance for specialized playback/one-way booths used in Appendix C protocols.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr

65.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with low usage (routine experiments, limited authorized calls), no major incidents.

low authorized call volume routine maintenance and research no unexpected ringing incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $1.7M/yr

20.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline

Single-site unexpected ringing event requiring additional terminations, overtime, audit and increased medical follow-up.

unexpected ring(s) several additional proxy terminations overtime and increased psychological follow-up

🚨 Major Breach $3.1M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Widespread containment failure or CK-class interaction requiring emergency response, mass replacements/disposals, field teams and large contingency drawdown.

site-wide unexpected ringing cascade containment breach mass device contamination/disposal

🚨 High Call Volume Year $2.8M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline

Year with many authorized experiments and/or frequent triggering leading to large D-Class turnover, repeated proxy terminations, and expanded research ops.

expanded experimental program high authorized call rate frequent Appendix C requests

👥 Personnel 9 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	5	Baseline onsite coverage to meet 'two present' requirement and shift rotation; wage pool included in staff_wages [#8].
Linguist / Noetic Reviewer	2	Human oversight for scrubbed transcripts and do-not-call determinations; wage pool included in staff_wages [#11].
IT Administrator (partial FTE)	1	0.2–0.5 FTE expected; represented as a single part-time headcount for credentials, audits and air-gapped server maintenance; costs aggregated in staff_wages [#10].
Inventory / Chain-of-Custody / Compliance Officer	1	Responsible for do-not-call list, authorization logs and transcript custody; ~0.5–1.0 FTE aggregated in staff_wages [#20].

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates for equipment, staffing and recurring operations, but major uncertainties remain around authorized call volume, actual annual D-Class termination rate, rare breach probabilities and O5 invocation frequency; these drive significant variance in expected costs.

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