SCP-9725 — SCP-9725 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9725 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-9725

Expected annual

$763K

One-time setup

$4.9M

Annual recurring

$135K

Personnel

Initial one-time setup and R&D (secure locker, lab build-out, aether R&D and procurement) drive up-front costs into the low millions (~$4.9M); baseline containment (storage-only) recurring costs are modest (~$120k/yr), while authorized active research years can push annual spending into the multi-million range.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.9M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.7M

[#9, #11, #13, #12] Alchemy / ritual lab build-out (#9); Aether generation / containment apparatus R&D (#11); synthetic-proxy R&D (#13); initial procurement sourcing research budget (minimum) (#12).

Interorg Acquisition $525K

[#22] Procurement/acquisition costs for GoI/private transfers, negotiations, gifts/bribes (variable; midpoint used).

Equipment $344K

[#2, #5, #10] Environmental control & monitoring installation (#2); hardened digital archive workstation/server (#5); specialized sensors & detectors one-time procurement/R&D (#10).

Contingency Reserve Fund $300K

[#27] Contingency / insurance-equivalent reserve fund allocation (one-time).

Facilities $250K

[#1] Secure anomalous object locker installation/retrofit (materials, labor, certification).

Procurement Initial Sourcing $250K

[#12] Initial sourcing research budget for rare/occult ingredients (minimum recommended allocation).

Decommissioning $150K

[#28] One-time decommissioning and clean-closure costs if project shut down.

Legal Setup $138K

[#21] One-time legal/cover-story setup, falsified records, initial counsel and media preps.

Per Incident Remediation $102K

[#18] Per-incident quarantine, biohazard disposal and remediation estimate (mid-range).

Public Relations Worst Case $100K

[#30] One-time worst-case PR / suppression reserve (lower-bound allocation; highly variable).

Archival Setup $12K

[#23] One-time setup for long-term redundant offline archival storage and read-only kiosk.

Redaction Initial $6K

[#7] One-time redaction effort to sanitize Attached Document 9725-A.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $135K/yr

Staff Wages $48K/yr

[#3, #4] Baseline staff wages (security/admin partial FTEs for storage-only posture).

Calibration And Repair $19K/yr

[#10, #26] Calibration, repair, spare parts and maintenance contracts for sensors and unique apparatus (baseline level).

Redaction And Document Control $15K/yr

[#7] Ongoing redaction, distribution tracking and takedown operations.

Research And Monitoring $10K/yr

[#8, #6] Baseline monitoring and minimal research oversight (consolidated baseline operations; IT/monitoring partial costs).

It Security And Memetic Filters $10K/yr

[#6] IDS/IPS, logging, memetic filtering software licenses, SOC auditing (baseline minimal licensing).

Energy Costs $10K/yr

[#25] Incremental electricity and HVAC load for vaults and any minimal containment infrastructure.

Cover Story And Legal $5K/yr

[#21] Annual legal retainer / cover-story maintenance (baseline retainer).

Training And Certification $5K/yr

[#24] Regular staff training, tabletop exercises, certification renewals.

Psychological Support $4K/yr

[#20] Psychological screening and support resources (baseline counseling and memetic debrief capacity).

Facilities Maintenance $4K/yr

[#2] Locker environmental control maintenance, UPS servicing, door sensors & tamper alarm upkeep.

Archive Storage Rotation $3K/yr

[#23, #5] Secure backups, offline rotation and storage costs for Attached Document 9725-A archives.

Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr

[#16] Routine consumables for storage/occasional handling (PPE, small reagents, replacement consumables).

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Specialist Personnel $0/yr

[#14] Specialist alchemists/ritualists/senior researchers (recurring personnel costs only occur in active research years; baseline set to 0).

Technical Personnel $0/yr

[#15] Lab technicians, engineers, IT support (recurring only when experiments authorized; baseline set to 0).

Aether Generation Operations $0/yr

[#11] Operating/consumables costs for experimental aether generation and containment (baseline 0 unless experiments authorized).

Procurement Recurring $0/yr

[#12] Ongoing procurement of rare/occult ingredients (set to 0 baseline; episodic when experiments occur).

Synthetic Proxy Maintenance $0/yr

[#13] Ongoing maintenance/validation costs for synthetic proxies (baseline 0 unless project proceeds).

Homunculus Care $0/yr

[#17] Per-homunculus housing, life support and medical monitoring (baseline 0 unless SCP-9725-2 or others are maintained).

Breach Response Readiness $0/yr

[#19] On-call breach response team readiness (annual estimate varies; baseline 0 here as partial FTEs may be covered by site-wide teams).

Contingency Replenishment $0/yr

[#27] Replenishment of contingency/insurance-equivalent reserve as used (baseline 0 until deployed).

Facility Allocation Overhead $0/yr

[#29] Opportunity cost / internal facility allocation overhead (baseline assumed absorbed by campus; set to 0 here).

Public Relations Retainer $0/yr

[#30] Annual PR/incident suppression retainer (baseline not allocated; contingencies handled ad hoc).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $135K/yr

75.0% probability / year

Storage-only year with no authorized experiments and routine minimal maintenance and monitoring.

no_experiments_authorized routine_monitoring minimal_staffing

🚨 Minor Incident $220K/yr

8.0% probability / year +$85K vs baseline

Small containment or procedural incident requiring localized remediation, legal/PR response and limited downtime.

localized_contamination small_breach_or_spill limited_staff_exposure

🚨 Major Breach $1.3M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline

Significant containment failure or anomalous event requiring extensive remediation, legal action, and possible decommissioning work.

large_scale_breach hazmat_decontamination major_PR_litigation

🚨 Active Research $4.1M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$4.0M vs baseline

Year in which experiments are authorized: triggers lab build-out, major R&D, ingredient procurement, specialist hiring and one-time equipment spend.

Cross-test_Committee_approval lab_build-out_and_R&D ingredient_acquisition

👥 Personnel 2 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	1	[#3] Baseline partial FTE/security coverage assumed; full site security assumed to cover majority of duties.
Administrative Staff	1	[#4] Access-control and clearance administration (partial FTE) for Level-4 access processing and audits.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide granular line-item ranges enabling midpoint estimates, but large uncertainties remain around rare-ingredient procurement, GoI interactions, frequency of active research years, and worst-case PR/legal exposure; probabilities and scenario magnitudes are therefore estimated with moderate confidence.

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