SCP-9737 — SCP-9737 | Cost Breakdown

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $44.3M

Sra Acquisition $27.5M

[#4] Purchase/installation of a Scranton Reality Anchor (SRA) asset (midpoint of $5M–$50M range); treated as capital acquisition.

Facilities $5.0M

[#1, #3] Containment cell buildout (10 cells, spacing, HVAC, finishes) and Site-210 bunker retrofit/new-wing work; combined midpoint estimate of cell and bunker costs.

Contingency Seed $5.0M

[#22] Initial contingency/cover-up reserve seed (lower-range recommended reserve of $5M used).

Contract Payment Crossroads $2.5M

[#5] One-time contract/escrow payment to Project CROSSROADS participant 4 for forced-manifestation assistance (midpoint estimate).

Equipment $1.1M

[#2, #6] Reinforced hermetic automated doors with level-4 access integration and per-cell sensor array installation (cameras, environmental sensors); includes integration/testing midpoint.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K

[#7] Secure archival IT and least-discernability archival buildout including physical vaults, cryptographic controls and initial staff tooling.

Power Redundancy $600K

[#16] Initial redundant power setup, UPS/generators and electrical upgrades (midpoint).

Scp3930 Transfer $550K

[#20] One-time cost estimate for a single transfer/containment into SCP-3930 (midpoint $100k–$1M).

Vetting Initial $350K

[#19] Initial personnel vetting and clearance processing for ~100 staff (midpoint $200k–$500k).

Dclass Induction And Termination $288K

[#12] One-time recruitment/cover/coercion/legal and termination/disposal costs for D-7777777 (midpoint combined).

Westbound Activation $200K

[#13] One-time activation-level cost for WESTBOUND protocol per activation (midpoint of $100k–$300k).

Secure Communications $175K

[#18] Initial secure communications hardware and armored courier/transport provisioning (midpoint).

Data Capture Initial $175K

[#21] Initial memory-loss-safe wearable recorders, automated black-boxes and air-gapped analysis lab setup (midpoint).

Misc Spares $150K

[#24] Initial stock of spare sensors, cameras, door actuators, backup isotopes and emergency medical supplies (midpoint).

Rng Instrumentation $125K

[#11] Shielded isotope RNG instrumentation, detectors, licensing initial procurement and setup (midpoint).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.7M/yr

Staff Wages $6.2M/yr

[#8, #9] Security staffing payroll (32–48 guards + supervisors & RRT) and scientific/containment personnel payroll (researchers, engineers, technicians) including benefits; midpoint aggregated.

Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr

[#15] Ongoing legal counsel, cover-story maintenance, front-company costs and liaison with external agencies (midpoint $200k–$2M/yr).

Research And Monitoring $928K/yr

[#7, #11, #14, #21, #6] Archival operations ($100k–$300k), RNG regulatory/renewal (~$10k–$50k), baseline research program ($250k–$1M/yr), data-capture storage/audits and sensor storage/replication costs; aggregated midpoint.

Medical Services $500K/yr

[#10] Physicians, psychologists, post-contact testing, pharmacological countermeasures, equipment & consumables (midpoint $250k–$750k/yr).

Contingency Maintenance $500K/yr

[#22] Annual contributions/maintenance to contingency and catastrophe fund (ongoing reserve maintenance assumption).

Administrative Overhead $300K/yr

[#25] Project management, documentation, permissioning workflows and record auditing (midpoint $100k–$500k/yr).

Sra Operations $275K/yr

[#4] SRA maintenance, qualified operator training and ongoing power/load costs (midpoint $50k–$500k/yr).

Facilities Maintenance $175K/yr

[#16] Annual fuel, generator maintenance, electricity and life-support upkeep (midpoint $50k–$300k).

Training And Drills $150K/yr

[#23] Ongoing training, simulated drills for retrieval, hermetic door operation and WESTBOUND practice (midpoint $50k–$250k/yr).

Westbound Readiness $125K/yr

[#13] Annual readiness/drills and response-cache maintenance for WESTBOUND protocol (midpoint $50k–$200k/yr).

Vetting Annual $125K/yr

[#19] Annual reinvestigations, polygraphs and continuous monitoring ($50k–$200k/yr midpoint).

Logistics And Transport $115K/yr

[#18] Ongoing secure transport, courier, encrypted comms ops and occasional armored/air movement (midpoint $30k–$200k/yr).

Dclass Holding $70K/yr

[#12] Annual holding & management costs for D-7777777 (midpoint $40k–$100k/yr).

Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr

[#17] Decontamination consumables, PPE, HEPA filters, air-scrubber maintenance (midpoint $20k–$100k).

Misc Spares Replenishment $60K/yr

[#24] Annual replenishment of spare parts, backup isotopes and emergency medical supplies (midpoint $20k–$100k/yr).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.7M/yr

84.0% probability / year

Normal, uneventful year with no major incidents; routine research, maintenance, payroll and readiness costs only.

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🚨 Minor Incident $11.7M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Localized manifestation or operational incident requiring WESTBOUND activation and limited emergency response/cover-up.

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🚨 Major Breach $18.7M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline

Major containment failure or wide-impact manifestation requiring SRA use, large contract expenditures, heavy remediation and possible public cover-up.

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🚨 Research Campaign $12.2M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Major red-team/forced-manifestation experimental campaign (SRA time, overtime, consumables) beyond baseline research.

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👥 Personnel 70 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	40	[#8] 24/7 armed/internal security roster including shifts, supervisors and RRT members; midpoint staffing from 32–48 range.
Research Scientist	12	[#9, #14] Core Project CROSSROADS researchers and red-team leads involved in baseline research and campaign work.
Engineer / Maintenance	4	[#9, #16] Containment engineer(s) and maintenance staff responsible for HVAC, hermetic doors, backup power and facility systems.
Technician / Lab Technician	6	[#6, #21, #24, #9] Technical operators for sensors, data capture, isotopes, and routine lab/containment technical tasks.
Medical Officer	2	[#10] Physicians/psychologists providing post-contact care, testing, and pharmacological countermeasures.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#25] Site Director oversight and executive permissions (e.g., Oginatri-level approvals).
Administrative Staff	4	[#25, #15] Project administrators, record custodians, and legal liaisons supporting archival least-discernability and cover-story operations.
Class-D Personnel	1	[#12] D-7777777 inducted per protocol for CROSSROADS.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are low-confidence due to fundamental uncertainty about SCP-9737's existence, high variability in SRA and bunker costs, and per-event contract/transfer volatility.