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SCP-9801 Safe ? low confidence
SCP-9801
Expected annual
$78.1M
One-time setup
$117.2M
Annual recurring
$76.3M
Personnel
88
Initial one-time setup is dominated by heavy contingency and owned heavy-asset purchases (~$117.2M), while steady-state operations are dominated by staffing, heavy-assets contract lines and an annual contingency reserve (~$76.1M/yr). The open-ended discretionary contingency requirement is the single largest budget risk.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $117.2M
Contingency Fund Credit Line $100.0M
[#12] One-time establishment of a discretionary contingency/credit line to allow immediate execution of costly protocols.
Incident Response Equipment Pool $5.0M
[#10] Initial equipment pool for secure incident-response task force (vehicles, deployable kits, specialty gear).
Public Coordination Setup $5.0M
[#25] Initial public contingency & international coordination setup (retainer/credits/diplomatic channels).
Heavy Assets Owned $4.0M
[#11] Minimal owned heavy assets (bulldozer/crane/portable HVAC/mobile decon) to reduce reliance on contracts.
Facilities $750K
[#1] Dedicated containment/read chamber construction (site retrofit vs new build).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $750K
[#7] Initial memetic-countermeasure R&D & testing lab/instrumentation.
Legal Setup $500K
[#13] Initial legal/liaison setup, retainers, and cover-story establishment costs.
Secure Transport Vehicles $300K
[#9] Purchase/modification of dedicated secure vehicles/ambulances for transport and post-read amnesticisation.
Info Control Systems $200K
[#14] Initial setup of information control systems, tamper-evident seals, and metadata-only logging infrastructure.
Comms Hardening $150K
[#23] Initial EMP-hardening and communications blackout infrastructure for read/transport operations.
Destruction Suite Capital $125K
[#2] Secure destruction suite capital (industrial shredder/incinerator, chemical destruction, evidence-wiping hardware).
Ppe Initial $125K
[#17] Initial purchase of specialized PPE, decon tents, and stock for hazardous disposal operations.
Training Program Setup $100K
[#8] Setup costs for "do not consider" cognitive discipline training program and SOP material creation.
Generator Ups $60K
[#20] Backup generator/UPS capital for secure chamber and critical equipment redundancy.
Docs And Policies $60K
[#24] Documentation, SOP writing, certification program build and initial publication.
Amnestic Initial Procurement $50K
[#5] Initial procurement & setup for Class-A amnestics, anesthetics, pharmacy storage and administration capability.
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $76.3M/yr
Contingency Reserve $50.0M/yr
[#12, #25] Annual reserved discretionary contingency to permit immediate execution of high-cost suggested protocols and international operations.
Heavy Assets Contracts $10.0M/yr
[#11] Retained contract lines for heavy assets (earthmoving, demolition, mobile decon) to be invoked for protocols.
Staff Wages $9.6M/yr
[#3, #4, #6, #10, #22] Salaries for human memory-bank personnel (keepers), LÖNNROT operation team, medical clinicians, incident-response standby staffing, and oversight board.
Cover Story And Legal $3.0M/yr
[#13] Annual legal retainers, liaison costs, crisis PR, and cover-story maintenance.
Mortuary Capacity $1.0M/yr
[#18] Standing arrangements for mortuary/mass-casualty capacity (refrigerated trailers, forensic services readiness).
Logistics And Transport $600K/yr
[#9, #10] Secure transport operations and incident-response vehicle/equipment operations and maintenance (excludes large contract hires).
Research And Monitoring $575K/yr
[#7, #8, #16] Ongoing memetic R&D maintenance, training refresher programs, and red-team/simulation budgets.
Supplies And Consumables $355K/yr
[#2, #5, #17, #20] Amnestic doses and administration, destruction-suite consumables/per-use costs, decon contracts and utilities/operational consumables.
Red Team Simulation $250K/yr
[#16] Budget for simulation/safe-testing of suggested protocols using analogs.
Decon And Disposal Contracts $200K/yr
[#17] Contracts for hazardous waste disposal, incineration, and decontamination capacity.
Attrition Replacement Costs $200K/yr
[#21] Recruitment, training and repeated exposure cycles to replace departing memory-holders (1–2 replacements/yr planned).
Medical Followups And Services $200K/yr
[#6] Per-patient follow-ups, therapy, and ongoing medical/psychological services beyond clinician salaries.
Record Destruction Oversight $100K/yr
[#19] Independent oversight and certification team to verify destruction of notes and confirm no external copies remain.
Info Audits $100K/yr
[#14] Annual audits and compliance checks for information-control systems and metadata logs.
Vetting And Background Checks $60K/yr
[#15] Psychological screening, background checks, polygraphs, and hiring replacement screening costs.
Comm Testing $35K/yr
[#23] Periodic EMP/communications testing and sweeps for illicit devices.
Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr
[#1, #20] Ongoing maintenance for secure chamber, HVAC, and backup power upkeep.
Docs Updates $20K/yr
[#24] SOP updates, policy revisions, and certification renewals.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $76.3M/yr
91.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine LÖNNROT operations and no large activations; all recurring contracts and reserves funded at planned levels.
no large protocol activations standard rotations and training
🚨 Minor Incident $77.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
Small localized activation of suggested protocols (localized quarantine, short-term heavy-asset hire, limited legal/PR action).
localized protocol execution limited heavy-asset deployment
🚨 Major Incident $101.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$24.8M vs baseline
Significant activation requiring substantial heavy-asset contracts, large-scale logistics and legal actions (partial infrastructure removal, extended quarantines).
multi-site protocol execution extended heavy-assets and contract hires
🚨 Catastrophic Execution $276.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$199.8M vs baseline
Extreme scenario where LÖNNROT suggests national/international-level measures requiring contingency fund drawdown and mass actions.
protocols recommending national-level quarantines infrastructure removal or mass-casualty measures
👥 Personnel 88 total
Role Count Notes
Human memory-bank personnel (keepers) 10 [#3] Core pool of personnel trained to memorize and hold SCP-9801 content; rotated and amnesticised.
LÖNNROT operation team (readers/observers/clerical) 12 [#4] Permanent readers, observers, and clerical/medical staff who run LÖNNROT cycles and judge contradictions.
Secure incident-response task force / MTF 40 [#10] Pre-authorized standby multidisciplinary rapid-execution unit (logistics, tactical, engineering, legal).
Security Officers / MTF Agents (site-level) 10 [#1, #9] Site security and transport escorts for read operations and secure transit.
Medical Officer(s) / Clinicians 2 [#6, #5] Neurologist/psychiatrist and medical staff for amnestic administration and follow-up care.
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#20, #23] Technical staff for HVAC, generator/UPS maintenance, EMP-hardening, and facility systems.
Research Scientist / Memetics R&D 4 [#7, #16] Staff performing memetic-countermeasure research, testing, and simulation.
Administrative Staff / Auditors / Legal Liaison 6 [#13, #14, #19] Administrative, audit, and legal liaison personnel for information control, certification, and cover-story management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Wide ranges and an open-ended discretionary contingency requirement produce high uncertainty; many costs are scenario-driven and depend on politically- and operationally-contingent choices.
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