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SCP-9808 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9808
Expected annual
$5.1M
One-time setup
$17.9M
Annual recurring
$5.0M
Personnel
22
Initial capital outlay of approximately $17.95M to establish IAS-9808 (land, compound construction, specialized labs, and a $3M contingency), with steady annual operating costs of about $4.97M driven primarily by security and specialist research staffing, amnestic/cover operations, and ongoing R&D/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $17.9M
Facilities $9.2M
[#1, #2, #3] Land acquisition, IAS-9808 compound construction, perimeter fencing and immediate site civil work and grading.
Contingency Reserve $3.0M
[#27] Contingency / extreme neutralization reserve for a single catastrophic neutralization/large remediation operation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.5M
[#13, #15, #30] PPE/memetic-shielding R&D & procurement, air/particulate sampling analytical laboratory hardening, and initial long-term R&D program funding.
Equipment $2.1M
[#4, #6, #9, #17, #19, #32] Surveillance arrays and sensor mast setup, power infrastructure hardware (generators/solar/batteries), vehicles purchase, remote-sensing instrumentation, communications/SCIF hardware, and data-archive hardware.
Ert Setup $500K
[#25] Emergency Response Team (ERT) equipment procurement: containment pods, field memetic dampening gear, specialized vehicles and staging equipment.
Amnestic And Cover Setup $300K
[#21] Initial amnestic protocols, cover-story materials, initial stock of amnestic agents, training and staged props/actors.
Legal And Liaison Initial $200K
[#23] One-time retainer/bribes/foundation-legal operations to secure permissions, remove records, and initial legal defense retainer.
Personnel Clearance Initial $100K
[#28] Initial personnel background investigations, memetic safety onboarding and specialized training modules.
Public Relations Setup $20K
[#38] Initial public relations/cover story setup: fake records, web presence, signage and staged boundary markers.
Capital Outlay Summary $0
[#42] Summary line-item (near-term capital outlay). This is a non-additive summary of one-time costs provided by the analyst; included for traceability only.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#8, #11] Security staffing (12 guards with benefits/hazard premiums) and research/technical staffing (≈10 specialists).
Research And Monitoring $1.0M/yr
[#5, #16, #18, #31, #34] Surveillance O&M and imagery subscriptions, sample consumables and sequencing, remote-sensing operations/drone replacements, ongoing R&D operational budget, and regional environmental monitoring/patrols.
Cover Story And Legal $810K/yr
[#22, #24, #39, #41] Amnestic administration and public-suppression payments, ongoing legal/lobbying/cover payments, PR/cover maintenance, and specialized multilateral legal counsel.
Supplies And Consumables $315K/yr
[#14, #36, #37, #40] PPE replacement/consumables, food/lodging and domestic support, hazardous waste disposal, and office consumables/petty cash.
Medical And Occupational Health $300K/yr
[#12] Medical, psychiatric and occupational health services: screening, emergency meds, neurology/psychiatry consults, medic coverage.
Ert Readiness $220K/yr
[#26] ERT annual training, certification, exercises and equipment maintenance.
Facilities Maintenance $140K/yr
[#7, #35] Power O&M and fuel, plus site utilities, groundskeeping and seasonal maintenance (water, septic, snow removal).
Logistics And Transport $120K/yr
[#10] Vehicles O&M: fuel, maintenance, replacement reserve and seasonal transport (snow).
It And Comms Operations $110K/yr
[#20] Communications & IT operations: sysadmin, backups, bandwidth, security audits, incident response.
Clearance Upkeep $75K/yr
[#29] Annual personnel clearance upkeep, memetic refresher training and psych evaluations.
Data Operations $25K/yr
[#33] Data archive media refresh, replication bandwidth, secure transport to offsite vaults and archive staff.
Operating Budget Summary $0/yr
[#43] Analyst-provided estimated annual operating budget summary; included for traceability only (non-additive).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.0M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations and scheduled maintenance only.
no breaches routine research activity standard maintenance cycles
🚨 Minor Incident $5.7M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring ERT deployment, temporary increased amnestic use, limited repairs and PR/legal activity.
small breach or civilian approach localized equipment sabotage unexpected sensor/vehicle loss
🚨 Major Breach $7.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment compromise requiring extended response: major repairs, large-scale amnestic campaigns, external asset deployments and heightened PR/legal actions.
large-scale breach significant infrastructure damage widespread public exposure
🚨 Catastrophic Neutralization $11.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Decision to neutralize or conduct heavy remediation (use of contingency, heavy machinery/airlift, possible ordnance-level actions) with large one-time costs.
decision to neutralize tree widespread uncontrollable exposure strategic-level intervention ordered
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#8] 12 full-time guards assumed to provide 24/7 coverage; cost included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist / Technical Staff 10 [#11] On-site lead botanists, memeticologists, technicians, IT/sysadmin and site manager; cost included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are granular and analyst-provided, giving reasonable cost coverage; uncertainty remains due to secrecy premiums, multiversal/GoI contingencies, and unpredictable anomaly-driven incidents, so confidence is medium.
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