SCP-9835 — SCP-9835 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9835 Safe ~ medium confidence

SCP-9835

Expected annual

$7.3M

One-time setup

$8.0M

Annual recurring

$7.1M

Personnel

Up-front acquisition, structural remediation and secure vault buildout drive one-time costs (~$8.0M), while ongoing security, international investigations and monitoring dominate recurring annual costs (~$7.11M). Major incident response could add multi-million-dollar spikes in affected years.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.0M

Facilities $2.9M

[#1, #2, #7, #9] Includes site acquisition/legal clearing (#1), emergency boarding/fencing (#2), structural stabilization or demolition (#7), and secure storage/vault buildout construction initial costs (#9).

Additional Site Containment Per Site $2.5M

[#23] Per-site acquisition/securement cost for any additional GoI-119 associated locations (one-time per site).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K

[#13] Specialized sensors/prototype research hardware R&D and initial procurement for multiversal detection.

Environmental Remediation $538K

[#8] Hazardous-materials abatement, asbestos/fuel/soil remediation and disposal to licensed facilities.

Equipment $525K

[#4, #5, #16] Purchase of cover-story vehicles/uniforms/forged paperwork (#4 initial), installation of on-site surveillance hardware (cameras, towers, sensors, drones) initial cost (#5 one-time), and initial on-site communications hardware/sat uplinks (#16 initial).

Legal And Cover Initial $288K

[#17] Initial legal/governmental cover operations: retainers, lobbying, permits and initial cover-story setup costs.

Compensation Payments $275K

[#19] Compensation/replacement payments to displaced owners, employees, and local businesses to prevent inquiries.

Salvage Operations $238K

[#20] Heavy-equipment salvage, debris recovery, forensic cataloguing and chain-of-custody processing (one-time).

Archive Documentation $85K

[#26] Transcription, translation, secure archiving and historical research for recovered records (one-time or phased).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.1M/yr

International Investigation $1.8M/yr

[#22] Programmatic international tracing of GoI-119 assets, covert investigations and legal actions (per-year program cost).

Staff Wages $1.2M/yr

[#3] 24/7 perimeter patrols by MTF/Gallahad-7: ~12 operatives fully-loaded (~$80k–$120k each).

Contingency Reserve $1.2M/yr

[#30] 20% contingency reserve applied to recurring program budget (recommended 15–30%).

Research And Monitoring $625K/yr

[#12] Scientific monitoring and recurrence-detection program: dedicated scientists, instrumentation, experiments and modelling.

Rapid Reaction Fund $500K/yr

[#24] Annual reserve for emergency deployments, evacuations, sealing breaches and urgent experiments.

Cover Story And Legal $305K/yr

[#4, #17, #18] Ongoing cover-story upkeep (vehicles, faux IDs) (#4 recurring), legal/governmental cover maintenance (#17 recurring), and PR/media suppression costs (#18).

Short Term Detention Ops $300K/yr

[#10] Short-term field arrest, transport, temporary holding, interrogation costs (planned operations per year).

Surveillance Operations $250K/yr

[#5, #6] Recurring costs for sensor data storage, drone ops, cloud/on-site storage, analyst personnel and software licenses (combined #5 recurring & #6).

Contractors Consultants $200K/yr

[#29] External specialist consultants (structural, environmental, anomalous science) engagements.

Facilities Maintenance $175K/yr

[#9, #15] Vault/utilities & maintenance (#9 recurring) and energy infrastructure (generators, fuel, maintenance) (#15).

Logistics And Transport $155K/yr

[#14, #21] Transportation & logistics for equipment/personnel (#14) plus secure transport and long-term shipment handling for recovered material (#21).

Long Term Detention $150K/yr

[#11] Long-term detention & care for detained GoI-119 employees (budgeted per-person annual cost; assumes capacity for detainees).

Specialized Sensors Maintenance $100K/yr

[#13] Calibration, upgrades and maintenance for specialized multiversal detectors/prototype hardware.

Medical Psych Services $80K/yr

[#27] Medical and psychological screening and ongoing care for exposed employees and operatives.

Training Exercises $60K/yr

[#28] Recurrent training for MTF in local police procedures and cover-story maintenance.

Communications Maintenance $40K/yr

[#16] Ongoing encrypted comms, bandwidth, satellite uplink maintenance and secure networking costs.

Long Term Monitoring $35K/yr

[#25] Low-intensity long-term inspections, instrumentation checks and occasional patrols for decades.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.1M/yr

94.0% probability / year

Normal year with stable containment, steady patrols, monitoring and routine operations; no major incidents.

no reactivation routine maintenance scheduled investigations

🚨 Minor Incident $8.8M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$1.7M vs baseline

Localized reactivation or small breach requiring emergency deployment, short-term detentions, salvage and targeted remediation.

localized anomalous activity small structural collapse field arrests of GoI personnel

🚨 Major Breach $18.6M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$11.5M vs baseline

Significant reactivation or multi-site exposure requiring large-scale acquisition, international response, sustained research surge and mass detention/containment.

large-scale reactivation multiple associated sites discovered hostile memetic propagation

👥 Personnel 22 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	12	[#3] Continuous perimeter patrol detachment (~12 operatives to maintain 24/7 coverage).
Surveillance Analyst / Operator	4	[#5, #6] Analysts/operators for camera/sensor network and drone operations (3–6 estimated; midpoint used).
Research Scientist	4	[#12] Dedicated scientists for monitoring and recurrence-detection research; staffing reflected in research budget.
Administrative Staff	1	[#17] Single administrative/legal coordinator to manage cover-story, permits and liaison.
Medical Officer	1	[#27] On-call medical/psychological provision primarily budgeted under medical services.

📋 Confidence Notes

Notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most categories, but several large ranges and contingency on unknown associated sites leave substantial uncertainty; mid-range estimates used for budgeting.

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