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SCP-9868 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9868
Expected annual
$18.1M
One-time setup
$4.9M
Annual recurring
$17.4M
Personnel
18
Initial one-time setup is modest (~$4.9M) for secure facilities, labs and administrative formation; annual recurring costs are dominated by legal/PR/litigation reserves, contingency funding and ongoing staffing (~$17.4M/yr). Major cost drivers are legal/cover operations, contingency reserves, security staffing, and property/site maintenance/renovation.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.9M
Facilities $1.8M
[#1, #12] Central vault construction and secure containment conversion: includes hardened vault build ($250,000 estimate) and larger renovation/conversion of acquired buildings to secure containment suites (aggregate assumed $1,500,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.4M
[#15, #16] Forensic/materials lab instrumentation and R&D program startup: instruments (~$450,000) plus program startup/initial research funding (~$1,000,000).
Equipment $650K
[#3, #17, #23, #25] Hardened IT/hardware and facility equipment: inventory/chain-of-custody system dev (partial, $125,000), controlled print/production facility setup ($150,000), armored vehicle(s) purchase ($200,000), and cyber/hardware hardening ($175,000).
Emergency Team Setup $500K
[#24] Rapid-response / asset reclamation team setup costs (training and equipment).
Front Company Formation $150K
[#8] One-time costs to form multiple shell/front companies (assumed initial set of entities).
Incinerator Setup $150K
[#26] Secure destruction/incinerator installation for memetic-safe disposal campaigns.
Distributed Site Setup $85K
[#2] Site-level locker/safe/CCTV setup across multiple remote Sites (estimated aggregate for ~10-site staging initial rollout).
Conservation One Time $75K
[#14] Initial conservation/restoration backlog for objects damaged by sticker adhesion (aggregate estimate).
Property Transfer Closing Total $65K
[#9] One-time transfer/closing costs aggregated across initial acquisitions (per-property closing fees estimated; aggregated here).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $17.4M/yr
Large Contingency Reserve $10.0M/yr
[#30] Annual allocation to a large contingency/emergency fund to cover high-impact failure scenarios, political exposure, mass amnestic operations, or large settlements.
Cover Story And Legal $3.6M/yr
[#7, #8, #21, #22] Legal counsel retainer and case fees, front-company bookkeeping/compliance, PR/cover incident reserves, and annual allocation toward litigation/settlement reserves (aggregate recurring allocation).
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #24] Program manager and administrative support, dedicated security for principals, site-level guard presence for stickered properties, and staffing for emergency response teams (aggregate wages).
Facilities Maintenance $610K/yr
[#1, #2, #11, #28] Vault and site maintenance/testing, site locker ops, building utilities/maintenance, and energy/HVAC/server power for containment and monitoring.
Research And Monitoring $500K/yr
[#15, #16] Ongoing forensic/materials lab operations, staff, and R&D program expenditures to control/replicate/neutralize effects (aggregate recurring research ops).
Accounting And Auditing $300K/yr
[#27] Dedicated accounting team for reconciling nominal ownership, off-books asset management, and audits.
Amnestic Reserve $250K/yr
[#20] Annual allocation to amnestic treatments and witness management (baseline reserve for small incidents; major events costed in scenarios).
Insurance And Liability $200K/yr
[#13] Annual insurance and liability premium estimates for shell entities/properties where coverage is purchasable.
Supplies And Consumables $161K/yr
[#17, #26, #14] Controlled sticker production runs and consumables (~$36k), periodic secure-destruction campaign costs (~$25k), and recurring small-scale conservation/restoration consumables (~$100k).
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#23] Per-move secure transport costs for moving acquired items (vehicle operations, escorts and occasional air transport).
Property Taxes $150K/yr
[#10] Real estate taxes and municipal compliance for acquired properties (annualized; per-property budgeting was aggregated).
Background Checks And Monitoring $125K/yr
[#19] Continuous vetting, monitoring and internal affairs investigations for personnel with access to SCP-9868.
Conservation Recurring $100K/yr
[#14] Recurring conservator interventions and restoration work for damaged items (annualized).
Cybersecurity And Records Hardening $85K/yr
[#25] Ongoing cybersecurity, air-gapped backups, and records-harding maintenance.
Training And Sops $60K/yr
[#18] Training programs, SOP creation and compliance audits to prevent misuse and mission creep.
Reputation Internal Budget $40K/yr
[#29] Budget for internal disciplinary hearings, oversight boards and internal reviews.
Inventory It Hosting $30K/yr
[#3] Hosting, audits, updates and hardened hosting for serial-number/chain-of-custody database.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $17.4M/yr
86.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major public exposures or large legal settlements.
controlled centralization of sticker use no major public incident routine operations and audits
🚨 Minor Incident $17.9M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized unauthorized use / small public exposure requiring PR, amnestics and limited legal work.
unauthorized sticker use noticed publicly small litigation or local media attention
🚨 Major Litigation $22.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
High-profile litigation or multiple property claims requiring substantial settlements and extended legal engagement.
multi-party lawsuits claims against Foundation-controlled properties extended discovery / high legal fees
🚨 Catastrophic Exposure $117.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
Nation-level exposure or politically salient event requiring mass amnestic operations, buyouts and massive legal/PR intervention.
mass public exposure national media / government intervention widespread legal and political fallout
👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
Site Director / Program Manager 1 [#4] Senior oversight and approval authority (full-time program manager).
Administrative Staff 1 [#4] Administrative assistant / approvals support (0.5–1.0 FTE approximated to 1 FTE).
Security Officer / MTF Agent (personal detail) 4 [#5] Dedicated security for principals to prevent private misuse (estimated 2 guards per principal average).
Security Officer / Site-level guards 6 [#6] Guard presence at stickered properties (aggregate assumed staffing across properties).
Emergency Response Team Members 6 [#24] Rapid-response / asset reclamation team staffing (operational personnel included in wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide ranges for most line items but number of properties, frequency of incidents, and staffing levels are uncertain; major contingency figures dominate expected cost and are intentionally conservative, producing medium confidence.
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