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SCP-9888 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9888
Expected annual
$4.4M
One-time setup
$4.9M
Annual recurring
$4.4M
Personnel
25
First-year startup (one-time retrofits, instruments and initial R&D) is estimated at ~$4.88M, with steady-state annual operating costs of ~ $4.38M driven primarily by staff wages (security, on-call Level‑4s, research) plus contingency, R&D and specialized consumables.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.9M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.2M
[#5, #7, #19] Includes remote manipulator/robotics R&D & hardware, specialized high-speed diagnostics and instrumentation setup/R&D, and initial R&D program startup for metaphysical mitigation work.
Facilities $2.2M
[#1, #9, #10, #13, #18, #27, #30] Includes vault door purchase & structural retrofit, environmental/HVAC install, backup power install, decontamination/upfit, remediation of prior-incident structural damage, initial restricted-zone signage, and initial archival facility costs.
Equipment $245K
[#2, #11] Includes biometric multi-person access hardware and integration, and secure air-gapped monitoring/logging server & storage install.
Emergency Response Setup $150K
[#14] One-off incident response kit, PPE procurement, initial hazmat/MTF readiness setup and initial exercises/training material creation.
Security Vetting Initial $25K
[#23] Initial enhanced vetting costs (per-program setup and first-round vettings at program scale).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.4M/yr
Staff Wages $2.6M/yr
[#3, #4, #6] Annual wages for site security/guards, on-call Level-4 senior personnel pool, and recurring research team salaries/technical staff.
Research And Monitoring $390K/yr
[#5, #11, #19] Ongoing robotics servicing, secure monitoring/logging administration and recurring R&D program expenditures for metaphysical mitigation and instrumentation upkeep.
Contingency Fund $300K/yr
[#25] Unrestricted contingency/reserve for unexpected anomalous escalation, recommended 10–30% of program spend.
Supplies And Consumables $270K/yr
[#7, #8, #12, #17] Consumables & calibration for diagnostics, sacrificial test materials budget, expendable/replaceable sensors, and PPE/non-meta tooling consumables.
Insurance Reserve $200K/yr
[#28] Internal liability accounting / replacement-value reserve.
Cover Story And Legal $160K/yr
[#20, #24, #26] Legal counsel, cover-story maintenance, documentation/classification review, records redaction and local community mitigation / PR.
Facilities Maintenance $115K/yr
[#9, #10, #13, #16, #27, #30] HVAC filter replacements & isolation maintenance, generator fuel & maintenance, decontamination/disposal operations, chute maintenance, restricted-zone signage upkeep, and archival facility operations.
Emergency Oncall And Hazmat Readiness $75K/yr
[#14] Annual contracts and on-call readiness costs for MTF/hazmat support and periodic readiness exercises.
It Security And Anti Tamper $60K/yr
[#29] Continuous IDS, anti-tamper monitoring, insider threat detection and secure-log retention.
Medical Surveillance $50K/yr
[#15] Ongoing medical checks, memetic/metabolomic screening and counseling for exposed personnel.
Classified Training And Drills $50K/yr
[#22] Annual recurring costs for training programs, triple-L4 drills, simulations and lost billable time for practice.
Security Vetting $30K/yr
[#23] Program-level annual cost for continuous background rechecks, polygraphs and reinvestigations.
Public Relations $30K/yr
[#26] Local community mitigation, leak response and temporary mitigation payments if needed.
Memetic Measures $30K/yr
[#21] Production and maintenance of memetic filters, signage, training packages and secure briefings.
Biometric System Maintenance $12K/yr
[#2] Annual maintenance, anti-spoofing updates and PKI upkeep for biometric multi-present access system.
Logistics And Transport $12K/yr
[#16] Daily rations for annex occupants (packaged to containment standards) and small delivery logistics.
Signage Maintenance $3K/yr
[#27] Recurring inspection and maintenance of restricted-zone demarcation and electronics.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.4M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine experiments and maintenance.
no incidents planned experiments regular maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $4.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$217K vs baseline
Containable anomalous event requiring targeted repairs, small-scale structural remediation, emergency response activation and replacement of destroyed sensors/instruments.
localized equipment destruction small structural damage sensor loss requiring replacement
🚨 Major Breach $5.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Severe incident (Incident-style) causing major structural and equipment loss, extended shutdown, large-scale remediation and significant R&D/contingency expenditures.
catastrophic NUMA-style failure major structural remediation extended research suspension and cleanup
👥 Personnel 25 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#3] 24/7 site-level guard coverage (3 shifts) sized to match recurring security staffing budget.
Level-4 Researcher / Senior On-Call 6 [#4] Pool of Level‑4 personnel maintained on-call to satisfy multi-present unlocking requirements.
Research Scientist / Lab Technical Staff 10 [#6] Core E&P research team (scientists, engineers, lab techs) supporting experiments, monitoring and analysis.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and plausible ranges enabling a bounded estimate, but significant uncertainty remains due to unknown containment stability, staffing policy (Level‑4 availability model), experiment cadence and metaphysical escalation risk.
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