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SCP-9892 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-9892
Expected annual
$590K
One-time setup
$1.3M
Annual recurring
$581K
Personnel
5
Upfront one-time costs are dominated by property acquisition, incident-response reserves, and IT integration (~$1.33M); recurring annual costs are driven by staff wages (Banshee engineers, reviewers, analyst) plus ongoing compute, research, security, and legal (~$0.58M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M
Incident Response Reserve $500K
[#21] Incident response escalation reserve and pre-cleared vendor contracts (~$500k reserved).
Facilities $200K
[#1] Purchase of the Molson parcel, closing costs and basic surveying (~$200k).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#14] Initial formal research/program budget for containment experiments and trials (~$200k).
It Integration $200K
[#10] Banshee AI integration & initial deployment, development, testing, rollback infrastructure (~$200k).
Contingency Reserve $100K
[#20] Contingency reserve for emergency operations (~$100k one-time).
Initial Data Remediation $50K
[#13] Initial surge contract for manual review/data remediation (3 months) (~$50k).
Equipment $21K
[#5, #7, #8, #9, #16] Remote surveillance hardware & install (~$6k, #5), sensors & locks one-time hardware (~$2k, #7), fire protection & safe (~$2.5k, #8), UPS (~$800, #9), archival hardware/setup (~$10k, #16).
Decommissioning Fund $20K
[#25] Long-term decommissioning & disposal fund / site restoration (~$20k).
Secure Transport Per Event $15K
[#15] Secure transport/handling per deployment event (~$15k per event).
Archival Setup $10K
[#16] Initial archival supplies & digitization hardware/setup (~$10k).
Legal And Cover Setup $10K
[#19] Legal formation/cover costs, shell setup and formation fees (~$10k).
Training And Sop $10K
[#23] One-time SOP development and initial training session (~$8–12k, use $10k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $581K/yr
Staff Wages $328K/yr
[#3, #11, #13, #24] Owner salary and benefits (~$48k, #3); Banshee ongoing maintenance/devops (1–2 FTE -> $180k, #11); ongoing data review (~$75k, #13); analyst/KPI reporting (~$25k, #24).
Research And Monitoring $124K/yr
[#12, #14] Compute, storage & backup for Banshee and logs (~$24k/yr, #12); follow-on annual research budget (~$100k/yr, #14).
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#19, #20, #22] Annual bookkeeping & local counsel for shell entity (~$5k/yr, #19); PR/containment retainer (~$35k/yr middle estimate, #20); insurance & liability coverage (~$10k/yr, #22).
Facilities Maintenance $45K/yr
[#4, #7, #9, #6, #17] Site security & patrols and alarm monitoring (~$40k, #4); sensors batteries & minor repairs (~$200/yr, #7); UPS battery replacements (~$200/yr, #9); camera/cloud bandwidth (treated as site monitoring cost ~$1.2k/yr, #6); routine utilities & grounds maintenance (~$3k/yr, #17).
Digitization Contract $20K/yr
[#16] Ongoing digitization contractor work for clearance-0 docs (~$20k/yr).
Property Lease $12K/yr
[#2] Alternate recurring cost if Foundation leases site instead of purchasing (~$12k/yr).
Training And Compliance $2K/yr
[#23] Refresher training and SOP updates (~$1–2k/yr, use $1.5k).
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#18] Consumables and small tools (gas/oil, parts, paint, fasteners) (~$1k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $581K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with purchased property, standard monitoring, Banshee operations, and routine research; no major incidents.
routine_operations no_breach steady_infection_metrics
🚨 Minor Incident $606K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$25K vs baseline
Localized incident (break-in, theft, small spike in SCP-9892-1) requiring local response, minor replacements, short surge contractors and PR retainer activation.
local_break-in theft_of_tools small_spike_in_digital_infections
🚨 Major Breach $1.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant digital propagation or large-scale corruption event requiring global remediation: surge hiring, emergency compute, extended contractor ops, travel, and use of escalation reserve.
rapid_infection_growth public_exposure Banshee_failure_or_false_negatives
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Site Custodian / Owner 1 [#3] Dylan Molson hired in a limited role to maintain SCP-9892; salary/benefits accounted (~$48k/yr).
Research Scientist / ML Engineer 2 [#11] Banshee ongoing maintenance and engineering (1–2 FTEs -> ~$180k/yr total).
Content Moderator / Reviewer 1 [#13] Ongoing manual review and reconciliation (~$75k/yr).
Analyst / Reporting 1 [#24] KPI/monitoring analyst (0.25–0.5 FTE, budgeted ~$25k/yr; represented as 1 headcount for coverage).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates for nearly every cost driver (purchase vs lease, Banshee one-time and recurring, research, security, legal). Numbers are midrange estimates; main uncertainties are chosen midpoints for ranges and scenario probabilities, but overall cost structure is well-defined.
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