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SCP-9896 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9896
Expected annual
$3.2M
One-time setup
$3.9M
Annual recurring
$3.1M
Personnel
15
Estimated startup/capital costs are approximately $3.9M one-time, driven by containment wing construction, instrumentation, emergency-contingency seed funding and specialized secure storage; annual recurring costs are roughly $3.10M/yr, driven primarily by personnel (security + research) and long-term timeline research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.9M
Equipment $1.3M
[#4, #6, #13, #18] Temporal instrumentation & computing one-time procurement (#4); secure IT terminals and tokens (#6); monitoring and surveillance hardware (#13); artifact intake secure locker/environmental setup (#18).
Facilities $1.0M
[#1] Secure humanoid containment wing construction (six-person suite).
Contingency Emergency Response Seed $500K
[#19] Contingency emergency response fund / rapid reaction team seed funding.
Cover Story And Witness Management $300K
[#10] One-time cover story / public relations & witness management (midpoint estimate).
Medical Intake And Initial Care $200K
[#5] One-time medical intake tests, imaging, baseline exams for time-displaced individuals.
Decommissioning And Reintegration Fund $200K
[#23] Reserve fund for decommissioning, reintegration, or long-term care/disposal.
Baseline Counterpart Reassignment One Time $150K
[#16] Non-interaction enforcement one-time costs: reassign/relocate baseline counterparts, HR changes.
Insurance And Clandestine Payments $100K
[#24] Insurance/indemnity/clandestine payments to local authorities/contractors.
Initial Transport And Containment Operations $75K
[#8] Transport & initial containment operation (Vancouver → Site-43): emergency deployment, convoy, medical escorts, temporary holding.
Record Modification And Cover Document Creation $50K
[#22] Record modification and cover-document creation for internal continuity.
Identity And Forensic Verification $25K
[#9] DNA sequencing, dental records, DEEPWELL cross-referencing, archival access fees.
Training And Sop Development $25K
[#17] Initial development of containment-specific SOPs, memetic safety training development.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $20K
[#11] One-time amnestic/pharmaceutical procurement and protocol testing (initial).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.4M/yr
[#2, #3, #14] On-site security staffing (7 total) and dedicated research team (PI, 2 scientists, 2 technicians) plus interaction-control staffing/handlers.
Research And Monitoring $715K/yr
[#4, #20, #17] Instrumentation/compute maintenance and compute costs (#4 recurring), long-term timeline research program / scenario modeling (#20), recurring training refreshers (#17).
Medical And Psychiatric Care $200K/yr
[#5] Ongoing medical, psychiatric, therapy, medications, and specialist consultations for the six.
Facilities Maintenance $187K/yr
[#21, #13, #6] Site-43 overhead allocations, surveillance storage/maintenance, IT/sysadmin maintenance for secure terminals.
Supplies And Consumables $155K/yr
[#25, #12, #11] Misc consumables/restraints/PPE (#25), living expenses/food/utilities for six (#12), ongoing amnestic replenishment (#11).
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#7] Legal, ethics, human-rights counsel and containment authorization ongoing costs.
Contingency Emergency Response Readiness $150K/yr
[#19] Ongoing rapid reaction team readiness, drills, and on-call funds.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#16] Ongoing monitoring/management costs to keep baseline counterparts separate (monitoring/relocation follow-ups).
Personnel Vetting $40K/yr
[#15] Frequent re-vetting, polygraphs, and continuous monitoring of staff with access.
Artifact Storage And Analysis $10K/yr
[#18] Recurring storage/analysis costs for any anomalous artifacts cataloged from the party.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine research, containment, and monitoring operations.
no breaches steady research progress routine medical and admin activity
🚨 Minor Incident $3.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Smaller containment incident or localized temporal anomaly requiring limited response and additional amnestic/legal action.
localized escape or interaction small-scale temporal instability witness amnestic operations
🚨 Major Breach $5.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Major containment breach, large-scale temporal/reality instability, or sustained multi-day incident requiring site-level response, reconstruction, and extended legal/cover operations.
major escape or reality instability large number of witnesses site structural damage
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 7 [#2] 24/7 armed/cleared guards (2 per shift × 3 shifts + 1 supervisor).
Principal Investigator 1 [#3] Lead for temporal/deep-history analysis.
Research Scientist 2 [#3] Dedicated research scientists for DEEPWELL analysis and timeline modeling.
Research Technician 2 [#3] Technicians/analysts supporting the research team.
Interaction Handler / Interviewer 3 [#14] Specialized handlers and vetted interviewers for scheduled interactions and escorts.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on detailed line-item analyst notes but remain order-of-magnitude due to anomalous/temporal uncertainties, possible scaling if Site retrofit is insufficient, and legal/ethical outcomes that could materially change costs.
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