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SCP-9904 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-9904
Expected annual
$400K
One-time setup
$936K
Annual recurring
$380K
Personnel
3
Initial one-time containment and archival setup is approximately $936,100; steady-state annual operations are about $380,200 driven primarily by staff wages, ongoing takedown/monitoring and legal/PR support. Major viral events or internment scenarios can raise annual costs into the hundreds of thousands or millions.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $936K
Contingency Fund $250K
[#22] Contingency reserve for rapid scaling (viral spread, copycats, large legal fights) — one-time fund hold.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#12] Biomechanics lab rental/build-out and major instrumentation (force plates, high-speed cameras, motion capture, EMG, data acquisition) for controlled study.
Memetic Countermeasures Campaign $100K
[#16] One campaign memetic / amnestic countermeasures budget (specialized personnel, agents, secure treatment) if applicable.
Facilities $60K
[#14] Secure-housing / supervised-accommodation facility modifications and structural work (vault/secure room modifications if internment required).
Initial Takedown $50K
[#6] Initial digital takedown and platform removal campaign (legal takedowns, paid removals, liaison costs) for initial event.
Initial Pr Campaign $50K
[#10] Public relations / cover-story campaign initial spend (press coordination, crisis PR firm, seeded placements).
Litigation Longtail Initial $50K
[#19] Initial budget for foreign counsel / cross-jurisdictional legal actions or early-stage litigation costs.
Equipment $30K
[#13] Safety infrastructure and installed hardware (nets, harnesses, certified rigging, some vault hardware).
Field Operations $24K
[#1] Locate-and-surveil operation: travel, stakeouts, local informants, short-term undercover deployments (single op estimate).
Legal Injunctions Initial $20K
[#3] Initial legal fees to secure injunctions, restraining orders, subpoenas and court filing fees (jurisdiction-dependent).
Replacement Content Initial $20K
[#21] Creation/distribution of replacement/substitution content and seeded narratives to supplant removed footage.
Digital Forensics $16K
[#9] Digital forensics & content sanitization to find/remove hidden/backups and verify deletions across seized devices/platforms.
Archival Setup $15K
[#8] Secure archival storage setup: air-gapped/offline vault hardware, climate control, off-site backup provisioning.
Buyouts Compensation $10K
[#7] Buyouts / compensation payments to footage owners / witnesses to surrender/delete copies and sign NDAs.
Training Initial $10K
[#18] Initial training for containment personnel on restraint, evidence handling, legal compliance and media avoidance.
Crowd Control Planning Setup $10K
[#20] Emergency response & crowd-control planning setup and initial coordination with local EMS/authorities.
Extraction Event $9K
[#2] Short-term physical containment / secure transport (secure vehicle, guards, restraints, temp holding).
Evidence Seizure $6K
[#5] Secure seizure and chain-of-custody processing for physical media (forensic seizure and documentation).
Medical Evaluation Initial $5K
[#15] Initial medical / psychiatric evaluation to rule out pathological causes and baseline health screening.
Monitoring Device Installation $600
[#4] One-time purchase and installation of GPS/ankle-bracelet or electronic monitoring device.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $380K/yr
Staff Wages $250K/yr
[#4, #11, #14, #15, #18] Salaries for core staff: research scientist, security oversight, social-media analyst/triage; covers ongoing staff time for monitoring, coordination, training refreshers, and supervision.
Research And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #9, #12] Ongoing monitoring service fees, periodic digital forensics, and per-study campaign costs for controlled testing and follow-up measurements.
Cover Story And Legal $30K/yr
[#3, #10, #21, #19] Ongoing legal retainers, PR retainer and narrative-management costs to maintain cover story and handle recurring legal matters.
Social Media Monitoring $20K/yr
[#11] Tools/subscriptions and platform-level takedown coordination for automated monitoring and triage (tooling portion; analyst salaries in staff_wages).
Ongoing Takedown Ops $20K/yr
[#6] Recurring takedown / mirror-removal operations while content resurfaces (platform fees, legal notices, liaison effort).
Insurance And Liability $15K/yr
[#17] Annual insurance and liability coverage for staff and public during containment/testing operations.
Training Refreshers $5K/yr
[#18] Annual refresher training and compliance updates for containment personnel.
Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr
[#8, #13, #14] Maintenance and utilities for archival vaults, safety hardware inspections and any secure-housing facility upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr
[#15, #13] General consumables for medical checks, test rigging wear items and evidence handling supplies.
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#1, #2, #20] Routine travel, small transport runs, coordination with local authorities for events and minor extractions.
Archival Operations $2K/yr
[#8] Operating costs for secure archival storage (off-site backup rotation, physical media storage fees).
Medical Ongoing Care $1K/yr
[#15] Nominal baseline for occasional medical/psychiatric follow-ups if needed (baseline assumes minimal ongoing treatment).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $380K/yr
89.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents: routine monitoring, archival operations, minimal takedown activity and standard staffing.
no viral resurgence no internment or large public events
🚨 Minor Incident $500K/yr
8.0% probability / year +$120K vs baseline
Localized resurfacing or moderate repost cascade requiring extra takedowns, targeted PR and a field op to suppress sources.
localized viral reposting witness goes public moderate media attention
🚨 Subject Interned $580K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Alex is placed under supervised housing/house arrest requiring secure accommodation and 24/7 supervision and increased legal oversight.
court-ordered supervision repeat attempts by subject legal decision to detain/supervise
🚨 Major Viral Spread $1.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Large-scale international viral spread that demands massive takedown, full PR crisis, litigation, emergency response and possible memetic countermeasures.
international viral spread mass gatherings / copycat attempts sustained mainstream media attention
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 Lead investigator for measurement campaigns and analysis; salary portion included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 Site/security oversight and coordination for any extraction or supervised housing; salary portion included in staff_wages.
Social Media Analyst 1 Continuous monitoring, triage and escalation of reposts; tooling costs in social_media_monitoring, salary in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on wide ranges in analyst notes and heavy conditionality (viral scale, internment, memetic measures). Many costs depend on unpredictable public/online reaction and jurisdictional/legal variance, so overall confidence is low.
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