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SCP-993 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-993
Expected annual
$7.9M
One-time setup
$73.2M
Annual recurring
$7.3M
Personnel
35
One-time capital/setup costs are dominated by large contingency and insurance reserves, totaling roughly $73.25M; annual operations run about $7.285M/year driven primarily by staffing, containment reserves, and SIGINT/response operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $73.2M
Catastrophic Insurance Fund $50.0M
[#29] Internal self-insurance pool for catastrophic public exposure scenarios ($50,000,000).
Mass Exposure Response Reserve $10.0M
[#19] One-time reserve to stand up city-scale emergency response capacity ($10,000,000).
Containment Hardening Emergency Fund $5.0M
[#16] One-time emergency fund for immediate major upgrades after high-risk episode disclosures ($5,000,000).
Litigation Contingency $2.0M
[#28] One-time litigation/settlement contingency reserve ($2,000,000).
Equipment $1.9M
[#1, #2, #5, #7, #25] Signal interception hardware ($1,000,000), broadcast blocking systems development ($250,000), archival storage hardware ($150,000), secure viewing/playback hardware ($200,000), automated content-detection development ($250,000).
Facilities $1.1M
[#6, #21] Secure archival facility retrofit ($800,000) and two remote backup vaults/off-site archive setup ($250,000).
Legal Pr Contingency $1.0M
[#18] One-time contingency for major public exposure/settlements or large PR/legal payments ($1,000,000).
Miscellaneous Contingency $1.0M
[#30] General one-time miscellaneous/escation contingency ($1,000,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $650K
[#9, #15, #27] Quality-control lab for Class-A amnesiacs ($150,000), initial AI/detection tooling allocated to research buildout ($250,000), and initial mitigation study/startup ($250,000).
Staff Protection Incident Contingency $500K
[#17] Per-incident contingency reserve for protective relocation and safehouse costs (single-incident budget example $500,000).
Transport Fleet $200K
[#20] Armored/secured transport fleet initial purchase (~$200,000).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.3M/yr
Staff Wages $2.9M/yr
[#3, #4, #8, #11, #13, #14] SIGINT monitoring analysts (~10 × $90k = $900,000), SIGINT engineers/techs (~4 × $120k = $480,000), onsite medics (~$300,000), child-focused clinical staff (3 × $120k = $360,000), senior oversight allocation (~$200,000), armed security guards (12 × $55k = $660,000).
Containment Hardening Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#16] Annual reserve to fund emergency upgrades, countersurveillance, and relocations when episodes reveal actionable breach methods (~$1,000,000/yr).
Research And Monitoring $950K/yr
[#15, #26, #27] Forensic media analysis / memetic research personnel (~$300,000/yr), per-episode multidisciplinary analysis (~$50,000 × 10 = $500,000/yr), and ongoing mitigation research ($150,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#18, #28] Legal/PR retainer and ongoing legal reserves (~$250,000/yr) plus litigation reserve (~$250,000/yr).
Miscellaneous Escalation Allowance $500K/yr
[#30] Annual miscellaneous & escalation allowance for unforeseen international/covert costs (~$500,000/yr).
Long Term Psychiatric Care $400K/yr
[#12] Ongoing psychiatric follow-up and inpatient/outpatient care for tracked children (~$400,000/yr).
Staff Protection Routine $200K/yr
[#17] Routine protections, safehouses and counter-surveillance for personnel shown/referenced in episodes (~$200,000/yr).
Signal Interception Monitoring $150K/yr
[#1] Ongoing maintenance, bandwidth, and spectrum monitoring costs for signal interception hardware (~$150,000/yr).
Child Subject Logistics $100K/yr
[#10] Secure housing, caretakers, stipends and cover identities for child subjects (~$100,000/yr).
Security Equipment And Vehicles $100K/yr
[#14] Equipment, vehicles and associated operational costs for armed security (~$100,000/yr).
Administrative Overhead $100K/yr
[#24] Admin, document control, secure comms and vetting specifically allocated to SCP-993 operations (~$100,000/yr).
Training And Sop $75K/yr
[#22] Regular training, SOP development and table-top exercises (~$75,000/yr).
Automated Detection Maintenance $75K/yr
[#25] Cloud/hardware costs and model retraining for automated content detection (~$75,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $65K/yr
[#6, #21] Ongoing utilities/maintenance for archival vault ($40,000/yr) and off-site archive maintenance ($25,000/yr).
Broadcast Blocking Operations $50K/yr
[#2] Ongoing operations for blocking/takedown/replacement systems (~$50,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $45K/yr
[#8, #23] Medical consumables and clinical disposables (~$20,000/yr) and general PPE/consumables (~$25,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#20] Fleet fuel, maintenance and operational costs (~$30,000/yr).
Class A Amnesiacs $25K/yr
[#9] Purchase/production of Class A amnesiacs (~$500/dose × 50 doses = $25,000/yr).
Archival Storage Maintenance $15K/yr
[#5] Maintenance, tape rotation and storage costs for hardened archive (~$15,000/yr).
Viewing Suite Upkeep $5K/yr
[#7] Minor upkeep for isolated playback terminal(s) (~$5,000/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.3M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine interceptions, archived episodes, scheduled research, and no major public exposures or large-scale incidents.
routine_broadcasts_intercepted no_public_exposure scheduled_research_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $8.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized public exposure or small-scale broadcast causes targeted legal/PR response, limited relocations and use of per-incident contingency funds.
localized_broadcast small_scale_public_exposure targeted_threat_content
🚨 Major Breach $14.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$7.0M vs baseline
Episode reveals actionable breach methods or targets Foundation personnel, requiring major immediate upgrades, countersurveillance and significant contingency spending.
episode_with_containment_instructions identified_staff_targets immediate_hardening_required
🚨 Catastrophic Exposure $77.3M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$70.0M vs baseline
Widespread public broadcast/exposure requiring mobilization of mass-response teams, full insurance/fund drawdown, large settlements and national-level mitigation.
city_scale_or_wider_broadcast mass_public_exposure infrastructure-targeting_instructions
👥 Personnel 35 total
Role Count Notes
SIGINT Analyst 10 [#3] 10 analysts for 24/7 monitoring (3 shifts) as budgeted at ~10 × $90k/yr.
SIGINT Engineer / Maintenance Technician 4 [#4] 4 engineers to maintain antennas, receivers, jammers and field response (~4 × $120k/yr).
Medical Officer / Paramedic 3 [#8] 2–3 medics on call; budgetary estimate maps to ~3 FTE equivalents for onsite emergency response (~$300k total).
Child-focused Clinical Staff (Psychologist) 3 [#11] 3 FTE child clinical staff to screen, debrief and monitor subjects (~3 × $120k/yr).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#14] 12 armed guards for 24/7 site security (~12 × $55k/yr).
Site Director / Executive Staff (Level 4 authorization allocation) 3 [#13] Allocation of three Level 4 authorizers for viewing approvals; budget includes proportional time (~$200k/yr total allocation).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provided granular line-item estimates for nearly every cost center, yielding moderate confidence in the operational budget. Major uncertainties remain around incident frequencies, the utilization of large contingency/insurance pools, and international/covert cost variability, hence 'medium' rather than 'high'.
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