SCP-9979 — SCP-9979 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9979 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-9979

Expected annual

$3.5M

One-time setup

$3.9M

Annual recurring

$3.4M

Personnel

Initial setup is dominated by memetic lab buildout and one-time contingency/endowment choices (~$3.9M). Ongoing annual costs are driven by staffed monitoring, legal/PR/cover operations, and church stipends (~$3.39M/year).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.9M

Incident Response Reserve $1.0M

[#29] One-time crisis / large-scale breach response reserve (set aside for emergency PR/legal/containment surge).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $900K

[#9] Secure memetics laboratory buildout, specialist instrumentation and initial research/setup for glyph design and memetic testing.

Equipment $705K

[#4, #5, #8, #10, #17, #18, #23] CCTV/NVR/UPS installation, offsite storage hardware, MTF/response vehicles & specialized gear procurement, manufacture/installation of durable glyphs, bespoke EVE sensors procurement, ground/tamper sensors, and IT hardware for secure comms.

Facilities $380K

[#3, #15, #16] Conservation-compliant protective enclosure fabrication/installation, conservation oversight plan and initial conservation work, and environmental/microclimate system installation.

Forensic Contingency Reserve $300K

[#21] Initial contingency reserve for forensic cleanup, casualty handling and related immediate response.

Historical Alteration Initial $200K

[#12] Initial sweep of parish records, physical/digital edits and archival work to establish cover story.

Litigation Contingency $200K

[#14] Initial contingency for litigation or emergency settlements (legal contingency separate from incident response reserve).

Cover Entity Setup $80K

[#27] One-time setup for front organizations, fake grants and archival charities.

Legal Setup $50K

[#1] One-time legal setup costs for NDAs, agreements with Diocese/parish and initial compensation/legal structuring.

Diversion Materials Setup $30K

[#22] Initial production of decoy exhibits, plaques and alternate-attraction materials.

Training Curriculum Setup $20K

[#11] One-time development of memetic-safety training curriculum and mock exercises.

Property Acquisition $0

[#2] Purchase option (0 in baseline — long-term lease/encumbrance selected instead).

Endowment Reserve $0

[#28] Optional endowment (not established in baseline).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.4M/yr

Staff Wages $1.5M/yr

[#6, #7, #9, #13, #15, #20, #30] Salaries and benefits for monitoring analysts, security officers, memetics researchers, PR/admin staff, conservator oversight time, medical officer support and site administrative staff.

Cover Story And Legal $385K/yr

[#12, #13, #14, #26] Legal retainer, PR/ad budgets and monitoring, historical monitoring/updates and periodic auditing/hush payouts.

Research And Monitoring $360K/yr

[#9, #17, #25] Non-personnel research/testing/validation costs for memetics and EVE studies, contracted advanced surveys and ongoing research projects.

Church Stipend $300K/yr

[#1] Annual access/cooperation stipend to Holy Trinity Church for compensation, restricted-access days, clergy NDAs and reputational mitigation.

Logistics And Transport $200K/yr

[#8] MTF readiness, vehicle maintenance, travel readiness and baseline rapid-response posture.

Forensic Replenish $100K/yr

[#21] Annual replenishment fund for forensic cleanup/casualty handling contingencies.

Facilities Maintenance $98K/yr

[#4, #15, #16, #18] CCTV and UPS maintenance/power, periodic conservation work, environmental control energy/maintenance, and ground-sensor upkeep.

Property Lease Encumbrance $90K/yr

[#2] Long-term lease / encumbrance payments for adjacent properties (baseline selected instead of one-time purchase).

Administrative Overhead $90K/yr

[#30] Accounting, clearance renewals, permits, local transport and general admin overhead.

Insurance $60K/yr

[#19] Annual insurance, liability and indemnity premiums.

Offsite Storage $40K/yr

[#5] Secure encrypted offsite video storage, bandwidth and data-center space costs.

Medical Care $40K/yr

[#20] Ongoing medical and psychological care, counseling and follow-up for staff.

Archival Maintenance $40K/yr

[#27] Ongoing maintenance and costs for front entities and archival cover operations.

It And Comms Security $30K/yr

[#23] Maintenance, certificates and recurring costs for encrypted comms, air-gapped lab upkeep and secure remote access.

Training And Certification $25K/yr

[#11] Recurring memetic-safety training, refreshers and certification for clearing personnel.

Media Diversion $15K/yr

[#22] Ongoing updates, promotions and maintenance of diversion/decoy efforts.

Glyph Maintenance $9K/yr

[#10] Periodic replacement, inspection and memetic-safety checks for installed glyphs.

Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr

[#24] PPE, consumables, batteries, cleaning and small spares.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.4M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Normal year with continuous monitoring, scheduled maintenance, training and cover operations; no major incidents or deployments.

no_incident regular_maintenance routine_training

🚨 Minor Incident $3.5M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$105K vs baseline

Small tampering or attempted exhumation detected; requires 1 rapid-response deployment, limited PR/legal activity and modest forensic replenishment.

tampering_attempt local_deployment limited_media_attention

🚨 Major Breach $6.7M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$3.3M vs baseline

Significant public exposure or coordinated exhumation attempt requiring multi-deployment response, large PR/legal action and heavy contingency drawdown.

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👥 Personnel 20 total

Role	Count	Notes
Monitoring Analyst	8	[#6] 24/7 CCTV/watchstander coverage; cleared personnel trained in cognitohazard protocols.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	4	[#7, #8] On-site guards for visiting hours and immediate response coordinators; MTF surge is contracted separately.
Research Scientist	4	[#9] Memetics/memetic-engineering and EVE analysis staff assigned to ongoing research and glyph design.
Administrative Staff	1	[#13, #30] Day-to-day administration, liaison and coordination for site operations and cover.
Conservator / Archaeologist	1	[#15] Conservation oversight for reversible physical modifications and documentation.
Medical Officer	1	[#20] Medical and psychological follow-up for staff, trauma counseling coordination.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#6, #30] Overall site leadership and executive liaison with Foundation command and external legal/diocesan contacts.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most categories, but many estimates (property choice, incident frequencies, endowment decisions and memetic R&D scope) are wide. This yields a medium confidence in aggregated figures.

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