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SCP-9980 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9980
Expected annual
$1.1M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$1.1M
Personnel
3
One-time setup and contingency reserves are approximately $1,520,000 driven primarily by an optional full investigative research program and incident-response/setup costs; recurring annual costs are approximately $1,090,000 driven by staff wages (info‑security and specialist hires), legal/PR retainers, continuous monitoring, and large contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#8] Full investigative research project (optional multi-department research program; lower-bound estimate used).
Equipment $115K
[#2, #5, #16] Forensic imaging/workstations/licenses (#2), DB patching/emergency dev work (#5), anomaly/scanner development one-time development (#16).
Emergency Incident Response $110K
[#1] Emergency digital incident response team (6 specialists, ~2 weeks) for immediate containment, imaging, triage.
Memetic Consultation Reserve $100K
[#7] Reserve for specialized memetics/temporal/thaumaturgical consultations (initial set-aside).
Facilities $70K
[#3, #18] Air-gapped Faraday-caged archival server cabinet/access control and containment vault/ritual setup costs (server hardware/cabinet/access control + ritual setup).
Personnel Replacement Recruitment $50K
[#20] Recruitment and transition costs if leadership must be administratively removed (one-time).
Amnestic Initial Administrations $30K
[#9] Initial amnestic supply and administration for initial exposures (estimated midpoint of provided range).
Training Development $30K
[#15] Internal training and SOP development (initial course development and rollout).
Hr Legal Deniability Package Initial $10K
[#13] Initial drafting of HR/legal deniability package and documentation.
Secure Paper Copy Collection And Destruction Initial $5K
[#17] Initial collection and secure destruction of printed copies (chain-of-custody disposal).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.1M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $245K/yr
[#13, #14] Legal/HR retainer and ongoing deniability upkeep: recurring HR/legal retainer/upkeep (#13) plus crisis legal/PR retainer (#14).
Staff Wages $240K/yr
[#12, #18] Salaries for 2 FTE information-control/info-security officers (#12) and one FTE-equivalent thaumaturgical specialist time if employed for upkeep/rituals (#18).
Breach Response Reserve $200K/yr
[#19] Contingency reserve maintained for emergency containment breach response; replenished as used.
Personnel Replacement Compensation $200K/yr
[#20] Executive compensation differential/year in the event a replacement leader is hired (contingent recurring cost if replacement occurs).
Research And Monitoring $75K/yr
[#6, #11, #22] Continuous intrusion-detection/monitoring for containment DB (#6), covert personnel/behavioral monitoring costs (#11), and periodic independent audits/compliance checks (#22).
Productivity And Morale Loss $75K/yr
[#21] Soft cost estimate for lost productivity and morale (~midpoint of provided range).
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#10, #25] Ongoing amnestic readiness retainer/supplies (#10) and miscellaneous consumables/PPE/admin supplies (#25).
Facilities Maintenance $13K/yr
[#4, #18, #23] Secure archival maintenance (power/environmental monitoring) (#4), containment ritual upkeep (#18), and long-term archive storage costs/legal hold (#23).
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#24] Covert travel, secure courier transport of hardware/media, and face-to-face coordination between sites.
Anomaly Scanner Maintenance $10K/yr
[#16] Annual maintenance and licensing for the automated anomaly scanner / content heuristics.
Training Refresh $5K/yr
[#15] Annual refresher training and SOP update costs.
Paper Copy Sweeps $2K/yr
[#17] Periodic sweeps to locate and securely destroy printed copies.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.1M/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with containment posture maintained and no major incidents or research scrambles.
no breaches no research scramble routine operations
🚨 Minor Incident $1.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Single localized exposure or accidental propagation that requires targeted amnestic administration and an incident response mobilization.
single exposure limited amnestic administration short incident response
🚨 Major Breach $1.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or leak requiring large-scale breach response, legal action, and replacement of reserves.
database leak public/political exposure multi-site containment response
🚨 Research Breakthrough Requiring Scale Up $2.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Management elects to 'scramble researchers' for a full investigative program (multi-department temporal/memetic/thaumaturgical research) with scale-up of capabilities.
leadership orders full research evidentiary value deemed critical decision to accept higher leak risk
👥 Personnel 3 total
Role Count Notes
Information Security / Operational Security Officer 2 [#12] Two dedicated info-security/operational security officers managing access and need-to-know (salaried FTEs).
Thaumaturgical Specialist 1 [#18] One FTE-equivalent specialist time for ritual upkeep/thaumaturgical containment if employed full-time (alternatively contracted).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many items are contractor/retainer estimates provided in the analyst notes (medium confidence), but several costs are given as wide ranges and some are contingent (research scramble, breach frequency), so overall uncertainty is moderate.
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