SCP-9987 — SCP-9987 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9987 Euclid ? low confidence

SCP-9987

Expected annual

$221K

One-time setup

$603K

Annual recurring

$115K

Personnel

One-time setup and potential Earth-transfer facility construction dominate costs (~$0.6M one-time), while steady-state shipboard operation and personnel diversion are the main recurring drivers (~$115k/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $603K

Facilities $415K

[#1, #16] Shipboard cabin retrofit (#1) and potential Earth-based containment construction (#16).

Secure Transport On Return $60K

[#15] Secure transfer from port/landing to Foundation facility (charter/escort/quarantine logistics).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $30K

[#5, #12] Initial medical diagnostics/genomic sequencing and specialist consults/research verification (initial phase).

Disinformation Initial $30K

[#21] Initial cover-story / legal PR campaign and one-time legal preparation for arrival/exposure mitigation.

Equipment $29K

[#2, #3, #4, #10, #19, #23] Surveillance hardware, UPS/backup, non-lethal restraints and containment tools, initial PPE/biosecurity kits, initial emergency response equipment, and initial archive hardware.

Decommissioning Contingency $20K

[#24] Contingency funds for euthanasia/neutralization, humane disposal, or secure preservation and ship decontamination.

Legal Initial $15K

[#22] Initial legal/compliance/indemnity fees for jurisdictional issues and permits.

Recordkeeping Setup $4K

[#13] Initial recordkeeping, containment documentation setup and first-year archival indexing labor (one-time setup portion).

Opportunity Cost Not Budgeted $0

[#25] Opportunity costs to primary mission (mission-dependent; not directly budgeted).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $115K/yr

Staff Wages $75K/yr

[#7] Personnel diversion/hazard pay or contracted relievers to cover mission duties while containment is maintained onboard.

Cover Story And Legal $13K/yr

[#21, #22] Recurring monitoring of cover story/PR and ongoing legal/compliance fees.

Psychological Oversight $8K/yr

[#20] Ongoing counseling and ethical/oversight reviews for crew and containment staff.

Emergency Drills Recurring $6K/yr

[#19] Recurring drills, equipment replacement after drills and refresher training.

Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr

[#9, #10] Food, hygiene, laundry for the subject and attendants (#9) plus recurring PPE/biosecurity replacement (#10).

Research And Monitoring $3K/yr

[#11] Ongoing laboratory consumables and periodic sample analysis.

Logistics And Transport $2K/yr

[#14] Routine/sample courier and low-frequency secure communications/data transfer costs (as-used averaged).

Medical Care Recurring $2K/yr

[#6] Ongoing medical checks, pharmaceuticals, sedatives, vaccines and temperature-controlled storage.

Recordkeeping And Documentation $2K/yr

[#13, #23] Ongoing containment documentation updates, translations, secure archival maintenance and indexing labor.

Facilities Maintenance $1K/yr

[#17] Facility utilities/environmental control (cell-level) — set low for shipboard baseline; full cell utilities apply after transfer.

Surveillance Data Storage $500/yr

[#2] Recurring data transfer/storage and UPS/battery replacement for surveillance systems.

Post Return Staffing $0/yr

[#8, #18] Long-term facility staffing (3–6 FTEs) after Earth transfer — not active in shipboard baseline; cost realized in transfer scenario.

Specialist Consults Recurring $0/yr

[#12] Specialist consults could recur if research continues; set to zero in baseline and budgeted as-needed in scenarios.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $115K/yr

80.0% probability / year

Normal uneventful shipboard containment year with routine monitoring, maintenance, medical care and contracted coverage.

no_incident routine_operations shipboard_containment

🚨 Minor Incident $150K/yr

8.0% probability / year +$35K vs baseline

Minor containment incident or behavioral escalation requiring emergency response, extra medical care, sample transfer and PR/legal mitigation.

containment_breach behavioral_escalation medical_event

🚨 Transfer And Earth Containment $975K/yr

12.0% probability / year +$860K vs baseline

Ship returns and SCP-9987 is transferred to an Earth facility; includes secure transport, Earth-cell construction and first-year staffing/setup costs.

scheduled_return facility_transfer permanent_containment_setup

👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#7] Captain (currently responsible; cost impacts via diversion/hazard pay rather than new hire wages).
Research Scientist	1	[#7] Senior Researcher (currently responsible; included in personnel diversion calculations).
Contracted Crewmember / Relief	2	[#7] Contracted relievers or temporary hires to cover mission duties (represented in staff_wages recurring).

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on broad ranges in the analyst notes and significant operational uncertainty (shipboard conditions, timing of return, and eventual containment choices), so confidence is low.

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