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SCP-9996 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9996
Expected annual
$5.4M
One-time setup
$3.5M
Annual recurring
$5.2M
Personnel
20
Upfront capital and contingency seed costs are moderately high (~$3.46M one-time) driven by an acoustically-treated humanoid chamber, contingency seed, and potential decommissioning. Annual operating costs are substantial (~$5.205M/yr) dominated by staff wages, legal/insurance exposures, incident-fund replenishment, and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.5M
Incident Response Fund Seed $1.2M
[#13] Seed contingency and incident-response reserve to cover emergency repairs, evacuations, or urgent external interventions.
Decommissioning Contingency $1.1M
[#25] Funds reserved for potential redesigns, relocations, structural modifications, or safe decommissioning if containment protocols change.
Facilities $500K
[#1] Construction or retrofit of an acoustically damped humanoid containment cell including structural work, observation port, decontamination access, and compatible fire/smoke suppression.
Equipment $308K
[#2, #3, #4] Redundant tamper-resistant AV systems, displacement/anomaly sensors and instrumentation, and backup UPS/generator hardware (initial purchase and installation).
Rapid Response Equipment $138K
[#12] One-time allocation for vehicles, protective gear and dedicated rapid-response equipment assigned to this containment.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $75K
[#14] Initial secure servers, software licenses and analysis infrastructure for archival and computational research.
Deescalation Program Development $52K
[#9] One-time curriculum development and simulator/program creation for Foundation-specific de-escalation training.
Psychological Clearance Setup $22K
[#8] Initial setup costs for psychological clearance program, testing infrastructure and onboarding evaluations.
Personnel Vetting Setup $18K
[#19] Initial costs for vetting infrastructure, background-check contracts and specialized evaluation setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.8M/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #8] 24/7 security staff & supervisors, continuous AV/sensor operators, containment research team salaries, and on-call clinician/psychological staff (all fully loaded).
Liability Insurance $850K/yr
[#24] Long-term liability / political risk insurance or reserve for clandestine political remediation tied to offsite collapses and reputational exposure.
Incident Response Fund Replenish $625K/yr
[#13] Recommended annual replenishment of the contingency reserve to ensure continued readiness for incidents and large repairs.
Research And Monitoring $460K/yr
[#14, #21] Ongoing research project funding (multi-year experimental series) and recurring data storage, compute and license costs for analysis and modelling.
Cover Story And Legal $425K/yr
[#15] Legal retainers, information-control, PR/cover-story budgets, FOIA response handling and litigation exposure management.
Logistics And Transport $275K/yr
[#12] Rapid-response training, readiness operations, and transport/vehicle operating costs allocated to containment emergency capability.
External Monitoring Intelligence $175K/yr
[#16] Ongoing tipline, low-cost sensor network, liaison and small SIGINT/SOC operations to detect offsite manifestations.
Recruitment And Training Pipeline $125K/yr
[#20] Recruitment costs, onboarding, and role-specific training pipeline maintenance for specialized hires (negotiators, memetics researchers).
Communications Security $95K/yr
[#22] Ongoing monitoring of public/media mentions, opsec measures, and encrypted communication channels for reporting manifestations.
Ethics Committee Support $90K/yr
[#11] Administrative time, documentation, legal review and special approvals for controlled-exposure experiments.
Medical Support $62K/yr
[#17] On-call medical personnel stipend, trauma supplies, training and part-time ER/mental-health coverage for staff/injuries tied to containment events.
Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr
[#4, #18] Backup power fuel/maintenance and HVAC/environmental control maintenance compatible with acoustic treatment, routine repairs.
Deescalation Training $35K/yr
[#9] Annual refresher training, simulator time and per-staff recertification costs for personnel working with SCP-9996.
Personnel Vetting Annual $35K/yr
[#19] Annual vetting allotment for periodic security rechecks and specialized evaluations tied to exposure risk.
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#23] Office supplies, PPE, janitorial, small replacements and general facility overhead apportionment.
Sensors Maintenance $30K/yr
[#3] Calibration, repair and maintenance for interferometers, LIDAR, EM sensors, geophones and high-speed cameras.
Controlled Exposure Program $30K/yr
[#10] Costs for staged controlled quarrel sessions (actors/role-players, safety officers, recording/analysis) assuming ~monthly cadence at midpoint cost.
Av Systems Maintenance $20K/yr
[#2] Maintenance, replacement cycle and secure monitoring infrastructure upkeep for AV systems.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.2M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, scheduled controlled exposures, and planned research activity.
no major external incidents regular controlled exposures no large legal actions
🚨 Minor Incident $5.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized containment strain or small breach event requiring repairs, short incident response and modest legal/PR work.
small containment breach localized equipment damage minor external reporting requiring PR/legal work
🚨 Major Breach $7.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or on-site escalation that requires large-scale emergency response, major repairs, extended investigations and replenishment of contingency funds.
on-site breach with infrastructure damage extended disciplinary/legal fallout major research/containment protocol overhaul
🚨 Political Exposure $15.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
High-impact offsite collapse of mediated agreements leading to public crises, large-scale litigation, political remediation and extensive PR/legal/military intervention.
widely publicized collateral damage from collapsed mediated agreements major litigation or state-level exposure large-scale emergency interventions required
👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#5] 6–8 guards plus supervisors for 24/7 perimeter and enforcement of the 20 m no-dispute zone; supervisors included in this count.
Monitoring Operator / Analyst 5 [#2, #3, #6] Continuous AV and anomaly monitoring staff to watch feeds, sensors and automated alerts across shifts.
Research Scientist 6 [#7, #21] Behavioral scientists, negotiators and a linguist forming the containment research team working on mechanisms and safe interaction protocols.
Medical Officer 1 [#8, #17] On-call clinician/mental-health support included in recurring staff costs for counseling and trauma readiness.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of provided ranges and consolidate several optional/contingency items; many line items (legal exposure, incident replenishment, insurance) have wide tails and scenario-dependent variability, so medium confidence is appropriate.
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