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SCP-017 Keter ✓ high confidence
SCP-017
Expected annual
$1.3M
One-time setup
$2.1M
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
9
Initial one-time capital expenditures are approximately $2.08M driven by containment room construction, redundant lighting systems, robotic maintenance, secondary-site redundancy and contingency funds. Recurring annual costs are ~ $1.28M driven primarily by staff wages, continuous power/consumables (lamps), research/monitoring, and legal/cover-up budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.1M
Equipment $478K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #8, #10, #11, #12, #22] Acrylic containment cage, high-intensity arc lamps and fixtures, redundant lighting/power switching, emergency generator/UPS, robotic lamp-replacement system, light sensors / PLCs, video hardware, PPE suits, and vehicle outfitting.
Facilities $450K
[#1, #7, #19] Reinforced concrete containment room, HVAC installation, and building-level/perimeter security hardening (includes project management and contractor markups).
Secondary Site Buildout $350K
[#21] Optional duplicate containment cell / hot-backup buildout (lighting, generator, staffing-capable cell).
Audit Reserve $300K
[#26] One-time reserve fund for external audits, whistleblower payouts, or insurance capital.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $275K
[#17] One-time secure lab buildout and instrumentation to study SCP-017 (small experimental chambers, safe shadow-generation/control apparatus).
Decommissioning Fund $125K
[#25] Planned fund for deconstruction, remediation, and secure disposal planning.
Cover Story Setup $62K
[#20] Initial legal retainer, cover story/front-company setup and PR contingency one-time costs.
Secure It Setup $28K
[#18] Hardened network, encrypted archives and initial secure IT/IDS setup (one-time licenses/integration).
Initial Training $16K
[#14] Initial training, drills, procedural certification and certification costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Staff Wages $450K/yr
[#13] Salaries, benefits, shift differentials, and on-call senior staff for 24/7 monitoring and containment operations.
Research And Monitoring $362K/yr
[#10, #11, #17] Ongoing light/sensor monitoring maintenance, video storage/archiving/integrity audits, and active research program personnel and consumables.
Cover Story And Legal $162K/yr
[#20] Annual legal retainer, contingency payouts, cover-story operations and public affairs maintenance.
Hazard Pay And Recruitment $92K/yr
[#23] Hazard-pay premium (~15% applied to personnel) plus recruitment/training/replacement hiring costs.
Supplies And Consumables $58K/yr
[#9, #12] Spare high-intensity lamps inventory rotation (12–24 month stock) and PPE suit maintenance/cleaning/replacement.
Facilities Maintenance $47K/yr
[#7, #15, #19] HVAC maintenance and extra load handling, preventative maintenance (ballasts, mounts, wiring, filters), and building-level security maintenance/contracts.
Audit And Insurance $30K/yr
[#26] Annual external containment audits and insurance/reserve contributions.
Medical And Counseling $20K/yr
[#16] Emergency medical readiness, trauma counseling, medevac readiness and related health services.
It Operations $20K/yr
[#18] Ongoing secure IT operations, licenses, intrusion detection and audit staffing.
Energy Operational $18K/yr
[#6] Continuous electricity for high-intensity lamps, HVAC and facility draw (estimated annual energy bill).
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#22] Fuel, vehicle maintenance and secure transport logistics.
Training And Drills $8K/yr
[#14] Recurring drills, procedural recertification, and staff refresher courses.
Waste Handling $6K/yr
[#24] PPE decontamination, laundering, and hazardous waste handling protocols.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
93.8% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; standard operations and scheduled maintenance only.
routine maintenance scheduled research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $1.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Localized equipment failures requiring emergency repairs and overtime but no containment loss.
lamp burnout cluster short generator outage localized sensor failure
🚨 Major Breach $2.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant multi-system failure leading to partial containment breach requiring recovery operations.
simultaneous lamp and generator failure human error during maintenance
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $11.3M/yr
0.2% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Prolonged total power/lighting failure or coordinated failure causing full containment loss with major casualties and facility loss.
complete long-duration power loss compound human and equipment failures
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#13, #23] 24/7 security and control-room operators; salaries include hazard-pay premiums reflected in recurring hazard_pay_and_recruitment.
Research Scientist 2 [#13, #17] Senior research staff for ongoing SCP study and on-call analysis; costs included in staff_wages and research_and_monitoring.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#8, #15, #13] Technical staff for HVAC, lighting, robotic maintenance and preventative maintenance contracts.
📋 Confidence Notes
Detailed analyst notes provide line-item estimates and ranges for nearly all capital and recurring items; mappings are straightforward and use midpoints for ranges, so cost estimates are well-grounded though subject to regional price variance.
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