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SCP-1009 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-1009
Expected annual
$2.7M
One-time setup
$908K
Annual recurring
$2.6M
Personnel
22
Initial capital outlay is approximately $908,000 driven by equipment (speakers, generators, EMP/hardening) and site hardening; baseline annual costs ~ $2.57M driven primarily by ongoing staff wages, contingency set-aside, and operational maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $908K
Equipment $590K
[#1, #4, #6, #14, #15, #16] Speaker system purchase & mounts ($45,000), backup generators & ATS ($30,000), EMP-mechanical secondary deployment hardware ($350,000), camera/server SAN ($60,000), hardened comms ($25,000), rapid-response vehicle & tools ($80,000).
Facilities $146K
[#3, #8, #10] Perimeter wall and gates ($120,000), hardening/grid feed & UPS engineering ($25,000), neon-tape flags installation ($1,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $60K
[#18] Lab setup and -80°C freezer ($60,000).
Legal And Cover Initial $50K
[#22] Initial legal/PR/cover-story package $50,000.
Modelling And Contingency Planning Initial $40K
[#24] Initial simulations and contingency modelling $40,000.
Safety And Ethics Initial $20K
[#23] Environmental/ethical approvals and safety assessments initial $20,000.
Ppe Initial $2K
[#21] Initial PPE purchase (ear protection) $2,000.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.6M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#12, #13, #14, #16, #19, #26] Security guards (12 @ $45k = $540,000), 1 FTE tech ($70,000), 2 monitoring analysts ($200,000), rapid-response retainer/on-call staffing ($120,000), research personnel (~3 scientists combined $240,000), administrative staffing ($120,000).
Contingency Reserve Setaside $1.0M/yr
[#25] Recommended annual set-aside/reserve for catastrophic containment failure and emergency mobilization (conservative floor $1,000,000/yr).
D Class Program $100K/yr
[#20] D-Class testing program overhead (housing, handling, legal/security) ~$100,000/yr.
Research And Monitoring $60K/yr
[#14, #18, #24] Storage & server maintenance ($15,000/yr), research consumables & sequencing ($30,000/yr), modelling updates & exercises ($15,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $25K/yr
[#22] Ongoing legal/PR/community relations and FOIA/land access management ($25,000/yr).
Ppe And Health $24K/yr
[#21] Ongoing audiometry/medical surveillance ($4,000/yr) plus hearing-loss contingency/claims fund ($20,000/yr).
Generator Fuel And Maintenance $23K/yr
[#5] Fuel for generators, periodic load tests and maintenance (~$20,000 fuel + $3,000 maintenance = $23,000/yr).
Repairs And Replacements $15K/yr
[#17] Annual repairs/replacements for speakers, cameras, and wall damage caused by SCP-1009 entities (~$15,000/yr).
Emp System Maintenance $12K/yr
[#7] Maintenance, testing and replacement parts for EMP-resistant mechanical deployment system (~$12,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#3, #9, #15] Electrical/UPS maintenance ($2,000/yr), perimeter/wall upkeep ($5,000/yr), comms maintenance ($3,000/yr).
Speaker Power $5K/yr
[#2] Continuous speaker/amplifier electrical consumption and utility overhead (~$5,000/yr allowance).
Safety And Ethics Recurring $5K/yr
[#23] Recertification, reviews, biosafety/ethics committee updates (~$5,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $4K/yr
[#11, #27] Marker replacement and routine checks ($500/yr) and miscellaneous consumables/small equipment ($3,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.6M/yr
73.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, scheduled maintenance, and no major containment incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_maintenance minor_equipment_replacement
🚨 Minor Incident $2.6M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized containment incident (speaker damage, brief outage, small animal breach) requiring repairs, overtime, and emergency expenditures.
speaker_damage short_power_outage localized_repairs
🚨 Major Breach $7.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure requiring large-scale emergency response, mobilization, remediation and major equipment replacement.
extended_power_failure multiple_speaker_failures rapid_unchecked_expansion
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#12] 24/7 guards across three shifts (12 guards total).
Research Scientist 3 [#19] Scientists/postdocs/field ecologist (combined staffing assumed 3 FTEs to cover study and experiments).
Research Technician 1 [#13] Full-time technician for daily checks and electronics maintenance.
Monitoring Analyst 2 [#14] 24/7 watch analysts (2 FTE accounted in recurring costs).
Rapid-response Team Member 3 [#16] On-call containment/repair crew covered by retainer; team size represented as 3 on-call personnel.
Administrative Staff 1 [#26] Site administration and compliance (1 FTE represented).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items have explicit analyst estimates (good), but several large-range items (EMP mechanical system, contingency reserve) and staffing composition are uncertain, yielding medium confidence.
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