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SCP-1141 Keter-alterius ~ medium confidence
SCP-1141
Expected annual
$7.6M
One-time setup
$11.5M
Annual recurring
$6.8M
Personnel
35
Estimated one-time capital/setup costs are approximately $11.47M (driven by Site-86 upgrades, contingency reserve, surveillance deployment and research equipment). Recurring annual operating costs are approximately $6.81M/yr, driven by staff wages (monitoring & MTF), ongoing research, site-repair contingencies, and maintenance/subscriptions.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $11.5M
Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#27] One-time contingency reserve fund for catastrophic/scale-up response.
Facilities $3.0M
[#11] Site-86 containment/research lab upgrades (BSL adjacency, secure rooms, vaults, refrigeration infrastructure).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.8M
[#12, #20] Analytical instrumentation capital for anomalous-item analysis ($1.5M) and one-time special research equipment for Dr. Eichmann's program ($300k).
Equipment $1.5M
[#1, #4, #5, #8, #10, #13, #22, #23] Surveillance hardware deployment to ~120 zoos ($480k), sensor installs ($18k), MTF vans & outfitting ($300k), MTF initial gear ($180k), refrigerated van ($60k), secure freezers/vaults ($220k), secure comms procurement ($160k), initial servers & setup ($120k).
Cover Payment Channel Setup $100K
[#16] Setup of anonymous donation/cover payment channels and associated legal/account setup.
Exercise Design $30K
[#21] Initial exercise / drill design and scenario development one-time cost.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.8M/yr
Staff Wages $4.2M/yr
[#2, #7, #20] Monitoring center operator staffing ($966k/yr), MTF Gamma-80 personnel costs ($1.74M/yr), and recurring research program salaries (assumed $1.5M/yr portion of the $1.8M research budget).
Facilities Maintenance $980K/yr
[#3, #13, #23, #22, #15] Camera & comms maintenance and software ($120k/yr), secure storage electricity/maintenance ($25k/yr), data storage & maintenance ($60k/yr), secure comms airtime/support ($25k/yr), and on-scene site restoration & zoo repair contingency (per-year budget for incidents $750k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $400K/yr
[#20, #21, #4] Non-salary recurring research program costs ($300k/yr assumed), ongoing training & exercises ($60k/yr), and environmental data subscriptions (snow/thermal data) $40k/yr.
Supplies And Consumables $358K/yr
[#9, #12, #14, #24, #26] MTF gear replacement/consumables ($75k/yr), analytical consumables for instruments ($150k/yr), medical surveillance consumables/prophylaxis ($85k/yr), psychological support/post-incident care ($45k/yr), and incident consumables/on-scene purchases ($3k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $334K/yr
[#16, #18, #17] Annual anonymous donation/cover fund ($150k/yr), legal liaison/local authority coordination ($160k/yr), and AMN-M-4311 broadcast & digital suppression per incidents aggregated ($24k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $333K/yr
[#6, #10, #25, #19] Airlift/on-call charter budget ($100k/yr), refrigerated evidence shipping/packaging (~$3k/yr), travel/fuel/vehicle maintenance ($110k/yr), and evidence removal/cleanup & hazardous-materials disposal per event ($120k/yr).
Administrative Overhead $200K/yr
[#28] Administrative overhead: HR, accounting, audit, clearance processing, misc administrative costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.8M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal operational year under baseline assumptions (120 zoos under surveillance, ~3 SCP-1141 events/year as budgeted; no major breaches or catastrophic events).
planned 3 incidents/year routine monitoring and maintenance ongoing research and training
🚨 Minor Incident $7.8M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Year with one above-average severe incident causing substantially higher repair, legal and research costs (e.g., severe infrastructure damage or litigation at one zoo).
severe infrastructure damage at a single zoo extended legal/PR response additional research/field trials
🚨 Major Breach $13.8M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$7.0M vs baseline
Multiple simultaneous manifestations or a single catastrophic event requiring substantial surge response and partial drawdown of contingency funds.
multiple simultaneous SCP-1141 manifestations mass casualties or severe infrastructure loss deployment of additional MTFs and major repairs
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $26.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Rare, extreme escalation (e.g., catastrophic anomalous effects, large-area alteration, antimatter/vacuum risk) requiring massive scale-up and long-term emergency programs.
catastrophic anomalous event mass-casualty/massive infrastructure failure national-level response and long-term containment scaling
👥 Personnel 35 total
Role Count Notes
Monitoring Operator 12 [#2] 24/7 monitoring staff across Site-85/Site-86 (3 shifts, overlap & admin).
MTF Gamma-80 (Security Officer / MTF Agent) 14 [#7] Rapid-response team personnel including commander/support, salary/training budgeted for 14.
Research Staff (PI, Scientists, Technicians) 9 [#20] Dr. Eichmann-led research team (PI + ~8 researchers/technicians) funded in recurring research salaries.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are drawn directly from provided analyst notes and midpoints where ranges existed; major uncertainties remain around incident frequency/severity, research salary/non-salary splits, and the scale of legal/PR costs if public exposure occurs, hence medium confidence.
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