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SCP-1712 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-1712
Expected annual
$16.3M
One-time setup
$956.3M
Annual recurring
$12.7M
Personnel
23
One-time setup and potential mission costs dominate (facility retrofit, remote handling, and possible deep-space/planetary-defense programs), while recurring costs are driven by specialized staff, continuous monitoring/telescope time, imagery suppression, and operations (~$12.7M/yr baseline).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $956.3M
Deep Space Probe Mission $650.0M
[#13] Cost for a dedicated deep-space probe mission (New Horizons-class development & launch) if executed as a one-time mission option.
Planetary Defense Reserve $250.0M
[#23] Programmatic reserve for contingent planetary-defense/mitigation R&D or missions if SCP-1712-A threatens inner Solar System.
Contingency Reserve $50.0M
[#22] Classified contingency reserve for catastrophic scenarios (reserved fund).
Equipment $1.4M
[#2, #3, #10] Remote/robotic manipulators (redundant), long-range tranquilization/immobilization equipment, and containment sensors/CCTV installation.
Emergency Deployment Kit $1.2M
[#18] Armored vans, mobile stone-processing units, remote catch cages and field diagnostic kits initial procurement.
Cover Story Initial $1.1M
[#16] Initial setup and seeding of the "office suicide" cover story (fake reports, staged records, liaison set-up).
Facilities $625K
[#1] Construction of dedicated stone containment cell at Site-77 (stone walls/flooring, drainage, external service corridor, blast/fragment containment).
Legal Initial $525K
[#17] Initial settlements, covert payments, and legal setup/consulting to establish cover and close investigations.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#8] Lab buildout and initial remote-analysis equipment (micro-CT/SEM access, spectroscopy hardware, specialty sample holders) for study of petrification.
Secure Data Initial $300K
[#20] High-assurance archival servers, air-gapped backup setup, and initial RAISA curation infrastructure.
Provenance Outreach Initial $262K
[#24] Initial outreach/field ops costs to track/probe provenance leads (Renmar the Trebucher, Kingdom of Suva).
Stone Waste Tooling $188K
[#9] Cutting/grinding tools with vacuum/HEPA capture and initial secure storage tooling for stone waste handling and processing.
Ups And Generator $125K
[#21] UPS and backup generator upgrades to support increased equipment/power draw.
Specialized Ppe $45K
[#4] Initial specialized PPE, decontamination equipment and glove-disconnect hardware for non-contact protocols.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.7M/yr
Staff Wages $3.4M/yr
[#6, #7, #11, #15] Salaries/benefits for dedicated security guards (non-contact-trained), SCP-specific research team (physicists, biologists, materials scientists, technicians), continuous monitoring operations team (astrophysicists/mission controllers), and embedded personnel payouts.
Cover Story And Legal $3.2M/yr
[#14, #16, #17] Satellite imagery editing/suppression program costs, ongoing cover-story maintenance/rapid-response, and legal retainers/settlements contingency.
Space Probe Operations $3.0M/yr
[#13] Conservative recurring option for piggyback/ground tracking, probe ops, telemetry and analysis if full dedicated mission is not undertaken.
Research And Monitoring $1.7M/yr
[#12, #25, #8] Telescope time/observational campaigns and ongoing containment testing/protocol development; includes recurring research program costs.
Procurement And Admin Overhead $550K/yr
[#26] Classified procurement premiums, contracting overhead, covert shipping, hazard pay and miscellaneous administrative fees.
Logistics And Transport $250K/yr
[#18, #9] Vehicle maintenance, training, and logistics for emergency response teams and transport of stone materials.
Supplies And Consumables $215K/yr
[#4, #5, #8, #9] PPE replacements and consumables, routine veterinary care and habitat supplies, research consumables, stone disposal labor & consumables.
Secure Data And It $125K/yr
[#20] Ongoing classified data storage, air-gapped backups, RAISA curation and redaction operations maintenance.
Psychological Monitoring $125K/yr
[#19] Counseling, rotation programs, PTSD treatment and polygraphing for affected staff.
Facilities Maintenance $90K/yr
[#10] Ongoing maintenance of containment enclosure and containment monitoring hardware (sensor/CCTV maintenance, structural upkeep).
Energy And Utilities $85K/yr
[#21] Incremental power, HVAC, and utilities for robotics, servers, environmental controls.
Provenance Outreach Recurring $50K/yr
[#24] Ongoing regional field ops, travel and liaison if provenance tracking remains active.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.7M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; continued containment, monitoring, research, and cover-story maintenance.
no_breach routine_operations standard_observational_activity
🚨 Minor Incident $13.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized containment event or media leak requiring emergency response, additional PR/legal action, and increased stone-processing work.
small_breach localized_media_leak accidental_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $32.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring prolonged emergency operations, large-scale stone removal, heightened cover-up and settlements.
major_containment_failure widespread_public_exposure multi-site_response
🚨 Deep Space Intervention $312.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$300.0M vs baseline
SCP-1712-A requires active planetary-defense/intervention (launch or activation of interception/deflection program).
observable_hazardous_trajectory policy_decision_to_intercept mission_activation
👥 Personnel 23 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 7 [#6] 24/7 on-site security around the enclosure; non-contact-trained Level-2/3 guards.
Research Scientist 4 [#7] Full-time physicists/biologists/materials scientists dedicated to SCP-1712 research (part of research team).
Laboratory Technician 2 [#7, #8] Technicians to operate remote rigs and support research (included in research team salary estimate).
Astrophysicist / Mission Controller 6 [#11] Continuous monitoring and trajectory/telemetry operations for SCP-1712-A (24/7 duty rota).
Embedded Intelligence Operative 4 [#15] Personnel embedded in commercial/government imaging & intelligence agencies to enable imagery editing and suppression.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items for containment, personnel, and monitoring, yielding reasonable recurring estimates; uncertainty remains high for one-time deep-space/planetary-defense choices and contingency reserve sizing, so overall confidence is medium.
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