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SCP-1739 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-1739
Expected annual
$4.2M
One-time setup
$4.4M
Annual recurring
$4.0M
Personnel
20
First-year one-time setup and specialised instrumentation drive up initial costs (~$4.37M), while ongoing staff, cover-story/legal, research operations and emergency readiness dominate annual expenses (~$4.00M/yr). Major incident scenarios can add millions to annual costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.4M
Facilities $1.0M
[#1, #6, #27] Dedicated containment cell construction (#1), quarantine room setup (#6) and specialized reception/decontamination chamber (#27).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#10] Chronometry & temporal-research instrumentation and lab-specific setup.
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#22] Insurance/contingency reserve for unexpected large costs (major breach, relocation, legal settlements).
Equipment $725K
[#2, #3, #9, #14, #15, #16] Faraday/EM storage container (#2), CCTV hardware (#3), secure archival servers (#9), emergency response equipment (#14), backup power hardware (#15), armored transport vehicle (#16).
Cover Story Initial Setup $500K
[#17] Initial setup for Operation Smokescreen: forged archives, fake identities, shell companies, classified cover infrastructure.
Records Vetting Setup $100K
[#18] One-time setup for secure clearance processing, polygraphs, database logging and access-control administration.
Training Development $40K
[#20] Initial creation of SOPs, training materials and Operation Smokescreen procedures.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#4, #5, #8, #19, #6] 24/7 armed security staffing (#4), Level 4 researcher oversight (#5), IT/security staff (#8), cryptanalysis/linguistics analysts (#19), on-call medical/quarantine team wages (#6).
Research And Monitoring $800K/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #13, #26] Secure data/compute maintenance (#9), chronometry/temporal operations (#10), experimentation budget (3 experiments/yr assumed) (#11), psychological screening & staff rotation program (#13), longitudinal studies/grants (#26).
Cover Story And Legal $640K/yr
[#17, #18, #24] Ongoing Operation Smokescreen legal/cover-up budget (#17), records vetting/access-control recurring costs (#18), PR/legal liaison retainers (#24).
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#14, #16] Emergency response team operations and drills (#14), armored transfer vehicle staffing & maintenance (#16).
Administrative Overhead $200K/yr
[#25] Site allocation costs and proportionate share of Site operational overhead attributable to containing a Keter object.
Facilities Maintenance $120K/yr
[#3, #15, #23, #27] CCTV/storage maintenance and offsite backups (#3), fuel/UPS/generator upkeep (#15), long-term maintenance/lifecycle replacements (#23), reception chamber maintenance (#27).
Supplies And Consumables $115K/yr
[#12, #7, #21] D-class handling consumables (#12), amnestic/medical stockpile (#7), PPE and single-use consumables (#21).
Training And Sop $30K/yr
[#20] Annual refresher training, SOP revisions and enforcement training.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.0M/yr
93.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with regular operations, scheduled experiments and no containment incidents.
no unauthorized execution no containment breaches scheduled experiments only
🚨 Minor Incident $4.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized containment anomaly or unauthorized tamper attempt requiring investigation, additional emergency response and legal mitigation.
tamper attempt unauthorized access attempt small-scale leak/exposure
🚨 Major Breach $9.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or multiple spontaneous appearances requiring mass amnestization, extended Operation Smokescreen activity and possible relocation of assets.
multiple subject displacements civilian exposure large-scale evidence leakage
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $29.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Severe timeline-scale incident or public exposure forcing full-scale Operation Smokescreen expansion, prolonged large-scale mitigation and potentially relocation/replication of containment.
widespread public exposure timeline cascade effects failure of containment/chain-of-command
👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#4] 12 guards (3 shifts × 4 guards/shift) required to enforce two-person rule and 24/7 coverage; salary+benefits included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist (Level 4) 1 [#5] One assigned Level 4 researcher overseeing Operation Smokescreen and reporting to O5; salary included in staff_wages.
IT / Security Specialist 3 [#8] System admin, cybersecurity specialist, forensic analyst (3 personnel) for monitoring and maintaining air-gapped systems.
Cryptanalysis / Linguistics Analyst 1 [#19] Dedicated analyst for monitoring Isaac chat outputs and timeline analysis.
Medical Officer / Nurses 3 [#6] On-call medical/quarantine team (2 nurses + 1 physician) for handling spontaneous appearances and administering amnestics.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based directly on analyst line items; many entries are order-of-magnitude and contingent on classified operational choices (Operation Smokescreen). Hardware and staffing figures are concrete, but incident probabilities and contingency sizing retain uncertainty.
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