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SCP-2317 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-2317
Expected annual
$14.8M
One-time setup
$21.9M
Annual recurring
$12.6M
Personnel
77
Initial one-time capital and setup approximately $21,950,000 driven by vault/property, specialized equipment, and reserves; recurring operations approximately $12,575,250/year driven primarily by continuous staffed security/tactical readiness, research operations, and contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $21.9M
Facilities $6.0M
[#1] Reinforced blast- and breach-resistant containment vault construction, site prep, foundations, antechamber/airlock and basic HQ support.
Equipment $5.5M
[#2, #3, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #15, #17, #19] Heavy-duty containment hardware, redundant power/UPS/generator/HVAC hardware, remote reconnaissance platforms, PPE stock, medical clinic fit-out, surveillance hardware, classified IT appliances, emergency response stockpile readiness, vehicle/fleet purchases, archive/evidence storage setup.
Property Acquisition $4.0M
[#14] Purchase/lease/downpayment to secure buffer-zone and adjacent properties.
Replacement Reserve $4.0M
[#21] One-time capital reserve to rebuild or relocate containment in case of catastrophic failure.
Legal Structuring And Leases $1.5M
[#13] Initial legal structuring, leases, purchase transactions and cover-story setup fees.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $800K
[#6] Laboratory buildout, benches and analytical instruments for anomalous studies, remote-control rigs.
Initial Vetting $100K
[#12] Initial background checks and clearance processing for program staff (~50-person program).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.6M/yr
Staff Wages $6.4M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #20] Salaries, benefits and compensation for 24/7 security staff, tactical/MTF equivalents, research team and core administrative personnel.
Contingency Reserve $1.6M/yr
[#22] Contingency fund (15% of pre-contingency annual operating budget) for unforeseen technical, legal or anomalous expenses.
Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr
[#6, #7, #10, #11, #18, #19] Robotics/platform maintenance and missions, surveillance data & IT operations, lab consumables, long-term R&D fund and archive/cataloguing operations.
Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr
[#13] Ongoing legal counsel, PR, local liaison costs and cover-story maintenance.
Expedition Operations $500K/yr
[#8] Expected annual budget for manned expedition operations (missions, PPE replenishment, mission logistics) averaged over program tempo.
Facilities Maintenance $450K/yr
[#3, #15] Generator/fuel and HVAC maintenance, structural repairs, and periodic emergency-drill maintenance.
Medical Care And Longterm $400K/yr
[#9] On-site medical staff supplies, quarantine care budgets and long-term psychological/psychiatric care funds.
Program Overhead And Insurance $400K/yr
[#20] Administrative overhead, insurance-like policies, discreet funds and non-staff operating overhead.
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#17] Armored transport operations, on-call airlift/charter and secure courier logistics operations.
Personnel Vetting And Monitoring $120K/yr
[#12] Recurring reinvestigations, polygraphs, continuous monitoring and counter-intel programs.
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#16] Consumables: filters, seals, PPE consumables, chains/bolts, routine repair materials.
Expedition Medical Standby $100K/yr
[#8] Medevac/medical standby contracts and on-call medical readiness per year.
Spare Parts Stockpile $25K/yr
[#2] Recurring spares and small-parts replenishment for containment hardware.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.6M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with daily rituals performed and no major incidents beyond routine maintenance and scheduled missions.
daily Procedure 220-Calabasas routine maintenance scheduled research missions
🚨 Minor Incident $13.2M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Procedural error or small containment-related incident requiring lockdown, repairs, investigation and temporary surge staffing.
procedural failure small structural or equipment damage
🚨 Major Breach $20.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$7.5M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or partial breach (e.g., additional chain failure) requiring emergency works, large-scale repairs, augmented MTF response and prolonged operational surge.
chain/structural failure sustained breach response major repairs and site hardening
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $212.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Final/terminal containment failure (XK-class outcome) triggering extreme emergency measures, potential nuclear contingency, global-scale response and attempted replacement/recovery actions.
complete chain failure XK-Class cascading event O5-level emergency orders
👥 Personnel 77 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 19 [#4] 12–20 guards plus supervisors to provide 24/7 armed security coverage.
Tactical Response / MTF Agent 30 [#5] Dedicated rapid-reaction/tactical team (20–40 FTE equivalent) for breach response and on-site operations.
Research Scientist 10 [#6] Multi-disciplinary research team (physicists, xenobiologists, psychologists, engineers) assigned to SCP-2317.
Medical Officer 4 [#9, #8] On-site medical staff for acute care, medevac coordination and long-term psychological support; includes expedition medical standby.
Engineer / Maintenance 5 [#3, #15, #16] Engineers and maintenance techs for power systems, HVAC, containment hardware and routine repairs.
Administrative Staff 5 [#20, #13] Program director, administration, procurement and liaison staff for site operations and cover-story management.
IT / Cybersecurity 3 [#11, #10] Classified IT, encrypted communications, backups and cyber-security operations personnel.
Class-D Personnel 1 [#220-Calabasas referenced in multiple notes] One on-site assistant (rotating) used during Procedure 220-Calabasas; counted as on-site presence.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing a reasoned budget, but large uncertainties remain due to site location variance, frequency/scale of manned expeditions, and existential/low-probability high-impact failure modes.
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