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SCP-2343 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-2343
Expected annual
$182.4M
One-time setup
$2.9B
Annual recurring
$178.5M
Personnel
38
Initial one-time capital outlay is dominated by procurement of active and spare SRAs/NPDNs and associated specialized infrastructure, totaling several billion USD. Annual operating costs are driven by device preventive maintenance, continuous power, and specialized staffing, resulting in a large recurring budget on the order of hundreds of millions per year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.9B
Equipment $2.5B
[#2, #3, #4, #10, #11, #14, #21] Procurement and installation of 7 active SRAs, 4 NPDNs, on-site inactive spares, mobile rigs/vehicles, initial surveillance arrays, initial spare-parts stock, and transport/rig hardware.
Decommissioning Fund $200.0M
[#24] Fund for future controlled dismantling/disposal of SRAs/NPDNs at end of life.
Contingency Fund One Time $200.0M
[#23] One-time contingency/reserve to cover catastrophic remediation or large capital shortfalls.
Facilities $22.0M
[#1, #5, #22] Structural containment cell build and site-grade triply redundant power installation plus incremental site enablement at other sites.
Backup Power Replacement Capex $1.0M
[#7] Initial allocation for replacement battery banks / generator capex cycles referenced in note.
Vetting Initial $300K
[#18] Upfront background investigations and clearance costs for initial staffing.
Archival Copying One Time $5K
[#16] Trivial one-time copying/duplication costs for initial archival copies.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $178.5M/yr
Facilities Maintenance $154.9M/yr
[#6, #7, #11, #15] Ongoing energy consumption, generator fuel/ops, surveillance/sensor maintenance, and preventive maintenance/calibration contracts for SRAs/NPDNs.
Contingency Reserve Annual $10.0M/yr
[#23] Annual contribution to contingency/catastrophic-failure reserve fund.
Staff Wages $5.2M/yr
[#8, #9, #10] Wages and benefits for specialized SRA/NPDN technicians (6–12 staff), security personnel (18–30 guards), and MERT staffing/standby.
Research And Monitoring $2.1M/yr
[#12, #16] Research program budget for SCP-2343 study and daily archival/document comparison staffing and secure systems.
Spare Parts Replenishment $2.0M/yr
[#14] Annual replenishment of high-value spare modules and specialized materials.
Administrative Overhead $2.0M/yr
[#25] Administrative overhead, site utilities, HR, accounting and general facility operating costs attributable to containment.
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#17, #20] Information-security, memetic containment, censorship, and legal/cover-up budgets.
Incident Response Expected $500K/yr
[#26] Expected annualized expense for incident response, legal liability and hostile-actor mitigation (average per-year estimate).
Training And Drills $200K/yr
[#19] Regular drills, tabletop exercises, and inter-site coordination to test failover and response.
Supplies And Consumables $175K/yr
[#13] Consumables: sedatives, restraint replacements, decontamination supplies, climate-control consumables.
Psychological Support $150K/yr
[#27] Counseling and rotation programs for staff exposed to reality-altering work.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#21] Recurring per-transfer operational costs for specialized transport and escort logistics (average annualized).
Vetting And Monitoring $60K/yr
[#18] Ongoing psychological monitoring and periodic background checks for staff.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $178.5M/yr
89.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major containment incidents; routine maintenance, staffing, and utilities only.
no major device failures routine maintenance only
🚨 Minor Incident $183.5M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Localized failure or small breach requiring emergency response, limited device replacement or rapid reconfiguration, and investigation.
single SRA/NPDN failure small-scale escape attempt MERT activation
🚨 Major Breach $278.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach requiring replacement of multiple devices, extended emergency operations, inter-site coordination and major repair.
multiple device failures prolonged power/failover event large-scale recontainment operation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $1.7B/yr
0.1% probability / year +$1.5B vs baseline
Catastrophic containment failure with loss or destruction of many SRAs/NPDNs, invocation of contingency funds, major legal/PR costs and potential external damage control.
simultaneous multi-device failure extended grid outage large-scale reality restructuring
👥 Personnel 38 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 24 [#9] Armed guards and containment response team — 24 on-site personnel (estimate within 18–30 range).
Engineer / Maintenance (SRA/NPDN specialists) 8 [#8] Specialized SRA/NPDN engineers and technicians — 6–12 staff; 8 assumed for staffing model.
MERT / Rapid Response Team 6 [#10] Mobile emergency response team members and drivers/operators for mobile rigs.
📋 Confidence Notes
Unit costs for bespoke anomalous hardware (SRAs/NPDNs), preventive-maintenance rates, and continuous power draw are highly uncertain; ranges provided by the analyst are wide and drive large variance in totals, so overall cost confidence is low.
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