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SCP-2634 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-2634
Expected annual
$18.3M
One-time setup
$265.1M
Annual recurring
$14.7M
Personnel
22
Initial capital expenditures are dominated by facility buildouts, large contingency reserves, and a multi-year research program; annual operating costs are driven by specialized staff wages, legal/cover operations, emergency readiness replenishment, and utilities/HPC support.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $265.1M
Catastrophic Contingency Reserve $200.0M
[#25] Large-scale catastrophic contingency reserve for worst-case relocation/quarantine/remediation (institutional reserve; chosen conservative midpoint).
Decommissioning Reserve $20.0M
[#19] Contingent one-time fund for decontamination, facility decommissioning, or ecological remediation (representative allocation).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $17.8M
[#6, #7, #9, #20] Initial cognitive-shielding R&D and procurement ($1.0M), HPC cluster and software ($3.5M), advanced laboratory instrumentation ($0.75M), and a representative allocation for a multi-year large-scale experimental program (~$12.5M).
Emergency Response Reserve $10.0M
[#13] Initial on-hand emergency fund and rapid-repair stockpile (representative midpoint of recommended range).
Healthcare Reserve $7.5M
[#18] Actuarial reserve for long-term healthcare/disability recommended up-front reserve (representative midpoint).
Facilities $7.0M
[#1, #2, #8] Secure storage lockers ($50k), high-security containment wing build/upgrade (representative $6.0M midpoint), and a specialized experimental chamber (representative $1.0M).
Global Monitoring Rnd $2.0M
[#12] One-time R&D and initial deployment costs for experimental global monitoring/sensor prototypes.
Per Object Custom Containment Initial $250K
[#10] Representative baseline for bespoke enclosures for retrieved items (assumes ~5 items at median complexity).
Equipment $200K
[#11] Data archival and secure backup infrastructure (one-time hardware/air-gapped vault setup ~ $200k).
Amnestic Procurement Setup $200K
[#15] One-time procurement/setup costs for amnestic production and administration infrastructure.
Psych Program Setup $150K
[#5] One-time setup costs for psychological/memetic screening program infrastructure and initial tooling.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $14.7M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $4.2M/yr
[#14, #24] Legal counsel, PR, covert funding/buyouts, publication control, interagency coordination and public contingency/lobbying (representative combined annual cost).
Staff Wages $2.5M/yr
[#3, #4] Dedicated research team salaries (multidisciplinary researchers and technicians) plus on-site security personnel wages (representative totals).
Emergency Response Replenish $2.0M/yr
[#13] Annual replenishment/usage budget for emergency response materials, on-call teams, and rapid-repair supplies.
Insurance Liability $1.2M/yr
[#21] Insurance, special coverage premiums or internal risk-assumption administrative costs (representative).
Facilities Maintenance $1.2M/yr
[#1, #2, #8, #7, #22] Annual maintenance and overhead for secure lockers, containment wing overhead, experimental chamber upkeep, HPC power/cooling, and general utilities/repairs.
Long Term Healthcare $600K/yr
[#18] Ongoing medical/psychiatric care, compensation and reserves for personnel exposure outcomes (annualized).
External Collaborations $600K/yr
[#23] Grants, contracts, collaborations, conference costs, and payments to external institutions/contractors (also used as cover/scientific liaison).
Supplies And Consumables $475K/yr
[#6, #9, #10, #11] Consumables and replenishment: cognitive countermeasure consumables, lab consumables/calibration, per-object monitoring, and archival media/storage refresh.
Research And Monitoring $450K/yr
[#12] Ongoing operations for global monitoring sensor arrays and experimental monitoring operations.
Recruitment Retention Premiums $450K/yr
[#17] Sign-on bonuses, hazard premiums, and retention incentives to attract specialists working with cognitohazards.
Amnestic Manufacturing And Administration $300K/yr
[#15] Recurring manufacture/procurement and administration costs for mnestic agents, medical supplies, and oversight.
Psychological Screening And Monitoring $250K/yr
[#5] Recurring costs for continuous cognitive screening, therapy, monitoring equipment, and periodic competency reviews.
Training Tabletop Exercises $200K/yr
[#16] Regular drills, protocol development, instructor time and external consultancy.
Logistics And Transport $75K/yr
[#11] Secure transport, off-site encrypted vaulting logistics and media transport costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $14.7M/yr
81.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with regular research, monitoring, and no major incidents.
routine_research no_breaches regular_staff_rotation
🚨 Minor Incident $17.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Isolated exposure or limited object breach requiring targeted emergency response, additional medical/amnestic treatment, and modest legal/cover action.
isolated_object_breach limited_personnel_exposure localized_media_leak
🚨 Major Breach $39.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Significant containment/testing failure or wider dissemination of anomalous items leading to large-scale remediation, extended legal actions, and major equipment replacement.
multi-object_breach widespread_exposure governmental_involvement
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $264.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$250.0M vs baseline
Worst-case scenario requiring extensive population-level remediation, long-term quarantine/relocation, and major reality-stabilization efforts.
uncontained_mass_exposure national_security_escalation need_for_large-scale_remediation
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Theoretical Physicist / Topologist 2 [#3] Senior specialists for higher-dimensional theory work (from analyst team composition).
Cognitive Scientist / Memetics Specialist 3 [#3] Specialists in memetics/cognitive hazard study.
Software Engineer / AI 3 [#3] AI and simulation engineers supporting modeling and analysis.
Experimental Technician 3 [#3] Laboratory technicians for experiments and equipment operation.
Project Manager 1 [#3] Program manager overseeing multidisciplinary efforts.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#4] Armed on-site guards and rapid-response personnel for the wing (representative midpoint of 8–12).
📋 Confidence Notes
Costs are highly uncertain due to the telepathic, higher-dimensional nature of SCP-2634, wide numeric ranges in analyst notes, per-object variability, and speculative multi-year research programs; estimates use representative midpoints but carry significant uncertainty.
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