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SCP-2664 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-2664
Expected annual
$51.8M
One-time setup
$212.1M
Annual recurring
$48.9M
Personnel
105
Estimated one-time capital expenditures of approximately $212.1M driven by contingency reserves, satellite imagery buyouts, facility acquisition/retrofitting, specialty materials and aircraft purchases; ongoing annual operating costs are roughly $48.9M driven by staffing, perimeter security, aircraft operations, contingency maintenance, and research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $212.1M
Contingency Reserve $100.0M
[#18] Standing one-time contingency reserve for extreme-response planning, pre-staged global assets and eradication contingencies (Protocol 148-Zeta reserve).
Satellite Buyouts $25.0M
[#13] One-time negotiation/buyouts to suppress or purchase imagery exclusivity and initial diplomatic/black-budget payments to providers/governments.
Facilities $21.0M
[#1, #2] Land acquisition/long-term lease, legal/title work, surveying, cadastral mapping (#1) plus retrofitting and structural repairs to restore psionic-damping integrity including specialty contractors and installation (#2).
Aircraft And Mobility $15.0M
[#7] Purchase/startup costs for helicopters, fixed-wing cargo aircraft and heavy-mobility assets (snowcats, tracked vehicles, snowmobiles, winterization, spares).
Expropriation Relocation $10.0M
[#15] Expropriation, relocation and indemnities for any civilians within the 50 km yellow zone (housing, livelihood compensation, legal settlements).
Legal Reserve One Time $10.0M
[#16] One-time larger contingency legal reserve and covert front-company setup / litigation contingency funds.
Cover Story Initial Compensation $8.0M
[#14] Initial local compensation, administrative setup and front-company establishment to plausibly designate the area as a munitions test facility and compensate affected communities.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.5M
[#10, #17] BSL-3/4 medical lab buildout and containment infrastructure (#10) plus initial research grant/startup funding for neurobiology/psychopharmacology programs (#17).
Decontamination Initial $5.0M
[#19] Initial environmental remediation and cleanup actions for contaminated soil, infected fauna and site-specific removal.
Equipment $4.8M
[#11, #20, #22] Acquisition and R&D for specialized monitoring/sensor hardware (#11), archive/data security and image sanitization systems initial hardware (#20), and initial arms/forensic equipment purchase (#22).
Specialty Materials $4.0M
[#3] Electrum and other rare conductive/reflective metals procurement and installation (material costs, secure transport and armored installation).
Investigation Followup $2.0M
[#25] One-time follow-up investigation / neutralization inquiry into Gaius Prime asset (forensic review, liaison, short-term investigative costs).
Power Infrastructure $1.2M
[#4] Initial cold-weather diesel generator(s), fuel farm and winterized power infrastructure startup costs.
Camp Setup $625K
[#6] Initial setup of the off-site camp (shelters, sanitation, communications, winterization) for expendable/medical/security staff.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $48.9M/yr
Staff Wages $12.0M/yr
[#21] Full payroll for on-site and supporting staff (mid-sized operation); includes salaries, hazard pay, secrecy bonuses and rotation pay for scientists, techs, guards, pilots, medics, logistics and admin.
Contingency Maintenance $10.0M/yr
[#18] Recurring maintenance of contingency stockpiles, pre-staged assets, fuel reserves and annual readiness drills tied to Protocol 148-Zeta.
Research And Monitoring $5.8M/yr
[#11, #17, #19, #26] Recurring research program costs and monitoring operations: ongoing neurobiology/psychopharmacology research (#17), recurring calibration & ops for specialized sensors (#11), long-term ecological/environmental monitoring (#19) and periodic post-neutralization surveillance (#26).
Aircraft Ops $4.0M/yr
[#7] Annual operations, maintenance, fuel and contracted pilot/maintenance costs for helicopters, fixed-wing and tracked vehicles.
Perimeter Security $3.0M/yr
[#5] Ongoing perimeter enforcement across the 50 km radius: remote sensors, patrols, checkpoints, drone systems and no-fly enforcement.
Cover Story And Legal $2.8M/yr
[#12, #14, #16] High-level oversight, intelligence liaison and classified coordination (#12); ongoing PR/testing simulations and local restricted-zone management (#14); ongoing legal retainers and covert liability costs (#16).
Medical Operations $2.5M/yr
[#10] Recurring medical lab operating costs, containment-trained staff salaries, trauma care and pathology operations.
Satellite Payments $2.0M/yr
[#13] Ongoing monitoring payments, periodic payments to imagery providers and covert payments to sustain imagery suppression.
Expendable Asset Program $1.8M/yr
[#8] Weekly expendable-asset deployment program operational costs (payroll, training turnover, equipment replacement, mission planning).
Camp Operations $1.5M/yr
[#6] Recurring camp support (housing, food, sanitation, rotations, communications, per-diems).
Power Operations $1.2M/yr
[#4] Recurring fuel, generator maintenance, HVAC and winterized power logistics (fuel airlifts/convoys, spill containment).
Psychological Support $1.0M/yr
[#23] Counseling, secrecy bonuses, hazard pay and retirement/disability reserves for at-risk personnel and remote ops staff.
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#24] Recurring secure transport and hazardous-sample cold-chain logistics and compliance costs.
Archive Operations $500K/yr
[#20] Recurring archive, IT security operations and image sanitization maintenance.
Orichalcum Procurement $200K/yr
[#9] Recurring procurement, storage and QC for orichalcum supplement capsules used per deployed asset.
Arms Resupply $200K/yr
[#22] Recurring resupply, maintenance and licensing costs for arms and non-lethal enforcement equipment.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $48.9M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major containment incidents; routine operations, research, monitoring and maintenance only.
no_breach stable_containment routine_research
🚨 Minor Incident $50.9M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized incident (fatality, localized contamination or sensor failure) requiring medical response, limited cleanup, short investigations and temporary surge staffing.
localized_contamination expendable_asset_death sensor_array_failure
🚨 Major Breach $108.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$60.0M vs baseline
Containment breach requiring activation of Protocol 148-Zeta: large-scale emergency mobilization, international coordination, mass quarantine and major remediation.
uncontained_psionic_emission multiple_casualties regional_ecological_spread
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $348.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$300.0M vs baseline
Extreme event (YK-class escalation) where SCP effects threaten wider population, requiring global emergency response and potentially eradication-level operations.
full_uncontainment rapid_population_exposure international_crisis
👥 Personnel 105 total
Role Count Notes
Senior Scientist 6 Project leads and senior neuro/psychopharmacology staff; high salaries and clearance requirements; included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 18 Full-time researchers for neurobiology, psychopharmacology, modeling and sociological studies; included in staff_wages.
Lab Technician 25 BSL-trained technicians for sample handling, pathology, cold-chain logistics and routine lab operations; included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 Armed perimeter and rapid-response teams for hot/yellow zone enforcement and site security; included in staff_wages.
Pilot 5 Helicopter and fixed-wing pilots for medevac, resupply and rapid response; included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer 6 On-site medics and trauma care staff to support operations and contain exposures; included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance 7 Technical staff for generators, HVAC, winterization, vehicles and facility maintenance; included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff 8 Logistics, HR, legal liaison and cover-story administration; included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment infrastructure and operational needs are well described in the source but cost ranges in the analyst notes are wide and contingent on many unknowns (population in yellow zone, severity of breaches, rarity/cost of orichalcum, host-nation cooperation). Estimates are therefore moderately confident but subject to factor-of-several variance, especially for contingency and satellite-suppression items.
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