SCP-274 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-274
Expected annual
$29.5M
One-time setup
$14.1M
Annual recurring
$28.3M
Personnel
40
Initial one-time setup across vehicles, containment facility, detection systems, and research ≈ $14.1M; ongoing annual programmatic costs driven by staffing, logistics/incineration/debris removal, legal/cover-story reserves, and a catastrophic eradication fund totaling ≈ $28.28M/year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $14.1M
Equipment $6.6M
[#3, #5, #6, #8, #12, #15, #16, #18, #26, #27] Vehicles and fleet outfitting, initial high-pressure pumps/hose kits, mobile incinerator units, environmental monitoring hardware, PPE stockpile, detection/surveillance rollout hardware, small-arms/tactical gear initial procurement, evidence-handling lab setup, IT/server initial setup, and communications/jamming hardware.
Facilities $5.0M
[#13, #24] Construction/refit of specialist metal/glass-only containment/sample-processing facility and initial long-term contingency planning / standby resources.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.5M
[#14, #17] Initial laboratory research program and countermeasure development setup plus amnestic R&D/initial stockpile funding.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $28.3M/yr
Worst Case Eradication Fund $10.0M/yr
[#25] Annual contingency reserve toward large-scale eradication/remediation (seed fund; full worst-case costs could be orders of magnitude larger: hundreds of millions to many billions).
Staff Wages $5.0M/yr
[#1, #11] Full-time MTF Pi-1 core staffing (operators, leaders, medics, hazmat specialists, intel/admin) and baseline paid medics (salaries, benefits, on-payroll medics).
Logistics And Transport $4.3M/yr
[#4, #6, #7, #9, #10] Vehicle operations & maintenance (fuel, repairs, insurance), contracted incineration/demolition capacity, debris removal & hazardous-waste disposal reserve, quarantine perimeter enforcement reserves, and evacuation/sheltering reserves.
Research And Monitoring $2.2M/yr
[#14, #15, #23, #26] Ongoing laboratory research/countermeasure development, detection & surveillance monitoring staff and analytics, intelligence/prevention operations, and IT/cloud licensing & maintenance for incident-forecasting.
Cover Story And Legal $2.0M/yr
[#19, #20, #28] Public relations/cover-story standing budget and payments to local agencies, legal/litigation/reserve funds, and responder casualty / disability compensation reserves.
Surge And Overtime Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#2] On-call surge personnel, overtime, and contracted temporary labor for large quarantines or multi-building incidents.
City Contingency Standby $1.0M/yr
[#24] Ongoing standby resources, modeling, and coordination contracts for city-scale contingency planning.
Supplies And Consumables $750K/yr
[#12, #16, #22] Consumable PPE and decontamination supplies per incidents, non-lethal munitions / consumable resupply, and replacement of contaminated / incinerated equipment.
Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr
[#13] Annual operating costs for specialist containment facility (negative-pressure, HEPA/chemical filters, incineration access, utilities).
Environmental Monitoring And Remediation $500K/yr
[#8] Air-quality continuous monitoring, mobile filtration / particulate mitigation per incidents, and remediation / regulatory fines reserve.
Training And Exercises $300K/yr
[#21] Regular specialized training, joint exercises with local law enforcement and response contractors specific to SCP-274 tactics.
Medical Response Reserve $300K/yr
[#11] Per-incident medical response costs (medevac, hospital coordination, long-term care beyond on-payroll medics).
Amnestics Production And Use $200K/yr
[#17] Per-dose production, stock rotation, and administration costs for Class-B amnestics used on civilians and witnesses.
Forensic Processing Reserve $100K/yr
[#18] Forensic pathology and evidence-handling costs per large incident.
High Pressure Systems Maintenance $50K/yr
[#5] Spares, scheduled maintenance, and backup pumps for high-pressure water systems used to terminate SCP-274-2.
Communications Deployments $25K/yr
[#27] Per-incident deployment costs for acoustic jamming/masking or directional-sensor deployments.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $28.3M/yr
89.9% probability / year
Normal year with routine readiness, training, surveillance, and occasional small incidents handled within reserves.
no major outbreaks routine training and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $29.8M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Single medium urban instance requiring quarantine, incineration of one building, evacuation, medical response, and local cover-up.
single converted building 7–14 day quarantine and targeted incineration
🚨 Major Incident $33.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Multi-building outbreak or prolonged quarantine requiring large-scale demolition, extended evacuations, and heavy legal/PR expenditures.
multi-building spread extended multi-week operations
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $1.0B/yr
0.1% probability / year +$1.0B vs baseline
Rapid city-scale propagation requiring full eradication/remediation operations (mass demolition, relocation, long-term environmental remediation).
uncontrolled spread > city-scale failure of early suppression
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 28 [#1] Core rapid-response operators, team leaders and perimeter/security staff (majority of the 30–50 personnel estimate).
Research Scientist 4 [#14] Laboratory scientists and countermeasure researchers supporting ongoing R&D and testing.
Medical Officer 2 [#11, #17] On-payroll medics responsible for field triage and amnestic administration/monitoring.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#5, #4, #13] Pump and high-pressure system technicians, vehicle/equipment maintenance and facility systems staff.
Intelligence / Administrative 3 [#1, #23] Intelligence analysts, liaison officers, and administrative staff supporting ops and cover stories.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on wide published ranges and scenario-dependent catastrophic tails; many line items have broad uncertainty (per-incident variability, jurisdictional legal risk, and potential city-scale costs), so overall confidence is low.
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