SCP-3033 — SCP-3033 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3033 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-3033

Expected annual

$9.8M

One-time setup

$16.0M

Annual recurring

$9.6M

Personnel

Upfront one-time capital and contingencies total roughly $16.0M driven by hardened containment, transport/armory capital, lab build-out and reserve funds; recurring annual operations are roughly $9.6M/year dominated by staff wages, MTF/intel readiness and R&D/monitoring costs.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $16.0M

Facilities $6.3M

[#1, #4] Hardened humanoid-containment suite (including blast-rated walls/doors, biometric locks, sealed O2 control, negative-pressure ventilation, and Faraday shielding) plus site-wide redundant power/UPS capital costs.

Incident Response Reserve $3.0M

[#30] Incident response insurance / financial reserve to fund mass-neutralization, evacuations, legal settlements, or covert costs.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.5M

[#10] Neuroengineering reverse-engineering lab clean-room build-out, SEM/TEM/electrophysiology rigs and initial lab infrastructure.

Transport Capital $1.5M

[#8] Capital purchase of armored trucks/helicopter/stable field-transport assets for secure extraction (alternative to recurring chartering).

Equipment $1.4M

[#2, #3, #13, #14] Automated humanoid containment units, fixed anesthetic/gas delivery installation, containment monitoring hardware, and secure text-only terminal initial hardware costs.

Containment Upgrade Reserve $1.0M

[#29] Containment upgrade contingency fund reserved for rapid retrofits after new production runs or outbreak.

Armory Initial $500K

[#7] Initial armory procurement (large-caliber firearms, explosives, storage/secure vault and armorer setup).

Staff Vetting Initial $205K

[#19] Initial deep background screening and clearance vetting for staff (estimated per-staff up-front screening).

Legal One Time $200K

[#17] One-time negotiation / legal compliance costs (immunity deals, regulatory negotiation, contracts).

It Initial $150K

[#28] IT/data storage & audit-trail initial hardware, encrypted backups, and secure logging infrastructure.

Poi Setup $100K

[#16] One-time relocation/setup costs for PoI-7701 protective custody housing and identity management.

Biorepository Initial $85K

[#23] −80°C freezers / LN2 equipment and secure inventory infrastructure for implant/sample cold storage.

Prosthetics Initial $10K

[#15, #25] Initial custom prosthetic fabrication for E-1260 and spare parts inventory startup.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $9.6M/yr

Staff Wages $4.9M/yr

[#5, #12, #27, #7, #15] Salaries and benefits for security teams, research personnel, cybersecurity/signal-analysis staff, armorers and medical/neurology oversight.

Mtf Readiness $1.0M/yr

[#6] Mobile Task Force readiness: training, equipment, rapid-response vehicles and special weapons readiness budget.

Counter Insurgency Intel $1.0M/yr

[#26] Ongoing HUMINT/SIGINT and covert operations to surveil Chaos Insurgency production/repair facilities.

Research And Monitoring $725K/yr

[#10, #11, #24] Recurring neuroengineering lab consumables/staff ops, sequencing/proteomics/bioanalytics runs, and imaging/diagnostics budget.

Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr

[#17, #18] Ongoing legal upkeep, compliance, cover-up, public-relations and covert operations budget.

Incident Response Reserve Refresh $300K/yr

[#30] Annual replenishment / liquidity refresh to maintain incident response reserves.

Staff Training And Support $250K/yr

[#20] Annual specialized containment/training refreshers, trauma counseling and mental-health services.

Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr

[#3, #4, #13, #23] Generator fuel/maintenance, containment system maintenance/calibration, monitoring hardware upkeep, and freezer/power upkeep.

Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr

[#21] Consumables, PPE, anesthetic supplies, sterilants, specimen containers and routine expendables.

Logistics And Transport $150K/yr

[#8] Recurring transport chartering/operational costs when contractor services are used (fuel/pilots/flight hours).

Armory Maintenance $150K/yr

[#7] Ammo replenishment, armor/weapon maintenance, armorer staffing and storage upkeep.

Autopsy Forensics $100K/yr

[#9] Recurring autopsy and forensic neuropathology per-specimen costs averaged across expected annual recoveries.

It Storage And Cyber Ops $50K/yr

[#12, #28, #14] Ongoing IT/cybersecurity tooling, intrusion detection, secure logs, and secure terminal operations.

Staff Vetting Followups $41K/yr

[#19] Periodic follow-up screening, polygraphs and counterintelligence for staff.

Anesthetic System Maintenance $40K/yr

[#3] Maintenance and calibration for fixed anesthetic/fentanyl-gas delivery and scrubbing systems.

Hazardous Waste Disposal $40K/yr

[#22] Hazardous/biohazardous waste disposal, autoclaving and electronics disposal compliance.

Medical Care $20K/yr

[#15] Ongoing meds (topiramate/timolol) and specialist neurology consults for E-1260.

Biorepository Maintenance $15K/yr

[#23] Power, LN2 and maintenance for long-term sample storage.

Prosthetic Maintenance $5K/yr

[#15, #25] Ongoing prosthetic spare parts, fittings and contractor work.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $9.6M/yr

86.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, scheduled research, occasional small recoveries and no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $10.1M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Localized breach/escape attempt or small field recovery requiring MTF deployment, targeted covert cleanup and extra autopsies.

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🚨 Major Breach $17.6M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline

Large-scale production run discovered or multiple simultaneous recoveries/breaches requiring mass MTF deployments, large covert ops and major containment upgrades.

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👥 Personnel 41 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	14	[#5] Continuous 24/7 armed guard coverage with supervisors; Keter-level staffing assumptions.
Research Scientist	10	[#10, #27] Neuroscientists, biomedical engineers and forensic specialists to study implants and develop countermeasures.
Technician	6	[#10, #11] Lab technicians for microdissection, sequencing prep, mass-spec sample processing and routine lab operations.
Cybersecurity & Signal Analysis	4	[#12] Firmware reverse-engineering, secure comms, intrusion detection and signal analysis specialists.
Medical Officer	1	[#15] Neurology consult / medical oversight for E-1260 and medical supervision during autopsies.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#4, #13] Facilities, power and monitoring system maintenance and generator/UPS upkeep.
Armorer / Logistics	1	[#7, #8] Armorer responsible for weapons/armor maintenance and logistics coordination for recoveries.
Administrative Staff	2	[#17, #28] Administrative, legal-liaison and record-keeping for audits and custody chains.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	[#1, #29] Senior oversight, contingency decision-making and coordination with external MTF/agency assets.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes are comprehensive with line-item ranges, but many items have wide ranges and several operational assumptions (number of cells, frequency of recoveries, choice of capital vs charter) so estimates are midpoint-based and subject to operational choices.

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