SCP-3221 — SCP-3221 | Cost Breakdown

Read on SCP Wiki ↗

SCP-3221 Keter ? low confidence

SCP-3221

Expected annual

$13.6M

One-time setup

$83.8M

Annual recurring

$12.6M

Personnel

Initial capital and containment build-out is dominated by hardened underground facility work and large contingency reserves; recurring costs are dominated by security, specialist staff, thaumaturgical upkeep and cover/legal operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $83.8M

Catastrophic Reserve $50.0M

[#25] Large catastrophic reserve for long-term recontainment, relocation, rebuild or global suppression campaigns.

Facilities $17.5M

[#1, #10] Secure underground facility construction/hardening (excavation, reinforcement, blast doors, climate control, access roads, gatehouse) and dedicated medbay/quarantine suite setup.

Rapid Response Assets $5.0M

[#12] One-time purchase of rapid-response assets (helicopters, armored vehicles, specialized capture gear).

Evacuation Reserve $5.0M

[#13] Contingency reserve / contracts for emergency evacuation, temporary housing and mass-relocation logistics.

Containment Upgrades Rnd $3.0M

[#23] Initial containment engineering & thaumaturgical R&D (integration projects, failsafe interlocks) estimated over initial program period.

Equipment $2.0M

[#3, #8, #19] Para-technology fabrication/repair shop tooling and precision equipment, surveillance hardware (hardened cameras, recording systems), and archive/vault climate-control installation.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#9] Initial laboratory setup for sample analysis, GC/MS, imaging, memetic-safe rooms and bench space.

Power Infrastructure $300K

[#2] High-grade power infrastructure purchase and installation (generators, UPS, fuel storage, Faraday/isolation measures).

Initial Stockpile $150K

[#15] Initial 6-12 month stockpile of food, water treatment, spare parts, backup fuel and consumables.

Initial Training Program $150K

[#22] Initial cross-discipline training program and apprenticeships setup.

Cover Startup $100K

[#17] Start-up costs for front organizations / cover identities / media buys.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.6M/yr

Staff Wages $4.8M/yr

[#6, #7, #9] Salaries and hazard pay for full-time thaumaturgists (~4 × $150k + $50k training/PPE), security personnel (36 × $90k), and on-site researchers (6 × $160k).

Cover Story And Legal $2.6M/yr

[#16, #17, #21] Archive monitoring, censorship operations, legal/liaison costs, covert takedowns, amnestic teams for academics, and ongoing front organization maintenance.

Rapid Response Maintenance $1.5M/yr

[#12] Maintenance, ops, fuel and training costs to keep rapid-response helicopters, vehicles and surge capability ready.

Logistics And Transport $600K/yr

[#14] Ongoing local logistics, helicopter shuttles, vehicle maintenance, supply chain costs for remote site operations.

Research And Monitoring $500K/yr

[#20] Contractor fees for specialized forensic & cultural specialists, language/religious experts and retainers for interpretation projects.

Surveillance Storage And Ops $350K/yr

[#8] Long-duration recording storage, monitoring analysts, software maintenance and camera system upkeep.

Targeted Amnestic Program $350K/yr

[#18] Program budget for targeted amnestic doses, mobile teams and delivery systems (~$300/dose program level).

Para Tech Consumables $325K/yr

[#4] Replacement gears, springs, specialty alloys, lubricants, machining hours and artisan repair work for clockwork para-tech.

Medical Quarantine $300K/yr

[#10] Medical staffing, consumables, quarantine suite maintenance and pathology supplies.

Hemomantic Upkeep $200K/yr

[#5] Reagents, ritual paraphernalia, biological materials and per-ritual contract/overtime costs for hemomantic seal upkeep.

Security Equipment Amortization $200K/yr

[#7] Annual amortization and refresh of weapons, body armor, restraint gear and specialized security equipment.

Training $200K/yr

[#22] Ongoing training, apprenticeships and joint exercises for thaumaturgists, machinists, medical and security staff.

Mental Health $175K/yr

[#11] Counseling, memetic screening and amnestic administration budgets for staff psychological support.

Power Infrastructure Maintenance $150K/yr

[#2] Annual fuel rotation, generator maintenance, UPS/battery upkeep and related power-system maintenance.

Stockpile Replenishment $100K/yr

[#15] Annual replenishment of on-site food, fuel and basic consumables.

Incident Response Retainer $100K/yr

[#24] Ongoing retainer/planning for incident response readiness; large per-event cleanup/recapture costs are contingent and modeled in scenarios rather than as a fixed recurring expense.

Archive Storage Curation $50K/yr

[#19] Annual storage, curation and cataloguing costs for recovered artifacts and seized records.

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

[]

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

[]

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.6M/yr

94.0% probability / year

Normal year with no major breaches; regular operations, maintenance, research, cover and staffing costs only.

no_shatter_event steady_operational tempo routine rituals and maintenance

🚨 Major Breach $22.6M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

A significant Shatter/breach occurs requiring evacuation, kinetic recapture operations, large-scale amnestics, cleanup and localized reconstruction.

SCP-3221-2 partially enters prime dimension localized Shatter affecting facility and nearby settlement multi-day containment/recapture operation

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $62.5M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline

A large-scale Shatter event or prolonged breach leading to wide-area damage, long-term relocation, extensive reconstruction and major suppression campaigns.

full Shatter event with SCP-3221-2 deployment mass-casualty regional impact multi-month global suppression/relocation operations

👥 Personnel 46 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	36	[#7] 24/7 armed security detachment (three-shift coverage) including MTF Stigma-9 contingent; salaries included in staff_wages.
Thaumatologist / Ritual Specialist	4	[#6] Full-time Foundation thaumaturgists/Sarkic specialists responsible for rituals, hemomancy upkeep and monitoring; salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist	6	[#9] On-site researchers for Window event study, sample analysis and cultural/linguistic work; salaries included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on wide ranges provided in analyst notes and significant unknowns about existing site condition, frequency of Shatter events, and scale of required suppression; many line items are contingent and scenario-dependent, producing low confidence in precise totals.

← SCP-3220 ↑ All SCPs SCP-3222 →