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SCP-3269 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-3269
Expected annual
$13.2M
One-time setup
$11.8M
Annual recurring
$12.9M
Personnel
46
Initial capital costs are approximately $11.75M driven primarily by containment cell construction, a large initial field sweep of online creators, and lab/amnestic R&D; annual operating costs are roughly $12.93M driven mainly by staff wages and per-patient medical care.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $11.8M
Field Sweep Initial $6.0M
[#14] One-time initial field sweep to locate/contain/amnesticize 871 known creator accounts (wide-range estimate; mid-case chosen).
Equipment $1.8M
[#2, #12, #10, #19, #26] Includes robotic/remote handling installations for 3 cells (~$450k), Video Archive K81 buildout (~$250k), on-site incinerator (~$500k), transport fleet purchase (~$400k), and one-time IT/OT hardening (~$200k).
Facilities $1.6M
[#1, #11] Cost covers construction/retrofit of three Type-3 interaction-exclusive humanoid containment cells (3 cells at ~$525k each assumed) and one-time facility fire/electrical upgrades.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#16, #20] One-time lab setup and bench equipment for anomalous research and on-site forensic/materials testing (~$1.0M + $250k).
Amnestic R And D $1.0M
[#15] One-time R&D/scale-up costs for amnestic solution development and operationalization.
Training Initial $50K
[#23] Initial training program and SOP rollout costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.9M/yr
Staff Wages $4.6M/yr
[#5, #6, #13, #16, #20, #30, #12, #28] Payroll for nursing/physician staff, security guards and supervisors, digital-forensics analysts & developers, research team salaries, forensic lab technicians, program management/administrative staff, archive operators, and community outreach analysts.
Medical Care $3.3M/yr
[#3] ICU-level medically-induced-coma care costs estimated for throughput (assumes ~18 patient treatments/year at ~$185k each based on 3 cells cycling every 60 days).
Contingency Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#24] Annual contingency reserve for unexpected mass-manifestations, infrastructure replacement, or litigation (set-aside).
Cover Story And Legal $750K/yr
[#17, #18] Legal/takedown retainers, platform relations, and public-relations/cover-story operations.
Research And Monitoring $650K/yr
[#13, #16] Non-pay recurring R&D costs: cloud compute/storage for scraping/classifiers, reagents, materials analysis, and ongoing detection tooling.
Logistics And Transport $650K/yr
[#19, #14] Fleet operating costs, secure transport, travel and per-op field investigation costs for ongoing containment of new uploads.
Supplies And Consumables $577K/yr
[#8, #9, #4, #21, #29] Daily equipment replacement budgets, PPE and consumables, sedatives/amnestics/drug administration costs (per-patient aggregated), psychological rehabilitation program budget, and emergency procurement for essential-item replacements.
D Class Program $500K/yr
[#7] D-class recruitment, housing, rotation, medical screening, and program overhead (program-level recurring costs assumed).
Facilities Maintenance $285K/yr
[#10, #11, #12] Incinerator/biowaste operations & permits, facility fire/electrical maintenance, and archive climate-control / maintenance.
Amnestic Treatment $180K/yr
[#15] Recurring per-person amnestic treatment costs (assumes ~18 treatments/year at ~$10k average per treatment).
Insurance And Compliance $150K/yr
[#25] Permits, hazardous transport compliance, healthcare compliance, and liability insurance.
It Audit And Updates $100K/yr
[#26] Recurring penetration testing, audits, and security updates for archive and monitoring systems.
Infrastructure Repair $100K/yr
[#27] Budget for replacement/repair of facility infrastructure damaged by SCP-3269 effects.
Archive Storage $40K/yr
[#22] Secure long-term evidence storage, tape rotation, and vault security.
Training And Clearance $30K/yr
[#23] Ongoing recurrent training, SOP refreshers, and clearance processing budgets.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.9M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; ongoing containment, monitoring, research and periodic field ops.
steady stream of cases routine monitoring and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $13.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized containment breach or small-scale rupture requiring emergency medical care, repairs, overtime, and limited legal/PR response.
small breach or accidental rupture localized structural/equipment damage
🚨 Major Breach $20.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Multi-person exposure, multi-site impacts or mass-manifestation requiring large-scale medical response, replacements, emergency field sweeps and extended legal/PR actions.
multi-site outbreak multiple severe injuries/deaths
🚨 Political Exposure $15.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
High-profile leak or public exposure forcing extensive legal action, mass takedowns, and aggressive PR and containment measures.
major media leak platform-wide backlash
👥 Personnel 46 total
Role Count Notes
Nursing / Medical Staff 8 [#5] 24/7 coverage including nurses, physicians and anesthesiologists for prolonged sedation and ICU-level monitoring.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#6] Armed/cleared guards to cover shifts; excludes supervisors listed separately.
Security Supervisor 2 [#6] Supervisory and rapid-response team leadership.
Digital Forensics Analyst / Developer 6 [#13] Monitoring, scraping, classifier development and manual review.
Research Scientist 10 [#16] Anomalous research team (psychophysiology, materials analysis, countermeasure R&D).
Forensic Technician / Lab Tech 4 [#20] On-site forensic lab staff for materials testing and analysis.
Program Management / Administrative Staff 4 [#30] Directors, compliance officers, budgeting and program administration.
Archive Operator / IT Operator 2 [#12] Operators for Video Archive K81 and secure offline backups.
Community Outreach / Field Analyst 2 [#28] Covert monitoring, infiltration of communities and field intelligence coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed line-item ranges, but large uncertainties remain around active subject throughput, frequency of new uploads, scale of field sweeps, and per-incident severity; estimates are mid-case assumptions.
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