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SCP-3386 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-3386
Expected annual
$5.9M
One-time setup
$3.9M
Annual recurring
$5.8M
Personnel
30
Initial one-time setup is capital-intensive (land, facility hardening, lab and specialized equipment) while ongoing yearly costs are driven by specialist staff wages, long-term research funding, and legal/cover operations. Base one-time costs are roughly in the low millions and annual recurring costs are multiple millions driven by research, staffing, and contingency/reserve allocations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.9M
Facilities $1.2M
[#1, #2, #10, #16] Land purchase/long-term lease and site hardening (#1), physical perimeter and guard shack/gates (#2), retrofit of apartments to Foundation spec (#10), construction/structural elements of replicated ritual site (#16).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $800K
[#9, #13] Laboratory instruments and secure sample lockers (micro-CT, mass spec, sequencer) and BSL-2 bench space (#9), secure pharmacy/amnestics lab setup (#13).
Equipment $698K
[#3, #4, #5, #15, #20] Multispectral sensor suite and installation (#3), backup generator and UPS hardware (#4), secured/armored vehicles and outfitting (#5), PPE/glovebox setup (#15), initial IT/data hardware deployment (#20).
Emergency Contingency Seed $625K
[#23] One-time seed fund reserved for large emergency response/escalation (rapid-response teams, emergency amnestics, evacuation support).
Legal Fallout Reserve $550K
[#25] One-time legal contingency/reserve to cover potential litigation, settlements, or major cover-up costs.
Cover Story Legal Setup $85K
[#2, #18] One-time legal/cover paperwork and shell company setup, initial MOUs and registration fees to establish plausible cover identities and municipal relationships (#2, #18).
Hr Setup And Policy $12K
[#21] One-time setup for HR systems, policy manuals, background-check infrastructure and training materials (#21).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.8M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #10, #11, #12] On-call retrieval/night teams salaries and overtime (#6), thaumaturgical research team salaries including senior researcher, researchers, techs and admin (#7), contracted occult consultants retainers included where salaried (#8), property management payroll (#10), stipends/subsidies for SCP-3386-2 employment programs (#11), operational D-class management (medical/guards/admin) (#12).
Research And Monitoring $1.4M/yr
[#17, #27, #20] Long-term sustained research grant for reversal attempts and trials (#17), annual audits/security reviews and red-team testing (#27), recurring hosting/secure comms and incident database/storage costs (#20).
Containment Overhead Insurance $652K/yr
[#28] Allocated containment-related overhead, administrative apportionment, and insurance-equivalent costs (estimated at ~15% of base operating budget) (#28).
Misc Contingency $652K/yr
[#29] Operational contingency for unknowns and unexplained anomalous costs (allocated at ~15% of base recurring program costs) (#29).
Cover Story And Legal $542K/yr
[#18, #24, #13, #25] Ongoing legal counsel, municipal liaison and front-company operations (#18), media/cover story/community buy-in expenses (#24), annual amnestic production/administration budget (relocations/cover-ups) (#13), expected replenishment for legal contingency and settlements (#25).
Supplies And Consumables $280K/yr
[#9, #15, #16, #19, #26] Lab consumables and maintenance for analytical instruments (#9), PPE consumables and replacements (#15), experimental consumables for replicated ritual testing (#16), forensic/autopsy/event processing costs (#19), consumable retrieval/disposal supplies (bags, disinfectants, tags) (#26).
Facilities Maintenance $100K/yr
[#3, #4, #22] Ongoing maintenance and data storage for sensor suite (#3), generator fuel and maintenance/UPS support (#4), site utilities and rural service costs (#22).
Emergency Contingency Replenishment $100K/yr
[#23] Annual replenishment allowance for the emergency/escalation contingency fund to restore reserve after events (#23).
Training And Hr Compliance $65K/yr
[#21] Annual background checks, ongoing specialized training courses, HR compliance and replacement hiring pipelines (#21).
Logistics And Transport $42K/yr
[#5, #12] Vehicle fuel/maintenance and routine transport logistics for retrievals and personnel (#5), expected annual replacement/transport/legal events for rotating D-class (~per-event logistics budget averaged annually) (#12).
Counseling And Mental Health $16K/yr
[#14] Twice-yearly counseling sessions and ad-hoc mental-health sessions for assigned staff (~80 sessions/yr assumed) (#14).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.8M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, research, staffing, and periodic relocations; no major incidents or population explosions.
no major incidents routine operations and scheduled research
🚨 Minor Incident $6.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring emergency response, targeted amnestic deployment, overtime pay and limited legal/PR actions.
localized feeding event single-site emergency amnestic deployment increased OT and forensic work
🚨 Major Breach $9.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.2M vs baseline
SCP-3386-1 population exceeds 50 or a significant uncontrolled event requiring mass response, large-scale amnestic operations, major PR/legal settlements and accelerated containment scaling.
population >50 public exposure mass-casualty feeding event or major leak
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Thaumaturgical Researcher 5 [#7] Senior researcher + 4 specialized researchers responsible for reversal research and experiment design (#7).
Lab Technician 2 [#7, #9] Lab technicians supporting instrumentation, sample handling and BSL-2 procedures (#7, #9).
Field Biologist 3 [#6] Field biologists for night operations, behavioral observation and pellet retrieval (#6).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#6, #5, #12] Security personnel for perimeter, retrieval teams, D-class oversight and rapid response (#6, #5, #12).
Administrative Staff 2 [#7, #10] Administrative support for research team and case management, including landlord/front-office coordination (#7, #10).
Property Management / Landlord 1 [#10] Foundation-affiliated landlord/front office managing the containment apartments (#10).
Medical Officer 1 [#12, #19] Medical staff for D-class care, autopsy coordination and amnestic administration (#12, #19).
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#4, #5] Engineers and maintenance staff for generators, vehicles, sensor upkeep and site infrastructure (#4, #5).
Class-D Personnel 2 [#12] Two D-class individuals maintained on-site as described in containment procedures (#12).
Custodial / Facilities 2 [#10, #22] Facilities staff for daily upkeep of apartments, utilities and site operations (#10, #22).
Contractor / Occult Consultant 2 [#8, #16] External occult consultants and ritual craftsmen retained for experiments and specialized ritual work (#8, #16).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most cost centers, allowing a reasoned budgetization, but many parameters (event frequency, scale of legal fallout, population growth of SCP-3386-1) are uncertain; hence a medium confidence rating.
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