SCP-3518
Keter
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medium confidence
SCP-3518
Expected annual
$679.9M
One-time setup
$2.1B
Annual recurring
$585.5M
Personnel
350
Initial capital outlay is dominated by construction of an Arctic hardened base and purchase/retrofit of polar-capable vessels and aircraft (~$2.11B one-time); annual operating costs are driven by fleet and rapid-response readiness, attrition/reserve funding, interdiction programs and diplomacy/compensation (~$580.5M/yr).
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $2.1B
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $585.5M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$585.5M/yr
Routine year with Arctic containment holding; regular interdiction and monitoring operations only.
no major breaches outside Arctic
steady interdiction and monitoring tempo
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Minor Incident
$630.5M/yr
Localized breach or an outbreak requiring surge to a regional rapid-response operation and additional munitions/disposal.
single-region breach
small-scale interdiction surge
extra carcass disposal and munitions expenditure
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Major Breach
$2.6B/yr
Multiple packs breach into productive fisheries requiring multi-fleet campaign, large-scale interdiction and expanded remediation.
widespread coastal incursions
rapid population expansion outside Arctic
multi-national eradication effort
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Catastrophic Breach
$10.6B/yr
Global-scale infestation requiring multi-year eradication and/or full-scale global containment campaign with extensive remediation and compensation.
accelerated reproduction and spread
failure of rapid-response containment
multi-continent ecosystem collapse
Personnel
350 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 40 | Operational security for base, escort for interdiction teams and vault security; salaries budgeted in staff_wages and fleet_operations. [#12, #17] |
| Research Scientist | 30 | Parazoologists, geneticists and materials specialists for SCP study and R&D; funded from initial_research_and_lab_setup and research_and_monitoring. [#11, #28] |
| Diver / Specialized Diver Team | 20 | Highly trained combat/diver teams for kill/interdiction missions; payroll covered in diver_payroll and training_budget. [#6, #21] |
| Vessel Crew / Mariners | 200 | Crewing for icebreakers and support vessels (deck, engineering, technical crew); operational pay included in fleet_operations. [#2, #3] |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 30 | Base and ship engineers, ROV technicians and maintenance staff; funded through facilities_maintenance and rov_operations. [#5, #1, #22] |
| Medical Officer / Hyperbaric Technician | 10 | On-site medics and hyperbaric specialists for diver care and crew health; costs in hyperbaric_suite one-time and medevac_contract and public_health_surveillance recurring. [#7, #30] |
| Administrative Staff | 20 | Logistics, procurement, legal liaison and base admin; costs accounted in staff_wages and cover_story_and_legal. [#16, #20] |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed and provide ranges for nearly every line item, allowing a reasoned mid-to-high estimate; however the biological uncertainty of SCP-3518, large cost ranges and scenario-dependent capital decisions reduce precision.