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SCP-3640 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-3640
Expected annual
$15.3M
One-time setup
$37.9M
Annual recurring
$14.7M
Personnel
32
One-time capital/setup costs are approximately $35,500,000 driven primarily by property acquisition, lab construction, and specialized vehicles/equipment. Annual recurring operations are approximately $14,675,000, driven mainly by MTF staffing, legal/cyber surveillance, research/lab operations, and ongoing logistics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $37.9M
Facilities $18.1M
[#1, #2, #3, #5, #11, #24] Property acquisition for 20 sites ($15,000,000), closing/title fees ($300,000), refurbishment/furnishing ($2,000,000), secure archive buildout ($250,000), portion of surveillance/siting buildout costs ($200,000 one-time included here), and contingency reserve held as a one-time setup allocation ($5,000,000).
Equipment $7.8M
[#5, #7, #10, #11, #14, #16] MTF fleet and tactical gear ($2,000,000), helicopter and boats purchase ($3,200,000), site surveillance hardware one-time ($200,000), industrial shredder/incinerator one-time ($50,000), containment enclosures/specialized cages ($500,000), and miscellaneous cataloging/shelving/hardware included in equipment budget.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $7.0M
[#15] Forensic/biological research lab construction and anomalous containment-ready buildout baseline estimate.
Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#24] Recommended contingency reserve for large-scale incident response; treated as a one-time reserve allocation in baseline capitalization.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $14.7M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $3.9M/yr
[#20, #21, #22, #30] Long-term legal/cyber surveillance focusing on corporate legal department (~$3,000,000/year), public cover & PR operations (~$200,000/year), training/outreach for hotels and tourist centers (~$150,000/year), and miscellaneous municipal/legal buyouts/influence (~$500,000/year).
Staff Wages $3.2M/yr
[#6, #8] Archival processing staff (8 FTEs ~ $480,000/year) and MTF Lambda-12 personnel fully-burdened operations (~24 personnel baseline, ~$2,700,000/year).
Research And Monitoring $2.2M/yr
[#15, #17, #27] Ongoing operations for forensic/biological research lab (~$1,500,000/year), necropsy/diagnostic consumables and imaging (~$100,000/year), and data analysis/pattern recognition team (~$600,000/year).
Logistics And Transport $1.8M/yr
[#9, #13, #23] Nighttime/targeted patrols and on-site guard operations across sites (~$300,000/year), field collection campaigns and contractor network (~$1,000,000/year), and contracted local liaisons/handlers (~$500,000/year).
Emergency Medical Fund $1.0M/yr
[#19] Medical emergency response, hospitalization, mortuary handling, and victim compensation contingency (~$1,000,000/year).
Digital Takedown Operations $800K/yr
[#12] Web monitoring, takedown operations, hosting seizures, and a small cyber/takedown team baseline (~$800,000/year).
Amnestics Program $600K/yr
[#18] R&D and administration of amnestic agents and associated consumables (~$600,000/year).
Staff Wellness And Psych Care $500K/yr
[#29] Training, psychological care, and resilience programs for exposed staff (~$500,000/year).
Facilities Maintenance $425K/yr
[#4, #5, #11, #25, #26] Annual property taxes/insurance/utilities/maintenance for acquired parcels (~$200,000), archive maintenance/energy (~$30,000), surveillance data/storage/maintenance (~$50,000), energy & communications (~$100,000), and environmental remediation/biosafety waste (~$75,000).
Replacement And Upgrade Cycle $300K/yr
[#28] Scheduled replacement/upgrade allowance for vehicles, cameras, lab instruments (~6–10% of capital value; baseline ~$300,000/year).
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#14] Ongoing secure destruction/disposal contractor costs or consumables (~$20,000/year).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $14.7M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine brochure takedowns, MTF patrols, research activity, and ongoing surveillance with no major public incidents.
routine operations no mass exposures no major media attention
🚨 Minor Incident $16.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized mass exposure or limited public incident requiring increased amnestic deployment, emergency medical care, extra MTF deployments, and additional PR/legal support.
localized mass exposure local news coverage multiple civilians requiring care
🚨 Major Breach $26.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Widespread mass exposure, significant public casualties, litigation, media attention and requirement for large-scale emergency response and possibly accelerated capture/containment efforts.
mass exposure national media attention large litigation/settlements
👥 Personnel 32 total
Role Count Notes
Archival Technician / Cataloging Staff 8 [#6] Processing, scanning and cataloging seized brochures; baseline 8 FTEs included in staff wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 24 [#8] MTF Lambda-12 operational personnel (handlers, medics, field agents); baseline fully-burdened headcount and wages included in staff wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes are reasonably detailed and provide baseline figures for most line items, but significant uncertainty remains around the number of hunting grounds, long-term legal surveillance scope, and whether contingency is held as reserve or recurring spend; anomalous behavior and capture scenarios add additional uncertainty.
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