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SCP-3805 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-3805
Expected annual
$211.6M
One-time setup
$614.8M
Annual recurring
$206.1M
Personnel
197
One-time capital and contingency funding is approximately $615M for construction, specialized equipment, reserves and initial R&D; recurring annual costs are about $206M driven mainly by global interdiction, cover-story/legal operations, ongoing R&D/monitoring, and MTF staffing.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $614.8M
Hazard Contingency Reserve $200.0M
[#18] Up-front contingency / catastrophic response reserve to fund large-scale breach response, cover-ups, and global mobilization.
Equipment $110.2M
[#4, #7, #8, #15, #21, #16, #25, #22, #29] Redundant hardened communications hardware, specialized protective suits procurement, robotics/remote platform hardware, initial rapid-response stockpile and ordinance, vehicle procurement, initial data-security servers/hardware, sensor hardware/internal mapping setup, sample storage/biobank buildout, and archival system setup.
Facilities $103.5M
[#1, #3, #9, #10, #20, #24] Structural construction/reinforcement of Site 21, underground life-support and environmental control, on-site medical/quarantine/autopsy suite, ORP 5303 establishment, training facility mock-ups, and primary/backup power plant installation.
Decommissioning Contingency $100.0M
[#30] One-time reserve and planning costs for decommissioning/escalation contingencies (evacuation modeling, global mitigation equipment).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $50.0M
[#17] Initial funding and buildout for the specialized long-term scientific research program, modeling facilities and testbeds.
Legal Buyouts One Time $50.0M
[#14] One-time targeted corporate buyouts / legal neutralizations for imminent or high-priority drilling projects.
Shell Corporation Setup $1.0M
[#26] Initial setup costs for public-facing cover infrastructure and shell entities.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $206.1M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $65.6M/yr
[#13, #26, #29, #14, #27] Misinformation/psyops campaign, ongoing shell corporation operating costs, archival/redaction and vetting operations, recurring legal/black-ops buyout budget, and diplomacy/bribery contingency allocations.
Global Interdiction Capability $60.0M/yr
[#11] Distributed global interdiction program budget (covert interdiction teams, surveillance, rapid-response assets, sabotage/covers) to prevent access beneath the lithosphere.
Research And Monitoring $27.8M/yr
[#2, #8, #12, #16, #17, #25] Archway/rift maintenance and small-scale remediation, robotics R&D and operations, geospatial/seismic/permit monitoring, data-security/memetic system operations, ongoing specialized research program annual budget, and internal sensor/mapping operations.
Staff Wages $15.0M/yr
[#5] Salaries, benefits, training and rotation costs for MTF Orion-19 and baseline Site 21 staff used for 24/7 coverage.
Facilities Maintenance $13.7M/yr
[#1, #3, #10, #24, #4] Ongoing structural inspections and emergency repairs, life-support energy/maintenance, ORP operations, power plant fuel/maintenance, and comms/UPS maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $10.0M/yr
[#21] Secure transport, vehicle/airlift operations, fuel and global logistics for personnel movement, especially around equinox operations.
Supplies And Consumables $8.0M/yr
[#7, #9, #15, #22, #23, #28] Consumables and repairs for protective suits, medical/quarantine consumables, replenishment of rapid-response munitions, sample storage/consumables, forensic disposal budget, and waste disposal/remediation.
Personnel Support $2.5M/yr
[#19] Mental health, screening, retention bonuses and long-term personnel support for repeatedly-exposed teams.
Protocol Un2 Maker $2.0M/yr
[#6] Operational cost to enact Protocol UN2-Maker at each equinox (personnel overtime, consumables, lockdowns, medical standby, expendables).
Training Simulation Ops $1.5M/yr
[#20] Recurrent training, simulator operations, mock-up maintenance, live-fire drills and memetic-scenario exercises.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $206.1M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine maintenance, scheduled Protocol UN2-Maker enactments, standard staffing and ongoing R&D/cover operations.
routine_equipment_replacement scheduled_protocol_enactments no_major_breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $211.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Localized breach or rift activation requiring extra response, limited repairs, replacement equipment, and a modest surge in misinformation/legal activity.
temporary_rift_activation small_scale_entity_response targeted_coverup_actions
🚨 Major Breach $406.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or large-scale rift activation requiring large-scale mobilization, international interdiction, activation of contingency reserves and major buyouts/bribes.
multi-site_breach large_entity_emergence GOI_exposure_requiring_global_response
🚨 Political Exposure $306.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
High-level GOI or public exposure event that forces extensive diplomacy, large-scale misinformation and legal payouts to suppress/mitigate fallout.
government_disclosure media_exposure failed_cover_operation
👥 Personnel 197 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 120 [#5] Primary MTF Orion-19 force responsible for containment, interdiction and enforcement; rotates for 24/7 coverage.
Research Scientist 30 [#17, #8, #25, #12] Multidisciplinary scientists for long-term R&D, robotics/instrumentation support and geophysical monitoring analysis.
Engineer / Maintenance 15 [#3, #24, #21] Facility and life-support engineers, power plant technicians and vehicle/transport maintenance staff.
Medical Officer 8 [#9] On-site medical, quarantine, decontamination and autopsy personnel to support expeditions and post-exposure care.
Administrative Staff 10 [#26, #29] Site administration, cover-entity management, procurement and records/archival staff.
Data Security / Memetics Specialist 5 [#16] Data security engineers and memetic containment/redaction specialists maintaining restricted-document systems and active censorship.
Logistics / Transport Operator 8 [#21] Secure transport pilots, drivers and logistics coordinators for global interdiction and equinox operations.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#5] Site director and executive-level oversight with Protocol UN2-Maker access.
📋 Confidence Notes
Cost ranges are derived from analyst estimates but the underlying anomalous behaviors, rare high-impact events, and programmatic discretion (covert buyouts/diplomacy) create wide uncertainty; many items are contingency/reserve estimates rather than firm contracts.
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