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SCP-3852 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-3852
Expected annual
$10.5M
One-time setup
$7.5M
Annual recurring
$10.1M
Personnel
52
One-time capital to stand up monitoring, storage and a helicopter fleet is roughly $7.5M; ongoing annual baseline costs to maintain monitoring, MTF readiness, research, and legal/cover contingencies are about $10.14M/yr, with per-event response increments (~$300k) and rare surge events driving additional contingency spending.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.5M
Equipment $5.9M
[#5, #6] MTF squad capital kit and initial defensive vehicles/armored vans plus one medium utility helicopter purchase (capital).
Emergency Call Monitoring Development $800K
[#1] Development/deployment of central 911/NG911/VoIP/social ingest and detection models (one-time build).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $275K
[#10] Dedicated morgue/cryostorage and pathology lab upgrade (one-time).
Data And Records Initial Build $175K
[#20] Initial secure records/chain-of-custody infrastructure (one-time).
Backup Power Equipment $150K
[#21] Generators and UPS for cryostorage/servers (one-time).
Liaison Network Setup $110K
[#18] Setup of liaison/recall network to non-Foundation emergency personnel (one-time).
Amnestic Production Setup $100K
[#13] Initial manufacture/procurement capacity and delivery system setup for amnestics (one-time).
Facilities $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.1M/yr
Staff Wages $5.3M/yr
[#3, #4] Monitoring analysts (3–6 FTE; midpoint used) and full-time MTF Epsilon-6 regional squads (48 personnel × ~$100k fully-loaded).
Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr
[#12, #26] Baseline genomics/analysis budget and long-term multidisciplinary research program (combined recurring research spend).
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#17, #19, #28] Annual deniability/black-ops/legal reserve and contingency for PR/compensation; aligns with fixed-overhead guidance.
Logistics And Transport $750K/yr
[#6] Aircraft operations/maintenance and ground rapid-transport readiness (ops/lease/maintenance).
Supplies And Consumables $375K/yr
[#5] Ongoing replacement, PPE, ammo and consumables for MTF squads (annual replacement / consumables budget).
Emergency Call Monitoring Hosting $240K/yr
[#1] Hosting, model maintenance and monitoring platform O&M ($10k–$30k/mo range).
Emergency Feed Access Fees $200K/yr
[#2] Contracts / access fees for municipal/state dispatch / NG911 feed coverage (representative mid-range).
Training Exercises $200K/yr
[#22] Regular MTF and containment exercises, doctrine development, and evidence-preservation practice.
Amnestic Stock Maintenance $150K/yr
[#13] Annual stock maintenance and QA for amnestic inventories.
Mental Healthcare And Disability $150K/yr
[#23] Mental health program and disability/rehab support for MTF / lab staff (program-level recurring).
Facilities Maintenance $142K/yr
[#9, #21] Fixed Site-11 upkeep share and fuel/maintenance contracts for backup power.
Interrogation Longer Investigations $100K/yr
[#15] Ongoing intelligence analysis, longer investigations and reporting beyond per-event costs.
Secure Data Storage $55K/yr
[#10, #20] Secure archival storage, backups and chain-of-custody systems recurring costs (includes cryostorage electricity/maintenance share).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.1M/yr
45.0% probability / year
Normal year focused on monitoring, MTF readiness, research, and legal/cover overhead with no major SCP-3852 response activations beyond readiness costs.
no_major_events routine_research_and_readiness
🚨 Minor Incident $10.4M/yr
50.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
A single SCP-3852 event occurs requiring full MTF response, on-scene containment, autopsy, amnestic deployment and local cover work.
single_town_manifestation MTF_deployment amnestic_deployment
🚨 Major Surge $14.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$4.0M vs baseline
Multiple simultaneous events or major, violent resistance resulting in heavy combat, equipment loss, large casualty/legal fallout and extended operations.
multi_site_manifestation large_scale_resistance equipment_loss
👥 Personnel 52 total
Role Count Notes
Monitoring Analyst 4 [#3] 24/7 human review team (3–6 FTE range; midpoint used).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 48 [#4] MTF Epsilon-6 staffing: 3regional squads × 16 personnel to meet regional rapid-response coverage.
📋 Confidence Notes
SCP-3852 is anomalous and episodic with a long, sparse historical record (17 events across decades) and wide cost ranges in analyst notes; many costs depend on policy choices (degree of standing readiness, aircraft ownership vs leasing, research scale) and event frequency—hence low confidence. [#30]
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