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SCP-3994 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-3994
Expected annual
$26.1M
One-time setup
$112.5M
Annual recurring
$25.7M
Personnel
96
Initial capital is dominated by building high-ceiling containment chambers and associated heavy capital equipment (incinerator, pressurization, specialized doors); recurring costs are dominated by intensive blood-test consumables, on-site staff wages, MTF readiness, and ongoing R&D/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $112.5M
Equipment $48.9M
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #9, #11, #12, #17, #10, #13, #25] Includes per-chamber pressurization/hardware (16 × $425,000 = $6,800,000), heavy-duty doors ($4,400,000), monitoring suites (16 × $137,500 = $2,200,000), media studio systems ($225,000), two transport vehicles ($750,000), industrial incinerator system ($7,000,000), dissolution tanks & containment ($2,000,000), initial IT/webcrawler development ($225,000), PPE suit stock ($80,000), emergency bulk-termination reserve (one-time) $20,000,000, and PR contingency (one-time) $5,250,000.
Facilities $36.9M
[#1, #10, #15] Includes construction of 16 specialized high-ceiling containment chambers (16 × $2,250,000 = $36,000,000), installation of decontamination facility ($250,000) and site redundancy/emergency power install (generators/UPS) $600,000.
Emergency Bulk Termination Reserve $20.0M
[#13] One-time reserved contingency fund for rapid large-scale termination operations; midpoint of analyst range ($10M–$30M).
Large Event Pr Contingency $5.2M
[#25] One-time allocation for large-event public-relations / disclosure mitigation (midpoint of $500k–$10M).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.4M
[#6, #16] Rapid DNA analyzers / small on-site lab capital (2 devices midpoint $450,000) and onsite analytical/research equipment capital (mass spec, imaging, BSL isolators) $1,000,000.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $25.7M/yr
Staff Wages $6.7M/yr
[#7, #20] Annual wages/benefits for on-site containment technicians, researchers, lab & medical staff and site guards (base staff estimate midpoint $5.0M plus site security ~$1.65M).
Supplies And Consumables $5.5M/yr
[#6, #10, #21, #5] Blood-test consumables (40 tests/day × $350/test ≈ $5,110,000/yr), PPE consumables ($100k/yr), general consumables ($250k/yr), and media storage/bandwidth ($35k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $3.9M/yr
[#16, #17, #5, #24, #12, #14] Onsite research staffing/consumables ($450k/yr), webcrawler/SOC staffing & cloud ($575k/yr), secure-media staffing ($475k/yr), ongoing R&D fund ($1.75M/yr), dissolution environmental monitoring/disposal ($300k/yr), and baseline waste handling/environmental compliance ($325k/yr).
Mtf Operational Budget $3.5M/yr
[#8] Mobile Task Force Theta-991 roster & readiness (~$3.5M/yr midpoint); per-deployment variable costs handled episodically in scenarios.
Facilities Maintenance $1.9M/yr
[#2, #4, #15, #11] Ongoing HVAC/pressurization maintenance and energy (16 chambers estimate ~$1.4M/yr), monitoring/storage maintenance ($320k/yr), generator/fuel maintenance ($200k/yr), and a small baseline incinerator operating reserve ($25k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#18, #25] Legal/cover-story budget for private medical facility ruse and counsel ($600k/yr) plus annual PR contingency replenishment ($500k/yr).
Emergency Bulk Termination Replenishment $1.0M/yr
[#13] Annual replenishment to maintain contingency reserve and readiness for large-scale terminations (assumed $1M/yr).
Logistics And Transport $950K/yr
[#9, #19] Annual maintenance & fuel for transport vehicles (~$100k/yr) plus transport logistics/local containment budget (~$850k/yr).
Facility Overhead $950K/yr
[#23] Facility overhead, utilities, classified accounting and administrative costs (~$950k/yr midpoint).
Training And Drills $250K/yr
[#22] Recurring training, drills and psychological support for personnel (~$250k/yr midpoint).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $25.7M/yr
84.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, staffing, and scheduled maintenance only.
no significant breaches routine operations and monitoring
🚨 Minor Incident $26.2M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized containment breach or single-chamber incident requiring targeted termination(s), repairs, increased testing and MTF deployment.
single-chamber breach limited-term terminations and repairs
🚨 Major Breach $31.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Multi-chamber breach or protracted escape requiring broad termination operations, facility repairs, heavy MTF deployment and legal/PR response.
multi-chamber breach large-scale terminations major facility damage
🚨 Mass Termination Event $50.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Extraordinary mass-culling or large-event termination (surge beyond contingency thresholds) requiring full use of emergency reserves and large-scale logistics.
exceeding 800 instances mass-cull / large-scale emergency termination
👥 Personnel 96 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician 20 On-site containment technicians to manage chambers and direct operations (note #7).
Research Scientist 6 Researchers for behavioral/biological study and recategorization (note #7, #16).
Laboratory Technician 4 Labor staff for sample processing and analytics (note #7, #16).
Medical Officer 4 Medical staff for personnel and incident medical response (note #7).
Security Officer / Site Guard 24 On-site security guards to maintain shifts and on-site response (note #20).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 Theta-991 roster for field apprehension and deployments (note #8).
Multimedia Staff (Editors / Engineer / Psychologist) 4 Media generation and substitution staff for content operations (note #5).
Engineer / Maintenance 4 Engineers for facility, HVAC, incinerator, and vehicle maintenance (notes #2, #11, #15, #9).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use analyst-provided ranges and midpoints and assume an initial capacity of 16 chambers (per analyst scaling guidance). SCP-3994 containment is anomalous and episodic costs (terminations, breaches) are highly variable; mid-level confidence reflects detailed line-item notes but substantial uncertainty in incident frequency and per-event scale.
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