SCP-4067 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-4067
Expected annual
$14.2M
One-time setup
$29.4M
Annual recurring
$13.8M
Personnel
35
Initial one-time capital costs are approximately $29.45M driven by containment chamber construction, R&D startup and weapons/aircraft procurement; annual operating costs are roughly $13.82M/yr driven by specialist MTF wages, ongoing R&D, surveillance, munitions and cover-up/legal expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $29.4M
Equipment $18.3M
[#3, #5, #6, #12, #13, #9, #16, #26, #29] Capital equipment purchases including long-range incendiary weapon systems, aviation/UAV fleet capex, ground vehicle fleet, remote interaction/robotics hardware, shock collars and telemetry hardware, secure transport containers, initial PPE kits, hardened IT/command hardware, and a recommended contingency/breach reserve allocation. Values are mid-range selections and include the one-time contingency reserve.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.2M
[#8, #18, #33] Initial R&D and lab buildout costs: ruggedized tracking R&D program startup, initial full diagnostic/genomic characterization equipment and assays, and initial materials/rigs for acid neutralization research.
Facilities $4.9M
[#10, #23, #27, #14, #15] Construction and structural installs: six reinforced acid-resistant containment chambers, Artifact Storage Vault 12 upgrades, power resilience/backup generator installs, cryogenic tank setup (Tanks 13–16) and biosafety/decontamination suite installations. Estimates are mid-range aggregates of the per-item ranges provided.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $13.8M/yr
Staff Wages $6.4M/yr
[#1, #2, #17] Salaries, benefits and fully-loaded costs for response teams and on-site medical staff: MTF Delta-9 (~20 operators), MTF Gamma-5 (~10 personnel), and on-site infectious disease medical team (4–6 FTE).
Research And Monitoring $1.8M/yr
[#7, #8, #18, #24] Ongoing surveillance and research: satellite/drone imagery subscriptions and analysis, follow-on ruggedized-tracking R&D, ongoing diagnostic assays and sequencing surveillance, and specialist cultural/anthropological research program.
Administrative Overhead $1.5M/yr
[#30] Program administrative overhead (procurement, compliance, contracting), estimated at ~12% of recurring operational budget per guidance.
Aviation Ops And Maintenance $1.0M/yr
[#5] Flight hours, maintenance and operational costs for helicopter/UAV assets used for rapid response and overwatch.
Facilities Maintenance $585K/yr
[#6, #11, #27, #14, #12] Annual maintenance, utilities and spare-parts for containment chambers/HVAC/HEPA, vehicle maintenance & fuel, power resilience fuel & upkeep, cryogenics consumables & maintenance, and robotics spare parts/maintenance.
Supplies And Consumables $580K/yr
[#4, #16, #19, #33, #13, #17] Consumables and operational supplies: incendiary munitions restocking, PPE replacements, hazardous-waste disposal baseline, ongoing acid-neutralization consumables, shock-collar telemetry/maintenance, and medical drugs/diagnostics.
Environmental Remediation $500K/yr
[#20] Annual average allocation for environmental remediation following incendiary operations (wildfire control, soil remediation, compensation) based on a mid-range per-event expectation.
Cover Story And Legal $450K/yr
[#22, #34] Legal/cover-up expenditures and public-facing disinformation costs: reserves for payments/bribes/compensation and media/actor buys for plausible cover stories.
Training And Exercises $200K/yr
[#25] Annual drills, certification, and exercises for field and site staff including incendiary use and containment breach response.
Personnel Replacement And Psych $200K/yr
[#28] Recruitment, turnover, counseling and rehabilitation support costs for high-stress personnel.
Forensic And Archaeological Cleanup $200K/yr
[#35] Costs for specialized forensic/archaeological cleanup and conservation at offering/-2 sites averaged per year.
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#9, #31, #32] Travel, secure transport and per-event rapid-deployment logistics: secure transfer event fees, travel/lodging/per-diem for deployments, and sample/transfer insurance and compliance costs (averaged).
Amnestics And Administration $100K/yr
[#21] Per-event amnestic procurement, administration and medical observation averaged across expected annual events.
It Maintenance And Comms $100K/yr
[#26] Ongoing maintenance, encrypted comms, telemetry and command-and-control service contracts and updates.
Secure Storage Ops $100K/yr
[#23] Operations and curation costs for Artifact Storage Vault 12: environmental control, cataloging and curation staff/consumables.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $13.8M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Typical year with the expected annual event(s) handled within normal operations and no major breaches.
single_expected_event standard_response_and_cover-up
🚨 Minor Incident $15.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.7M vs baseline
A year with an extra event or a larger-than-normal event leading to additional per-event costs (remediation, amnestics, legal, extra munitions and travel).
second_event_same_year increased_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $25.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Multi-site breach or large-scale exposure requiring emergency fund drawdown, extensive remediation, asset replacement and mass amnestic/legal operations.
multi-site_breach widespread_exposure
👥 Personnel 35 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 20 [#1] Delta-9 deployment-ready special-ops team maintained on 24/7 standby; estimate based on provided team size.
Covert Operations / PR Team (MTF Gamma-5) 10 [#2] Gamma-5 cover-up team personnel for immediate cover stories and local coordination.
Medical Officer / Infectious Disease Staff 5 [#17] On-site infectious disease physicians, technicians and quarantine nurses (4–6 FTEs; midpoint used).
📋 Confidence Notes
Mid confidence: SCP and analyst notes give many concrete line items and ranges, but wide ranges on capital choices and per-event variability (frequency/intensity) make precise estimates uncertain.
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