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SCP-4315 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-4315
Expected annual
$184.8M
One-time setup
$1.6B
Annual recurring
$167.3M
Personnel
175
Initial capital and setup approximately $1.64B, dominated by a large contingency reserve, SRA procurement/installation, city-scale Castro–Dunlap field infrastructure and tactical/transport procurement. Annual operating costs are approximately $167.31M/yr driven by staffing, continuous power/field operations, tactical munitions, SRA maintenance and contingency replenishment.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.6B
Contingency Reserve $500.0M
[#22] Reserved contingency fund for catastrophic response, large escalations, additional SRAs and strategic procurement.
Facilities $310.0M
[#1, #4, #5, #14, #28] Civil and structural work: city-scale Castro–Dunlap field civil integration, Site-4315 militarized-zone construction, physical perimeter barriers, initial medical/quarantine facility buildout; #28 referenced as program-scale summary.
Sra Procurement Installation $300.0M
[#6] Procurement and installation of Scranton Reality Anchors (estimated program of ~20 anchors at mid-range cost).
Tactical Assets Procurement $150.0M
[#10] Armored vehicles, aircraft, armed drones, heavy ordinance and weapons procurement for containment/termination readiness.
Equipment $146.0M
[#1, #5, #8, #21] Hardware and systems: field emitters and control hardware portion of Castro–Dunlap system, perimeter sensors/CCTV, containment chamber outfitting, initial data center/hardware for classified archives.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $75.0M
[#1, #12] R&D and specialized lab setup: Castro–Dunlap R&D/prototype work and initial secure anomalous research labs (extradimensional/xenobiology/memetics/reality physics).
Specialized Termination Reserve $75.0M
[#11] Funding for specialized termination assets/program reserve (weapons, agent stockpiles, secure storage and associated legal handling).
Transport Fleet And Hubs $60.0M
[#25] Capital for garages, barges/boats, helicopters/VTOL, secure convoys and logistic hub construction appropriate to altered coastline and portal transport.
Legal Compensation One Time $20.0M
[#18] Initial municipal compensation, property acquisition/condemnation and silent buyouts for displaced residents.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $167.3M/yr
Staff Wages $28.0M/yr
[#3, #9, #12, #14, #2] Salaries/benefits for maintenance crew (MTF Lambda-5), MTF Pi-1/JTF operational staffing, research lab staff and medical staff; includes some field-control staffing noted in #2.
Facilities Maintenance $26.0M/yr
[#2, #5] Continuous power/operations for Castro–Dunlap field (city-scale energy budget) and perimeter/site systems maintenance.
Contingency Replenishment $25.0M/yr
[#22] Annual replenishment and readiness funding to maintain contingency reserve and response capabilities.
Tactical Maintenance Munitions $20.0M/yr
[#10] Annual maintenance, replacement parts, munitions and consumables for tactical vehicles, aircraft and ordnance.
Miscellaneous Administration Overhead $15.2M/yr
[#27] Program overhead for accounting, front companies and black-budget management (set at ~10% of non-overhead recurring spend as an annual reserve).
Logistics And Transport $13.0M/yr
[#13, #25] Expeditionary logistics tempo (camp support, portal lift/transport) plus maintenance/fuel for transport fleet and regional logistic hubs.
Research And Monitoring $10.0M/yr
[#12] Ongoing anomalous research operations, modeling, instrumentation operation and scientific monitoring costs.
Cover Story And Legal $8.0M/yr
[#17, #18] Disinformation / cultural-ops budget and recurring legal/liaison/covert municipal compensation costs.
Supplies And Consumables $6.6M/yr
[#2, #3, #24] Spare parts, replacement modules, PPE, shielding materials and routine R&D consumables for field and maintenance crews.
Sra Power Maintenance $4.0M/yr
[#7, #6] Continuous power and routine servicing per installed SRA program (aggregate for installed anchors).
Personnel Care $3.0M/yr
[#23] Long-term counseling, family support, disability compensation and benefits management for exposed personnel.
Medical And Quarantine $2.5M/yr
[#14] Ongoing treatment, quarantine operations, pharmaceuticals and replacement PPE for exposed/casualty care.
Intelligence And Memetic Monitoring $1.5M/yr
[#16] Media/social monitoring, takedown teams and counter-memetic detection systems.
Training And Drills $1.5M/yr
[#15] Regular live drills, red-team exercises, simulation tech and instructor costs.
Termination Assets Maintenance $1.0M/yr
[#11] Ongoing safe-storage, inspection and regulatory compliance for termination stockpiles.
Public Safety Operations $1.0M/yr
[#19] Foundation-run 'police zone' staging, overtime and disposable staging materials for public-facing operations.
Data Management And Cybersecurity $1.0M/yr
[#21] Classified archives operations, secure backups and cybersecurity team costs.
Environmental Cleanup Per Event $0/yr
[#20] Per-event environmental cleanup, debris removal and reconstruction costs are highly variable ($10M–$200M/event); captured as per-event contingency in scenarios.
Per Deployment Operational Cost $0/yr
[#26] Per-deployment mobilization costs are event-driven ($250k–$5M per deployment); handled in scenarios and operational tempo assumptions.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $167.3M/yr
69.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine maintenance, scheduled expeditions and no major containment failures.
no_major_breaches scheduled_maintenance regular_expeditions
🚨 Minor Incident $177.3M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Localized manifestation or single SCP-4315-2 exit requiring JTF deployment, limited termination/cleanup and temporary SRA repairs.
single_manifestation short_term_deployment localized_cleanup
🚨 Major Breach $367.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure (large SCP-4315-2 escape) requiring mass evacuation, heavy termination assets, major cleanup and infrastructure repair.
large_entity_escape city_level_damage mass_evacuations
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $1.2B/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.0B vs baseline
Catastrophic containment failure (city-scale destructive event or extended conflict with powerful SCP-4315-2) requiring full contingency fund draw and multi-year reconstruction.
city_scale_destruction multiple_SRA_failures long_term_reconstruction
👥 Personnel 175 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 100 Primary force for 24/7 monitoring and rapid response (maps to #9).
Maintenance Technician / Engineer 12 Weekly maintenance team (MTF Lambda-5) and field technicians (maps to #3).
Research Scientist 25 Extradimensional, xenobiology, memetics and reality physics research staff (maps to #12).
Medical Officer 8 Onsite trauma/quarantine and ongoing medical support staff (maps to #14).
Engineer / Maintenance (site infrastructure) 10 Site-4315 infrastructure, power systems and SRA support engineers (maps to #4, #2, #7).
Site Director / Executive Staff 2 Site administrative leadership and decision-makers for termination authorizations.
Administrative Staff 5 Procurement, covert funding management and logistics administration (maps to #27).
Cybersecurity / IT 3 Data management, classified archives and cyber defenses (maps to #21).
Logistic / Transport Crew 10 Drivers, pilots and convoy personnel supporting expeditionary logistics and transport hubs (maps to #13, #25).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence because core technologies (Castro–Dunlap field, SRAs), power draws, SRA counts, incident frequency and per-event damage scales are highly uncertain; analyst ranges were broad and per-event costs can vary by orders of magnitude.
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