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SCP-4667 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-4667
Expected annual
$11.0M
One-time setup
$59.1M
Annual recurring
$10.5M
Personnel
30
Estimated one-time first-year capital and setup costs are approximately $59,070,000, driven primarily by remote site acquisition/construction, contingency/escalation funds, research vessel purchase and heavy equipment; recurring annual operating costs are approximately $10,516,000 driven by staff wages, ongoing R&D/monitoring, vessel ops and logistics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $59.1M
Contingency Escalation Fund $20.0M
[#25] Large-scale decommissioning/escalation contingency planning fund to cover worst-case relocation/neutralization operations (planning/preparedness) (#25).
Facilities $19.5M
[#4, #5, #6, #14, #22, #7] Includes remote site acquisition & construction (island/platform) (#4), integrated humanoid containment chamber build (#5), pest- and fauna-exclusion installation (#6), incinerator and load-handling install (#14), heavy-lift/vault build-out (#22), and power generation hardware installation (gensets/UPS) (#7).
Research Vessel Purchase $10.0M
[#2] Purchase and refit of one research/cargo vessel (chosen model: purchase & refit option) to reduce long-term charter costs (#2).
Equipment $5.9M
[#1, #3, #9, #12, #19] ASVs/drones and sensors for maritime monitoring (#1), sealed capture/transfer crates and transport hardware (#3), MTF maritime equipment & specialty capture gear (#9), remote handling/robotic feeders/manipulators (#12), and data/communications hardware setup (#19).
Initial Contingency Fund $2.0M
[#16] Initial emergency/contingency fund to enable rapid response without procurement delays (#16).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.5M
[#13] Mid-range imaging and pathology lab equipment (dental X-ray/CT, histology, sequencing) and mobile lab outfitting for ship operations (#13).
Initial Staff Hiring And Training $150K
[#8] Initial one-time hiring and training/administrative costs for establishing on-site complement (#8).
Dclass Procurement Batch $20K
[#11] One-time procurement/processing batch costs for initial D-Class intake (#11).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.5M/yr
Staff Wages $3.0M/yr
[#8] Permanent on-site staff wages (approx. 30 personnel × ~$100k fully burdened average) including site commander, containment techs, scientists, medical staff, security, engineers and support (#8).
Research And Monitoring $3.0M/yr
[#1, #13, #15, #17] Ongoing maritime monitoring network maintenance and telemetry (#1), lab consumables & sequencing (~#13), baseline long-term R&D program (~$2M/yr) (#15), and routine environmental surveys/remediation (#17).
Cover Story And Legal $1.2M/yr
[#18, #23] Legal, political, cover-story operations, PR, negotiation/bribery contingencies across jurisdictions (#18) and baseline media/OPSEC operations (#23).
Research Vessel Ops $1.0M/yr
[#2] Ongoing operations, crewing, fueling and maintenance for the purchased/re-fitted research vessel (#2).
Logistics And Transport $550K/yr
[#21] Transport fuel, resupply ship/helicopter logistics and routine remote-site transport costs (#21).
Facilities Maintenance $525K/yr
[#7, #6, #19, #22] Power generation fuel and maintenance (generators/UPS) (#7), pest and fauna-exclusion monitoring and upkeep (#6), communications/system support recurring costs (#19), and vault climate/power costs (#22).
Mtf Readiness $300K/yr
[#9] MTF maritime capture team readiness, training, consumables and exercises (#9).
Supplies And Consumables $266K/yr
[#20, #10] Consumables and PPE, anesthetics, sterilization supplies and replacements (#20); dental extraction program consumables/training and per-extraction costs (~8 extractions/yr) (#10).
Dclass Pool Maintenance $225K/yr
[#11] Recurring D‑Class procurement, processing, transport, housing and replacement costs for a rotating pool (#11).
Necropsy Disposal $150K/yr
[#14] Hazardous disposal, incinerator operation crew costs and transport/disposal of anomalous biological waste (#14).
Robotics Maintenance $100K/yr
[#12] Maintenance and spare-parts for remote handling systems and robotic feeders (#12).
Capture Systems Maintenance $100K/yr
[#3] Inspection, certification and maintenance of sealed containment crates, transfer dollies and associated hardware (#3).
Psychological Care $100K/yr
[#24] Ongoing counseling, staff replacement and liability-related care for trauma among personnel (#24).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.5M/yr
89.5% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with steady operations, monitoring and baseline R&D; no significant containment incidents.
no breach routine monitoring planned R&D activity
🚨 Minor Incident $12.0M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized incident requiring limited MTF response, short-term increased monitoring, targeted cleanup and temporary overtime/deployment costs.
localized release small-scale contamination targeted capture operation
🚨 Major Breach $17.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$7.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or capture failure requiring extended MTF deployment, major cleanup, replacement of staff/D-Class and accelerated R&D response.
prolonged containment failure widespread fauna exposure extended MTF operations
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $60.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Worst-case escalation requiring island quarantine, large-scale culling/neutralization, national-level denial operations and large contingency expenditures.
uncontrollable spread requirement for kinetic/large-scale neutralization major political exposure
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#8] Senior site leadership required for remote containment coordination (#8).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#8, #9] Armed on-site security and rotational MTF presence for maritime capture readiness (#8, #9).
Research Scientist 6 [#13, #15] Marine biologists, geneticists and dental researchers running imaging, sequencing and R&D programs (#13, #15).
Containment Technician 4 [#5, #12] Containment techs for cell maintenance, remote handling and robotic operation (#5, #12).
Medical Officer 3 [#8, #10, #11] Medical staff including dentists/oral surgeons and veterinarians to perform extractions, medical care and D-Class processing (#8, #10, #11).
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#7, #19, #22] Engineers for power systems, communications, HVAC, incinerator and heavy-lift systems (#7, #19, #22).
Support / Logistics Crew 3 [#21, #2] Crew for vessel operations, resupply, and logistics rotations (#21, #2).
Administrative Staff 2 [#8, #18] Admin, legal liaison and cover-story coordination support (#8, #18).
📋 Confidence Notes
Medium confidence: many recurring operational costs and staffing levels are reasonably estimable from the notes, but major uncertainties remain (site selection, chosen vessel vs charter, contingency fund sizing, and the unlocated/sporadic nature of SCP-4667) which produce wide ranges for one-time and incident costs.
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