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SCP-4885 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-4885
Expected annual
$129.3M
One-time setup
$283.1M
Annual recurring
$126.6M
Personnel
300
One-time capital expenses are approximately $283.1M driven by Class-17 chamber procurement, Automated Site Overseer deployment, far2.AIC buildout, drone/truck fleets, and Location i construction. Annual recurring operations are roughly $126.6M/yr driven by far2.AIC operations, core personnel payroll, energy/fleet costs, D‑Class procurement and contingency operational budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $283.1M
Equipment $180.9M
[#1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #8, #11, #13, #25] Class-17 chambers (#1), self-driving vehicles (#3), truck fleet (#4), per-chamber monitors (#5), secure comms & RNG hardware (#6), far2.AIC data-center/hardware (#8), specialized carrier drones capital (#11), Automated Site Overseer units (#13), cryptographic HSM/access control hardware (#25).
Contingency Reserve $50.0M
[#27] Random-event redundancy & contingency fund reserved for collisions, major exposures, or large breaches.
Facilities $41.0M
[#2, #18] Secure storage & warehousing fitout (#2) and construction of Location i facility (#18).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.2M
[#7, #20] GPS implant R&D and implant fabrication/hardening (#7) and research/pathology laboratory upgrades for SCP-4885 study (#20).
D Class Replacement Reserve $5.0M
[#16] Contingent D‑Class replacement stock & ethical/legal incident reserve (one-time capital buffer).
Cover Company Setup $1.0M
[#23] One-time setup of cover companies, paperwork, and transport disguise expenses (shell companies for trucks).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $126.6M/yr
Staff Wages $36.0M/yr
[#29] Personnel payroll — core staff (researchers, engineers, ops, management) as budgeted in item #29.
Far2 Aic Operations $30.0M/yr
[#9] far2.AIC ongoing operations: compute, storage, electricity, ops staff, model retraining and bandwidth.
D Class Procurement $10.0M/yr
[#15] D‑Class procurement, screening, housing, and medical per annum.
Mtf And Emergency Response $10.0M/yr
[#17] Dedicated MTF & emergency response teams (salaries, training, equipment).
Energy And Fuel $8.0M/yr
[#26] Energy & fuel costs: charging fleets, data centers, and remote sites.
Cover Story And Legal $5.0M/yr
[#24, #31] Ongoing cover/PR/legal budget (#24) plus insurance/legal and international incident management (#31).
Cyber Integration Team $5.0M/yr
[#10] Cyber/Integration team to maintain covert CCTV access and keep system covert.
Drone Operations And Maintenance $5.0M/yr
[#12] Drone operations, maintenance, crash replacement rates, batteries, training and operators.
Forensic Cleanup $5.0M/yr
[#22] Forensic cleanup, biohazard disposal, and corpse logistics per-incident consumables and services.
Overseer Maintenance $4.0M/yr
[#14] Automated Site Overseer maintenance and consumables (amnestic drugs, service visits).
Location I Operations $4.0M/yr
[#19] Location i operations & instance handling (staff, energy, waste disposal).
Research And Monitoring $2.0M/yr
[#21] Ongoing research costs (experiments, staff, consumables).
Supplies And Consumables $1.0M/yr
[#32] Miscellaneous consumables and spare-parts stockpile.
Staged Death Operations $1.0M/yr
[#30] Public-relations and staged-death operations for Document PAINT-THE-TOWN-YELLOW consequences.
Training Drills $400K/yr
[#28] Training, drills, and documentation upkeep for Procedure Invenient Eum.
Cover Company Maintenance $200K/yr
[#23] Ongoing maintenance costs for cover companies and transport disguise.
Gps Implant Maintenance $10K/yr
[#7] Ongoing maintenance/comms for GPS implants and redundant transmit network.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $126.6M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with no major incidents; program runs at planned capacity.
no collisions involving transport trucks no large-scale civilian exposure routine operations only
🚨 Minor Incident $134.6M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Localized incident such as a truck collision, drone downing, or repeated single-site reenactments requiring surge D‑Class procurement, extra drone sorties, MTF deployment, and cleanup.
traffic collision involving a chamber transport truck single-site public sighting requiring reenactment drone loss requiring replacement
🚨 Major Breach $201.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$75.0M vs baseline
Significant exposure or multiple simultaneous incidents requiring large contingency drawdown, international diplomatic/legal response, widespread reenactment and replacement operations.
widespread public discovery of Location i or protocol multiple simultaneous transport collisions international incident or public disclosure
👥 Personnel 300 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 50 [#29] Researchers conducting studies, experiments, and oversight.
Engineer / Maintenance 60 [#29] Engineers and technicians maintaining chambers, fleets, Overseers, and data-center hardware.
Drone Operators / Autonomy Engineers 40 [#29] Operators and engineers for carrier drone fleet and autonomy systems.
Data Scientists / ML Engineers 30 [#29] far2.AIC model engineers and data scientists for CCTV ingest and inference.
Administrative Staff 25 [#29] Administrative, HR, and logistics coordination staff.
Site Security (non-MTF) 50 [#29] On-site security personnel guarding facilities and non-MTF security duties.
Management / Site Director / Executive Staff 10 [#29] Program managers and executive oversight.
Medical Officer 10 [#29] Medical staff for D‑Class processing, Overseer procedures, and incident response.
Logistics / Warehouse staff 25 [#29] Warehouse operators handling chamber spares, racking, and transport staging.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided midpoints and reasonable allocations; significant uncertainty remains due to wide ranges in hardware costs, unknown technical requirements for Class-17 chambers and far2.AIC scale, and the frequency/severity of procedural enactments.
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