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SCP-5670 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-5670
Expected annual
$5.3M
One-time setup
$9.6M
Annual recurring
$5.2M
Personnel
25
Estimated one-time capital and contingency funding of $9,630,000 to secure, reinforce, and equip the tunnel site, with recurring annual operating costs of $5,220,000 driven primarily by specialized staff wages, long-term research, D‑Class operations/upkeep, and contingency/disposal readiness.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.6M
Decommissioning Reserve $2.5M
[#22] Long-term reserve for eventual heavy-lift dismantlement, shredding, hazardous disposal and ritual/occult neutralization when SCP-5670 is decommissioned.
Facilities $2.5M
[#1, #2, #3, #7, #12, #14] Site acquisition/legal removal, entrance sealing, tunnel structural reinforcement and initial environmental conditioning, on-site housing/decon/quarantine build-outs and initial quarantine facility.
Equipment $2.0M
[#4, #5, #6, #13, #19, #20, #26, #28] Specialized immobilization hardware, perimeter sensors/cameras, backup generation/primary power hook-up hardware, attention-monitoring systems, emergency response equipment, corrosive-resistant internal monitoring hardware, secure servers, and transport/tow rigs.
Public Liability Reserve $1.2M
[#27] Insurance-style contingency fund for accidental public exposure, lawsuits, or third-party damages.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $575K
[#18, #21] Oil collection tanks/instrumentation and initial long-term research program setup (lab equipment, initial grants/contracts).
Spill Remediation Reserve $500K
[#17] Contingency reserve for significant spill remediation and major hazardous-material cleanup as recommended.
D Class Initial Procurement $200K
[#10] Initial procurement/processing and legal negotiation costs to create the required rotating pool of D-Class personnel (6–12 initial).
Cover Story Setup $150K
[#25] One-time cover-story/relations setup payments, initial local-official retainer and mapping/records obfuscation costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.2M/yr
Staff Wages $2.1M/yr
[#8, #9, #23, #26] Salaries and benefits for security personnel (armed guards), specialized research/containment staff (xeno-biomechanical engineers, thaumaturgists, containment leads), maintenance crew, and a portion of admin/legal staff.
Research And Monitoring $680K/yr
[#21, #29] Long-term research program recurring budget and routine environmental monitoring/compliance testing (groundwater/soil/air).
D Class Upkeep $360K/yr
[#11] Housing, food, medical care, restraints, supervision and hazard pay for 6–12 D-Class.
Facilities Maintenance $320K/yr
[#3, #5, #6, #23] Ongoing ventilation/dehumidification/filter replacements, perimeter system maintenance, generator maintenance and fuel contracts (infrastructure), and spare-parts inventory support.
Quarantine Operational Costs $275K/yr
[#14] Lost productivity, quarantine facility operations and additional staffing to cover 30-day attention windows.
Cover Story And Legal $260K/yr
[#25, #26] Recurring cover retainer, legal counsel, classified-document handling and ongoing admin/legal overhead.
Emergency Response Readiness $250K/yr
[#19] Drills, consumables, ammunition, overtime and readiness costs for rapid-reaction/containment teams.
Housing Operations $250K/yr
[#7] Ongoing dorm/mess/laundry/sanitation operations, food, cleaning and utilities for on-site rotating staff.
D Class Recurring Procurement $150K/yr
[#10] Ongoing costs to recruit/replace D-Class personnel and processing fees (rotating pool maintenance).
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#30] Miscellaneous consumables, welding rods, lubricants, batteries, lab consumables, and admin buffer.
Medical Decon Consumables $100K/yr
[#12] PPE, decontamination supplies, trauma-suite consumables and training.
Sacrificial Vehicle Program $80K/yr
[#16] Acquisition, towing, staging and disposal of expendable vehicles (12–24 vehicles/year assumed).
Hazardous Waste Disposal $75K/yr
[#17] Licensed hazardous-waste disposal, groundwater testing and routine spill mitigation (does not include large-spill contingency reserve).
Logistics And Transport $60K/yr
[#28] Fuel and maintenance for transport fleet, tow rigs and logistics vehicles.
Attention Monitoring $55K/yr
[#13] Monitoring (eye-tracking CCTV), compliance enforcement, retraining and signage for attention-control rules.
Monitoring And Logging $40K/yr
[#20] Data storage, off-site backups, network and maintenance for internal tunnel monitoring systems.
Specialized Immobilization Consumables $35K/yr
[#4] Annual reagent, ritual-consumable replacement and maintenance for thaumaturgic rods/spikes/occult devices.
Agitation Protocol $30K/yr
[#15] Cost of rubber caricatures, restraints, staging, and additional safety staffing on weekly agitation days.
Amnestic Costs $30K/yr
[#24] Pharmaceuticals, administration and oversight for amnestic events and cognitive correction.
Oil Analysis And Permitting $10K/yr
[#18] Periodic lab analysis, permitting and sample archiving for produced oil.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.2M/yr
89.5% probability / year
Normal operating year with no major incidents; recurring operational costs only.
steady containment scheduled maintenance and research
🚨 Minor Incident $5.5M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Small localized breach/containment incident or moderate environmental contamination requiring repair and cleanup.
localized breach small spill or equipment failure
🚨 Major Breach $7.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach requiring large-scale emergency response, extended cleanup, legal exposure and equipment replacement.
breach of tunnel barriers major environmental contamination
🚨 Decommissioning Event $8.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Planned or forced complete dismantlement and hazardous disposal of SCP-5670 and associated site components.
end-of-life neutralization O5/Ethics-directed decommissioning
👥 Personnel 25 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#8] Armed guards for perimeter and entrance security; three-shift coverage recommended (8–12 typical).
Research Scientist / Xeno-biomechanical Engineer / Thaumaturgist 7 [#9, #21] Specialized containment and research staff (xeno/biomechanical engineers, thaumaturgic/ritual specialists, containment leads).
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#23, #3] Site mechanics and maintenance crew to maintain pumps, structural reinforcements, vehicles and spare-parts inventory.
Site Director / Administrative Staff 2 [#26, #25] Site management, admin, legal liaison and document/security administration.
Emergency Response / Containment Lead 1 [#19] On-call emergency/rapid-reaction team lead and SRT coordination.
Medical Officer 1 [#12] Medical oversight for trauma suite, decon and HAZMAT events.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling a mid-confidence estimate; uncertainty remains around tail-risk events (major environmental remediation, political/legal exposure, and final decommissioning) and local acquisition/legal complexities which produce wide ranges on some one-time contingency items.
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