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SCP-6201 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-6201
Expected annual
$38.1M
One-time setup
$125.0M
Annual recurring
$37.5M
Personnel
85
One-time capital costs are dominated by a hardened Scandinavian containment site, aviation assets, and research/countermeasure R&D (~$125M). Recurring annual costs (~$37.5M/yr) are driven by security and research staff, monitoring/analysis, PR/legal cover, and large discretionary contingency funds.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $125.0M
Facilities $92.0M
[#1, #2, #24] Hardened, climate-controlled containment facility construction (~$80,000,000), specialized interior retrofitting and reinforcement (~$10,000,000), and initial land/property acquisition/compensation (~$2,000,000).
Equipment $20.0M
[#4, #5, #9, #10, #11, #13, #16, #17, #20] Major hardware and system purchases: long-term sample storage freezers/dewars (~$325,000), continuous power hardware (~$1,250,000), rapid-response vehicle fleet (~$1,500,000), helicopter purchases (~$14,000,000), drone fleet (~$650,000), sensor network installation (~$1,000,000), specialized containment hardware (~$600,000), initial sedative stockpile (~$150,000), and IT platform (~$500,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $7.0M
[#3] High-containment laboratory buildout (BSL-3/4 equivalent & geothaumaturgy lab) including commissioning and certification (~$7,000,000).
Countermeasure Initial Development $6.0M
[#28] Initial containment-specific countermeasure R&D and prototyping (field-deployable suppression devices, anchoring systems) midpoint estimate (~$6,000,000).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $37.5M/yr
Research And Monitoring $6.7M/yr
[#11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #20, #21, #27, #34, #35] Ongoing monitoring and scientific work: drone operations (~$200,000/yr), LiDAR/satellite & aerial survey campaigns (~$1,250,000/yr), sensor network ops & comms (~$425,000/yr combined), field survey campaigns (~$500,000/yr), IT/cloud operations for data analysis (~$400,000/yr), cybersecurity (~$400,000/yr), core scientific research budget (~$3,000,000/yr), periodic expedition annualized (~$275,000/yr), and long-term archival/monitoring (~$200,000/yr).
Staff Wages $6.1M/yr
[#7, #8] Ongoing wages and benefits: site security staffing (~60 guards × $60,000 = $3,600,000/yr) and research staff (15 specialists ~$1,800,000/yr plus postdocs/techs ~$700,000/yr) = $6,100,000/yr.
Cover Story And Legal $6.0M/yr
[#22, #23, #30, #31] Ongoing misinformation/PR programs (~$1,750,000/yr), legal/cover operations and liaison budgets (~$1,125,000/yr), insurance/indemnity reserves (~$2,750,000/yr funding), and public archaeology/cultural programs used as cover (~$425,000/yr).
Emergency Infrastructure Repairs $5.5M/yr
[#18] Rapid civil works and quiet infrastructure repairs contingency to fix roads, power lines and property damaged by geological manipulation (~midpoint $5,500,000/yr).
Contingency Black Budget $5.5M/yr
[#33] Discretionary covert-action fund for urgent relocations, emergency procurement, sudden media buys, and unplanned covert expenditures (~midpoint $5,500,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $2.5M/yr
[#9, #10, #19] Recurring aviation/vehicle ops and maintenance: rapid-response fleet maintenance (~$300,000/yr) plus aviation and vehicle maintenance/fuel and HEMS crew (~$2,250,000/yr combined estimate).
Psychological And Hazard Pay $1.4M/yr
[#26] Hazard pay, retention premiums for remote/cold deployment, psychological care and turnover/recruitment support (~$1,400,000/yr midpoint).
Countermeasure Testing $1.2M/yr
[#28] Recurring follow-up testing, field trials and iterative manufacturing for containment countermeasures (~$1,250,000/yr midpoint).
Facilities Maintenance $925K/yr
[#5, #6] Facility systems maintenance and operational energy: backup generator/UPS maintenance & fuel (~$325,000/yr) and heating/environmental control for cold climate (~$600,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $560K/yr
[#4, #16, #32] Consumables and replacement: sample storage operating costs (~$60,000/yr), containment hardware replacements (~$125,000/yr), and consumable sedatives/medical supplies and general consumables (~$375,000/yr).
Waste Disposal And Remediation $550K/yr
[#29] Waste disposal, decontamination and environmental remediation (~$550,000/yr midpoint).
Training Programs $500K/yr
[#25] Ongoing training, rescue/climbing exercises, simulations and readiness drills (~$500,000/yr midpoint).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $37.5M/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, staffing, and programmatic expenditures and no major incidents.
no major breaches routine monitoring and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $40.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$3.2M vs baseline
Localized manipulation event requiring targeted repair, extra field response and PR/legal mitigation.
localized geological damage temporary public exposure extra rapid-response deployments
🚨 Major Breach $62.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$24.5M vs baseline
Large-scale, multi-site manipulation causing significant infrastructure damage, public exposure, and triggering accelerated R&D and large coverup operations.
multi-site geological manipulation extensive civilian infrastructure damage major public/political exposure
👥 Personnel 85 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 60 [#7] 24/7 armed and technical security staff for a medium site (60 guards used in wage estimate).
Research Scientist 15 [#8] Senior specialists (biologists, geologists, ethologists, thaumaturgy) reflected in the $1,800,000/yr component.
Technician / Postdoc 10 [#8] Postdocs and technical staff covered by the ~$700,000/yr component (approx. 10 techs at ~70k average).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide many explicit estimates and midpoints, enabling a structured budget, but the entity's anomalous and unpredictable influence on geology, and discretionary black-budget items, introduce material uncertainty; hence medium confidence.
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