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SCP-6333 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-6333
Expected annual
$26.8M
One-time setup
$37.6M
Annual recurring
$26.7M
Personnel
132
Program-level upfront capital for containing 12 active SCP-6333-2 instances is roughly $37.6M one-time; main recurring drivers are researcher wages, dedicated security, and contingency/research reserves totaling ~ $26.7M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $37.6M
Facilities $23.2M
[#1, #3, #14, #30] Excavation and reinforced underground chambers (per-chamber construction), HVAC installation, redundant power/generator installation and contingency for large relocation/oversized enclosure construction (aggregated across 12 sites).
Decommissioning Escrow $6.0M
[#28] Decommissioning / long-term stewardship escrow fund per specimen aggregated across 12 major specimens.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4.8M
[#11, #12, #13] Initial non-invasive research instrumentation per chamber, sequencing/analytical equipment and initial sequencing/archive costs for specimens (lab buildout and initial analytic archive).
Equipment $2.2M
[#2, #4, #5, #10, #15] One-time purchase of artificial full-spectrum lighting, water distillation/plumbing hardware (non-metal contact), non-ferrous tooling kits, specialized monitoring instrumentation, and initial custom transfer container design (aggregated across sites).
Emergency Standing Fund One Time $600K
[#21] One-time portion of emergency/rapid-response standing fund to seed rapid-response capabilities (standing fund component).
Secure Seed Vault $300K
[#6] Secure seed/plant vault setup (environmental control, access logging, chain-of-custody) — program-level single deployment estimate.
Special Materials R And D One Time $200K
[#26] One-time special materials R&D to develop non-artificial treatment alternatives and microbial inocula.
Training Development $180K
[#18] Initial development of specialized 'no artificial treatments' horticulture and emergency protocol training per site (aggregated).
It Deployment $125K
[#16] Initial secure IT / tiered documentation deployment and hardened logging systems (one-time deployment).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $26.7M/yr
Staff Wages $13.2M/yr
[#7] Core research/caretaker staff wages (10+ researchers per instance) — aggregated for 12 sites; fully-burdened labor costs for researchers and lead oversight.
Security Staffing $6.0M/yr
[#8] Dedicated 24/7 security staffing and access control costs for 12 sites (aggregated).
Research Contingency Reserve $2.4M/yr
[#24] Contingency reserve to account for opportunity/scarcity costs and to permit essential studies on scarce specimens (per-specimen reserve aggregated for 12 specimens).
Research And Monitoring $2.2M/yr
[#10, #11, #12, #13] Telemetry/monitoring maintenance, ongoing non-invasive research budgets, recurring lab analytics/per-study costs, and archival storage/periodic reanalysis (aggregated).
Facilities Maintenance $1.3M/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #14, #19, #20] Ongoing lighting replacement/maintenance, electricity/utilities for climate control, water system maintenance, fuel & generator maintenance, periodic replacement/repair of non-ferrous components, and routine waste/biomass handling (aggregated).
Psychological Monitoring $360K/yr
[#9] Psychological screening and ongoing mental-health monitoring for caretakers (aggregated across sites).
Cover Story And Legal $350K/yr
[#22, #17] Non-public cover-story/PR budget and legal/audit administrative overhead for incident response, disinformation and O5 petition-review administrative expenses.
Emergency Response Reserve $200K/yr
[#21] Recurring rapid-response mobilization reserve for smaller incidents and initial mobilizations.
Insurance And Legal Reserve $200K/yr
[#27] Insurance/indemnity and legal contingency reserves.
Logistics And Transport $80K/yr
[#15] Recurring secure transfer costs per-year (specialized secure transfers, escorted movement) — program-level estimated frequency/costs aggregated.
Intersite Coordination $75K/yr
[#29] Travel, secure meetings and O5-level coordination costs (recurring).
Training And Exercises $72K/yr
[#18] Annual retraining and emergency-protocol exercises for staff.
It Operations $50K/yr
[#16] Ongoing IT operations, audits, token/access management and documentation retention costs.
Geospatial Surveys $50K/yr
[#25] Ongoing geospatial surveys and inter-anomaly compatibility assessments.
Special Materials Deployment $50K/yr
[#26] Recurring deployment/maintenance of developed non-artificial treatment protocols and probiotic soil treatments.
Supplies And Consumables $36K/yr
[#5] Replacement/consumable non-ferrous tooling, pots, fasteners and consumables (aggregated across sites).
Secure Vault Operation $30K/yr
[#6] Ongoing operation, monitoring and audits for secure seed/plant vault (recurring).
Archival And Audit $30K/yr
[#23] Long-term archival documentation refresh, inter-site audits and historian staffing (recurring).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $26.7M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with standard operations and no significant incidents; recurring program costs only.
normal maintenance planned research routine audits
🚨 Minor Incident $27.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Localized containment issue or small breach requiring mobilization, repairs, and PR/legal response.
localized area-of-effect expansion equipment failure small unauthorized exposure
🚨 Major Breach Relocation $30.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or specimen outgrowing enclosure requiring large-scale relocation or construction of oversized vault.
age-driven expansion beyond containment limits interaction with other anomalies major equipment/power/system failure
👥 Personnel 132 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 120 10 researchers per SCP-6333-2 instance × 12 sites; included in staff_wages. Fully-burdened average assumed ~$100,000/yr per person for aggregation.
Site Director / Executive Staff 12 One lead per site included in the staff_wages aggregation; counted separately for headcount reconciliation.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide many line-item ranges and program context (12 known long-lived instances), allowing reasonable aggregation, but wide per-item ranges and uncertainty about event frequencies and exact site counts reduce confidence to medium.
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