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SCP-6426 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-6426
Expected annual
$21.4M
One-time setup
$277.9M
Annual recurring
$20.1M
Personnel
45
Initial containment requires large civil works and specialized equipment with high upfront capital; recurring costs are dominated by specialist staffing, MTF maritime readiness, and contingency/reserve maintenance. Major one-time reserves (contingency and catastrophic insurance) drive the largest single expenditures.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $277.9M
Facilities $101.1M
[#1, #2, #14, #28] Containment chamber construction, artificial lava tube lining/integration, incinerator/sterilization facility build, and perimeter/community infrastructure initial works combined.
Catastrophic Reserve $100.0M
[#30] Large discretionary catastrophic-response reserve (sinking/wide breach/diplomatic/mass-casualty contingencies).
Fleet Acquisition $30.0M
[#9] Initial acquisition/contracting of coastal patrol boats/helicopters/fleet for maritime interdiction (one-time procurement).
Emergency Contingency Reserve $20.0M
[#18] Allocated rapid-replacement / emergency procurement reserve for post-incident rapid rebuilds and salvage.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $13.0M
[#13, #15] BSL-3/4-capable medical/biohazard lab build-out and initial specialized research equipment for barnacle/memetic research.
Equipment $12.7M
[#3, #4, #6, #10, #11, #12, #16, #29] Initial installation of water/circulation systems, naval ram procurement and installation, automated dispenser build, remote sensor suite, anti-memetic hardware, ROVs and tooling, corrosion-control coatings/hardware, and digital security infrastructure.
Public Health Stockpile Initial $600K
[#26] Initial public-health/prophylaxis stockpile, PPE and controlled medical supplies.
Specialized Materials Manufacturing Initial $275K
[#25] Initial run/setup for electrum piece manufacture, corrosion-resistant fasteners, and custom housings.
Cover Shell Creation Initial $150K
[#20] One-time costs to create shell entities and plausible-deniability infrastructure.
Consumables Initial Stock $100K
[#7] Initial electrum piece reserve and sealed hardtack cache (electrum initial stock estimate).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $20.1M/yr
Staff Wages $6.1M/yr
[#5, #8, #11, #13, #15, #19] Annual salaries/benefits for on-site technicians/divers/ROV crews, security guard force and supervisors, memetic safety specialists, BSL lab staffing, research staff, and maritime analysts.
Mtf Operations $5.0M/yr
[#9] Annual operating, standby, rotation and mission costs for maritime rapid-response (boats/helicopter charters and mission readiness).
Facilities Maintenance $3.0M/yr
[#10, #12, #14, #16, #17, #24, #28] Ongoing maintenance for remote sensors, ROV servicing, hazardous-waste disposal contracts, corrosion-control replacement and coatings, continuous energy/backup generator upkeep, amortized major structural refurbishment, and site/perimeter upkeep.
Research And Monitoring $2.6M/yr
[#15, #19, #27] Non-wage research program operating costs, maritime/AIS/satellite feed subscriptions, and R&D contingency funding for monitoring/neutralization development.
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#20] Annual legal/PR/black-ops budget for cover, shell maintenance, rapid-response suppression and clandestine asset handling.
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#21] Routine heavy-lift charters, barge/crane hiring budgets, hazmat transport permits and logistical ops.
Anti Memetic Upkeep $500K/yr
[#11] Recurring calibration, recertification and upkeep of anti-memetic countermeasures and PPE systems.
Training And Drills $300K/yr
[#22] Regular drills (memetic drills, ROV ops, maritime emergency exercises) and simulator/certification costs.
Psych Services $250K/yr
[#23] Psychological services, rotation/mitigation, counseling and decompression programs for exposed personnel.
Supplies And Consumables $236K/yr
[#7, #25, #26] Annual consumables: hardtack resupply, electrum replacement budget, manufacturing-run consumables and public-health stock rotation.
Security Training $200K/yr
[#8] Annual training, requalification and tactical refreshers for security personnel operating in high-risk anomalous maritime environments.
Digital Security Maintenance $175K/yr
[#29] Ongoing secure-archive maintenance, air-gapped backups, cryptographic sealing and anti-tamper hosting costs.
Community Relations $150K/yr
[#28] Ongoing community management, compensation, emergency-planning coordination and local liaison costs.
Naval Ram Maintenance $85K/yr
[#4] Annual structural inspection/maintenance and underwater embedding access for the naval ram.
Dispenser Maintenance $30K/yr
[#6] Annual maintenance, testing and spare cartridges for the automated dispenser system.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $20.1M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, maintenance, and readiness spending only.
no_breach routine_ops planned_refurbishments
🚨 Minor Incident $22.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized breach or equipment failure requiring rapid response and limited capital replacement (e.g., naval ram replacement, several ROVs lost, short MTF deployment).
localized_breach ram_replacement intensive_mtf_response
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $70.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Major containment failure with public exposure, multiple -B/-C propagation, large salvage/replacement and legal/cover-up operations requiring deployment of large reserves.
wide_breach public_exposure mass_propagation
👥 Personnel 45 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Guard 20 [#8] 24/7 armed on-site guards, perimeter teams and supervisors (estimated midpoint staffing).
Research Scientist 12 [#15] Permanent research team for anomalous barnacle biology, memetics and countermeasure development.
Technician / ROV Operator 5 [#5, #12] Daily maintenance/inspection technicians, divers or ROV crews responsible for ram/dispenser/chamber checks and remote cutting operations.
Maritime Intelligence Analyst 4 [#19] AIS/satellite analysts monitoring maritime traffic and anomalous -B instances.
Memetic Safety Officer / Specialist 2 [#11] Specialists managing memetic countermeasures, HUDs and memetic safety protocols.
Medical Officer / Biohazard Technician 2 [#13] BSL-capable medical and necropsy technicians for SCP-6426-C handling and sample processing.
Administrative / Control Room Staff 2 [#5] Small administrative and operations staff to maintain logs, access control and scheduling.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges and mid-point selections; many items (civil works, contingency reserves, and MTF ops) have wide ranges and location-dependent variance, producing moderate confidence in totals but sensitivity to site/geology/incident frequency.
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