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SCP-689 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-689
Expected annual
$7.5M
One-time setup
$119.3M
Annual recurring
$7.3M
Personnel
10
Up-front capital is dominated by hardened containment construction and large contingency reserves (~$119.11M total one-time), while annual costs (~$7.34M/yr) are driven by staffing, cover-up/legal operations, research, and ongoing security/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $119.3M
Catastrophic Contingency Reserve $100.0M
[#30] Large reserved contingency for city-/nation-scale catastrophic failure (low-probability, high-impact tail risk).
Ethical Legal Reserve $10.0M
[#25] One-time reserved asset for ethical/legal risk, payouts, long-term covert action (recommended conservative reserve).
Facilities $6.0M
[#1] Reinforced underground vault, airlocks, observation ports, blast/biocontainment finishes, lockable corridors and site work.
Equipment $725K
[#2, #4, #6, #10, #11, #23, #27] Generators/UPS/ATS (initial install), redundant lighting, visored helmets, CCTV/sensor suite, secure comms hardware, initial data-security hardware, chamber sanitation fixtures.
Transit Containment Systems $660K
[#8] Armored vehicles (2) and custom shock-isolated containment crates for transit with required viewing geometry.
Security Hardening $600K
[#21] Perimeter hardening, hardened gates, intrusion detection and initial security infrastructure upgrades.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K
[#18, #26] Initial research lab outfitting and specialized instrumentation development/calibration required for safe experiments on SCP-689.
Remote Kill Systems $350K
[#7] Implantable/remote lethal-delivery devices and encrypted control infrastructure (devices+surgical/logistics+control consoles).
Mobile Response Assets $200K
[#19] Mobile morgue/deployable containment trailers and rapid-deploy kits.
Data Security Initial $150K
[#23] Secure servers, air-gapped backup hardware, physical destruction hardware procurement.
Maintenance Spares $100K
[#22] Initial spare parts stocks (UPS batteries, door actuators, filters, electronic locks).
Echolocation And Training $75K
[#9] Handheld sonar/echolocation units, tactile navigation gear and initial training facilities for visored retrieval teams.
Cctv And Sensor Suite Initial $60K
[#10] Non-triggering sensor suite, thermal/proximity sensors and forensic recording hardware initial purchase (air-gapped storage hardware counted in equipment above).
Power Initial Fuel Fill $50K
[#3] Initial on-site fuel fill to guarantee generator operation for 2–4 weeks.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.3M/yr
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#5] Operators, security/detention staff, administrative/D-class-handling pool and shift coverage (ballpark roster payroll).
Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr
[#18] Annual research allocation for approved high-risk experiments and monitoring programs.
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#16] Ongoing cover-story operations, record falsification, reparations and media control budgets.
Security Staffing And Contracts $1.0M/yr
[#21] Annual contracted security staffing, perimeter guard contracts and response agreements.
Personnel Replacement Reserve $500K/yr
[#17] Reserve for rapid hiring/onboarding, recruitment and temporary overtime for predictable personnel turnover.
Logistics And Transport $250K/yr
[#8, #24] Vehicle maintenance/fuel baseline and liaison/coordination standby funds for external agency coordination.
Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr
[#2, #4, #22] Building/HVAC/UPS/generator preventive maintenance, routine load-testing, environmental systems upkeep.
Incident Investigation $200K/yr
[#20] Core forensic/incident-team salaries, travel and evidence processing budgets.
Maintenance Contracts $150K/yr
[#22] Annual lifecycle replacement and contractor maintenance budgets (generators, HVAC, doors).
System Audits And Certification $125K/yr
[#29] Third-party technical audits, failure-mode analysis and certification under secrecy.
Supplies And Consumables $100K/yr
[#3, #13, #27] Fuel rotation/resupply baseline, biohazard consumables and sanitation consumables.
Psychological Programs $100K/yr
[#14] Ongoing counseling, screening and resilience programs for high-psychological-burden staff.
Training Programs $100K/yr
[#15] Annual mandatory drills, simulated failures and retrieval exercises (baseline).
Ethics And Governance $100K/yr
[#28] Periodic internal oversight, IRB-style reviews and approvals for termination protocols.
Medical And Pathology $80K/yr
[#12] Baseline lab staffing, rapid autopsy capacity and specialized assays budget.
Mobile Response Readiness $75K/yr
[#19] Readiness/maintenance for mobile morgue and rapid-deploy containment trailers.
Data Security Operations $50K/yr
[#23] Ongoing IT security, air-gapped backup ops and physical destruction services.
Echolocation Drills $25K/yr
[#9] Annual certification drills and training for blind/visored retrieval teams.
Fuel Rotation $20K/yr
[#3] Annual fuel rotation contracts and emergency resupply agreements.
Remote Kill Maintenance $20K/yr
[#7] Ongoing testing, maintenance and security auditing of remote-activated kill systems.
Cctv Storage $15K/yr
[#10] Secure air-gapped storage operations and retention costs for forensic logs.
Backup Power Maintenance $10K/yr
[#2] Periodic generator/ATS/UPS testing and maintenance costs.
Secure Comms Operations $10K/yr
[#11] Comms service, SATCOM and hardened radio upkeep.
Lighting Maintenance $5K/yr
[#4] Maintenance, spares and replacement for fail-safe lighting systems.
Visor Maintenance $2K/yr
[#6] Inspection, certification and replacement spares for visored helmets and comms headsets.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.3M/yr
91.9% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, maintenance, training and small contingencies.
no breaches regular maintenance scheduled research
🚨 Minor Incident $7.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized lapse or small containment incident causing a few fatalities and elevated cleanup/forensics.
temporary light failure brief observation lapse small-scale breach
🚨 Major Incident $12.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Containment failure with SCP-689 leaving containment and causing dozens of deaths requiring large cleanup, compensation and covert response.
prolonged outage multi-view lapse failed retrieval
🚨 Research Scale Up $9.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Planned high-risk experiment (e.g., exposing SCP-682) requiring sacrificial Class-D planning and full contingency activation.
approved high-risk trial multiple experiment iterations
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $107.3M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
Low-probability, city-/nation-scale chain reaction requiring national-level containment, recovery and massive cover-up.
prolonged unobserved lapse mass public exposure chain fatalities in crowds
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Level-2 Operator 1 [#5] One operator on duty at any time; rostered operators funded in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#5, #21] On-shift armed security personnel protecting perimeter and responding to incidents.
Class-D Personnel (on-duty observers) 2 [#5] Two Class-D observers required inside the chamber at all times.
Administrative Staff 1 [#5, #16] Admin and records management personnel handling cover stories and documentation.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#22] On-site technician for HVAC, generator and door systems maintenance.
Medical Officer 1 [#12] On-call medical/pathology support for autopsies and medical response.
Incident / Forensics Analyst 1 [#20] Forensic/incident response specialist available for investigations and reconstructions.
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment requirements and staffing are well-specified by the article (increasing confidence for core recurring costs), but many estimates (reserve sizing, incident costs, experiment frequency) are highly uncertain and tail risks dominate, so overall confidence is medium.
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