SCP-7177 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-7177
Expected annual
$5.5M
One-time setup
$8.1M
Annual recurring
$5.4M
Personnel
22
Initial one-time capital to retrofit containment, deploy robotics and sensors, and build quarantine/lab support is roughly $8.1M; recurring annual operations (staffing, maintenance, consumables, utilities, training, and overhead) are approximately $5.41M, driven mainly by personnel and research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.1M
Equipment $2.5M
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #13, #14, #24] Hardware and systems: mirror mounting/locking (#2), robotic teleoperation suite (#3), sensor array and instruments initial hardware (#4), radiation/particle detectors initial hardware (#5), debris-capture apparatus (#6), redundant power capital (UPS/generator) (#13), data acquisition/server hardware (#14), transport/heavy-lift capital (cranes/forklifts) (#24).
Facilities $1.6M
[#1, #7, #9, #29] Structural work: containment chamber retrofit (#1), quarantine/airlock antechamber construction (#7), climate-controlled secure storage vault/hardened archives (#9, #29 one-time archival build).
Probe Campaign $1.5M
[#15] Per-campaign specialized probe development and deployment budget (one campaign build/test/analysis estimate).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#8, #14] BSL/ABSL lab buildout and specialized research instrumentation allocation/upgrade (#8) and initial research software/licenses included where directly research-related (#14 initial portion).
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#27] Contingency for extraordinary events (thermal/stellar anomalies, massive debris influx, emergency upgrades).
Decommissioning Reserve $500K
[#25] Long-term decommissioning / safe-disposal fund set-aside.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.4M/yr
Staff Wages $2.3M/yr
[#10, #11] Continuous staffing: security personnel (24/7 rotations) and resident science/technical team salaries and on-call premiums.
Opportunity And Admin Overhead $902K/yr
[#30] Administrative overhead and opportunity cost applied at ~20% of direct recurring operating costs.
Research And Monitoring $600K/yr
[#8, #16] Ongoing BSL lab staffing/consumables and long-term monitoring campaigns, spectroscopy/mapping/analysis effort.
Emergency Response $300K/yr
[#12] Mobile rapid-response team training, readiness equipment upkeep, on-call pay and drills.
Supplies And Consumables $250K/yr
[#6, #7, #20] Consumables: debris-capture replacement materials, filtration cartridges, PPE, expendable robotic tooling and repair parts.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#17, #18] Containment breach insurance/legal retainers and baseline cover-up/witness management budgets.
Utilities And Waste $120K/yr
[#21] Power, HVAC, HVAC loads for sensors and labs, waste handling and hazardous disposal.
Facilities Maintenance $100K/yr
[#1, #9] Structural and building upkeep for containment chamber, vault, and antechamber.
Sensor And Instrument Maintenance $100K/yr
[#4, #5] Calibration, replacement, and upkeep for multispectral sensors and radiation/particle monitors.
Maintenance Contracts $100K/yr
[#22] Annual service contracts and certified calibration/testing for robotics, instruments, and critical systems.
Data Maintenance $80K/yr
[#14] Data acquisition, storage, archival maintenance, licenses, and secure backup costs.
Training Certifications $75K/yr
[#23] Recurring training, simulation, certification, and security-clearance processing costs.
Storage Operations $75K/yr
[#9] Vault operations: climate control, inert-atmosphere maintenance, inventory management and access control.
Equipment Insurance $60K/yr
[#19] Insurance premiums for specialized robotics, sensors, and structural components.
Scientific Publication $50K/yr
[#26] Controlled publication/cover research budget, conferences, and NDA expert engagements.
Psychological Support $50K/yr
[#28] Ongoing psychological care, counseling, resiliency programs, and retention bonuses to mitigate leak risk.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#24] Recurring transport and heavy-lift operational costs, vehicle ops and permits.
Power And Maintenance $20K/yr
[#13] Fuel, battery replacement and generator maintenance contracts for redundant power systems.
Archival Recurring $20K/yr
[#29] Long-term archival costs (offsite redundancy, media refresh, secure preservation).
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.4M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, monitoring, and no major incidents.
no_incident routine_maintenance scheduled_research
🚨 Minor Incident $5.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Small containment-related incident (equipment damage, localized contamination) requiring repairs, overtime, and limited legal/cover actions.
equipment_failure small_debris_influx localized_contamination
🚨 Major Breach $7.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or loss of major equipment leading to extended remediation, replacement of systems, large legal exposure and public mitigation.
containment_breach large_debris_influx public_exposure
🚨 Probe Campaign Year $7.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.8M vs baseline
A year in which an authorized probe development/deployment campaign is executed to sample the connected space; large one-off R&D and mission costs incurred.
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👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#10] 24/7 guard rotations (3 shifts) as specified in staffing note; costed within staff_wages.
Research Scientist / Technical Staff 10 [#11] Resident astrophysicists, engineers, robotic operators, xenobiologists/materials scientists and technicians; aggregated into the research/technical team budget within staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most costs, allowing reasonable estimates, but many wide ranges and scenario-dependent items (probe campaigns, contingencies, and site-condition variability) leave material uncertainty; hence medium confidence.
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