SCP-7235 — SCP-7235 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7235 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-7235

Expected annual

$23.8M

One-time setup

$83.8M

Annual recurring

$22.7M

Personnel

114

Initial one-time capital dominated by per-cell SRA hardware and containment cell construction (~$83.8M total); recurring costs driven by MTF salaries, SRA maintenance and power, and operational monitoring (~$22.7M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $83.8M

Equipment $48.3M

[#2, #3, #5, #10, #12, #15, #26] Includes low-Hume SRA hardware for 50 cells (#2), portable anchors (#5), MTF equipment & vehicles (#10), web-crawler/software deployment (#12), medical clinic equipment (#15), and communications/security hardware (#26). #3 (combined per-cell) is referenced and represented by #1 + #2.

Facilities $15.0M

[#1, #3, #4] Includes containment cell construction (per-cell shell aggregated for 50 cells) and secure facility build-out; #3 is the per-cell combined capex noted and is captured across #1 and #2.

Emergency Reserve $10.0M

[#23] One-time establishment of containment breach emergency reserve fund.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.0M

[#17] Dedicated R&D / ontological research lab buildout and instrumentation.

Insurance Reserve $2.0M

[#24] One-time insurance / legal defense reserve baseline.

Mtf Training Program Initial $1.5M

[#9] Initial development and setup of specialized anti-ontological training program.

Safehouse Network Setup $750K

[#21] Initial setup/deposits/furnishings for rapid-extraction safe-house network across London.

Generator Capital $500K

[#7] Capital cost for on-site backup generator(s) to support continuous SRA operation.

Legal Cover Setup $500K

[#19] One-time setup for legal/cover infrastructure, shell companies, MOUs.

Public Liaison Setup $250K

[#27] One-time costs to establish formal liaison, MOUs and cover operations with Metropolitan Police / Home Office.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $22.7M/yr

Staff Wages $11.6M/yr

[#8, #13, #14, #15, #18] Aggregate fully-burdened personnel wages: MTF operatives (60×$120k = $7.2M) [#8]; monitoring staff (6 analysts + 3 devs = 9 staff, wages portion ~$690k) [#13]; field surveillance agents wages (30×$60k = $1.8M) [#14]; medical staff wages (~$700k) [#15]; R&D staff wages (8×$150k = $1.2M) [#18].

Sra Maintenance $3.8M/yr

[#6] Annual servicing, calibration and spare parts for 150 anchors (50 cell anchors + 100 portable units) at ~$25k/anchor/yr.

Supplies And Consumables $1.1M/yr

[#15, #16] Includes medical meds and testing (~$100k/yr) [#15] and amnestic/containment pharmacology supply & administration (~$1M/yr) [#16].

Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr

[#19] Ongoing legal, public affairs and cover-up budget (lawyers, PR retainers, incident legal response).

Anchor Replacement And Upgrade $1.0M/yr

[#28] Programmatic allocation averaged for replacement/upgrade R&D lifecycle.

Power And Fuel $650K/yr

[#7] Continuous electricity for SRAs (~$500k/yr) plus backup fuel & maintenance (~$150k/yr).

Witness Management $500K/yr

[#20] Civilian witness relocation, housing and compensation fund baseline.

Logistics And Transport $400K/yr

[#22] Transport, fleet fuel/maintenance, air charters and secure freight estimated midpoint.

Safehouse Network Ops $400K/yr

[#21] Recurring leases & operations for safe-house network.

Staff Support $400K/yr

[#25] Food, housing stipends, utilities and welfare programs for shift crews.

Research And Monitoring $300K/yr

[#12, #18, #13] Research consumables and non-staff monitoring hosting: R&D consumables (~$300k/yr) [#18]. Monitoring hosting is recorded separately.

Administrative Overhead $300K/yr

[#29] Miscellaneous contingency, petty cash, background checks and admin overhead.

Mtf Equipment Replacement $250K/yr

[#11] Lifecycle replacement & maintenance for MTF equipment (~10% of capital/year).

Mtf Training Requalification $200K/yr

[#9] Annual requalification and refresher training costs for MTF personnel.

Monitoring Hosting $200K/yr

[#13] Cloud/server hosting and storage costs for crawled data (~$200k/yr).

Field Surveillance Ops $200K/yr

[#14] Covert ops expenses, vehicle leasing and informant payments (~$200k/yr).

Insurance Premiums $200K/yr

[#24] Ongoing small premiums and retained legal retainer replenishment.

Public Liaison Ongoing $200K/yr

[#27] Annual liaison costs and covert dataset payments for coordination with local authorities.

Communications Security Ongoing $75K/yr

[#26] Recurring maintenance, subscriptions and counter-surveillance sweeps for comms/IT hardening.

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Per Incident Cost $0/yr

[#30] Per-incident operational cost (~$100k average per capture). This is handled as an on-demand cost in incident scenarios (not folded into baseline recurring here).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $22.7M/yr

65.0% probability / year

Normal year with steady-state operations, scheduled maintenance, no major breaches or mass incidents.

steady SRA maintenance routine captures no large-scale anchor failures

🚨 Minor Incident $24.7M/yr

30.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Multiple moderate field captures and localized equipment failures requiring incremental replacements and response.

10–20 capture events several portable anchor repairs increased legal/PR response

🚨 Major Breach $32.7M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Significant containment breach or coordinated spread requiring emergency mobilization, replacement anchors, mass amnestics and major PR/legal action.

mass escape or coordinated SCP-7235-1 action multiple SRA failures large-scale public exposure

👥 Personnel 114 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	60	[#8] Dedicated anti-ontological MTF formation (60 operatives to cover rosters and rapid response).
Field Surveillance Agent	30	[#14] Covert surveillance teams and field agents across London (30 agents).
Monitoring Analyst / Dev	9	[#13] Monitoring operations staff: 6analysts and 3 developers.
Research Scientist / Lab Staff	8	[#18] R&D staff (scientists, lab techs, postdocs) dedicated to ontological research.
Medical Officer / Nursing / Psychiatric Staff	7	[#15] Medical and psychiatric staff (2 physicians + 4 nurses + 1 psychiatric staff assumed from note).

📋 Confidence Notes

Line-item estimates are detailed and internally consistent, but key drivers (specialized SRA unit costs, energy usage, and incident frequency/severity) are novel and uncertain; probabilities and some midpoints are analyst judgments.

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