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SCP-7254 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-7254
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$2.3M
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
8
Initial containment and research setup plus a large contingency reserve drive one-time costs (~$2.27M). Annual operations are driven by specialist ritual staff, armed security, and an ongoing research/monitoring program (~$1.84M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.3M
Containment Upgrade Contingency Fund $1.2M
[#23] Set-aside rapid-funding reserve for major recontainment/neutralization operations (vehicles, heavy equipment, temporary shelters).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $485K
[#12, #13, #14] Ectographic/specialized imaging initial purchase, rare-item purchases for research, and one-off artifact purchases for containment/research.
Facilities $275K
[#1] Reinforce a standard humanoid cell (steel plating, reinforced door/locks, tamper-proof fasteners, shock-absorbing fixtures and child-safe modifications).
Equipment $202K
[#2, #3, #4, #11] Secure surveillance & sensors setup, redundant power hardware (UPS/generator) one-time hardware, initial runes/materials placement, and on-site trauma & emergency response equipment one-time purchase.
Ethical Legal Setup $60K
[#27] One-time ethical/legal setup and Institutional Review costs for establishing cover/legal insulation where required.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Staff Wages $612K/yr
[#5, #6] 2 full-time occult specialists (ritual maintenance) and dedicated security staffing (6 guards with benefits).
Research And Monitoring $365K/yr
[#12, #13, #21, #22] Imaging maintenance and service contracts, long-term mythology/folkloristics research program staffing/fieldwork, biosecurity testing, and data collection/archiving.
Site Overhead $250K/yr
[#17] Share of Site utilities, classified IT systems, secure comms, logging/redaction and general site overhead allocation.
Supplies And Consumables $123K/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #24, #26] D-class program overhead and replacement contingency, goat blood procurement & testing, PPE/biohazard disposal per feeding, D-class replacement contingency, and miscellaneous consumables/administrative supplies.
Cover Story And Legal $110K/yr
[#18, #27] Ongoing legal, cover-story maintenance, PR, family handling, and counsel retainer costs.
Training And Drills $100K/yr
[#19] Regular emergency drills, MTF readiness and specialty containment training.
Specialist Consultants $85K/yr
[#14, #5] Occasional external occultists/linguists/historians and senior consultant visits not counted as full-time staff.
Facilities Maintenance $70K/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #11, #20] Annual maintenance/data storage for surveillance, generator fuel & testing, rune retouching, equipment maintenance (trauma kits/restraints) and routine repair/wear-and-tear allowance.
Psychological Care $40K/yr
[#15] Mental health services, counseling, stress leave monitoring for exposed staff.
Medical Care For Host $40K/yr
[#10] Pediatric and trauma care, sedation/containment meds, tests and emergency interventions for host.
Amnestic Operations $30K/yr
[#16] Amnestics budget for personnel and witnesses (administration, medical oversight and legal mitigation).
Logistics And Transport $12K/yr
[#7, #8, #24] Transport and holding costs for D-class rotations and monthly goat blood logistics (cold-chain, secure transport), plus incidental transport for replacements.
Community Amnestic Cleanup $0/yr
[#25] Large-scale community amnestic/cleanup costs; treated as as-needed incident cost and excluded from baseline recurring (handled in scenarios).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
81.5% probability / year
Routine year with no major incidents; normal operations and scheduled maintenance only.
normal_operations scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.9M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Localized containment disturbance causing limited repairs, targeted amnestics and replacement of D-class or consumables.
localized_damage D-class_fatality rune_disturbance
🚨 Major Breach $2.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant containment failure requiring large-scale repairs, major amnestic operations and partial deployment of contingency resources.
partial_breach external_observation major_rune_failure
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $3.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Full-scale breach necessitating emergency recontainment, mobilization of heavy equipment and maximum contingency spending.
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🚨 Political Exposure $2.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Leak or visible incident triggering public scrutiny, extensive amnestics, PR and legal action.
public_leak media_attention family_disclosure
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#6] Continuous human security presence (6 guards to cover 24/7 with vacation/sick coverage).
Occult Specialist / Ritualist 2 [#5] Two full-time mythology/ritual specialists to perform defensive chants, inspect and renew runes and handle on-call rotations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges but many items (occult materials, breach contingency, research intensity and incident frequency) have wide uncertainty; estimates use mid-range choices and scenario modeling to capture variability.
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