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SCP-7877 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-7877
Expected annual
$1.7M
One-time setup
$516K
Annual recurring
$1.6M
Personnel
10
One-time capital costs are moderate (~$516k) for habitat, monitoring, power and R&D setup; recurring costs are the dominant expense at ~$1.63M/year driven primarily by 24/7 security and research/monitoring/legal/secrecy overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $516K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $235K
[#14, #15] Initial R&D to attempt redundant containment/backups and genomic sequencing/cryobank setup (sequencing + cryobank equipment and setup).
Equipment $132K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #18, #21] Environmental control/microclimate systems, UPS/generator and install, automated non-contact feeder/manipulator, high-resolution monitoring hardware, tamper-evident hardware, specialized rugged transfer crate/vehicle mods.
Legal Contingency Fund $100K
[#19] One-time contingency fund for cover-up/rapid legal/HR actions in case of public exposure or major incident.
Facilities $26K
[#1, #12] Construction/installation of sealed glass habitat (~1m³) and integrated pest-exclusion/perimeter physical barriers.
Training And Sop Development $20K
[#9] Initial training program development, psychological screening setup, SOP documentation and initial simulation training.
Signage And Sop $2K
[#24] Initial signage, laminated SOP binders, electronic SOP reader and setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr
Staff Wages $670K/yr
[#7, #8] 24/7 physical security (6 guards) and scientific staff (lead researcher, 2 technicians, on-call specialist retainer).
Research And Monitoring $608K/yr
[#6, #15, #16] Long-term data storage and analysis, cryobank storage fees, and controlled/authorized research budget (behavioral, linguistic, thaumaturgic studies).
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#19] Legal counsel, cover-story maintenance, retainer and secrecy-related recurring costs.
External Audit And Insurance $50K/yr
[#22] External/internal classified audits, oversight reviews, and insurance/liability reserves.
Witness Management Reserve $50K/yr
[#20] Funds reserved annually for witness management, staff relocation/compensation and disciplinary relocations.
Psychological Support And Rotations $40K/yr
[#23] Counseling, mandatory staff rotations, sick-leave cover and burnout mitigation.
Emergency Drills $30K/yr
[#17] Annual emergency response drills, isolation protocol rehearsals, and overtime/simulation equipment.
Training Refreshers $10K/yr
[#9] Annual/quarterly refresher training and psychological re-screening costs.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#11, #24, #25] Habitat consumables (substrate, sterilized wood, water), signage replacements, and miscellaneous consumables/incidentals.
Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr
[#10, #12] Power/generator fuel & maintenance/UPS battery replacement and pest-exclusion maintenance.
Pest Inspection And Retainer $6K/yr
[#13] Routine facility pest-inspections, bait checks, and specialist pest technician retainer.
Logistics And Transport $3K/yr
[#21] Occasional transport/transfer move costs averaged annually (per-move expenses, transport crew readiness).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr
91.5% probability / year
Normal year with no significant incidents; routine containment, staffing, monitoring, and planned research continue.
no breaches routine maintenance planned research projects
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$120K vs baseline
Localized containment issue (e.g., small crack, brief escape of a few termites, equipment failure) requiring repairs, overtime, increased monitoring and limited research pause.
small enclosure breach/crack sensor/camera failure power interruption requiring emergency response
🚨 Major Breach $6.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure leading to site evacuation, large-scale emergency response, recovery/rescue operations, legal/cover-up expenditures and intensified global containment measures.
large-scale escape or colony death conceptual-linked global containment cascading failures targeted breach against O5/staff
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#7] 24/7 guard coverage (2 per shift × 3 shifts); wage basis used in staff_wages.
Research Scientist (Lead) 1 [#8] Lead researcher/containment scientist managing SCP-7877 research and approvals.
Research Technician 2 [#8] Full-time technicians for daily checks, habitat maintenance and data collection.
Thaumaturgic / Containment Specialist (on-call) 1 [#8] On-call specialist/contractor retained for approved interviews/testing and thaumaturgic countermeasures.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and recurring drivers are well described in analyst notes (staffing, monitoring, research), but ranges for research intensity, catastrophic-response costs and probability of severe breaches are highly uncertain; hence medium confidence.
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