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SCP-7913 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-7913
Expected annual
$31.8M
One-time setup
$588.0M
Annual recurring
$28.3M
Personnel
104
Initial build-out and one-time contingency costs are dominated by hardened facilities, site acquisition, and a large catastrophic reserve (~$588M one-time). Annual operating costs (~$28.3M/yr) are driven by security wages, research/monitoring, and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $588.0M
Catastrophic Reserve $500.0M
[#24] Insurance-like catastrophic response reserve to fund mass evacuations, national response, litigation and cover-up in an extreme failure; conservative practical allocation recommended.
Facilities $61.7M
[#1, #2, #3, #7, #21, #26] Reinforced/bombproof concrete shell and structural work, site acquisition and consolidation, initial resident buyouts/relocation, conversion of adjacent police station to D-Class holding, pathway clearing and HVAC installation; includes permits, demolition, foundation reinforcement and accelerated specialty contractors.
Legal Liability Reserve $10.0M
[#31] One-time legal/ethical liability reserve and initial escrow for potential settlements and criminal exposure contingency.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.0M
[#10, #18] Specialized non-invasive instrumentation (muon tomography, standoff detectors) and lab setup for on-site research team (secure benches, classified lab fit-out, initial consumables and instrument integration).
Containment R And D Seed $5.0M
[#30] Seed funding for containment R&D program (prototype non-contact mitigation tech, conceptual disassembly studies).
Equipment $3.5M
[#9, #11, #12, #13, #14, #19, #15] Non-contact remote sensors, secure communications hardware, high-end drone fleet, EMP/EM shielding hardware, backup generators/UPS, computational/hardware servers, and environmental monitoring instrumentation (initial hardware purchases).
D Class Procurement Initial $1.0M
[#6] First-year procurement/cover costs to obtain initial D-Class (bribes/arrangements/falsified records) and initial covert logistics to seed program.
Tactical Initial Gear $500K
[#5] Initial armored vehicle armoring, tactical gear, and specialized non-lethal systems for on-call tactical response team.
Legal Cover Initial $500K
[#16] Initial legal/municipal cover setup (fake registrations, retainers, initial lobbying/bribes setup).
Security Initial Equipment $300K
[#4] Initial training, weapons, body armor, vehicles outfitting and equipment for armed security force.
Pr Initial $150K
[#17] Initial public-relations/disinformation setup for factory front (websites, signage, initial fake shipments documentation).
Crisis Comm Initial $100K
[#25] Initial secure liaison desk setup and secure comms for national-level interfaces.
Medical Initial Ppe $50K
[#8] Initial PPE, biohazard suits and setup for on-site medical/biohazard team.
Remains Handling Initial $50K
[#22] Initial specialized incineration/forensic equipment and anomalous-object handling gear.
Redteam Initial Audit $50K
[#29] Initial background-audit and counterintelligence setup costs (polygraph systems, database subscriptions, initial investigations).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $28.3M/yr
Staff Wages $8.5M/yr
[#4, #5, #8, #18, #29, #25] Salaries and benefits for 24/7 armed security force, specialized tactical operators, on-site medical staff and ambulance contract, on-site research team salaries, red-team/counterintelligence personnel, and liaison/admin staffing.
Relocation And Compensation $5.0M/yr
[#3] Ongoing resident/business buyouts, compensation and temporary relocation packages to maintain a permanent exclusion zone and avoid public exposure.
Catastrophic Reserve Management $5.0M/yr
[#24] Investment/administration fees, maintenance and oversight for holding a large catastrophic-response reserve and its readiness costs.
Cover Story And Legal $3.3M/yr
[#16, #17, #31, #32] Ongoing legal retainers, municipal payments/bribes, PR and disinformation payroll for the factory front, reputation management, taxes and recurring legal contingency retainers.
Research And Monitoring $3.1M/yr
[#9, #10, #15, #19, #21, #30] Ongoing sensor maintenance/calibration, data analysis for non-invasive instruments, environmental sampling/analysis, HPC cluster operations/licenses, pathway monitoring/arrival readiness staffing and recurring containment R&D program funding.
D Class Logistics And Coverup $1.0M/yr
[#6] Ongoing covert procurement, rotation, transport, and black-ops/legal budget to hide D-Class disappearances and maintain records.
Facilities Maintenance $700K/yr
[#1, #13, #14, #26] Ongoing maintenance of reinforced enclosure, EMP/faraday maintenance, generator/fuel-system maintenance and HVAC/service contracts.
Crisis Liaison $500K/yr
[#25] Ongoing staffing and secure comms for national-level liaison desk and 24/7 interface with federal/military points of contact.
Supplies And Consumables $400K/yr
[#6, #7, #12, #22, #27, #8] D-Class operating costs (food/laundry), temporary relocation support during construction, drone consumables/spares and replacement, remains disposal/incineration per-event, routine waste management and medical disposables/biohazard consumables.
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#4, #5, #14, #20] Vehicle operations/maintenance for security and tactical teams, fuel rotation/testing for backup power, and per-activation operational logistics for Procedure 12-Norquay.
Training And Drills $200K/yr
[#23] Regular lethal-RoE training, de-escalation, mock activations and contractor simulation exercises.
Psychological Support $150K/yr
[#28] Ongoing counselling, rotations, screenings and moral-injury mitigation for staff.
Procedure 12 Operational Costs $100K/yr
[#20] Per-activation staff time, restraints, psych evals, documentation and small consumables averaged over expected activations.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $28.3M/yr
79.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine activations suppressed and no major containment failure.
routine activations standard maintenance no external incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $33.3M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring emergency response, extra D-Class turnover, repairs, legal and PR efforts.
small breach or activation complexity medical evacuation/repairs local investigative interest
🚨 Major Breach $528.3M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or large anomalous event requiring drawing on catastrophic reserves, national response and massive cover-up/evacuation.
partial detonation or uncontrolled activation mass-casualty evacuation national-level exposure
👥 Personnel 104 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 45 Armed perimeter and internal guards across three shifts; salaries included in staff_wages.
Specialized Tactical Team / Operator 10 On-call heavily-armed response squad; salaries and initial gear accounted for.
Research Scientist 10 On-site physicists, engineers and analysts interpreting sensor data and modeling; salaries included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer 4 Paramedics/trauma nurses and biohazard cleanup coordination; salaries and medical contracts included.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 Facility, power, HVAC and EMP hardening maintenance staff.
Administrative Staff 5 Site admin, HR, payroll for cover-story, and logistics coordination.
Red-team / Counterintelligence 3 Internal audit and leak-prevention personnel; recurring costs included.
Drone Pilot / UAV Technician 3 Drone operations and maintenance; recurring ops included.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 Senior leadership and decision authority for Area-508; salary included in staff_wages.
Class-D Personnel 20 On-site pool of D-Class maintained for Procedure 12-Norquay; procurement and logistics costs captured in one-time and recurring D-Class budgets.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low confidence because SCP-7913's anomalous behaviors (activation triggers, energetic yield, extradimensional effects) create large unknowns; many cost drivers (frequency of activations, scale of potential rupture, required national-level responses) are poorly constrained and could change required reserves by orders of magnitude.
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