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SCP-8286 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-8286
Expected annual
$42.3M
One-time setup
$130.5M
Annual recurring
$38.3M
Personnel
183
One-time capital/setup (containment, lab, vehicles, reserves) dominated by a large catastrophic reserve; annual operations (~$37.3M/yr) driven by field detection/response, family support, cover-story/legal operations, and specialized research/staffing.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $130.5M
Catastrophic Mitigation Reserve $100.0M
[#22] Recommended catastrophic mitigation reserve (minimum recommended $100M) for large-scale quarantine, mass inoculation, city-level interventions.
Quarantine Facility Construction Per Region $20.0M
[#26] One-time cost estimate to construct a single dedicated public-health style quarantine facility per region (emergency option).
Cross Testing Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#14] One-time reserve set aside for cross-testing contingencies (temporary containment, specialist supervision, emergency quarantines, equipment replacement).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.1M
[#2, #15] Necromancy/forensic wet-lab buildout and staging area (#2) plus capital forensic/sequencing/imaging equipment (MRI/CT, EM, mass-spec, sequencers) (#15).
Facilities $1.4M
[#1] Containment chamber upgrade (construction + integrated systems such as sealed cell, EMI/Faraday shielding, negative-pressure HVAC, climate control, anti-memetic hardware).
Mtf Initial Vehicles And Kits $750K
[#6] One-time procurement of MTF vehicles, field kits, hazmat gear, memetic-suppression kits and vehicle outfitting.
Cover Initial Campaign $500K
[#9] Initial cover-story / PR campaign setup and paid placements to establish fabricated containment-breach narrative.
Equipment $375K
[#3, #17] High-security specimen storage initial vitrines/shelving ($#3) and data infrastructure/hardened servers one-time purchase (#17).
Security Initial Gear $250K
[#5] Initial procurement of weapons, tactical gear, armored-transport readiness equipment for on-site guards and quick-response teams.
Cross Agency Initial Training $100K
[#28] One-time initial counter-intelligence / cross-Agency coordination training course setup and materials.
Hazardous Gear Initial Inventory $75K
[#18] Initial inventory of custom vitrines, shock-cased crates, climate-controlled transport cases, and memetic-filtered hazmat suits.
Initial Staff Training $20K
[#16] Initial specialized training program for biosecurity, memetic prophylaxis, and staff mental-health protocols.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $38.3M/yr
Staff Wages $11.0M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #10, #24] Core research payroll (director, senior necromantic researchers, scientists, technicians, memetics specialists, psychologists) and operational wages: on-site security wages, MTF agent wages, field-agent wages, child-actor program payroll, and internal ethics staff salaries.
Logistics And Transport $5.8M/yr
[#6, #12, #20, #29, #11, #7] MTF operational transport and vehicle ops (#6), per-instance handling/disposal costs (#12), routine specimen/field transport and refrigerated/armored logistics (#20), disposal/archival costs from retrievals (#29), foster/relocation payments and covert relocation logistics (#11), and field surveillance logistics portion (#7).
Cover Story And Legal $5.5M/yr
[#9, #23, #10] Ongoing cover-story, PR placement, legal suppression actions and litigation reserves (#9), retained legal counsel and international liaison expenses (#23), and programmatic costs related to child-actor deception staging (#10).
Insurance And Black Budget $4.0M/yr
[#21] Off-books shell company overhead, financial obfuscation, clandestine purchase channels, and slush funds for covert losses (15-30% contingency of operations).
Long Term Social Impact Program $4.0M/yr
[#27] Early planning and mitigation funds for long-term social-economic impacts (subsidies, replacement foster care planning) allocated annually toward multi-year programs.
Supplies And Consumables $3.5M/yr
[#8, #13, #18] Amnestic and memetic-suppression consumables and R&D (#8), specialized necromantic/biological reagents and ceremonial materials (#13), and replacement/sterilization consumables for hazardous gear (#18).
Research And Monitoring $2.5M/yr
[#7, #16, #17, #25, #30] Ongoing incident monitoring and analysis support (field analysis tools portion), staff mental-health programs and rotations (#16), secure data operations and analytics (#17), experimental failure/replacement budget for high-risk R&D (#25), and annual tabletop/exercise costs (#30).
Cross Testing Contingency Reserve Rotation $1.0M/yr
[#14] Rolling annual allocation to refresh/set aside contingency for cross-testing emergencies and temporary containment costs.
Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr
[#2, #3, #15, #19] Annual maintenance and utilities for lab buildout and specimen storage (lab HVAC/filtration, climate control for vitrines), maintenance/calibration for imaging/sequencing equipment, and containment facility upkeep/utilities.
Cross Agency Training $500K/yr
[#28] Ongoing training and coordination exercises with GOC/local military and counter-intelligence preparedness.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $38.3M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine research, monitoring, containment, and cover operations; no major breaches or mass-conversions beyond expected rates.
steady_conversion_rate routine_retrievals no_public_exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $39.3M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized containment breach or high-profile sighting requiring emergency response, increased legal/PR activity, and short-term surge in MTF/field operations.
localized_breach public_sighting small_cluster_conversions
🚨 Major Breach $87.3M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$49.0M vs baseline
Widespread breach or public exposure requiring regional quarantine, large-scale retrievals, extended legal battles, and substantial emergency logistics.
regional_mass_conversion major_public_exposure large-scale_litigation
🚨 Catastrophic Escalation $237.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$199.0M vs baseline
Runaway exponential conversion requiring activation of catastrophic mitigation reserve, nation-scale quarantine and long-term demographic remediation.
exponential_conversion_growth multiple_region_overruns failure_of_cover_operations
👥 Personnel 183 total
Role Count Notes
Department Director / Executive Staff 1 [#4] Senior project director responsible for Operation Persephone/Orpheus oversight.
Senior Necromantic Researcher 2 [#4] Senior specialists in applied necromancy.
Research Scientist 4 [#4] Mid-level research scientists assigned to reanimation experiments.
Lab Technician 6 [#4] Wet-lab technicians supporting necromantic and forensic procedures.
Memetics Specialist 2 [#4, #8] Specialists developing memetic-suppression protocols and inoculations.
Clinical Psychologist 2 [#4, #16] Staff providing mental-health support and monitoring for empathy/memetic contagion.
Security Officer / Guard 40 [#5] On-site 24/7 armed guards for containment chamber and site liaison.
Mobile Task Force Agent 24 [#6] Two rapid-response teams for global retrievals and breach response (vehicles and tactical kits).
Field Agent / Operative 75 [#7] Worldwide incident monitoring and field casework operatives and local liaisons.
Administrative Staff 10 [#21, #9] Administrative, financial-obfuscation, and cover-story coordination staff.
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#1, #15] Facility and equipment maintenance engineers for HVAC, imaging calibration, and containment systems.
Medical Officer 4 [#15, #16] Medical staff to support clinical procedures, cryogenics, and staff health monitoring.
Legal Counsel / Liaison 4 [#9, #23] Retained legal teams for suppression, cross-border negotiation, and litigation management.
Ethics & Compliance Staff 3 [#24] Internal compliance and documentation/audit personnel overseeing necromantic procedure approvals.
Child Actor (Deception Program) 2 [#10] Trained child-actor(s) hired to portray SCP-8286-1 for staged sightings and deception.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are well-scoped (containment buildouts, equipment, stated payroll), but epidemiology of conversions and legal/cover costs are highly uncertain; ranges supplied in analyst notes produce significant variance in expected long-run costs.
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