SCP-861 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-861
Expected annual
$4.5M
One-time setup
$9.2M
Annual recurring
$4.3M
Personnel
17
Initial capital expenditures are roughly $9.2M driven by vault construction, heavy equipment (robotics, termination hardware, monitoring/suction), and a dedicated contingency reserve; annual operations are approximately $4.285M/yr driven primarily by specialized staffing, MTF readiness, and recurring research/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.2M
Contingency Reserve $4.0M
[#19] Dedicated contingency/reserve fund for Choir Event sector rebuilds, spatial-anomaly mitigation, extraordinary contractors and specialists (one-time reserved amount).
Equipment $2.6M
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #10, #11, #12, #23, #25] Stainless-steel crate, electronic suction system (redundant units/prototyping/EMP hardening), perimeter security hardware, continuous monitoring suite integration, UPS/generator/HVAC (one-time portion), specialized termination hardware, robotic manipulators, PPE suits, initial archival/hardened backups, initial communications security hardware.
Spatial Anomaly Team Initial $1.2M
[#20] Initial formation and equipment procurement for spatial-anomaly response team, portable containment rigs and specialized tooling.
Facilities $900K
[#1] Reinforced concrete containment vault construction, excavation, waterproofing, blast-resistant penetrations, sensor mounts and access hatches located ~370m from main site.
Medical Setup $275K
[#13] On-site triage/isolation/burn unit setup, specialized medical supplies, agreements with main-site hospital/burn unit and initial staffing/equipment for casualty response.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#15, #16] Initial research lab instrumentation and computational resources (EEG/fMRI access/amortization), and initial psychological screening/test development (SCE-V.4 / Chancey assessments) startup costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.3M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#7, #8, #15, #16, #13] Salaries and benefits for Narthex-cleared onsite coverage (shift rotation), site security staffing and overtime/hazard pay, research staff salaries, ongoing psychological staff/exams, and recurring medical staffing costs.
Mtf Readiness $800K/yr
[#9] Annual readiness, specialized training, ordnance/vehicle upkeep and readiness premiums for Mobile Task Force deployments.
Spatial Anomaly Team Maintenance $350K/yr
[#20] Recurring training, maintenance, and readiness for spatial-anomaly response specialists and portable containment rigs.
Research And Monitoring $310K/yr
[#5, #11, #15, #16, #23, #29, #3] Software licenses and monitoring integration support, robotic/remote-handling maintenance, ongoing non-wage research costs and equipment amortization, recurring psychological testing administration, secure archival/storage recurring costs, long-term translation/linguistics project funding, and maintenance for electronic suction/recovery.
Logistics And Transport $275K/yr
[#21] Vehicle lease/maintenance, helicopter/aviation access, rapid personnel movement and medevac readiness for MTF and medical teams.
Incident Event Reserve $250K/yr
[#26, #9] Annualized reserve/expected-value funding for per-event costs (consumables, MTF deployment variable costs, medical treatment, emergency amnestics, waste handling, immediate repairs).
Insurance Reserve $250K/yr
[#28] Administrative reserve to cover unexpected financial exposures, senior oversight costs and delays from Narthex approval bottlenecks.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#18] Legal/cover-up operations, front companies, PR suppression, permits, bribery/permits as needed and related recurring expenses.
Supplies And Consumables $190K/yr
[#12, #14, #24] PPE replacements and consumables, decontamination/hazardous-waste consumables and incineration/neutralization contracts, and recurring consumables (filters, seals, batteries, wear items).
Class A Amnestics $150K/yr
[#17] Production, storage, inventory and administration costs for Class-A amnestics for witness management and low-clearance breaches.
Training Exercises $80K/yr
[#22] Full-scale drills, tabletop exercises, mock victims, overtime and training consumables for Choir Event/termination/breach response.
Ethical Oversight $60K/yr
[#27] Ethics board administration, D-class procurement overhead (if used), paperwork and program costs.
Communications Security $40K/yr
[#25] Secure communications upkeep, jamming/anti-leak capabilities, hardened channels and recurring comms security service.
Permits And Taxes $40K/yr
[#30] Miscellaneous permitting, local land costs, property taxes and site liaison/covert local law-enforcement liaison expenses.
Facilities Maintenance $15K/yr
[#6] Recurring maintenance and service contracts for UPS/generator, HVAC servicing, ventilation HEPA filters and biological isolation dampers.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.3M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major Choir Event causing sector-level damage; routine staffing, maintenance, training and research costs only.
no_choir_event routine_maintenance scheduled_training
🚨 Minor Incident $4.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Single, localized Choir Event requiring MTF deployment, medical treatment, waste handling and limited repairs without major spatial anomaly.
single_choir_event mtf_deployment limited_sector_damage
🚨 Major Spatial Event $10.3M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Severe Choir Event leading to large-scale structural destruction and a spatial anomaly requiring contingency fund use and large-scale remediation.
sector_level_destruction spatial_anomaly multiple_scp-861-A_instances
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Narthex-cleared Onsite Coverage 5 Round-the-clock Narthex-approved personnel within 50m (shift coverage + spares) as per [#7].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 Armed site guards and immediate response personnel (per-shift coverage) as per [#8].
Research Scientist 3 Linguistics/neurology/behavioral researchers assigned to SCP-861 study and monitoring as per [#15].
Medical Officer 1 On-call medical specialist for burn/neurological triage, isolation and casualty care as per [#13].
Engineer / Maintenance 1 Technical staff for power/HVAC/robotic maintenance and monitoring integration as per [#6, #11].
Administrative Staff 1 Admin/covert liaison and program oversight, including ethics and cover coordination as per [#18, #27].
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of provided ranges and map each analyst line item; however per-event costs and spatial-anomaly impacts are highly uncertain so confidence is medium rather than high.
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