SCP-9400
Keter
?
low confidence
SCP-9400
Expected annual
$3.2B
One-time setup
$33.0B
Annual recurring
$3.1B
Personnel
200
Initial capital to create Site-537 and associated infrastructure is on the order of tens of billions USD (one-time ~33B), driven primarily by deep-sea construction, tunnel/access and secrecy premiums; ongoing annual operations are dominated by structural maintenance, power, security and contingency reserves (~3.11B/yr).
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $33.0B
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $3.1B/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$3.1B/yr
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine maintenance, staffing, patrols and contingency allocations executed as planned.
no_incident
routine_operations
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Minor Incident
$3.2B/yr
Localized contamination/structural incident or AIC anomaly requiring targeted repairs, forensic analysis and temporary staffing surges.
localized_leak
AIC_malfunction
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Major Breach
$8.1B/yr
Significant containment event (partial power surge, hull breach or large autonomous weapon activation) requiring extended repairs, regional evacuations and large-scale remediation.
power_surge
partial_hull_breach
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Catastrophic Breach
$23.1B/yr
Full or near-full failure leading to weapon discharge or massive uncontrolled SCP-9400-H release requiring national/international evacuation and ecological remediation.
weapon_discharge
core_rift_opening
Personnel
200 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 60 | Site and exclusion-zone security; rotational shifts; accounts for majority of on-site security staffing (included in staff wages #9). |
| Research Scientist | 30 | Physics/thaumaturgy/weapon analysis and SCP-9400-H research teams (included in staff wages #9, #27). |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 30 | Hull, power, life-support and heavy engineering maintenance staff (covered by facilities_maintenance #8). |
| Technician / ROV Operator | 20 | ROV/maintenance technicians and sensor/operators for submersible and chamber operations (related to #3, #12). |
| Submersible Pilot | 10 | Piloted deep-submersible crews for transport, construction and medevac (costs in logistics_and_transport #3). |
| AIC Management Team (Specialists) | 5 | Specialists allowed access to MARLON.aic and DEEPWELL systems; high clearance/compensated (part of staff wages #9 and supercomp costs #7). |
| Medical Officer | 5 | On-site medical staffing to handle trauma, radiation/thaumic exposure and mutation monitoring (medical_services #21). |
| Administrative Staff | 10 | Logistics, scheduling, liaison and cover-story administration (part of staff wages #9 and cover_story_and_legal #18). |
| Counselors / Psychological Staff | 5 | Mandatory weekly counselling and psychological screening operations (psychological_services #11). |
| Support Staff (logistics, cooks, custodial) | 25 | Day-to-day site support, provisioning and non-technical roles (included in staff wages #9 and supplies/logistics #19). |
Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to enormous scope, extreme physical and thaumic uncertainties, wide published ranges in analyst notes, and significant model risk from secrecy premiums, potential G.O.I. involvement and unknown seabed geology.