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
Facilities $24.3B
[#1, #2, #4, #5, #14, #20, #21, #30] Deep-sea site construction, limited tunnel/shore integration, two coastal outpost capital, Faraday cage/chamber structure, contaminated-artifact handling facility setup, life-support initial installation, medical clinic setup, and initial decommissioning capital reserve.
Secrecy Premium $7.6B
[#31] One-time secrecy and covert operations surcharge (applied as ~30% of capital costs to cover black-budget premiums, expedited clandestine logistics and overruns).
Equipment $1.1B
[#3, #6, #7, #12, #15, #16, #23, #26] Deep-submergence docking/hangar and mother-ship hardware, power generation capital (generators, batteries), super-computation/AIC containment hardware, non-wireless/EM-safe tooling procurement, initial instrumentation, EMP generator procurement, initial data-storage hardware, and initial specialized alloy/parts stockpile.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $50.0M
[#27, #30] Initial research lab buildout and instrumentation specifically for SCP-9400-H studies and initial neutralization/decommissioning R&D infrastructure.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1B/yr
Facilities Maintenance $1.4B/yr
[#8, #4, #6, #20, #14, #15, #5, #16] Continuous hull/pressure maintenance, coastal outpost upkeep, power-system maintenance/fuel, life-support operations, contaminated-artifact facility operations, instrumentation calibration/monitoring, Faraday certification, and EMP system maintenance/testing.
Secrecy Premium $718.6M/yr
[#31] Recurring secrecy/black-ops surcharge (~30% applied to recurring operational costs for covert logistics, bribery, expedited clandestine services and likely overruns).
Contingency Reserve Allocation $500.0M/yr
[#24] Annual allocation to a contingency/black-budget reserve for catastrophic remediation, large-scale denial operations and emergency response.
Security And Maritime Enforcement $150.0M/yr
[#17] Continuous 500 m exclusion enforcement: patrol vessels, covert surveillance ships, rapid-response craft and clandestine maritime operations.
Decommissioning R And D Allocation $100.0M/yr
[#30] Ongoing R&D allocation toward long-term neutralization or decommissioning research and preparatory studies.
Research And Monitoring $79.0M/yr
[#27, #23, #22, #29, #7] Ongoing SCP-9400-H research teams and experiments, data archival/storage maintenance, regular training/drills and contingency exercises, continuous background reinvestigations/record-keeping, and AIC/supercomputing operational costs.
Staff Wages $60.0M/yr
[#9] Salaries, hazard pay and retention for permanent on-site complement (scientists, engineers, security, medics, pilots, AIC team, admin).
Evacuation Fund Allocation $50.0M/yr
[#28] Annual set-aside for evacuation, displacement, compensation and environmental cleanup contingency.
Logistics And Transport $40.0M/yr
[#3, #19] Submersible operations and docking, regular resupply (food, fuel, spare parts), medevac and transport between shoreheads and Site-537.
Cover Story And Legal $30.0M/yr
[#18, #25] Covert operations budget for misinformation/bribes/chart alteration and legal/diplomatic liaison costs with local governments.
Supplies And Consumables $23.0M/yr
[#12, #13, #26] Replacement/recertification of non-wireless equipment, replacement/disposal of contaminated/manual cutting tools, and spare specialized parts/alloys consumption.
Medical Services $4.0M/yr
[#21] On-site medical clinic running costs, emergency care, mutation monitoring, and medevac readiness (consumables and staffing portion).
D Class Management $2.0M/yr
[#10] Costs to maintain, rotate, medically screen and replace on-site D-Class personnel (housing, restraints, medical checks, logistics).
Psychological Services $2.0M/yr
[#11] Mandatory psychological screening, weekly counselling, rotation medicals and long-term care budgets for staff exposed to SCP-9400-H effects.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1B/yr
87.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine maintenance, staffing, patrols and contingency allocations executed as planned.
no_incident routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $3.2B/yr
10.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Localized contamination/structural incident or AIC anomaly requiring targeted repairs, forensic analysis and temporary staffing surges.
localized_leak AIC_malfunction
🚨 Major Breach $8.1B/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0B vs baseline
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
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $23.1B/yr
0.1% probability / year +$20.0B vs baseline
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.
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