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SCP-9902 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-9902
Expected annual
$21.3M
One-time setup
$155.3M
Annual recurring
$20.0M
Personnel
92
Large one-time capital expenses (property buyouts, site build-outs, and contingency reserves) dominate upfront costs (~$155M), while ongoing operations (security, continuous hourly-generation handling, research, logistics, medical surveillance, and hazardous-waste management) drive recurring costs (~$20M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $155.3M
Property Acquisition Buyouts $75.0M
[#2] Permanent buyouts / eminent-domain-style compensation for properties within 3.27 km to maintain quarantine indefinitely.
Insurance And Contingency Reserve $30.0M
[#22] Large contingency / catastrophic-response fund to cover breaches, litigation, mass medical claims, emergency recontainment and reparations.
Facilities $16.3M
[#3, #5, #8, #13, #17] Quarantine perimeter installation, Provisional Site-194 conversion (sealed entry, negative-pressure systems), Site-59 inert storage build-out, municipal infrastructure replacement/replication for systems moved outside the zone, and localized environmental/shading controls for critical containment sites.
Neutralization Program Initial $15.0M
[#25] Initial funding tranche for any O5-approved active neutralization/alteration program (multi-year high-cost R&D kickoff).
Equipment $6.7M
[#4, #6, #7, #9, #10, #12, #16, #18, #19] Security vehicle fleet; initial hermetic canister fleet; specialized transport trucks; initial PPE stock; remote-handling robotics suite; initial boundary monitoring deployment; mortuary handling equipment; initial cybersecurity/gateway hardware; turret securement/disarmament tech.
Town Evacuations Relocation $6.5M
[#1] Town evacuation, temporary housing, travel, short-term stipends, moving personal effects and emergency relocation logistics under cover story.
Hazardous Waste Contingency Fund $3.0M
[#21] Contingency contracting/reserve for specialized high-security hazardous disposal or incineration of contaminated material.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#11] Initial specialized instrumentation for sealed/inert-atmosphere analysis (mass-spec, gloveboxes, sealed sampling hardware) and initial research lab buildout for R&D teams.
Device Sweep And Inventory $800K
[#13] Initial systematic sweep and cataloging of microprocessor-containing devices (labor, tagging, initial hermetic placement).
Cover Story Rollout $750K
[#20] Initial PR campaign, fake incident reports, payments to local officials, and legal actions required to establish the "railway chemical spill" cover story.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $20.0M/yr
Staff Wages $9.9M/yr
[#4, #11, #14, #15] 24/7 security force salaries and benefits, research staff salaries, dedicated hourly-generation handling technicians, and on-site medical team salaries.
Insurance Replenishment $2.0M/yr
[#22] Annual replenishment and operating cost of maintaining contingency/catastrophic-response fund levels.
Supplies And Consumables $1.6M/yr
[#9, #6, #14, #15] Consumable PPE replacement and cartridges, annual canister replacement/testing, consumables/processing driven by continuous hourly-generation (venting/purge supplies, single-use liners), and medical screening consumables.
Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr
[#11, #12, #10, #25] Ongoing R&D/project budgets (neutralization research allotment), remote telemetry and sensor network ops/monitoring, robotics/software maintenance and instrumentation upkeep.
Opportunity Costs $1.5M/yr
[#23] Annual carrying cost for dedicated infrastructure and lost alternate mission capacity (staff, utilities, depreciation of dedicated facilities).
Logistics And Transport $950K/yr
[#7, #4] Per-shipment operations (crew, fuel, escorts, decon) for routine transfers to Site-59 and vehicle fuel/maintenance for security/escort fleet.
Facilities Maintenance $825K/yr
[#3, #5, #8, #17] Perimeter repair/replacement and signage, HVAC/filter consumables and testing at Provisional Site-194, inert-gas supply & monitoring and electricity for Site-59 storage, and environmental control maintenance.
Hazardous Waste Processing $500K/yr
[#21] Annual reserve/contract fees for hazardous treatment/disposal capacity and environmental remediation obligations.
Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr
[#20] Ongoing PR, legal retainer, occasional payouts to officials and suppression activities to maintain cover story.
Training And Drills $300K/yr
[#24] Regular scenario drills, O5/Directorate audits, travel for inspectors and classification oversight.
Cybersecurity Ops $300K/yr
[#18] Ongoing monitoring, staff, and logging for the controlled isolation gateway and network mediation.
Device Handling New Discoveries $100K/yr
[#13] Recurring labor and containment for newly discovered/turned-in devices inside the zone after initial sweep.
Mortuary And Corpse Handling $50K/yr
[#16] Annual readiness costs for specialized morgue procedures, temporary storage and protocols for contaminated remains.
Turret Maintenance $5K/yr
[#19] Ammunition and mechanical upkeep for autoturrets if retained.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $20.0M/yr
81.5% probability / year
Normal year: steady operations, continuous generation handled by routine teams, no major incidents.
no breaches routine hourly generation standard ops tempo
🚨 Minor Incident $21.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized containment failure or small-scale release requiring targeted cleanup, overtime, and extra hazardous-waste processing.
canister breach localized device surge small release during transport
🚨 Major Breach $40.0M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Expansion of SCP-9902-A's effective radius or significant facility breach requiring expanded containment, emergency buyout/compensation and large hazardous processing contracts.
zone expansion detected mass device conversion event large transport/container failure
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $120.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
Widespread failure or rapid expansion producing mass exposures, mass litigation/medical claims, large-scale evacuation and major neutralization/containment expenditures.
rapid multi-km zone expansion simultaneous multiple-container/transport failures political exposure forcing public evacuation
👥 Personnel 92 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 45 [#4] 24/7 armed quarantine enforcement, perimeter patrols, rapid-response; headcount derived from 35–60 FTE range used in wage estimate.
Research Scientist 9 [#11] Multi-disciplinary research team for chemical/physical/extradimensional analysis and neutralization R&D.
Technician / Lab Technician / Containment Technician 35 [#14] Dedicated technicians for 24/7 throughput operations handling hourly generation, canister transfers and routine processing.
Medical Officer 3 [#15] On-site occupational health, screening, emergency response and exposure tracking.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many costs are driven by highly variable factors (property market for buyouts, unknown rate and volume of hourly generation, long-term medical liabilities, and political/coverage decisions). The containment procedure details and analyst ranges allow a medium-confidence estimate, but major one-off events could materially alter long-run costs.
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