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SCP-1374 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-1374
Expected annual
$13.0M
One-time setup
$5.3M
Annual recurring
$12.8M
Personnel
37
One-time capital expenditures for secure vaults, servers, scanners, and transport are modest (~$5.35M). The dominant recurring costs are personnel (document verification, specialist researchers, medical staff) and ongoing R&D/incident response, driving an estimated ~$12.83M per year in baseline operating costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.3M
Facilities $2.9M
[#1, #19, #18, #28] Vault-grade construction and site modifications (Site 23 archival expansion), restricted-zone/signage installation, provision for one temporary containment-cell buildout if required, and one-off major remediation/rehab capacity.
Equipment $1.2M
[#1, #3, #12, #13, #15] Air-gapped server cluster and storage, armored vehicle procurement, tamper-evident printers and PKI/HSM hardware, CCTV/tamper monitoring hardware, and secure receiving outfitting.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#4, #5, #10, #22] Document sanitization/quarantine lab fit-out (scanners, clean benches), initial NLP/forensic software development/licensing, specialist memetic-research lab fit-out, and initial procurement of cognitive-PPE.
Collaboration Platform Setup $125K
[#25] One-time setup of secure liaison/collaboration platforms and initial integration for inter-GoI cooperation and data-exchange.
Training Course Development $70K
[#7] One-time development of training/certification courses and materials for memetic/document-safety handling.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.8M/yr
Staff Wages $4.8M/yr
[#6, #10, #11] Ongoing wages/benefits for document verifiers (triple-check staff), specialist memetic research team, and medical/amnestic clinical staff.
Research And Monitoring $2.5M/yr
[#5, #13, #23, #27, #20, #30] Ongoing NLP/forensic tooling ops, HSM/key-management audits, contracted red-team/audit exercises, increased IT/energy for scanning and storage, incident-response reserves for investigations/cleanup, and amortized long-term R&D for neutralization/containment protocols.
Hiring And Clearance $2.4M/yr
[#9] Recurring recruiting, background/clearance processing, turnover/retraining costs from rotating or replacing personnel exposed >1 year.
Cover Story And Legal $1.4M/yr
[#16, #21, #24, #25, #8, #29] Legal/liaison teams for inter-GoI coordination, PR/cover-up fund, internal insurance/reserve allocation, recurring collaboration/liaison activities, administrative approval overhead, and contracted legal/ethical review services.
Supplies And Consumables $587K/yr
[#4, #11, #12, #14, #26, #22] Consumables for document sanitization, amnestic administrations (meds), maintenance for tamper-evident printing, cleaning/cleanup supplies for graffiti/handwritten manifestations, secure stationery, and PPE/monitoring consumables.
Operational Pause Reserve $500K/yr
[#17] Budget reserve for planned downtime/operational pauses (temporary relocation of staff/anomalies, transport, and containment logistics) to force migration of SCP-1374 manifestations.
Large Transfer Contingency $300K/yr
[#18] Reserve for periodic large transfers of anomalies (specialized transport teams, temporary containment cells at receiving sites) when closing/pausing an infected site.
Facilities Maintenance $230K/yr
[#2, #15, #19, #28] Vault climate control and power, CCTV storage/ops, restricted-zone access-control maintenance, and ongoing minor-to-moderate repair/rehab costs.
Training And Certification $120K/yr
[#7] Annual training delivery, recertification, and testing across infected sites.
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#3] Routine secure courier/transport costs (local transfers, armored vehicle ops, cleared drivers/handlers, packaging).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.8M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing mitigation: triple-checking, routine transfers, routine R&D, and no major incidents or multi-site escalations.
regular document transfers annual training and audits no major manifestations or structural incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $13.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Localized manifestation event requiring expanded cleanup, additional secure transfers, short-term overtime, and small-scale PR/cover actions.
localized spray-paint/notes incidents one or two emergency transfers short-term increased amnestic/medical usage
🚨 Major Breach $17.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant multi-site event (structural collapse, propagation of infohazard) requiring large-scale transfers, prolonged operational pauses, inter-GoI negotiations, and accelerated R&D/containment actions.
structural incidents causing loss of personnel or objects forced multi-site relocations high-profile exposures requiring large coverups/liaison
👥 Personnel 37 total
Role Count Notes
Document Verifier / Auditor 15 [#6] Triple-check personnel across infected sites (approx. 5 FTEs per Foundation-infected site under the assumptions in the notes).
Research Scientist 9 [#10] Specialist memetics/linguistics/computational researchers forming the core R&D team.
Medical Officer 3 [#11] Nurses/psychiatrists to administer amnestics, provide therapy, and monitor exposed staff.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#3, #18] Cleared drivers/handlers for secure transport and security escorts for transfers.
Engineer / IT 3 [#1, #13, #27] IT and facilities engineers for air-gapped servers, HSM/key-management, CCTV/storage and scanning infrastructure.
Administrative Staff 2 [#8, #29] Administrative/approval staff to manage transfer approvals, ethics/legal coordination, and records.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#8] Oversight role involved in transfer approvals and high-level coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide many line-item ranges and concrete operational drivers, so estimates can be reasonably bounded; however the memetic/structural uncertainty around propagation, frequency of large transfers, and potential for escalation leave material variance, so confidence is medium.
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