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SCP-2034 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-2034
Expected annual
$21.4M
One-time setup
$6.9M
Annual recurring
$20.4M
Personnel
50
Estimated one-time startup costs are approximately $6.93M for secure facilities, IT, vehicles and initial lab/training; baseline recurring operations run roughly $20.39M/year driven primarily by personnel (core staff + MTF), legal/PR/disinformation operations, rights buyouts and regional monitoring. Major incidents can increase costs by millions to tens of millions in a response year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.9M
Facilities $3.5M
[#1] Secure central coordination/operations center buildout and TEMPEST/SCIF/vault modifications; structural and secure-room work estimated $2–5M (chosen midpoint).
Equipment $1.3M
[#2, #4, #33] Facility AV/comms/server-room fit-out (~$750k chosen), secure on-prem IT hardware (~$500k chosen), initial communications kit (~$80k chosen).
Transport Vehicles $800K
[#10] Evidence collection & secure transport vehicles (2–4 vehicles; ~$300k–1.2M total; midpoint chosen).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K
[#13] Forensic media analysis & camera testing rig / controlled studio / specialized cameras (~$200k–1M; midpoint chosen).
Evidence Storage Setup $225K
[#19] Secure storage vaults / climate-control cataloging system setup (~$150k–300k; midpoint chosen).
Vendor Initiation $200K
[#21] Initial outreach/agreements with vendors/manufacturers (~$50k–500k; conservative midpoint chosen).
Mtf Initial Training $175K
[#8] MTF / field training initial cohort (~$100k–250k; midpoint chosen).
Liaison Training Initial $100K
[#27] Initial training & liaison program for external mental-health professionals (~$50k–150k; midpoint chosen).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $20.4M/yr
Staff Wages $3.2M/yr
[#6] Dedicated core staff salaries (20–30 FTEs at $100–150k fully loaded; midpoint of analyst range used).
Mtf Staffing $2.7M/yr
[#7] Mobile Task Force staffing (20–30 operators at ~$90–120k each plus premiums; midpoint chosen).
Covert Payments $2.0M/yr
[#28] Covert payments / hush money reserve for high-profile payouts (~$1–10M/year; conservative reserve chosen).
Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr
[#5, #12, #14] IT/cloud hosting, SOC, backups and maintenance (~$150k–500k), surveillance/monitoring platform and licenses (~$100k–400k), and R&D staff/consumables (4–8 specialists, ~$600k–1.5M); combined estimate chosen to fund continuous monitoring and research.
Cover Story And Legal $1.5M/yr
[#23] Legal team retainers, contingency and rapid-response legal fees (~$500k–5M/year; conservative mid-range chosen).
Regional Offices $1.2M/yr
[#34] Translation/localization and regional offices in major markets (4–6 offices; ~$600k–1.8M/year; midpoint chosen).
Rights Buyouts $1.0M/yr
[#18] Purchases of out-of-print media and rights buyouts / suppression budgets (~$200k–3M/year; conservative chosen).
Disinformation Campaign $1.0M/yr
[#22] Disinformation campaign costs (fabricated studies, seeded content, influencer payments; ~$200k–1.5M/year; chosen mid-high to reflect active campaign posture).
Media Suppression Buys $1.0M/yr
[#24] Media suppression buys and licensing takedown reserve (~$500k–5M+/year; conservative operational reserve chosen).
Crisis Response Fund $1.0M/yr
[#29] Contingency/crisis response fund for accidental public exposure (~$500k–3M reserve; chosen midpoint).
Forensic Editing $500K/yr
[#20] Forensic re-editing/normalization production budget (~$250k–1M/year; midpoint chosen).
Amnestic Procurement $500K/yr
[#15] Amnestic procurement (per-administration costs aggregated into an annual operational budget; variable—conservative baseline chosen).
Medical Support $500K/yr
[#16] Medical staff and facility allocations for amnestic administration (~$300k–800k/year; midpoint chosen).
Psychological Support $500K/yr
[#17] Psychological aftercare, compensation and relocation budgets for affected civilians (~$250k–2M/year; conservative mid-range chosen).
Facilities Maintenance $400K/yr
[#3] Facility maintenance, utilities, guards, HVAC and routine maintenance (~$200k–600k; midpoint chosen).
Covert Online Ops $400K/yr
[#26] Covert online operations (OSINT operators, sockpuppets, ad buys; ~$150k–800k/year; midpoint chosen).
Insurance And Diplomatic $300K/yr
[#31] Insurance, political/diplomatic cover costs and quiet reimbursements (~$100k–1M/year; conservative chosen).
Logistics And Transport $255K/yr
[#9, #11] Field deployment costs per incident aggregated into baseline (~$5k–50k per incident scaled to annual load) plus vehicle maintenance/fuel/driver salaries (~$30k–80k/year).
Vendor Retainer $200K/yr
[#21] Ongoing vendor cooperation & manufacturer liaison retainers (~$10k–100k/vendor/year; budget for multiple vendors).
Online Takedown Services $150K/yr
[#25] Online takedown & content removal services (~$50k–300k/year; midpoint chosen).
Mtf Training Ongoing $100K/yr
[#8] Ongoing MTF/field training and certification (~$50k–150k/year; midpoint chosen).
Liaison Training Ongoing $100K/yr
[#27] Ongoing training & liaison stipends for external clinicians (~$50k–200k/year; midpoint chosen).
Annual Audit $100K/yr
[#30] Annual audit, compliance and OPSEC review (~$50k–200k/year; midpoint chosen).
Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr
[#32] Misc. consumables and evidence handling supplies (~$20k–100k; midpoint chosen).
Evidence Storage Ongoing $50K/yr
[#19] Ongoing storage & cataloging for confiscated media (~$20k–100k/year; midpoint chosen).
Communications Maintenance $30K/yr
[#33] Recurring maintenance/replacement for comms redundancy (satphones, burn phones) (~$10k–50k/year; midpoint chosen).
Rights And Takedown Summary Note $0/yr
[#35] Program scaling note: baseline recurring budget and scaling risk (informational; no direct cost assigned here).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $20.4M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing monitoring, routine incidents handled within baseline operational budgets.
routine detections small-scale suppression and amnestic administrations
🚨 Minor Incident $21.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized high-profile incident requiring extra field deployments, legal action, and limited buyouts or PR operations.
viral post featuring SCP-2034-A single celebrity affected requiring suppression
🚨 Major Breach $45.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Large-scale exposure (multiple high-profile targets or persistent leaks) requiring extensive global takedowns, major studio buyouts, wide legal action and surge MTF operations.
widespread media leak simultaneous high-profile cases
🚨 Political Exposure $25.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Incident involving a prominent political figure or requiring diplomatic cover, driving high legal, diplomatic and covert payment costs.
politician or government official affected international diplomatic involvement
👥 Personnel 50 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 8 [#6, #14] Media forensics, memetics/vision scientists and behavioral researchers (part of core R&D staff).
IT / SOC Analyst 3 [#5, #12] Continuous scraping, SOC operations and monitoring platform analysts (part of core staff).
Operations Manager / Legal / PR 4 [#6, #23, #22] Ops managers coordinating responses, legal liaison and PR lead.
Evidence Technician / Archivist 3 [#6, #19] Evidence collection, cataloging and secure media handling staff.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#3, #33] Facilities, HVAC, TEMPEST and equipment maintenance engineers.
Medical Officer 2 [#16] Medical staff allocated for amnestic administration and monitoring.
Administrative Staff 2 [#6] Administrative and support staff for coordination, scheduling and vendor management.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 25 [#7] MTF Upsilon-89 operational personnel (rotating covert field team for deployments).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling a reasonable mid-range estimate; however SCP-2034's anomalous behavior, per-incident variability (rights buyouts, hush payments, legal settlements) and potential for extreme scaling create substantial uncertainty, so confidence is medium.
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