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SCP-2079 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-2079
Expected annual
$31.2M
One-time setup
$41.8M
Annual recurring
$30.3M
Personnel
77
One-time establishment and contingency reserves dominate costs (~$42M one-time), while ongoing staffing, regional monitoring nodes, MTF salaries, legal/diplomatic retainers and PR drive recurring costs (~$30M/year). Major incidents can add millions to any given year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $41.8M
Escalation Contingency Reserve $27.5M
[#22] Cold-start contingency reserve for large-scale/multi-jurisdiction escalations (one-time hold).
Facilities $5.0M
[#1] Hardened Secure Monitoring & Analysis Facility build-out (SCIF-level, EM-shielding, vaults, war room).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0M
[#15] BSL-3/4-capable research laboratory and containment suites, gloveboxes and specialized lab build-out.
Mtf Strike Kit And Vehicles $2.0M
[#9] MTF Pi-4 strike-kit and tactical equipment (armored/command vehicles, EMI dampening gear, specialized restraints) one-time procurement.
Regional Node Setup $1.2M
[#4] Setup costs for 10 global monitoring nodes / regional liaison offices (local setup, secure comms).
Anti Hypnosis R And D Initial $1.1M
[#24] Initial R&D procurement for anti-hypnosis countermeasures and experimental equipment.
Equipment $650K
[#3] Central IT infrastructure, servers, OSINT tooling, secure backups deployment (one-time).
Vehicle Fleet Acquisition $600K
[#28] Vehicle fleet acquisition for agents, liaisons, and researchers (cars, vans, charter agreements) one-time purchase.
Select Committee Setup $325K
[#18] Select Committee for Prudence initial establishment costs.
Forensic Storage Setup $175K
[#17] Forensic & sample storage (cryostorage / biobank) initial setup.
Legal Templates Toolkits $150K
[#14] Legal-drafting templates & rapid ratification toolkits one-time development.
Archive Cataloging Setup $88K
[#26] Archive management & Document 2079-1 initial cataloging and secure duplication.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $30.3M/yr
Staff Wages $10.5M/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #8, #18] Salaries and hazard pay for legal scholars, Old English linguists, analysts/data scientists, MTF Pi-4 operatives, and Select Committee staff.
Covert Influence And Legal Action Fund $3.0M/yr
[#12] Annual contingency and active budgets for covert influence, rapid legislative work, and third-party counsel.
Regional Node Operations $2.8M/yr
[#4] Operating costs for 10 regional monitoring nodes (staffing, rent, local liaison operations).
Local Compensation And Hush Funds $2.8M/yr
[#27] Annual fund for compensating civilians, local employees, and small organizations to secure cooperation and silence.
International Legal And Diplomatic $1.8M/yr
[#21] Retainers and operating costs for international legal teams and diplomatic fixers across jurisdictions.
Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr
[#15, #30, #17, #23, #26, #24] Lab operating costs, long-term monitoring/archival modeling, forensic storage maintenance, external research grants, archive maintenance, and ongoing anti-hypnosis follow-up R&D.
Intelligence And Human Sources $1.3M/yr
[#20] Recruiting, payments, safehouses, and support for covert human sources (dozen key sources averaged).
Legal Ratification Operations $1.3M/yr
[#29] Averaged annual cost for engineered legislative operations (assumes ~0.5 high-complexity episodes/year at mid-range per-episode cost).
Media Control And Pr $1.2M/yr
[#13] Standing PR/cover capabilities for media suppression, cover stories, and paid-for narratives.
Medical And Psychological Care $600K/yr
[#16] Ongoing medical and long-term psychological care budget for personnel and affected civilians (standing annual allocation).
Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr
[#25] Internal legal/ethical counsel, compliance, defense counsel, indemnities, and legal risk management to insulate the Foundation.
Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr
[#2] Utilities, secure communications, on-site maintenance and physical security upgrades for the monitoring facility.
Incident Response Deployments $450K/yr
[#10] Expected per-year budget for field deployment logistics (airlift, billeting, local subcontractors) based on ~2 average deployments/year at mid-range cost.
Training And Exercises $450K/yr
[#19] Regular interdepartmental exercises and tabletop simulations (2–4/year averaged).
Mtf Equipment Maintenance $350K/yr
[#9] Maintenance, replacement, and upkeep for MTF strike-kit and vehicles.
It Hosting And Licensing $325K/yr
[#3] Hosting, feeds, licensing and recurring maintenance for central IT and legal-database subscriptions.
Cordon And Local Security $325K/yr
[#11] Hiring/contracting local police and security contractors, barriers, and compensating jurisdictions (averaged annual expectation).
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#28] Fleet upkeep, fuel, maintenance, insurance for vehicles used by agents, liaisons, and researchers.
Legal Toolkit Incident Costs $110K/yr
[#14] Per-incident tailoring and execution costs for legal toolkits (assumed ~2 incidents/year at mid-range per-incident cost).
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Contingency Replenishment $0/yr
[#22] Contingency reserve is treated as a one-time cold-start holding; replenishment is ad-hoc as spent.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $30.3M/yr
65.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing monitoring, staffing, regional operations, expected incident-rate averaged into annual budgets.
regular_monitoring scheduled_training expected_small_incidents_handled
🚨 Minor Incident $31.3M/yr
30.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
One medium domestic manifestation requiring MTF deployment, localized cordon, PR/compensation, and legal action.
localized_manifestation moderate_legal_resistance domestic_MTF_deployment
🚨 Major Multijurisdictional Escalation $42.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Multiple simultaneous manifestations or one complex international event requiring engineered legislation, extended diplomatic campaigns, and drawing on contingency reserves.
multi_jurisdiction_manifestations engineered_ratification_campaign extended_international_diplomacy
👥 Personnel 77 total
Role Count Notes
Legal Scholar / Research Analyst 16 [#5] Senior legal scholars and comparative-law analysts (midpoint of 12–20).
Old English Linguist / Philologist 4 [#6] Specialists to translate/validate SCP-2079-A instances (midpoint of 3–6).
Data Scientist / Analyst 8 [#7] Analysts and data science staff for anomaly detection and statistical modeling (midpoint of 6–10).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 40 [#8] Mobile Task Force Pi-4 operatives (40 operatives as specified).
Select Committee / Oversight Staff 9 [#18] Select Committee for Prudence staff (midpoint of 6–12).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on midpoints of ranges provided in analyst notes; many line items (incident frequency, per-incident cost, and contingency usage) require judgmental assumptions, producing moderate confidence.
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