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SCP-2590 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-2590
Expected annual
$4.5M
One-time setup
$18.3M
Annual recurring
$4.2M
Personnel
27
Upfront setup and contingency stockpiles drive high one-time costs (~$18.3M), while ongoing operations including staffing, amnestic resupply, research, and covert logistics drive recurring costs (~$4.22M/yr). Major incidents can add multi-million-dollar emergency and cleanup expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $18.3M
Contingency Reserve Fund $5.0M
[#28] General contingency / emergency reserve fund for unpredictable high-cost events (item #28).
Amnestic Reserve Stockpile $4.0M
[#12] One-time procurement for mass-response reserve stockpile (~20,000 doses) for large-radius amnestic deployments (item #12).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0M
[#20, #22] Lab upgrades and specialized instrumentation for anomalous analysis (item #20) and initial containment R&D program capital/prototypes (item #22).
Facilities $2.4M
[#7, #10, #24] Secure operations room/server hardening (item #7), amnestic R&D/manufacturing facility setup/certification (item #10), and secure locker facility (item #24) capital/structural costs.
Legal Major Incident Contingency $2.0M
[#18] Major-incident legal/settlement contingency that may be drawn during large exposures (item #18 contingency).
Compensation And Death Benefits Initial $1.5M
[#19] Budgeted one-time compensation/death benefits for recent fatalities (two-agent event midpoint estimate) (item #19).
Equipment $424K
[#3, #5, #9, #27] Vehicle procurement (6 civilian vehicles) (item #3), dashcams and handheld trackers capital (item #5), initial field PPE kits (item #9), and drone fleet capital (item #27).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.2M/yr
Staff Wages $2.7M/yr
[#1, #2, #13, #21] Field operatives roster and salaries (item #1), command & support staff salaries (item #2), rapid-response/confiscation team salaries and operational personnel (item #13), ongoing research staff wages and consumables personnel (item #21).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#18] Ongoing legal retainer and cover-story/PR costs to manage local authorities and litigation risk (item #18 retainer).
Logistics And Transport $175K/yr
[#26, #27] Public cover leases, safehouses and local cover logistics (item #26) plus drone maintenance/ops (item #27).
Medical Treatment And Trauma Care $150K/yr
[#15] Routine medical budget for agent treatment, trauma care, mental health, and disability/benefits (item #15 routine budget).
Miscellaneous And Overhead $150K/yr
[#29] Administrative overhead, procurement, audits, background checks and covert procurement overhead (item #29).
Research And Monitoring $115K/yr
[#8, #23] Data storage/bandwidth/secure backups for continuous footage (item #8) and forensic/pathology long-term monitoring registry costs (item #23).
Amnestic Stockpile And Usage $100K/yr
[#11] Annual amnestic usage and stock replenishment (approx. 500 doses/yr × $200) (item #11).
Social Media Monitoring And Forensics $100K/yr
[#14] Tools subscription and staffed monitoring/forensics for social media leak detection and takedowns (item #14).
Vehicle Maintenance And Fuel Insurance $96K/yr
[#4] Routine maintenance, fuel, registration under cover IDs, and covert servicing/insurance for 6 vehicles (item #4).
Training And Exercises $40K/yr
[#25] Annual training costs for fieldcraft, amnestic administration, hazmat drills (item #25 annual training).
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#24] Maintenance, monitoring and climate-control for secure storage/lockers (item #24).
Supplies And Consumables $25K/yr
[#6, #9] Dashcam/tracker replacement and comms maintenance (item #6) and annual replenishment of field PPE/consumables (item #9).
Hazardous Cleanup Per Incident $0/yr
[#16] Per-incident hazardous bio/forensic cleanup & large-scale decontamination estimated at ~$4,000,000 per major incident (item #16); not budgeted as guaranteed annual cost.
Emergency Response Per Incident $0/yr
[#17] Per-incident emergency evacuation, sheltering and public health response ~ $1,500,000 per major incident (item #17); episodic, not baseline.
Compensation Per Fatality $0/yr
[#19] Per-fatality settlements/death benefits estimated $500,000–$1,000,000 each (item #19); handled per-event, not baseline.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.2M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, monitoring, resupply and scheduled training.
normal_operations routine_monitoring no_major_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $4.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized exposure or limited evidence leak requiring extra amnestic administrations, targeted legal action, and additional medical treatment.
localized_exposure additional_amnestics small_scale_medical_response
🚨 Major Incident $13.2M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$9.0M vs baseline
Large ejecta or mass-exposure event requiring multi-block hazmat cleanup, mass amnestic deployment, emergency sheltering, major legal payouts and replacement staffing.
mass_ejecta large_hazmat_cleanup mass_amnestic_distribution
👥 Personnel 27 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#1] Two operatives trailing 24/7 with 4-hour rotations; roster of ~12 full-time field operatives (item #1).
Command & Support Staff 3 [#2] Situation-room commanders, dispatchers, shift coordinators and admin staff to run continuous monitoring (item #2).
Rapid-Response Team Agent 8 [#13] Rapid-response confiscation and media control teams (salaries and operational personnel included in item #13).
Research Scientist 4 [#21] Ongoing research staff, technicians and specialists supporting analysis and experiments (item #21).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many recurring and capital items are explicitly estimated in analyst notes (medium confidence). Per-incident costs and annual probabilities are highly scenario-dependent and subjective, reducing overall confidence.
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