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SCP-2928 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-2928
Expected annual
$27.2M
One-time setup
$11.7M
Annual recurring
$26.6M
Personnel
104
One-time startup costs are approximately $11.55M driven by secure cells, memetics lab buildout, IP/legal purchases and an emergency reserve; recurring annual costs are approximately $26.59M/yr driven primarily by embedded-agent payroll, Operation KUDZU production, MTF/security wages, creator protection and a 20% contingency.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $11.7M
Emergency Response Reserve $5.0M
[#17] Seed reserve for emergency response and large-scale incidents (recommended $2M–$10M; midpoint used).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.9M
[#12, #14, #15, #19] Secure memetics research & expungement lab buildout and equipment (midpoint $2,500,000), document sanitization tooling ($150,000), psychological inoculation development ($100,000), medical testing equipment ($100,000).
Facilities $1.4M
[#1, #16] Construction/retrofitting of dedicated humanoid containment cells (5 cells assumed at ~$250,000 each = $1,250,000) plus vault upgrades ($200,000).
Kudzu Ip Acquisitions And Legal $1.0M
[#8] One-time legal fees/royalty buyouts and IP acquisitions for Operation KUDZU (moderate example purchase).
Monitoring Platform Development $500K
[#11] One-time development cost for global monitoring & analytic platform (initial buildout).
Media Seeding Shell Setup $500K
[#10] One-time setup cost to create shell outlets / PR infrastructure for media-seeding at scale.
Mtf Initial Kit And Training $250K
[#4] Initial kit/training for MTF Beta-19 (one-time specialized training and equipment).
Document Sanitization Tooling $150K
[#14] Tooling and one-time equipment for expungement/document sanitization operations (included here for auditability).
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $26.6M/yr
Staff Wages $10.6M/yr
[#3, #4, #6, #13, #14] On-site security staffing for 5 cells (6 FTEs per cell, $480k/FTE-set = $2,400,000), MTF Beta-19 salaries ($2,000,000/yr), embedded agents payroll (40 agents × $120,000 = $4,800,000), memetic research staffing ($1,150,000/yr), document sanitization staffing ($200,000/yr).
Contingency Reserve $4.4M/yr
[#21] Program-specific contingency of 20% of recurring subtotal (applied as recurring reserve).
Kudzu Production $4.0M/yr
[#7] Operation KUDZU media acquisition & production baseline (moderate posture ~$4,000,000/yr).
Creator Protection $2.0M/yr
[#9] Creator protection program for ~10 protected creators at ~$200,000/yr each = $2,000,000/yr (housing, security, stipends).
Media Seeding Operations $2.0M/yr
[#10] Ongoing costs to operate/seed content through shell outlets and ad buys (moderate scale).
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#18] Ongoing legal retainer and covert cover-up budget (midpoint).
Facilities Maintenance $600K/yr
[#2, #20] Containment cell annual operations (utilities, monitoring, maintenance — assumed ~$50k per cell; 5 cells -> $250k) plus incremental site overhead pro-rated ($350,000).
Logistics And Transport $600K/yr
[#5] Annual capture/transport operations: assumed ~12 incidents/yr × typical $50,000 per incident = $600,000/yr (moderate posture).
Monitoring Platform Ops $600K/yr
[#11] Recurring operations for global monitoring & analytic platform (cloud, licenses, analysts) — midpoint of $300k–$1,000k range used.
Psychological Inoculation Program $225K/yr
[#15] Ongoing costs to run inoculation program (periodic briefings, refresh courses, psych monitoring) — midpoint of $150k–$300k used.
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#13, #11] Non-salary memetic experiment consumables and R&D overhead (separate from memetic staffing salaries already in staff_wages).
Medical Monitoring $185K/yr
[#19] Medical monitoring, toxicology and testing operations (recurring).
Supplies And Consumables $125K/yr
[#2] Consumables for containment cells (bedding, meals, basic medical supplies) estimated at ~$25,000 per cell lower-end allocation for 5 cells = $125,000.
Secure Storage And Curation $70K/yr
[#16, #14] Recurring storage/curation costs for anomalous items and archival storage (midpoint ~$70k/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $26.6M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine containment, KUDZU production, monitoring and program maintenance.
steady low incident rate no public exposure standard media operations
🚨 Minor Incident $28.6M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized spike in SCP-2928 activity or several capture operations requiring scaled field operations, targeted legal response and short-term media escalation.
multiple confirmed sightings localized breach or public incident increased capture/transport operations
🚨 Major Breach $44.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$18.0M vs baseline
Large-scale public exposure or cultural spike requiring emergency reserve deployment, mass anti-meme campaigns, international operations and major legal responses.
widespread public exposure rapid cultural trend increasing SCP-2928 effectiveness multi-site simultaneous incidents
👥 Personnel 104 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Site Guards 30 [#3] 6 FTEs per cell × 5 housed instances = 30 security personnel to provide 24/7 coverage (salaries included in staff_wages).
MTF Operator (Beta-19) 20 [#4] Standing MTF team of ~20 operators (salaries included in staff_wages).
Embedded Agent 40 [#6] Embedded law enforcement/tabloid agents estimated at 40 placements for a moderate posture (payroll included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist 6 [#13] Senior memetics/cognitive research staff (part of memetic research staffing included in staff_wages).
Lab Technician / Research Support 4 [#13] Lab technicians and support staff for memetics lab (included in memetic research staffing).
Expungement / Archival Staff 4 [#14] Personnel for document sanitization, redaction processing and archival maintenance (staffing included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges, but many values scale with assumed counts (5 housed instances, 40 embedded agents, 10 protected creators) and midpoints were used; uncertainty in frequency of incidents and IP acquisition costs reduces confidence to medium.
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