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SCP-3067 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-3067
Expected annual
$6.6M
One-time setup
$599.5M
Annual recurring
$5.9M
Personnel
20
Initial capital to reestablish a satellite-based SIGINT interception capability and major contingency reserves dominate one-time costs (~$600M). Recurring annual operations (staff, monitoring, suppression, security, and maintenance) are roughly $5.93M/yr, with episodic incidents potentially adding tens to hundreds of millions.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $599.5M
Worst Case Global Contingency $300.0M
[#26] Low-probability/high-impact global disruption contingency fund (temporary broadcast blackouts, military tasking, international response).
Neutralization Long Range R&D $200.0M
[#13] Long-range non-proximity neutralization R&D (kinetic/directed-energy) – large, speculative program budget.
Sigint Satellite Constellation $60.0M
[#1] Procurement and launch of a smallsat constellation (3 sats, mid-range cost estimate including payload, bus, and launches).
Countermeasures Research Program $30.0M
[#12] Multi-year R&D program (signal cancellation, directed EM countermeasures) – mid-range one-time program funding.
Facilities $3.4M
[#2, #4] Ground station and secure mission operations facility buildout ($3.0M) plus Room 12 Faraday-cage/archive upgrades ($0.4M).
Contingency Reserve For Legal Reputational $2.0M
[#22] Contingency reserve for lawsuits, settlements, reputational damage (one-time reserve, mid-range).
Information Suppression Onboarding $1.0M
[#7] Initial platform/legal onboarding and tooling to implement an active information-suppression program.
Contractor Coordination Fees $1.0M
[#11] Contractor/agency coordination and third-party contractor fees for payload integration, launch support, and classified tasking.
Equipment $500K
[#5, #20] Hardened media playback/handling equipment and secure computational/storage hardware (one-time acquisition).
Incident Cover Story Fund $500K
[#8] One-time cover-story/PR generation budget per major incident (seed money for stories/placements, buys).
Legal Retainer Per Incident $500K
[#9] Per-incident legal retainers/contingency (mid-range estimate for international injunctions/rapid legal action).
Background Checks And Clearances $200K
[#17] High-level security vetting and clearances for ~50 specialized staff (one-time processing costs).
Field Suppression Deployment Per Incident $200K
[#18] Typical single deployment cost for terrestrial broadcast leak suppression (mid-range per-incident estimate).
Offsite Storage Setup $150K
[#6] Physical storage, duplication and off-site redundancy setup (vaulting, duplication protocols).
Medical Contingency Per Incident $100K
[#16] Per-incident medical/emergency contingency funding (decontamination, medevac, specialized response).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.9M/yr
Staff Wages $2.4M/yr
[#3] Continuous mission staffing (≈20 FTEs × ~$120k fully-loaded average salary = $2.4M/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#7, #8, #9] Ongoing information-suppression operations, PR/cover monitoring, and legal maintenance/retainer (~$300k–$1.5M for suppression + $100k/yr legal maintenance + PR monitoring).
Site Security And Access Control $600K/yr
[#14] Augmented Site-40 security (additional guards, access control, CCTV, SIEM monitoring).
Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr
[#2] Ongoing operations and maintenance for ground station(s) and mission operations ($200k–$1M/yr; mid-range).
Research And Monitoring $250K/yr
[#21] Test/simulation programs and controlled playback experiments (annual program budget mid-range).
Psychological Memetic Safety Program $200K/yr
[#15] Ongoing memetic safety, counseling, inoculation training, quarantine readiness for staff.
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#19] Secure transport/courier services for physical tracks (estimated annualized cost for multiple moves).
Medical And Emergency Readiness $150K/yr
[#16] On-call medical teams, specialized equipment, readiness contracts (recurring portion).
Training And Drills $150K/yr
[#24] Regular drills, tabletop exercises, and specialized training for response and redeployment.
Compute And Storage Maintenance $150K/yr
[#20] Maintenance, hosting, and support for encrypted servers, air-gapped analysis systems, and memetic-filtering infrastructure.
Radar And Telescope Monitoring $100K/yr
[#10] Passive continuous orbital tracking and partner sensor tasking (annualized baseline monitoring).
Audit And Compliance $100K/yr
[#25] Internal audits, clearance revalidation, and secrecy-maintenance costs (annual).
Energy And Utilities $50K/yr
[#23] Increased power and utilities for ground stations, Faraday rooms, and HVAC (annual).
Offsite Storage Fees $30K/yr
[#6] Recurring off-site storage fees and audits for duplicated media.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.9M/yr
90.9% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents: ongoing monitoring, archive maintenance, suppression posture, and routine staffing.
no public breach routine monitoring regular training and audits
🚨 Minor Incident $7.5M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$1.6M vs baseline
Localized terrestrial leak or small public exposure requiring field suppression, targeted PR, and limited legal action.
rogue FM transmitter detected small social-media leak localized field suppression deployments
🚨 Major Breach $41.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$35.5M vs baseline
Significant public spread (e.g., repeated memetic sharing) requiring satellite redeployment, broad suppression, large legal/PR response, and contractor tasking.
widespread memetic propagation international media exposure multi-week active tracking and contractor tasking
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $205.9M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Large-scale global broadcast override or major psychological casualty event requiring emergency military/logistical response and invocation of major contingency budgets.
global-scale override mass casualties or mass dissemination international emergency coordination
👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
SIGINT / Satellite Operator 6 [#3] Operators responsible for satellite control, payload tasking, and telemetry (part of the 20 FTE ops staff).
RF / SIGINT Analyst 6 [#3] Analysts performing signal interception, filtering, memetic screening, and transcription.
Engineer / Systems Administrator 3 [#3] System administrators and engineers for ground station, servers, and payload support.
Supervisor / Team Lead 2 [#3] Shift supervisors and mission leads for 24/7 operations.
Administrative / Logistics 3 [#3] Admin, logistics, and chain-of-custody staff supporting operations and secure transport coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges enabling mid-range estimates for baseline operations; however, R&D outcomes, feasibility of neutralization, and low-probability catastrophic events are highly uncertain, reducing overall confidence.
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