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SCP-3371 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-3371
Expected annual
$11.2M
One-time setup
$6.5M
Annual recurring
$11.0M
Personnel
37
Initial setup is roughly $6.5M one-time, driven by software/dev, vehicles, labs, and a large contingency reserve; ongoing operations are ~ $11.02M/year, dominated by staff wages, public-relations/legal cover, and field/detention operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.5M
Emergency Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#26] Reserve fund for large-scale events, PR buys, mass operations (2,000,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.7M
[#6, #12, #17, #18] Forensic metadata lab equipment (200000) (6); amnestic production facility setup (500000) (12); one-time specialized research equipment from program setup (500000) (17); advanced research imaging/sensors (500000) (18).
Equipment $1.5M
[#1, #7, #8, #21] Webcrawler/platform development and related systems (750000) (1); camcorder testing fleet and accessories (15000) (7); 4 field vans + outfitting (680000) (8); secure data array/vault hardware (50000) (21).
Facilities $1.2M
[#10, #27] $1,000,000 detention wing retrofit (10) + $250,000 facility expansion feasibility study (27).
Initial Staff Training $50K
[#19, #20] Initial training materials and curricula for medical/legal/online ops (25k from #20 + 25k training materials from #19).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.0M/yr
Staff Wages $4.3M/yr
[#3, #9, #13, #17] Cyber-ops/content-moderation staff (12 FTE @ ~$120k = 1,440,000) (3); field response teams (16 FTE @ ~$80k = 1,400,000) (9); medical staff (4 FTE ~500,000) portion of #13 (13); research team salaries/recurring portion (1,000,000) (17). Total wages combined.
Cover Story And Legal $3.8M/yr
[#4, #5, #14, #15] Rapid takedown/legal liaison budget (500,000/year) (4); covert deletion/extra-platform removal contractors (250,000/year) (5); misinformation/PR budget (2,000,000/year) (14); legal cover/records fabrication and liaison (1,000,000/year) (15).
Detainee Care And Operations $1.0M/yr
[#11] Ongoing detainee care and facility operational costs (staffing, food, medical care, utilities, security) for an average load of 10 detainees (~1,000,000/year) (11).
Research And Monitoring $920K/yr
[#2, #16, #21, #22, #13] Hosting/bandwidth/cloud compute for 24/7 crawling and ML inference (180,000/year) (2); investigative operations and follow-up (300,000/year) (16); recurring archival storage/rotation (20,000/year from #21 split + 20,000/year from #22 = 40,000) (21,22); amnestic doses/chemistry per-dose costs (400,000/year portion of #13).
Oversight And Counterleak $400K/yr
[#28] Oversight, auditing, OPSEC audits and counter-leak/counterintelligence operations (~400,000/year) (28).
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#24] Nationwide travel and logistics: flights, hotels, per-diem for investigators and researchers (~300,000/year) (24).
Psychological Support $200K/yr
[#19] Psychological support and staff welfare programs, counseling and PTSD treatment (~200,000/year) (19).
Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr
[#23] Energy, utilities, HVAC and UPS maintenance for servers and secure facility spaces (~5,000/month = 60,000/year) (23).
Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr
[#25] Consumables and spare parts: SD cards, batteries, evidence bags, PPE, small tools (~50,000/year) (25).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.0M/yr
87.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major leaks or large-scale incidents; regular monitoring, takedowns, detainee care and research proceed as planned.
no public leak routine incident rates steady staffing
🚨 Minor Incident $12.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized spike in activity requiring extra PR buys, contractor takedowns and overtime to suppress content and perform follow-ups.
viral post cluster platform resistance to takedown
🚨 Major Breach $16.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant public leak or coordinated mass posting requiring large emergency operations, mass amnestic campaigns, and heavy legal/PR expenditure.
major public leak coordinated disclosure
🚨 Catastrophic Mass Disappearance $41.0M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline
Phenomenon escalates to mass disappearances requiring immediate large-scale construction of physical containment/quarantine and massive operational response.
mass disappearances public exposure requiring physical quarantine
👥 Personnel 37 total
Role Count Notes
Cyber-ops / Content Moderation 12 [#3] 12 FTE (6 analysts, 4 engineers, 2 managers) per note (3).
Field Response Team / Agents 16 [#9] 16 FTE nationwide agent teams (drivers, agents, technical specialists) per note (9).
Medical Officer / Nurses 4 [#13] 4 FTE medical staff referenced in amnestic administration note (13).
Research Scientist / Technicians 5 [#17] 5 researchers/technicians for long-term anomalous research program (17).
📋 Confidence Notes
Recurring and one-time line items are well-documented in analyst notes, so near-term cost estimates are reasonably grounded; uncertainty remains around incident frequency, escalation probabilities, and the scale/cost of rare catastrophic containment (hence medium confidence).
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