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SCP-3574 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-3574
Expected annual
$7.9M
One-time setup
$6.9M
Annual recurring
$7.5M
Personnel
43
Initial one-time setup is substantial (major facility buildouts, secure vaults, medical and forensic equipment, and a crisis reserve), totaling several million dollars; recurring annual operating costs are dominated by staffing, international investigative R&D, and long-term monitoring/containment (~$7.5M/yr). Main cost drivers are dedicated personnel (field teams, Level-4 oversight, analysts, task force) and ongoing SIGINT/R&D plus legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.9M
Crisis Reserve $3.0M
[#26] Emergency/crisis reserve fund recommended for rapid large-scale containment, mass amnestics, quarantines, and emergency operations.
Equipment $1.6M
[#1, #5, #8, #12, #14, #17, #20, #34] Secure vault hardware and air-gapped servers, armored transport vans and mobile refrigerated trailer, medical/ICU equipment fit-out, autoclave purchase, telecom/forensics hardware, postal/forensics equipment setup, mass amnestic/pharmacy stockpile setup, and record/audio archival hardware.
Facilities $1.1M
[#7, #9, #24, #22, #1] Hermetic containment cell structural work and construction (two cells minimum), BSL-2 refrigerated room construction, training facility fit-out structural elements, evidence-storage infrastructure, and safe-room structural elements for the contact-number vault.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $750K
[#13, #31] Forensic pathology / veterinary lab equipment and initial medical countermeasures R&D / lab buildout for organ-specific mitigation research.
Indemnity Fund $500K
[#33] One-time contingency pool / indemnity for settlements, property replacement, and large non-amnestic hush payments.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.5M/yr
Staff Wages $4.8M/yr
[#3, #4, #13, #14, #15, #17, #27, #28, #30, #32] Salaries, benefits, and overhead for Level-4 oversight, field agents/MTF retrieval teams, pathologists/techs, telecom/audio analysts, 24/7 call-monitoring analysts, postal monitoring staff, the long-term international investigative task force, linguistic/cultural consultants, internal auditing/evidence teams, and public-health liaisons.
Research And Monitoring $1.4M/yr
[#16, #31, #34] Advanced telecom tracing R&D and covert SIGINT liaison, ongoing medical countermeasures research, and recurring record/audio archival maintenance/storage costs.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#18] Ongoing legal/PSYOP budget, false-documentation capability, and liaison/bribery/covert media budgets to prevent public detection.
Facilities Maintenance $245K/yr
[#10, #29, #35] Refrigeration energy and maintenance (cold rooms/generator redundancy), replacement/repair reserve for damaged equipment and vandalism, and routine site maintenance/utilities/janitorial for containment areas.
Amnestic Treatments $200K/yr
[#19] Per-civilian amnestic administration, clinical monitoring and follow-up therapy budget (assumes dozens of civilians treated annually).
Witness Protection $200K/yr
[#21] Psychological care, relocation, counseling, and ongoing witness-protection program budget for victims and affected families.
Secure Vault Maintenance $125K/yr
[#1, #2] Recurring secure-backup, vault maintenance and SOC/patching/audits/encrypted backups and on-call infosec to keep contact-number data restricted to Level-4.
Supplies And Consumables $80K/yr
[#11, #23] Biosafety consumables and PPE stock (Level-2/3 suits, disinfectants, decon supplies) and recurring budget for tracking/small-surveillance device stock.
Logistics And Transport $65K/yr
[#6, #25, #35] Per-retrieval mission operational budget (fuel, per-diem, on-site consumables) and mobile refrigerated transport/vans maintenance and fuel; includes small recurring logistics line for miscellaneous transport.
Training And Drills $50K/yr
[#24] Recurring training budget for hazmat drills, containment exercises, and biocontainment refreshers.
Hazardous Disposal $30K/yr
[#12] Ongoing hazardous waste disposal contract costs (incineration / external contractor) for biohazardous materials.
Evidence Cataloging $20K/yr
[#22] Recurring evidence cataloging, archival maintenance, and chain-of-custody operations.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.5M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing containment, monitoring, and investigative operations but no major incidents.
routine monitoring scheduled retrievals ongoing R&D
🚨 Minor Incident $8.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized incident requiring multiple additional retrievals, emergency amnestics, minor forensic replacements and extra legal/cover operations.
multi-target short-term outbreak several emergency retrieval missions increased amnestic usage
🚨 Major Breach $12.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Large-scale breach / public exposure or mass-targeting event requiring crisis reserve deployment, mass amnestics, broad legal settlements, and major replacement/repair.
widespread public exposure simultaneous multi-site incidents major containment breach
👥 Personnel 43 total
Role Count Notes
Level-4 / Senior Researcher 2 [#3] Two senior containment/scientists with high clearances responsible for access decisions and oversight.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#4] Field agents and dedicated retrieval team members for 24/7 coverage, hazmat-trained and on-call rotation.
Research Scientist / Pathologist 4 [#13, #31] Forensic pathology and veterinary pathology staff and lab technicians supporting necropsy, histology, and infectious-disease testing.
Audio/Telecom Analyst 7 [#14, #15] Call monitoring, telecom forensics, signal analysis, and licensing/analysis staff for 24/7 monitoring and evidence preservation.
Long-term Investigative Task Force Agent 12 [#27] Multi-disciplinary international team (intelligence analysts, field operatives, SIGINT specialists, regional investigators).
Internal Auditor / Evidence Specialist 3 [#30, #22] Teams for internal auditing, redaction, contact-number confiscation, and chain-of-custody management.
Public-Health Liaison / Medical Officer 2 [#32, #21] Liaison staff coordinating with local hospitals, public-health contacts, and witness-protection psychological support.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#29, #25] Engineers and maintenance technicians for containment systems, refrigeration, generators, and equipment repairs.
Administrative Staff 3 [#35, #1, #18] Administrative, legal-coordination, and cover-story support staff handling logistics, documentation, and liaison tasks.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing reasonable estimates, but many values depend on uncertain case-loads, international R&D scope, and frequency of high-impact incidents; this creates moderate uncertainty.
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