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SCP-4068 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-4068
Expected annual
$45.2M
One-time setup
$235.8M
Annual recurring
$43.4M
Personnel
20
Initial capital costs are dominated by a large containment facility, research/lab buildout and an economic stabilization fund (~$236M one-time). Annual operating costs are sizeable (~$43M/yr) driven by research, long-term monitoring, program overhead and monitoring operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $235.8M
Facilities $125.0M
[#26] One-time build/renovation for large containment facility capable of housing thousands (midpoint of $50–200M).
Economic Stabilization Fund $50.0M
[#28] One-time contingency fund to prop markets/bailouts (conservative reserved fund; midpoint of $10–200M range).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $40.0M
[#19, #8] Research center and amnestic production lab buildout (combined midpoint of $10–60M and $2–8M ranges).
Amnestic Initial Stockpile $11.0M
[#8] Initial stockpile purchase (10k doses midpoint ~$2–20M range) treated as one-time inventory purchase.
Equipment $8.0M
[#1, #4] Monitoring infrastructure hardware (servers/storage/transcription) and RCT capital (vehicles, mobile kits) estimated at mid-range of provided ranges.
Program Initial Overhead $1.2M
[#30] Initial program overhead, clearance processing and startup audits (midpoint of $500k–2M).
Training Initial Setup $300K
[#25] Initial memetic-safety training/materials setup (midpoint of $100–500k).
Storage Setup $275K
[#21] Secure vault/storage setup for confiscated artifacts (midpoint of $50–500k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $43.4M/yr
Facilities Maintenance $10.6M/yr
[#26, #4, #21] Operations for large containment site and RCT maintenance + storage disposal (large facility ops midpoint $10M/yr; RCT maintenance $300–700k/yr; storage/disposal ~$20–200k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $10.0M/yr
[#19] Ongoing memetics/neuroscience research program operations (midpoint of $5–20M/yr).
Long Term Monitoring $6.0M/yr
[#18] Periodic checkups/remote monitoring/watchlists (midpoint of $2–10M/yr for large-scale tracking).
Psych Rehab $5.0M/yr
[#20] Psychological rehabilitation and counseling services (mid-range of $1–10M/yr).
Program Management Oversight $3.0M/yr
[#30] Program leadership, audits and contingency reserves (~midpoint of $1–5M/yr).
Data Acquisition Access Ops $2.8M/yr
[#2] Legal/backdoor access, contracts with providers and covert access tooling (midpoint of $500k–5M/yr).
Staff Wages $2.4M/yr
[#3] 20 analysts (linguists/memetics specialists/security analysts) @ loaded $120k/yr = $2.4M (midpoint ~10–30 analysts).
Monitoring Infrastructure Operation $2.0M/yr
[#1] Operating, updating, and hosting monitoring systems, NLP/transcription models and on-call engineers (midpoint of $1–3M/yr).
Rct Maintenance $500K/yr
[#4] Maintenance, replacements and upkeep for regional RCTs (~$300–700k/yr).
Government Liaison $500K/yr
[#16] Ongoing liaison/influence baseline (~midpoint of $100k–2M/yr); per-incident payouts handled separately.
Cover Story And Legal $350K/yr
[#23] Ongoing PR/public narrative monitoring and baseline media work (~$200–500k/yr).
Training Program $150K/yr
[#25] Ongoing memetic-safety training and simulations (~midpoint of $50–300k/yr).
Storage And Disposal $110K/yr
[#21] Ongoing secure storage and hazardous disposal costs (~midpoint of $20–200k/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Quarantine Operations Per Incident $0/yr
[#5] Per-incident quarantine logistics (site lockdown): $200k–50M per incident depending on company size; costed in incident scenarios.
Security Staffing Per Incident $0/yr
[#6] Contracted guards/Foundation security overtime for multi-week incidents: $500k–5M per incident; modeled per incident in scenarios.
Medical Response Per Incident $0/yr
[#7] On-site medical teams and mobile clinics per sizable incident ($150k–1M per incident); modeled per incident in scenarios.
Amnestic Stockpile Maintenance $0/yr
[#8] Ongoing replenishment/resupply of amnestic inventory treated as per-incident/stockpile refresh; not included in baseline recurring here.
Amnestic Administration Per Incident $0/yr
[#9] Per-person administration costs (~$500–2,500/patient) applied in incident scenarios.
Termination Operations Per Incident $0/yr
[#10] Costs to terminate/remove SCP-4068-1-B instances ($2k–50k each); handled in incident scenarios.
Digital Forensic Expungement Per Incident $0/yr
[#11] Forensic expungement per affected corporation ($200k–5M); handled per incident.
Physical Removals Per Incident $0/yr
[#12] Physical sweeps and destruction per site ($5k–200k); handled per incident.
Audio Remediation Per Incident $0/yr
[#13] Audio/multimedia remediation per company ($10k–500k); handled per incident.
Deep Physical Cleansing Per Incident $0/yr
[#14] Physical cleansing/incineration/replacement per company ($50k–10M); handled per incident.
Hr Legal Cover Per Incident $0/yr
[#15] HR/legal cover operation costs per incident ($100k–3M); applied in incident scenarios.
Gov Liaison Per Incident $0/yr
[#16] Per-incident liaison/influence costs (~$50k–1M) applied in incident scenarios.
Severance Compensation Per Incident $0/yr
[#17] Severance/placement costs per event (small event $1–5M; large $10–50M); modeled in scenarios.
Litigation Defense Per Incident $0/yr
[#22] Litigation defense and settlement funds per major incident ($1–20M); applied in scenarios.
Cloud Remediation Per Incident $0/yr
[#24] Cloud rollback/remediation per major provider/company ($50k–2M); handled in incident scenarios.
Mass Mortality Mitigation Per Incident $0/yr
[#27] Surge medical/morgue capacity per major casualty event ($0.5–5M per incident); modeled in scenarios.
It Replacement Per Incident $0/yr
[#29] Replacement IT and business continuity per affected company ($100k–10M); applied per incident.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $43.4M/yr
86.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major containment incidents.
no major corporate outbreaks regular monitoring and research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $45.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Single small-to-mid company outbreak detected and contained with minimal escalation.
small company quarantine localized forensic expungement limited amnestic administration
🚨 Major Incident $63.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Mid-to-large Fortune 500 company becomes SCP-4068-2 requiring company-wide quarantine and heavy remediation.
large enterprise-wide outbreak extensive forensic expungement mass amnestic administration and severance
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $243.4M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Multiple large corporations or a multinational become SCP-4068-2 (systemic event) requiring emergency containment, market interventions and long-term relocation.
widespread multi-company outbreak mass casualties or whole-company isolation economic market impacts
👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
Linguist / Memetics Analyst 20 [#3] 24/7 analyst team for flagged communications; counts chosen to match staff_wages ($2.4M = 20 @ $120k loaded).
📋 Confidence Notes
Costs are estimated from provided ranges and assumed midpoints; many items are per-incident and highly variable depending on outbreak scale and frequency, so precision is limited though the major cost drivers are clear.
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