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SCP-4134 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-4134
Expected annual
$16.7M
One-time setup
$26.1M
Annual recurring
$16.3M
Personnel
58
Initial capital and facility work are the largest one-time expenses (warehouse purchase, structural hardening, robotics and labs); recurring costs are driven by staff wages, legal/cover payments, medical/responder costs, and research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $26.1M
Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#25] Recommended reserve allocation for escalation/mass-activation events.
Facilities $6.8M
[#1, #2] Warehouse purchase/title obfuscation and covert structural upgrades/blast hardening (purchase chosen; includes permits/engineering under cover).
Equipment $3.7M
[#3, #4, #5, #6, #11, #12, #13, #29] Containment cells, initial remote manipulators, transport fleet purchase, medical suite equipment, PPE purchase (initial), surveillance/install and integration, field detection kits (initial), IT/hardware install.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.9M
[#22, #23] Research lab buildout and initial prosthetic/biomedical research instrumentation and setup.
Replacement Recruitment Batch $2.0M
[#19] One-time replacement/recruitment batch cost for replacing dozens of lost personnel after major incident wave.
Amnestic Production Facility $500K
[#16] Initial facility/equipment to manufacture/administer amnestic agents at scale (one-time setup).
Training Program Development $275K
[#10] Initial development of Mimesweeper training/certification program (Procedure 4134-Harpo).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $16.3M/yr
Staff Wages $5.7M/yr
[#9, #6, #22, #12] Security staffing (MTF/guards), onsite medical staffing (EM doctors, surgeons, nurses, techs), research staff salaries (anomalous specialists), monitoring staff for surveillance.
Cover Story And Legal $3.3M/yr
[#17, #18, #24, #15] Legal/diplomatic cover payments, civilian casualty compensation/payouts, misinformation/media control campaigns, mortuary/identity suppression costs.
Research And Monitoring $2.3M/yr
[#12, #22, #23] Ongoing research program operations (experiments, lab consumables), cloud processing for CCTV analytics and monitoring, prosthetic follow-up research operational costs.
Prosthetic And Long Term Care $1.2M/yr
[#8] Prosthetics, reconstructive surgery and long-term care reserve for survivors.
Amnestic Administration $500K/yr
[#16] Annual manufacture/deployment/admin budget for amnestic agents and follow-up medical checks.
Property Repair Fund $500K/yr
[#28] Annual fund for repair and replacement of public/private property after detonations.
Equipment Maintenance $400K/yr
[#4, #11, #20] Maintenance, calibration and spare parts for robotics, bomb suits/PPE repair, and general equipment upkeep (5–15% of capital equipment value).
Logistics And Transport $375K/yr
[#5, #26] Fuel/maintenance for transport fleet, international coordination travel, liaison office costs.
Supplies And Consumables $305K/yr
[#7, #13, #11] Medical consumables and blood products, field kit consumables/replacements, PPE wear-and-tear replacements.
Real Estate Lease $275K/yr
[#1] Lease alternative for covert warehouse (included as recurring option if purchase is not used).
Replacement And Recruitment Reserve $250K/yr
[#19] Ongoing budget for recruiting/training replacements for lost staff (annualized reserve).
Forensic Cleanup $225K/yr
[#14] Forensic, biohazard cleanup, hazmat disposal after detonations.
Post Detonation Equipment Replacement $200K/yr
[#30] Replacement/disposal budget for equipment destroyed in detonations.
Training And Certification $200K/yr
[#10] Annual recertification and refresher training budget for Mimesweepers and medical/crisis drills.
Facilities Maintenance $180K/yr
[#21] Energy, utilities, HVAC, backup generator fuel and building environmental control.
It Maintenance $150K/yr
[#29] Secure servers, encrypted comms maintenance, cyber-security and records management upkeep.
Psychological Care $150K/yr
[#27] Ongoing counseling, PTSD treatment and staff resilience programs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $16.3M/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal year with steady operations, no major public mass-activation or large-scale incidents.
routine containment operations regular research and monitoring minor public incidents only
🚨 Minor Incident $17.5M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Single localized public activation or accidental detonation requiring emergency medical surge, cleanup, limited payouts and short-term PR response.
isolated public activation small number of civilian/MTF injuries localized property damage
🚨 Major Breach $21.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$4.8M vs baseline
Larger containment failure or multiple simultaneous activations in public leading to substantial casualties, large legal payouts and equipment/staff replacement needs.
multiple simultaneous activations major public casualties large-scale property damage
🚨 Mass Activation $41.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$24.8M vs baseline
Catastrophic mass-activation event requiring major drawdown of contingency reserves, international coordination, and emergency scale-up.
city-wide or multi-site simultaneous activations mass-casualty response major diplomatic exposure
👥 Personnel 58 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 [#9] 24/7 site security, perimeter guards, internal watch teams, supervisors and vetted local liaisons (20–40 personnel range; mid used).
Medical Officer 13 [#6] Emergency/trauma doctors, surgeons, nurses and techs for 24/7 coverage (staffing budgeted as recurring medical wages).
Research Scientist 10 [#22, #23] Anomalous behavior specialists, neurologists, memetics researchers and biomedical researchers (salaries portion of research budget).
Administrative Staff 5 [#17, #26] Site administrative, legal liaison, cover-story/media coordination and travel/liaison management.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items have wide ranges and depend on uncertain incident frequency, local collaborator reliability and political risk; numerical midpoints were used where ranges existed, producing moderate confidence in order-of-magnitude estimates but significant scenario variability remains.
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