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SCP-4918 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-4918
Expected annual
$24.6M
One-time setup
$28.9M
Annual recurring
$23.6M
Personnel
54
One-time setup of secure regional hubs, containment retrofit, equipment acquisition, and cover infrastructure totals ~28.9M USD; recurring annual operations (staffing, monitoring, research, legal/cover budgets and logistics) run ~23.65M/year, driven primarily by field agent wages, long-term research to counter omniscience, and political/legal contingency budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $28.9M
Facilities $11.0M
[#1, #18] Secure regional hub construction/setup (UK/Ireland/Finland/Brussels liaison) and specialized secure containment/medical facility retrofit/wing.
Equipment $7.1M
[#6, #7, #21, #13, #20, #8, #5, #4] Drone fleet acquisition, patrol boats, transportation fleet, secure data hardware, rapid-response asset/contract buy-in, non-lethal procurement, satellite analysis tools, intelligence hardware/software.
Insurance Liability Reserve $3.5M
[#22] Liquid reserved fund for lawsuits, diplomatic fallout and catastrophic containment failure scenarios.
Legal Incident Contingency One Time $2.0M
[#17] One-time contingency fund for large-incident litigation, PR, or diplomatic payouts.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.9M
[#12, #19, #10] Research lab buildout and instrumentation for counter-omniscience research, forensics equipment and probability-detection sensor deployment/analytics tools.
Embedded Agent Cover Creation $1.5M
[#3] One-time costs to create deep-cover identities, diplomatic liaison, and placement costs for embedded agents in European Parliament security detail.
Covert Identity Creation $1.0M
[#15] One-time creation costs for shell companies, NGOs, fake academic positions and related legal/forgery work for 10 active covers.
Interdiction Team Setups $675K
[#9] One-time armored vehicle and anti-blade protective gear costs for three close-quarters interdiction teams.
Decommissioning Cleanup Fund $300K
[#26] Per-major-operation set-aside for secure disposal, decontamination and evidence archiving.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $23.6M/yr
Research And Monitoring $8.5M/yr
[#4, #10, #11, #12, #29, #5] Intelligence fusion center staffing/subscriptions, probability-manipulation detection analytics, epidemiological partnerships, counter-omniscience research program, multi-year scientific containment fund (annualized), and satellite imagery subscriptions.
Staff Wages $5.4M/yr
[#2, #3] Field agent salaries and embedded-agent upkeep/allowances (50 field agents; 4 embedded agents).
Facilities Maintenance $2.5M/yr
[#1, #24] Rent, utilities, and maintenance for regional hubs and site energy/utilities for remote sensors and facilities.
Cover Story And Legal $2.5M/yr
[#15, #16, #17, #27, #28] Cover organization maintenance, political/diplomatic contingency spending, recurring legal & PR costs, disinformation/media monitoring, and local permits/liaison fees.
Logistics And Transport $2.4M/yr
[#6, #7, #20, #21, #9] Drone operations & maintenance, maritime patrol crews/fuel/maintenance, rapid-response standby contracts, transportation fleet upkeep, and interdiction team readiness.
Insurance Replenishment $500K/yr
[#22] Annual replenishment/reserve contributions for insurance/liability contingencies.
Containment Facility Operations $500K/yr
[#18] Staffing and operations for a specialized containment/medical wing if subjects are captured (isolation, psychiatric, medical ops).
Informant Network $350K/yr
[#14] Payments to informants, spotters, contingency relocation payments and local human intelligence budget.
Safehouse Relocation $350K/yr
[#25] Annual costs for witness relocation, new identities and long-term housing for relocated assets.
Supplies And Consumables $325K/yr
[#8, #19] Consumables: non-lethal munitions replacements, forensics consumables and requalification consumables.
Cybersecurity Operations $300K/yr
[#13] Hosting, certificates, secure comms operations, encrypted servers and security operations center costs.
Training And Drills $175K/yr
[#23] Annual specialist training (anti-sword tactics, language, cultural, and scenario drills).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $23.6M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, no major incidents or public exposure.
routine_surveillance ongoing_research no_major_incident
🚨 Minor Incident $25.1M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Localized containment operation or targeted raid requiring emergency logistics, small legal payouts and equipment replacement.
target_sighting small_scale_capture_operation localized_leak
🚨 Political Exposure $33.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Public exposure involving SCP-4918-4 (MEP) leads to international investigation, heavy legal/diplomatic costs and increased operational tempo.
public_breach parliamentary_scandal international_investigation
🚨 Major Breach $73.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Large-scale containment failure or public, cross-border incident requiring worldwide emergency response, mass relocations, and long-term litigation.
widespread_breach mass_exposure international_litigation
👥 Personnel 54 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 50 [#2] Field operatives distributed across UK/Ireland, Finland and EU (50 agents at ~$90k/yr fully burdened).
Embedded Agent / Deep Cover 4 [#3] Long-term embedded agents in European Parliament security detail; upkeep/allowances included in recurring costs.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude based on analyst notes and wide ranges for many line items (political/diplomatic costs, research uncertainty, and incident-driven contingency funds). The SCP's anomalous properties and political exposure introduce uncertainty, but the analyst provided sufficient detail to produce a medium-confidence estimate.
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