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SCP-4923 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-4923
Expected annual
$52.3M
One-time setup
$79.6M
Annual recurring
$51.8M
Personnel
225
Initial setup for SCP-4923 is capital-intensive due to hardened subterranean vaults, off-site duplication and a large contingency reserve; first-year (setup + one year ops) capital outlay is roughly $79.6M one-time and recurring operations are driven primarily by specialized personnel, medical imaging/surgery and pharmaceutical programs. Ongoing annual costs center on staff wages, research, medical operations and legal/cover operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $79.6M
Facilities $29.7M
[#1, #4, #5, #28, #35] Hardened subterranean vault construction, HVAC and environmental system setup, power redundancy/UPS/generator installation, off-site duplicate site initial capital and estimated decommissioning preparation.
Contingency Reserve $27.5M
[#25] One-time contingency/reserve fund for emergency mass amnestic deployment, litigation, large-scale medical response or cross-facility support.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $12.2M
[#3, #15, #13] Surrealistics/antimemetic lab suite build-out, initial R&D funding for Agnostics/mnestic work, and archiving/pathology infrastructure for specimens.
Equipment $10.0M
[#2, #6, #9, #19, #20, #21, #22, #31, #33] Purchase of thousands of sealed "buckets" and liners, surveillance/access control/hardware, diagnostic imaging hardware (portable X-rays, CT, shielding), initial memetic-filter software, secure comms hardware, inventory/cataloguing systems, armored vehicle procurement, IT security hardware, and initial medical stockpile.
Initial Training $125K
[#18] Initial specialized selection, vetting and training costs (per-person initial training aggregated for program startup).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $51.8M/yr
Staff Wages $26.1M/yr
[#7, #8, #23] Aggregate annual wages and hazard pay for Surrealistics/containment operators, memetic specialists, laboratory technicians, logistics staff, medical on-call teams and 24/7 security force/tactical containment teams.
Research And Monitoring $5.5M/yr
[#27] Ongoing research program into denaturing techniques, conceptual maintenance, and funded experiments (staff, equipment amortization, oversight).
Pharmaceutical Production $3.4M/yr
[#15] GMP production scale-up and secure compounding costs for Agnostics/Mnestic/Gnostic compounds (recurring manufacturing and secure distribution).
Cover Story And Legal $2.8M/yr
[#24] Legal, cover-up, public information operations, shell company maintenance and liaison expenditures for concealment and incident response.
Long Term Liabilities $2.8M/yr
[#26] Recurring pensions, disability payments, compensation and replacement staffing budget to cover attrition and lifecycle liabilities.
Facilities Maintenance $2.4M/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #28, #29] HVAC/environmental maintenance and monitoring, power/fuel and generator maintenance, surveillance/tamper-detection servicing, off-site vault operations and general infrastructure lifecycle maintenance/refurbishment.
Insurance And Escrow $1.6M/yr
[#32] Insurance premiums, escrow and financial controls to cover illicit disclosure or catastrophic failure.
Surgical Excision Operations $1.2M/yr
[#12] Estimated annual cost of surgical pineal excisions (assumes a moderate cadence of operations per year at mid-range per-operation cost).
Imaging Operational $930K/yr
[#10] Daily skull imaging operational costs (technologist time, consumables, image storage) and the core radiation-safety program operating costs.
Psychological Care $800K/yr
[#17] Ongoing psychiatric/psychological care, cognitive maintenance and amnestic support for exposed personnel.
Clinical Administration Pharmacovigilance $600K/yr
[#16] Clinical administration program, adverse-event monitoring and pharmacovigilance overhead.
Training Programs $600K/yr
[#18] Recurrent training, rehearsals, selection/vetting program overhead and HR/security recurrent training.
Logistics And Transport $550K/yr
[#22] Annual secure transport operations, vehicle ops/fuel and escorted transfer costs for "buckets on request."
Public Health Liaison Ops $550K/yr
[#33] Ongoing liaison with public-health assets, coordination and stockpile rotation/maintenance operations.
Auditing And Compliance $550K/yr
[#34] Internal auditing, QA and compliance staff/program costs to ensure protocol adherence and oversight.
Secure Comms Ops $300K/yr
[#20] Ongoing secure communications operations and memetic-safe documentation system maintenance.
It Ops Maintenance $300K/yr
[#31] Ongoing air-gapped network maintenance, vetting procedures and memetic-filter ops.
Supplies And Consumables $275K/yr
[#11, #14] Dosimetry program consumables/management and biohazard sterilization/waste-processing recurring costs.
Cultural Maintenance $275K/yr
[#30] Ongoing ritual/exercise budget, indoctrination sessions and creative/therapeutic programs for conceptual maintenance.
Ppe And Memetic Software Maintenance $140K/yr
[#19] Annual PPE replacement and upkeep plus maintenance/updates for memetic-language control software/filters.
Inventory Maintenance $125K/yr
[#21] Inventory system maintenance, cryptographic cataloguing upkeep and chain-of-custody systems maintenance.
Pathology Per Specimen $35K/yr
[#13] Recurring per-specimen pathology/histology and EM costs (assumes modest specimen throughput).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $51.8M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Routine year with standard operations, expected imaging, scheduled surgeries and ongoing research without major incidents.
no major breaches standard staffing/operations
🚨 Minor Incident $56.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Localized memetic exposure or cluster requiring additional surgeries, targeted amnestic deployment and increased legal/cover operations.
localized exposure cluster small-scale public/operational leak
🚨 Major Breach $81.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or public incident requiring mass amnestic deployment, legal settlements, large hospitalization costs and major contingency drawdown.
facility breach large-scale public exposure mass litigation
👥 Personnel 225 total
Role Count Notes
Surrealistics Operator / Memetic Specialist 90 Core Surrealistics/operators responsible for conceptual maintenance and day-to-day bucket handling [#7].
Medical Staff (Neurosurgeons, Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Nurses, OR Techs) 40 On-call surgical and imaging teams required for daily imaging and excision procedures [#8, #10, #12].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 60 24/7 guard force for vault security and escorted transport; includes tactical containment elements [#23].
Tactical Containment Team 12 Rapid-response tactical specialists trained for memetic hazards and field extraction [#23].
Lab Technician / Imaging Technologist 13 Support for daily radiology, pathology prep and lab operations [#9, #10, #13].
Logistics / Transport Staff 6 Secure transport coordinators and drivers for bucket requests and intersite transfers [#22].
Administrative Staff / Site Director 4 Administrative, records, inventory and program management staff to maintain memetic-safe documentation and cover operations [#20, #21].
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide extensive line-item ranges but many items (staffing levels, surgery frequency, contingency drawdown) are uncertain; mid-range point estimates were used, so totals have moderate uncertainty.
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