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SCP-5058 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-5058
Expected annual
$53.7M
One-time setup
$332.3M
Annual recurring
$41.1M
Personnel
46
One-time capital purchases (satellite procurement, contingency reserve, lab buildout) dominate upfront costs; recurring costs are driven by long-term staffing, disinformation/legal programs, and ongoing research/monitoring operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $332.3M
Satellite Procurement $205.0M
[#11] Design/build/launch of dedicated LEO interception satellite (Ptolemy EF-65 class) including bus, launcher and integration.
Contingency Reserve $105.0M
[#27] Earmarked contingency fund for large-scale containment events, emergency MTF activations and mass amnestic operations.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $12.1M
[#9, #24, #30] Purchase of core neuroscience/imaging instruments (MRI/MEG/EEG), biobank/cold-storage setup, and initial non-invasive detection R&D capital.
Facilities $3.8M
[#1] Build/retrofit specialized memetic-safe containment wings with shielding, redundant life-support, secure entrances and observation suites.
Data Processing Hardware $2.8M
[#13] One-time GPU cluster / hardware for high-volume ingestion, initial cryptanalysis and secure archival hardware purchase.
Equipment $2.6M
[#6] Capital purchase and outfitting of mobile capture platforms (vans/aircraft/boats).
Training Program Setup $1.1M
[#8] One-time setup costs for memetic-resistance recruitment, screening and training program (simulators, curricula).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $41.1M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $12.9M/yr
[#18, #19] Disinformation/public-relations campaigns, front companies, legal counsel, buy-outs, settlements and cover identity infrastructure.
Staff Wages $6.5M/yr
[#7, #15, #10, #12, #20, #28] Salaries, benefits and ongoing training for MTF/Xi-3 operators, cryptanalysis team, research staff, satellite/mission ops crew, liaison and oversight personnel.
Satellite Operations $5.0M/yr
[#12] Ground station staff, mission operations, telemetry analysts, bandwidth and mission insurance for Ptolemy EF-65 operations.
Supplies And Consumables $4.3M/yr
[#3, #16, #21, #22, #25] Annual implant production and telemetry, amnestic stockpile production/storage, field medical consumables per event, telemetry/SIM plans, and per-specimen forensic consumables.
Research And Monitoring $4.0M/yr
[#10, #30, #24] Ongoing multi-year research program costs, continued non-invasive detection R&D, and annual biobank/storage maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $2.6M/yr
[#5, #23] Per-capture MTF operational costs (deployment, vehicles, sedation) aggregated annually plus device retrieval/replacement operations and platform maintenance.
Data Processing And Storage $1.6M/yr
[#13] Ongoing cloud/GPU costs, decryption/analysis operations, long-term archival and red-team analysis of intercepted transmissions.
Sigint And Monitoring $1.6M/yr
[#14] Contracts with telecoms, RF spectrum monitoring services, civilian satellite imagery and human analysts for continuous SIGINT.
Facilities Maintenance $1.5M/yr
[#2] Site baseline operating overhead: utilities, HVAC, security staffing, janitorial and facility insurance for containment sites.
Public Health Liaison $500K/yr
[#20] Covert interagency coordination reimbursements, covert grants and liaison overhead with hospitals, coroners and local enforcement.
Training Refreshers $300K/yr
[#8] Ongoing memetic-resistance refresher training, simulator time and selection pipeline maintenance.
Amnestic And Followup $135K/yr
[#17] Amnestic administration, psychological monitoring and follow-up per detainee aggregated annually.
Biohazard Disposal $75K/yr
[#26] Annual biohazard disposal and laboratory decontamination costs per site aggregated.
Scaling Projection $0/yr
[#29] Narrative scaling projections (no fixed recurring line-item); actual costs scale with number of discovered instances.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $41.1M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with steady discovery rate and no major incidents.
steady_discovery_rate no_major_leaks
🚨 Minor Incident $44.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Localized signal leak or small containment breach requiring targeted amnestic and MTF surge.
localized_signal_leak small_mt f_activation
🚨 Major Breach $116.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$75.0M vs baseline
Widespread exposure event or large-scale signal leak affecting multiple sites, requiring mass amnestic operations and emergency response.
widespread_signal_leak multi-site_exposure
🚨 Mass Discovery $541.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline
Sudden discovery of very large numbers of instances (order-of-magnitude increase) requiring rapid scale-up of implants, surgeries and operations.
mass_discovery population_scale_detection
👥 Personnel 46 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#7, #5] Tactical capture teams (MTF-Xi-3) responsible for discovery and extraction; salaries included in staff_wages.
Cryptanalysis / Analyst 8 [#15, #13] Crypto analysts and image/language specialists for transmission decryption and analysis; salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 6 [#10, #9] Neuroscience, bioengineering and memetics researchers working on tumor/emission mechanism and non-invasive detection; salaries included in staff_wages.
Satellite Operations / Ground Crew 10 [#12, #11] Ground station and mission ops personnel for Ptolemy EF-65; salaries included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer 4 [#4, #21, #17] Surgeons and medical staff for implant surgeries, post-op care, amnestic administration and follow-up; salaries included in staff_wages.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#6, #13] Technical staff for platform/equipment maintenance and data/IT infrastructure; salaries included in staff_wages.
Administrative Staff / Site Management 4 [#2, #19, #20] Site managers, admin and liaison staff handling logistics, legal coordination and interagency relationships; salaries and reimbursements accounted for in staff_wages and recurring budgets.
Ethics / Oversight Staff 2 [#28] Internal ethical review and oversight personnel; salaries included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Costs are built from wide ranges in analyst notes and depend heavily on unknowns (discovery rate, device production volumes, incident frequency). Many per-event figures required assumptions about annual event counts; scaling to large populations is highly uncertain.
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