SCP-5125 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-5125
Expected annual
$6.8M
One-time setup
$17.1M
Annual recurring
$6.6M
Personnel
77
Upfront one-time costs are dominated by facility reconfiguration, structural containment retrofits, EM/lighting hardening and a recommended contingency reserve; ongoing annual costs are driven by security staffing, research, maintenance, and redundancy (~$6.6M/yr baseline).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $17.1M
Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#19] Recommended major contingency/reserve fund for large-scale breach remediation, site rebuilds, relocations, and settlements.
Facilities $3.8M
[#1, #2, #13] Structural floorplan reconfiguration, containment-cell retrofit, and medical/morgue infrastructure (demolition, reinforcement, HVAC reroute, necropsy suite and associated site work).
Equipment $2.5M
[#3, #4, #7, #8, #9, #10, #14, #16, #22, #23, #24, #29] Door hardware & keep-open systems, occupancy & door-state sensors, redundant power hardware (UPS/generators), EMI-hardening lighting/fixtures, EM-monitoring/suppression hardware, interference-hardened surveillance, transport vehicles/pods, emergency breach equipment, forensic storage setup, PPE stockpile, communications redundancy, and initial fixtures/signage.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K
[#15] Laboratory setup and research instrumentation for physiological, EM-interaction, and memetic studies (spectrometers, high-speed imaging, lab bench, initial consumables incorporated in one-time stock).
Cover Story Initial $300K
[#18] Initial cover-story/legal/public-affairs setup and first-year concealment expenses bundled as initial one-time setup.
Personnel Vetting Initial $100K
[#12] Initial bulk vetting for access-controlled staff (approx. 200 staff @ ~$500 each).
Policy And Training Development $50K
[#11] Initial development of Protocol-5125-Theta, training material production, and first-run drill design.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.6M/yr
Staff Wages $4.0M/yr
[#5, #6, #15, #16, #25, #27] Salaries and benefits for SOC operators/supervisors/technicians, on-site security guards, research staff portion, emergency response staffing portion, administrative staff, and core long-term study personnel.
Facilities Maintenance $656K/yr
[#3, #7, #8, #20, #21] Maintenance and spare-parts (door hardware maintenance), generator/UPS fuel & maintenance, EMI lighting battery replacements, increased HVAC wear, and site maintenance contracts.
Research And Monitoring $610K/yr
[#4, #9, #10, #15, #22, #27] Sensor/network monitoring & software updates, EM-monitoring calibration & interpretation staffing, surveillance storage & monitoring, research consumables and experiments (non-salary portion), forensic/evidence storage recurring costs, and computational/modeling resources for long-term behavioral study.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#18] Ongoing cover operations, legal counsel, media management, and liaison costs.
Incident Cleanup Fund $300K/yr
[#26] Annual reserve for small-scale incident cleanup, repairs, and local property restitution (major breaches use contingency reserve).
Psychological Support $250K/yr
[#17] Counseling, long-term psychological care, death benefits, and higher insurance premiums for personnel casualties and EAP contracts.
Supplies And Consumables $130K/yr
[#13, #23, #29] Medical waste disposal & consumables, PPE replacement, and miscellaneous fixture/signage replacements.
Emergency Readiness And Equipment $120K/yr
[#16] Recurring readiness costs for emergency breach equipment upkeep, portable actuators, medkits, and readiness inventories.
Training And Drills $80K/yr
[#11] Annual drills, re-certification, and recurring training program execution for Protocol-5125-Theta.
Red Team And Audits $75K/yr
[#28] Annual red-team testing, third-party audits, and adversarial testing contracts.
Personnel Vetting Ongoing $40K/yr
[#12] Ongoing background checks, memetic screening, and re-vetting for staff turnover.
Logistics And Transport $35K/yr
[#14] Operating costs for containment transport vehicles and shielded pods (fuel, drivers, maintenance).
Communications Maintenance $20K/yr
[#24] Maintenance for shielded, hardwired voice/data lines and isolated intercom systems.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.6M/yr
84.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major breaches; ongoing containment, monitoring, staffing, and routine maintenance only.
no breach events regular maintenance and training
🚨 Minor Incident $7.1M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Small containment incident (localized deflation event or equipment failure) requiring repairs, medical care, and limited investigations.
localized deflation short-term power/EM outage minor equipment failure
🚨 Major Breach $9.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant breach requiring site-level remediation, partial rebuilds, larger relocations, extended investigations, and use of emergency funds.
multi-room simultaneous deflation extended power/EM disruption failure of door-keep-open systems
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $21.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Site-scale catastrophic failure requiring full rebuild/relocation, large settlements, and major contingency reserve expenditure.
simultaneous systemic failures public exposure loss of containment across multiple zones
👥 Personnel 77 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 40 [#6] Static guard teams for 24/7 perimeter and containment watch (30–50 estimated; midpoint used).
Security Operations Center Operator / SOC Staff 15 [#5] 3-shift SOC operators plus supervisors and technicians (9–12 operators + supervisors/techs; aggregated).
Research Scientist 4 [#15] Senior research staff studying physiology, EM interactions, and memetics.
Research Technician 3 [#15] Laboratory technicians supporting experiments and sample handling.
Emergency Response Team Member / MTF Rapid Response 6 [#16] Dedicated rapid-response cadre for Protocol-5125-Theta activation and breach response.
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#7, #8, #9, #21] Technicians for generators/UPS, EMI-hardening, sensors, and surveillance upkeep; included in maintenance/staffing budgets.
Administrative Staff 3 [#25] Document control, access list management, and incident reporting administration.
Medical Officer 2 [#13] Personnel for necropsy suite, on-site trauma care, and biological handling protocols.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and credible ranges for most costs, but several items have wide ranges (construction, EMI-hardening, contingency size) and assumptions about staffing splits and equipment scope introduce uncertainty.
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