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SCP-5167 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-5167
Expected annual
$5.5M
One-time setup
$4.6M
Annual recurring
$5.3M
Personnel
5
Initial setup is moderate-to-high one-time spend (~$4.56M) driven by amnestic R&D, containment reserves, AI/honeypot development and equipment; ongoing annual costs are substantial (~$5.27M/yr) driven by monitoring/AI maintenance, legal/PR & takedown ops, medical holding and research.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.6M
Containment Reserve One Time $2.5M
[#25] Initial contingency reserve for major escalation (recommended range $1M–$5M).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#10] Amnestic R&D / validation (one-time research and lab startup costs).
Web Crawler Development $325K
[#1] Development of dedicated web‑crawler/ML systems, initial dataset labeling and dashboard integration.
Honeypot Development $200K
[#4] One-time development of instrumented/sandboxed game servers and legal isolation work.
Equipment $155K
[#19, #24] Network interception hardware (#19) and rapid response vehicle purchase (#24).
Secure Comms Deployment $125K
[#20] One-time deployment/training and IT hardening for secure comms and leak prevention.
Training Development $60K
[#21] One-time development of containment/training protocols and materials.
Liaison Setup $30K
[#27] One-time formal liaison setup with platform developers / legal/technical agreements.
International Initial Deployment $28K
[#18] Short reconnaissance / initial international deployment expenses (e.g., rural Greece recon).
Gps Device Purchase $10K
[#17] One-time purchase of GPS/biomonitoring devices for initial stock (est. 50 devices at ~$200 each).
Facilities $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.3M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $1.4M/yr
[#5, #12, #13, #14, #23, #27] Cyber takedown ops budget (#5), legal retainer & outside counsel (#12), covert PR and cover actor payroll (#13), hush funds/compensation contingency (#14), insurance and litigation reserve (#23), and ongoing liaison costs (#27).
Research And Monitoring $1.3M/yr
[#2, #3, #4, #22, #6] Web-crawler/cloud compute and hosting (#2), Learning Computer (Meville) maintenance & retraining (#3), honeypot hosting/maintenance (#4 recurring), dedicated research program costs (psych/neuro studies) (#22), and routine log storage (#6).
Emergency Medical Reserve $750K/yr
[#15] Reserve for emergency surgeries, long-term care and major medical cases arising from violent incidents.
Containment Replenishment $500K/yr
[#25] Annual replenishment / top-up of contingency fund for escalating-year needs.
Staff Wages $425K/yr
[#9, #17] Salaries for on-site medical/psychiatric team (1 psychiatrist, 2 nurses) and monitoring staff.
Detention Holding $280K/yr
[#8] Costs to hold apprehended witnesses in secure psychological holding (estimate based on ~20 detainees/year at ~$14k average per detention).
Amnestic Per Use $200K/yr
[#10, #11] Annual stockpile usage/production and per-dose administration costs (baseline ~100 doses/yr at $2k/dose).
Facilities Maintenance $138K/yr
[#20, #24, #18] Secure-communications subscriptions and deployment upkeep (#20), vehicle maintenance/replace (#24), ongoing stakeout/lease monthly costs (#18).
Ptsd Followup $100K/yr
[#16] Outpatient therapy, meds, short-term housing assistance and reintegration monitoring for released witnesses.
Logistics And Transport $80K/yr
[#7, #18] Field apprehension team ops (domestic/international averages) (#7) and ongoing international stakeout logistics (#18).
Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr
[#26] Evidence bags, sedatives (non-amnestic), medical supplies, travel per diems, forgery/documentation materials.
Forensic Investigation Reserve $20K/yr
[#6] Budget for ad-hoc major forensic investigations and associated per-case costs.
Training Refresher $15K/yr
[#21] Annual refresher courses and protocol updates.
Gps Monitoring $5K/yr
[#17] Monthly monitoring fees for tracked individuals (device monitoring staff costs are partially in staff_wages).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.3M/yr
70.0% probability / year
Normal year with monitoring, routine detentions, R&D and operations but no major public incidents.
ongoing monitoring routine takedowns and detentions regular research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $5.5M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized public spread requiring several emergency takedowns, a handful of extra detentions and amplified PR/legal response.
single major takedown localized violent incident evidence resurfaces on major platform
🚨 Major Breach $8.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Mass exposure or high-profile media discovery leading to large-scale medical response, mass amnestic deployment, legal settlements and emergency hires.
mass exposures severe violent incidents public/political discovery
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Psychiatrist 1 [#9] Senior clinician overseeing psychiatric care and amnestic authorization.
Nurse 2 [#9] On-site nursing staff for monitoring and medical support of detainees.
Monitoring Analyst 1 [#2, #17] Analyst/engineer handling web-crawler alerts, ML outputs and GPS/biomonitoring alerts.
Administrative Staff / Case Coordinator 1 [#12, #13] Legal/administrative coordination, cover story logistics and liaison support.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to wide cost ranges in source notes, uncertain event frequencies, and unknown scale of exposures; many line items are contingent on incident rate assumptions.
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