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SCP-5296 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-5296
Expected annual
$14.2M
One-time setup
$62.9M
Annual recurring
$14.0M
Personnel
55
Initial capital and setup are large (~$62.85M) driven primarily by procurement of four Scranton Reality Anchors and related site integration; ongoing annual operations are substantial (~$14.0M/yr) dominated by SRA maintenance and specialized staff wages.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $62.9M
Equipment $40.9M
[#1, #5, #11] Purchase of 4 SRAs ($40,000,000), redundant power hardware (generators/UPS) ($400,000), and specialized MTF equipment ($500,000).
Replacement Reserve $10.0M
[#21] Recommended one-time reserve fund for long-term SRA replacement/major upgrades (25% of purchase price set-aside).
Facilities $9.0M
[#2, #6, #17] SRA installation/structural integration ($5,000,000 midpoint), reinforced hermetic containment chamber and environmental systems ($2,000,000), and containment wing/site isolation upgrades ($2,000,000).
Decommissioning $2.0M
[#24] Emergency teardown/decommissioning budget for controlled removal, transport, demolition and secure destruction/archival.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $700K
[#7, #8] Multi-spectrum sensor array and tamper-proof recording racks ($500,000) and initial secure on-premises data cluster ($200,000).
Cognitohazard Training Development $100K
[#14] One-time development of specialized cognitohazard/antimemetic training courses and simulation environments.
Cover Story Setup $100K
[#16] One-time setup costs for front-company/fake-entity records and initial legal/cover-story establishment.
Archival Cold Storage $50K
[#20] One-time secure/off-site cold-storage vault provisioning for classified logs and records.
Analyst Summary Note $0
[#25] Analyst aggregate/planning note: initial one-time capital/setup ~ $50M–$60M (here calculated ~$62.85M) to reflect SRAs + infrastructure.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $14.0M/yr
Staff Wages $6.8M/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #15, #23] Salaries and benefits for perceivers (~$2,200,000/yr), security guards (~$624,000/yr), allocated MTF specialists ($1,800,000/yr), onsite SRA/containment engineers (~$560,000/yr), research-team salaries (~$900,000/yr), clinicians' salaries (~$450,000/yr), and program/administration overhead (~$300,000/yr).
Sra Maintenance $4.0M/yr
[#3] Annual SRA service/maintenance contract (~10% of purchase price ≈ $4,000,000/yr).
Emergency Contingency $1.0M/yr
[#18] Annual reserved contingency for unplanned breaches, relocations, temporary SRA rental or emergency procurement (~$1,000,000/yr discretionary).
Cover Story And Legal $700K/yr
[#16, #22] Ongoing legal retainer/cover operations (~$200,000/yr) and governmental liaison/hush payments contingency (~$500,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $490K/yr
[#13, #15, #19] Lab consumables & experiment costs (~$300,000/yr), amnestics/medical supplies (~$90,000/yr allocated), and PPE/HVAC filters/consumables (~$100,000/yr).
Power Consumption $350K/yr
[#4] Continuous grid electricity for SRAs, climate control and rack cooling (~400 kW continuous → ~$350,000/yr at $0.10/kWh).
Research And Monitoring $225K/yr
[#7, #8, #20] Ongoing sensor data storage/licensing & processing (~$100,000/yr), secure compute/storage & IT support (~$100,000/yr), and archival audits (~$25,000/yr).
Generator Fuel Maintenance $200K/yr
[#5] Annual fuel contracts and generator maintenance/exercises for redundant power systems (~$200,000/yr).
Cognitohazard Training $200K/yr
[#14] Ongoing specialized cognitohazard/antimemetic training, simulations, and contractor courses (~$200,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $14.0M/yr
93.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with standard operations and no major incidents.
no breach routine maintenance standard research schedule
🚨 Minor Incident $15.2M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Localized containment incident or perceptual spread requiring limited emergency response, overtime, temporary rentals and investigation.
brief breach / localized perceptual contagion staff exposure requiring medical/amnestic response temporary mobile SRA rental or overtime
🚨 Major Breach $26.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Major containment failure or public exposure requiring full MTF deployment, SRA replacement or major capital expenditure and large-scale mitigation.
widespread perceptual contagion SRA failure requiring replacement public exposure / prolonged breach
👥 Personnel 55 total
Role Count Notes
Perceivers (cognitohazard-trained observers) 14 [#9] 3 observers concurrently; 3 shifts + redundancy → ~14 FTE.
Security Officer / Site Guards 12 [#10] Armed static guards for 24/7 perimeter and access control (~12 guards).
MTF / Tactical Response Specialists 12 [#11] Dedicated MTF allocation (12 specialists) on-call/seconded; equipment one-time and recurring training/hazard pay.
Engineer / Maintenance (SRA & systems) 4 [#12] Onsite electrical/mechanical engineers to monitor SRAs, HVAC and emergency systems (3–5 FTE; use 4).
Research Scientist / Technical Staff 8 [#13] Research team: 6researchers + 2 technicians for experimental work and analysis.
Medical Officer / Clinicians 3 [#15] Continuous mental-health monitoring clinicians (~3 clinicians).
Program Manager / Administrative Staff 2 [#23] Program management, classified procurement and administrative overhead (~2 staff covered by program budget).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item estimates for major drivers (SRAs, staffing, contingency), yielding moderate confidence in the totals; uncertainties remain due to the anomalous perceptual behavior, long-term SRA lifecycle risk, and potential for cost multipliers in escalations, so confidence is not high.
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