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SCP-5587 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-5587
Expected annual
$5.3M
One-time setup
$3.4M
Annual recurring
$4.7M
Personnel
32
Initial one-time setup is moderate (~$3.4M) for secure offline/archive infrastructure and lab buildout; ongoing annual costs are driven by staff wages, legal/cover operations, and active monitoring/countermeasure campaigns (~$4.66M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.4M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#7, #16] Digital forensic/sandbox lab buildout and research instrumentation / experimental facility setup for temporal testing (includes high-precision timing and environmental control equipment).
High Risk Contingency Fund $1.0M
[#25] Seed one-time contingency for large-scale temporal/anomalous escalation (placeholder within the very wide analyst range).
Insurance Reserve One Time $300K
[#24] Initial liability/indemnity reserve and legal contingency seed.
Webcrawler Development $235K
[#4] One-time custom webcrawler and pattern-matching development costs (software engineering, initial ML tuning).
Equipment $150K
[#1] Secure archival server hardware, air-gapped servers, UPS/generator and rack-mounted systems (hardware portion).
Medical Emergency Fund $125K
[#15] One-time emergency medical/psychological treatment reserve for acute exposure incidents.
Incident Response Kit $125K
[#17] Rapid-response portable air-gapped systems, secure transport containers and emergency equipment kit one-time purchases.
Automation Ingestion Pipeline $95K
[#6] One-time integration and secure ingestion tooling to connect platform APIs and chain-of-custody systems.
Cybersecurity Integration Licenses $50K
[#20] One-time IDS/EDR/SIEM license integration and secure key management setup costs.
Facilities $40K
[#1, #11] Faraday enclosure, rack/room modifications and physical quarantine area upgrades (locks, CCTV, signage) — allocated portion of physical/site modifications.
Offline Media Library $38K
[#2] LTO tape robot / cold-storage drives and initial media purchase for immutable offline backups.
Training Initial Setup $30K
[#14] Initial memetic-hazard training materials, trainer fees, and setup of psychological monitoring protocols.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.7M/yr
Staff Wages $2.3M/yr
[#8, #10, #11, #12, #13] Aggregate salaries and benefits: memetics research team, SOC threat analysts, quarantine-area guards, general site security guard force, and core program staff (PMs, devs, archivists, forensic analysts).
Cover Story And Legal $775K/yr
[#5, #18, #19] Content-takedown retainers, legal/public-affairs retainers and platform partnership contract fees for takedowns, PR cover stories, and negotiated access channels.
Research And Monitoring $365K/yr
[#3, #4, #6, #16, #21] Cloud quarantined archive storage ops, webcrawler operations, ingestion pipeline maintenance, controlled test operations budget, and periodic integrity/verification checks.
Medical And Psychological Treatment Fund $300K/yr
[#15] Annual reserve for staff treatment, counseling, and long-term care obligations.
Insurance And Legal Contingency $300K/yr
[#24] Annual insurance premiums and legal contingency funds for accidental exposures or leak liability.
Disinformation Distribution $275K/yr
[#9] Paid amplification, ad buys, and targeted campaigns to seed memetic counter-narratives across platforms.
Cybersecurity And Monitoring Tooling $115K/yr
[#20] IDS/IPS, continuous vulnerability scanning, EDR agent subscriptions, and secure logging services.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#17] Readiness/operations travel, emergency vehicle upkeep, and logistics budget for rapid-response teams.
Training And Psych Screening $60K/yr
[#14] Ongoing memetic-hazard training refreshers, psychological screening and monitoring costs.
Automation Pipeline Maintenance $36K/yr
[#6] Ongoing maintenance and cloud compute costs for ingestion/queueing connectors and provenance logging.
Data Verification And Integrity $25K/yr
[#21] Periodic cryptographic hashing, integrity audits, and metadata storage/verification operations.
Cloud Quarantined Archives $21K/yr
[#3] Redundant cloud-based quarantined archive storage and limited-access encrypted buckets (annual ops).
Facilities Maintenance $18K/yr
[#22] Power, HVAC, generator fuel testing, and routine facility upkeep for archives and labs.
Supplies And Consumables $18K/yr
[#23] Replacement drives, tapes, cables, PPE, and consumable laboratory supplies.
Offline Media Vault Rental $12K/yr
[#2] Vault rental and media rotation/replacement costs for offline tapes/drives.
High Risk Contingency Reserve $0/yr
[#25] No recurring allocation by default; major temporal contingency is held as an on-demand fund / scenario expense (covered in scenario modeling).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.7M/yr
68.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with ongoing monitoring, takedowns, and no major containment incidents.
routine crawler matches periodic takedowns scheduled testing moratorium maintained
🚨 Minor Incident $5.2M/yr
30.0% probability / year +$418K vs baseline
Localized social spread requiring aggressive takedowns, emergency memetic campaigns, and overtime; no major temporal escalation.
widespread reshares coordinated discussion threads platform resistance requiring paid escalation
🚨 Catastrophic Temporal Event $24.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$19.9M vs baseline
Extended/unchecked playthroughs or exposure produce large-scale temporal effects requiring national-level response, relocation, and long-term care.
extended playthroughs causing temporal distortion mass infrastructure or personnel exposure failed local containment
👥 Personnel 32 total
Role Count Notes
Program Manager / Executive Staff 1 [#13] Oversees program, budgeting and coordination.
Software Engineer / Developer 4 [#4, #6, #13] Webcrawler, ingestion pipeline, and tooling development/maintenance.
Research Scientist / Memeticist 4 [#8, #13] Memetics research and disinformation content production team.
Forensic Video / Lab Analyst 2 [#7, #13] Digital forensic and sandbox analysis staff.
Archivist 1 [#1, #13] Manages archival server, offline media rotation and provenance.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 11 [#11, #12] Site guards including quarantine-area coverage and general site security.
SOC Analyst / Threat Intelligence Analyst 4 [#10] 24/7 monitoring team to triage crawler alerts and coordinate responses.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#1, #20] Facility and systems engineers for UPS/generator, Faraday room, and cybersecurity integration.
Medical Officer 1 [#15] Medical/psychological officer for exposure treatment oversight.
Administrative Staff 2 [#5, #18] Administrative and legal/PR liaisons supporting takedowns and cover operations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on wide analyst ranges and high uncertainty due to memetic/temporal risks, variable platform/legal costs, and scenario-dependent contingency spending; costs should be treated as approximate order-of-magnitude figures.
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