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SCP-5758 Keter ✓ high confidence
SCP-5758
Expected annual
$18.9M
One-time setup
$10.1M
Annual recurring
$18.6M
Personnel
75
One-time startup and contingency funds total roughly $10.1M; recurring annual operations are roughly $18.56M driven primarily by intensive close-surveillance cadres and undercover/operational costs. Major cost drivers are targeted surveillance, undercover operations, diplomatic/cover payments, and contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $10.1M
Catastrophic Exposure Reserve $5.0M
[#33] Large rapid-access contingency fund for mass-exposure responses, major media buys, international diplomacy and evacuations.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.8M
[#8, #10] R&D program startup for detection tech (#8) and biological/forensic lab fit-out for opportunistic sampling (BSL-2, mass spec, cold storage) (#10).
Facilities $850K
[#3, #24] Compound fit-out near TT147 (#3) and custodial/containment retrofit safehouses/suites (#24).
Equipment $750K
[#5, #27, #17] High-sensitivity sensor suite (#5), secure comms/data hardware (#27), and rapid-deploy equipment kit (#17).
Whistleblower Reserve $500K
[#32] One-time emergency reserve for whistleblower payments, relocations, and identity changes.
Undercover Startup $250K
[#13] Startup account for undercover operations, safehouses, identity creation and initial asset cultivation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $18.6M/yr
Staff Wages $9.9M/yr
[#2, #16, #18, #25] On-site security staffing payroll and benefits (#2), high-risk/personally-targeted surveillance cadre operational costs (staffing & rapid-response) (#16), emergency rapid-deploy team salaries and readiness (#18), and custodial operations staff & care (#25).
Cover Story And Legal $3.8M/yr
[#1, #19, #20, #21] Egyptian site access and political cover payments/agreements (#1), public relations/disinformation/media management (#19), legal reserve for litigation/settlements (#20), and recurring bribe/diplomatic contingency payments (#21).
Research And Monitoring $2.6M/yr
[#7, #9, #12, #15, #29, #30, #28] Remote-sensing/satellite/telescope subscriptions (#7), ongoing R&D program costs (#9), anthropological/linguistic research (#12), global monitoring database baseline checks (#15), academic partnership grants (#29), training & cultural competency (#30), and secure comms & data operations/licenses (#28).
Undercover Operations $1.5M/yr
[#14] Ongoing undercover asset payments, identity maintenance, safehouse upkeep and field team operational costs for long-term infiltration.
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#26, #22] Travel & logistics for global monitoring teams (#26) and tourism management/compensation program to reroute groups and compensate tour operators (#22).
Supplies And Consumables $220K/yr
[#6, #11, #31] Sensor maintenance and consumables/local data processing (#6), lab consumables and sequencing/disposal (#11), and biohazard/PPE and waste disposal (#31).
Facilities Maintenance $110K/yr
[#4, #23] Compound rent, utilities, local operating costs (#4) and conservation/site repairs (#23).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $18.6M/yr
87.5% probability / year
Normal year with ongoing monitoring, undercover operations, and no major incidents.
no major exposures routine monitoring regular intelligence operations
🚨 Minor Incident $19.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized exposure or disturbance requiring additional rapid-deploy operations, short-term containment, and modest PR/legal expenses.
local media leak small-scale ritual or civilian incursion limited deployment of rapid-response team
🚨 Major Breach $24.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Partial breach or concentrated return of SCP-5758-2 causing multiple detentions, expanded custodial needs, and large PR/diplomatic response.
multiple SCP-5758-2 returns significant local exposures extended custodial detentions
🚨 Catastrophic Exposure $38.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Mass exposure or widely publicized evidence requiring large-scale international cover-up, emergency evacuations, and use of catastrophic reserves.
viral imagery recognized as SCP-5758-1 mass civilian exposure or large ritual international diplomatic crisis
👥 Personnel 75 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 15 [#2] On-site covert guards, local hires and rotating Foundation agents (estimate from analyst notes: ~15 people).
Surveillance Operative / Intelligence Agent 40 [#16] Dedicated local teams conducting close-person surveillance and phone/OP-level monitoring for highest-risk individuals (mapped to high-risk surveillance cadre costs).
Rapid-Response Team (Containment Operative / Specialist) 12 [#17, #18] Multi-disciplinary on-call deploy team (medical, entomology, containment) maintained for moon-window activations and readiness drills.
Custodial / Care Staff 8 [#24, #25] Staff for custodial facilities/safehouses and ongoing care/medical programs for detained SCP-5758-2 subjects.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates for each cost and most recurring items are explicitly quantified, allowing high confidence in the arithmetic. Scenario probabilities remain judgment calls, so scenario likelihoods are approximate.
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