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SCP-5915 Keter ✓ high confidence
SCP-5915
Expected annual
$6.0M
One-time setup
$9.5M
Annual recurring
$5.6M
Personnel
10
Upfront capital is approximately $9.54M, driven mainly by secure wet-lab buildout, sewer trapping infrastructure and surveillance/vehicle hardware; ongoing annual costs are about $5.554M/yr, driven by MTF staffing, research & monitoring, cover-story/legal operations, and support services.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.5M
Facilities $4.7M
[#9, #11] Sewer modification civil works and one-time secure wet-lab buildout (BSL-3 style) for specimen handling and containment.
Equipment $2.4M
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #19, #20, #21] Purchase of ambulances/vans, ROVs and control stations, confined-space PPE, vacuum/suction and containment tubs, initial surveillance hardware (local + Gulf), patrol boats, and IT/comms hardware.
Escalation Reserve $2.0M
[#29] One-time reserve fund to be kept available for large-scale escalation / mass-escape mobilization.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $350K
[#12, #13] Short-term specimen containment tanks and long-term specimen storage/archival hardware and infrastructure specific to research handling.
Final Disposition Fund $50K
[#33] One-time contingency for final-specimen destruction or secure disposition when required.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.6M/yr
Research And Monitoring $1.3M/yr
[#18, #19, #12, #34] Ongoing research program salaries/consumables, Gulf and local surveillance operations monitoring, short-term tank monitoring, and yearly research/hardware refreshes/upgrades.
Cover Story And Legal $1.2M/yr
[#10, #15, #22, #23, #24, #25, #32] City liaison/false-contracts, funeral/family compensation and records management, disinformation campaign retainer, media monitoring, legal/cover-up advisory, local goodwill/stakeholder programs, and insurance/legal-defense contingency premiums.
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#1] Dedicated 10-person rapid-response MTF team with hazard pay, overtime and on-call compensation (10 fully burdened @$110k each).
Facilities Maintenance $390K/yr
[#9, #11, #13, #31] Ongoing maintenance and utilities for sewer traps, wet-lab upkeep (utilities & maintenance), long-term storage maintenance and general facility energy costs.
Support Services $360K/yr
[#16] Amnestics follow-up, counseling, witness relocation and ongoing support programs for treated witnesses and affected civilians.
Supplies And Consumables $260K/yr
[#3, #7, #8, #14, #17] Amnestic supplies and delivery devices, PPE replacements, sterilization/consumables, pathology/forensic procedure consumables and biohazard waste disposal.
Emergency Fund Allocation $200K/yr
[#28] Annual allocation to maintain liquid contingency funds for per-incident ad-hoc expenses and small-scale urgent needs.
Administrative Overhead $200K/yr
[#30] Finance, HR, audit and management overhead for program administration, contracts and procurement.
Logistics And Transport $184K/yr
[#2, #4, #5, #20] Per-deployment tactical consumables and vehicle upkeep (ambulances, unmarked vans) and boat fuel/crew costs for maritime patrols.
Training And Drills $150K/yr
[#26] Regular joint exercises for MTF, lab and sewer/recovery teams.
Specialist Contractors $100K/yr
[#27] Retainers for prosthetics, mortuary services and pathologists for staged autopsies and funeral preparations.
It And Comms $50K/yr
[#21] Recurring maintenance, licenses and support for encrypted radios, secure comms networks and incident tracking databases.
Equipment Maintenance $50K/yr
[#6] Repairs and upgrade budget for ROVs, endoscopes and other retrieval hardware.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.6M/yr
69.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine deployments, research, monitoring, and no major containment failure.
routine_occurrences standard_deployments no major breach
🚨 Minor Incident $5.9M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Larger-than-normal local incident(s) requiring extra deployments, increased amnestic use, additional pathology/funerals and emergency cash drawdowns.
multiple simultaneous local escapes heightened media attention
🚨 Major Breach $8.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach requiring regional mobilization, major PR/legal response, and substantial emergency containment operations.
widespread instance dispersion sustained media/political exposure
🚨 Catastrophic Escalation $30.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Mass-escape or behavior change requiring nationwide emergency response, large-scale evacuation, and long-term extraordinary containment measures.
mass-attack behavior infectious or self-propagating spread
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#1] Dedicated rapid-response team based in Biloxi (includes hazard pay, overtime and on-call staffing).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst provided detailed per-item estimates and ranges allowing precise aggregation; remaining uncertainty stems from witness-count variability and the low-probability high-impact behavior changes of the anomaly.
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