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SCP-5971 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-5971
Expected annual
$20.0M
One-time setup
$142.1M
Annual recurring
$18.3M
Personnel
40
One-time capital and contingency costs are dominant: estimated initial program setup is approximately $142,050,000 driven largely by property acquisition, lab expansion/R&D, mass amnesticization planning, and a decommissioning/reserve fund. Recurring annual operations are estimated at about $18,092,000 driven primarily by staff wages, a containment contingency reserve, and economic mitigation/compensation programs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $142.1M
Property Acquisition $80.0M
[#11] Property acquisition, buyouts, and temporary housing for evacuations (small-core-zone midpoint estimate).
Decommissioning And Remediation $23.7M
[#30] Decommissioning and environmental remediation reserve (estimated at ~20% of capital expenditures as a planning midpoint).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $19.5M
[#6, #7] Site-608 R&D lab expansion/retrofit and engineering/prototyping/testing of the semblance-of-normalcy system (lab buildout, test chambers, prototype builds).
Mass Amnesticization $11.0M
[#16] Mass amnesticization protocol development/purchase and logistics planning for ~10,000 people (planning midpoint).
Equipment $4.6M
[#2, #3, #4, #17, #18, #20, #21] Non-acoustic sensing/survey suite, UAV/ground-robot fleet, secure communications backbone, visual/haptic public-alert infrastructure, emergency-vehicle retrofit, generator/UPS capex, and initial data-storage/server hardware.
Community Hush Payments $1.3M
[#27] One-time community outreach and hush payments / per-household stipends / relocation incentives (midpoint for 500 key households).
Facilities $600K
[#10] Perimeter control and temporary hard containment works (roadblocks, fencing, checkpoints, CCTV).
Public Cover Campaign $600K
[#13] Initial public-facing cover story campaign (creative, PR, staged events, local media buys) initial rollout cost.
Legal Initial $550K
[#15] Initial legal fees, local government liaison, indemnities (initial one-time legal/negotiation costs midpoint).
Field Investigation Deployment $162K
[#1] Field-investigation deployment: rental/purchase of 4x4 vehicles, fuel, travel, temporary billets for teams during initial mobilization.
Asl Training Initial $62K
[#9] Initial ASL training cohort cost (one-time training for staff).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $18.3M/yr
Containment Contingency Fund $5.5M/yr
[#24] Containment contingency & rapid response reserve (annual budget allocation to maintain a liquid reserve midpoint).
Staff Wages $3.8M/yr
[#8] Annual salaries/payroll for permanent staff assigned to SCP-5971 (researchers, field agents, security on-payroll, technicians) including benefits midpoint.
Economic Mitigation $2.8M/yr
[#12] Economic mitigation for affected businesses and compensation fund (annual reimbursements/stimulus midpoint).
Research And Monitoring $1.8M/yr
[#21, #29] Ongoing data storage/cloud backups and long-term research program funding (academic grants, subject-matter contracts).
Cover Story And Legal $1.6M/yr
[#13, #14, #15, #26, #28] Ongoing cover-story management, information suppression/cyber monitoring, recurring legal budgets, local liaison/cover contractors, and insurance/liability reserves (aggregated recurring midpoint estimates).
Security Contractors $1.2M/yr
[#25] Recurring contracted security personnel, patrols and surveillance staffing (12–24 guards midpoint).
Mental Health And Medical $600K/yr
[#19] Mental-health and medical services for affected population (counseling, monitoring, deaf-blind services planning).
It And Cyber Security $375K/yr
[#22] IT & cyber security operations: hardened networks, incident response and secure endpoint management staffing/tools.
Local Liaison Contractors $175K/yr
[#26] Local liaison/cover contractors (actors, controlled witnesses, staging costs) recurring.
Asl Interpreters $155K/yr
[#9] Ongoing interpreter retainers and on-call professional ASL interpreter contracts (recurring midpoint).
Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr
[#20] Annual power fuel and maintenance costs for generators/UPS and site resiliency.
Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr
[#23] Consumables, spare parts, batteries, sensor replacements and routine maintenance consumables.
Logistics And Transport $102K/yr
[#5] Communications operational costs (satellite bandwidth, data links, SIMs, telecom fees) and basic recurring transport/comms fees.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $18.3M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; planned recurring programs and reserve funding maintained.
steady containment operations routine research and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $20.1M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$1.8M vs baseline
Localized escalation: short-term emergency response, limited evacuations, targeted amnesticization or additional legal/PR work.
localized breach or exposure temporary evacuation or targeted amnestic use
🚨 Major Breach $68.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$49.8M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or major public exposure requiring large-scale eviction/buyouts, mass amnesticization, and extended emergency operations.
major public exposure large-scale evacuation/buyout mass amnesticization deployment
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 6 [#8] Geophysics/engineering/behavior researchers allocated in payroll estimate.
Field Agent / MTF Agent 12 [#8] Field agents assigned to deployment and investigation included in payroll estimate.
Security Officer / Guard 16 [#8] On-payroll security/guards included in the payroll estimate (separate contracted guards accounted in recurring security_contractors).
Technician / Administrative Staff 6 [#8] Technicians and administrative staff included in payroll estimate.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to very wide ranges in analyst notes, strategic choices that dramatically change scope (observe/manage vs full evacuation), and speculative items (mass amnestics, buyouts). Many line items are order-of-magnitude planning placeholders.
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