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SCP-6088 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-6088
Expected annual
$3.1M
One-time setup
$1.6M
Annual recurring
$3.0M
Personnel
18
Initial capital/setup costs are approximately $1.63M driven by vault construction, archive acquisition, scanners, and development; recurring operations average about $3.02M/yr driven by embedded personnel, response teams, legal/cover services, and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.6M
Facilities $550K
[#4] Construction/retrofit of two secure climate-controlled quarantine/evidence vaults (project management and buildout).
Equipment $425K
[#5, #6, #8, #11, #12, #19] High-resolution scanners and training; air-gapped/tape library hardware; digital forensics workstations/licenses; secure transport vehicle purchase; CCTV hardware; specialized compute hardware (hardware portion).
Archive Acquisition $300K
[#20] One-time costs to acquire, negotiate for, and digitize authoritative Voyager corpus copies from multiple repositories (mid-range estimate).
Software Development $200K
[#7] One-time custom development of OCR/diffing/anomaly-detection software and integration with ticketing/alerts.
Placement One Time $150K
[#2] One-time placement fees for contractor slots/cover-establishment when embedding agents within external archives/organizations.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.4M/yr
[#1, #2, #3, #5, #9] Embedded Foundation cover agents (6 × $120k = $720k), contractor/liaison retainer and admin work (~$50k), on-site/quarantine guards (6 × $45k = $270k), scanner operations staffing (~$60k), and incident response team salary/OT/travel (~$350k).
Research And Monitoring $785K/yr
[#7, #8, #15, #18, #19, #23] Ongoing monitoring software maintenance/cloud compute (~$60k), forensics license renewals (~$10k), web monitoring/takedown services (~$75k), research program (2–4 researchers, compute, modelling ~$450k), specialized computing cloud/maintenance (~$40k), and counter-proliferation monitoring/subscriptions (~$150k).
Cover Story And Legal $240K/yr
[#14] Legal retainers, FOIA/legal management, PR management, takedowns, and cover-story coordination.
Contingency And Insurance $200K/yr
[#22] Insurance, contingency fund, and incident reserve (lawsuits, emergency purchases, last-minute travel).
Per Incident Forensics $125K/yr
[#10] Budgeted per-incident forensic and restoration work averaged across expected incidents (~$5k–$20k each; estimated aggregate annual spend ~$125k).
Media Replacement Fund $50K/yr
[#16] Fund for reprinting/reissuing/replacing public-facing corrected records averaged over expected incidents.
Facilities Maintenance $45K/yr
[#21] Energy, HVAC, and facility overhead for servers and vault climate control (midpoint estimate).
Supplies And Consumables $35K/yr
[#12, #13, #25] Tamper-evident seals & consumables (~$5k), preservation supplies (Mylar, folders, gloves) $10k, and small office/consumable overhead ~$20k.
Training And Exercises $30K/yr
[#17] Periodic training, exercises, and instructor time for embedded staff and archivists.
Psychological Support $22K/yr
[#24] Counseling and memetic-safety debriefs for staff exposed to disturbing alterations.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#11] Operation, insurance, and regional operation costs for secure courier/armored transport vehicle.
Backup Media Rotation $15K/yr
[#6] Annual media rotation, offsite vaulting, and refresh costs for air-gapped backups/tape libraries.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.0M/yr
48.0% probability / year
Uneventful year with routine monitoring, expected incident cadence handled within normal operations.
routine_alerts small/brief SCP-6088 alterations no public exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr
40.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
One or a few small containment events requiring extra forensics, extra overtime, and modest replacement/takedown efforts.
localized record alterations rapid on-site response and emergency digitization
🚨 Major Incident $3.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Larger, higher-impact series of alterations affecting multiple repositories requiring heavy forensic contracting, travel, and expanded legal/PR response.
widespread multi-site alterations extended-duration alterations multiple public-facing records affected
🚨 Political Exposure $4.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Public leak or high-profile publication of altered materials forcing major legal/PR campaign, extensive replacements, and potential litigation or negotiated acquisitions.
public disclosure major media attention FOIA/legal escalation
👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
Embedded Agent (cover) 6 [#1] Six full-time embedded Foundation cover agents placed across NASA/JPL/Goddard/National Archives (salaries/benefits included in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent (quarantine guards) 6 [#3] On-site/quarantine guards for vault monitoring and lockdown duties (6 guards covered in staff_wages).
Incident Response Team (researchers/archivists) 4 [#9] 3–4 specialists on the rapid-response incident team (salaries/OT/travel included in staff_wages).
Scanning Technician 1 [#5] Technician(s) operating high-resolution scanners and digitization workflows (staffing portion included in staff_wages).
Administrative Contractor / Liaison 1 [#2] Contractor/administrator managing placements, cover identities, and coordination with external archives (recurring retainer included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are built from analyst line-item ranges and a clear containment model; however incident frequency, required staffing posture, and negotiation costs (archive acquisition/legal) are uncertain, so totals are medium-confidence.
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