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SCP-6687 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-6687
Expected annual
$12.0M
One-time setup
$5.3M
Annual recurring
$11.8M
Personnel
18
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $5.26M driven by site construction, an initial international search campaign, platform-cooperation/legal setup and an emergency response vehicle; baseline annual operating costs are approximately $11.75M driven primarily by staff wages, a large breach-response reserve, legal/PR/cover operations, and ongoing research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.3M
Search Campaign Initial $1.8M
[#16] Initial intensive multidisciplinary search to locate remainder of sculpture (archives, satellite imagery, surveys, excavation permits, travel & equipment).
Platform Cooperation $1.5M
[#10] One-time portion of formal platform cooperation / algorithm modification / major contracting or costly covert operations startup.
Facilities $600K
[#1] Secure outdoor containment enclosure (fenced compound, reinforced pad/pedestal, tamper-proof mount, canopy, access building, signage/camouflage).
Emergency Vehicle $600K
[#20] Purchase of rapid-response vehicle and portable containment shelter / Faraday shielding / safe-transport crates.
Equipment $455K
[#2, #4, #5, #15, #18] Perimeter hardening & intrusion detection install, remote CCTV/communications install, environmental/object-condition sensor install, OPSEC secure-hardware initial purchases, staff PPE & safe-listening initial equipment.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $278K
[#8, #9] Audio analysis/DSP/memetic-insertion pipeline development and automatic monitoring/takedown system development (one-time development costs).
Backup Power $48K
[#21] Backup power / UPS / generator installation, initial hookup and site utilities setup.
Cdn Setup $30K
[#11] One-time content-hosting / CDN / mirrored distribution setup and transcoding configuration.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.8M/yr
Breach Response Reserve $5.0M/yr
[#26] Large-scale containment-breach response reserve (set-aside for mass remediation, platform-level interventions, mass hospitalization, data-seizures or relocations).
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#3, #6, #12] 24/7 on-site security team (≈8 guards) plus specialized scientific team (≈7 researchers/engineers) and social-media/persona operators (≈3 staff); salary+benefits estimates.
Cover Story And Legal $1.4M/yr
[#10, #13, #14, #12] PR/cover-story & SEO campaigns, platform cooperation retainer/recurring costs or covert influence budgets, legal retainer/DMCA and contractor lawyers, and ad/SEO spend to seed narratives (recurring portion).
Research And Monitoring $1.3M/yr
[#5, #7, #8, #29] Ongoing environmental/object-condition sensors calibration, medical/clinical testing and subject compensation, audio/DSP pipeline cloud compute & operations, and ongoing countermeasure R&D.
Liability Fund $1.1M/yr
[#23] Contingent liability fund for victim compensation, settlements, and emergency public-safety interventions.
Search Operations $300K/yr
[#16] Ongoing field/search campaign costs post-initial push (targeted surveys, travel, permits, and intermittent expeditions).
Logistics And Transport $175K/yr
[#25] Fleet, travel, shipping, fuel and logistics for field teams and platform negotiations.
Mental Health Support $150K/yr
[#19] Psychological support, employee assistance, incident-response counseling and temporary replacement staffing during recovery.
Insurance $138K/yr
[#24] Property, liability, special-risk insurance and compliance-related recurring costs.
Opsec Operations $125K/yr
[#15] Ongoing OPSEC & IT security operations: pentesting, enterprise VPNs, identity protection, red-team ops and secure-hosting upkeep.
Public Health Coordination $112K/yr
[#28] Coordination with hospitals/public-health monitoring, data purchases and quiet surveillance of incident clusters.
Misc Maintenance $88K/yr
[#27] Groundskeeping, routine replacements, office supplies and uncategorized small refreshes.
Cdn Bandwidth $66K/yr
[#11] Ongoing content-hosting, CDN, storage & bandwidth for mirrored/neutralized releases.
Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr
[#17] Containment research consumables, sample storage supplies, PPE replacements and lab upkeep.
Emergency Unit Upkeep $60K/yr
[#20] Maintenance, fueling and readiness costs for emergency response & mobile containment unit.
Facilities Maintenance $55K/yr
[#2, #4, #21] Perimeter/hardening maintenance, CCTV/remote monitoring operations & site utilities/fuel/maintenance for backup power.
Long Term Storage $28K/yr
[#22] Long-term archival & forensic storage, cryptographic backups and cold storage maintenance.
Takedown Operations $15K/yr
[#9] Operation and maintenance of automatic monitoring/takedown/replace systems (scrapers, DMCA workflows, platform/legal fees excluded).
Staff Ppe Replace $12K/yr
[#18] Replacement PPE and safe-listening equipment maintenance (headsets, booth upkeep, replacements).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.8M/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal year with containment maintained and routine operations only.
no major leaks regular production of SCP-6687-A under containment no platform-level exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $12.3M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized public exposure or targeted leak requiring additional legal/PR, temporary medical clinics and limited platform takedown operations.
small viral upload reaches thousands localized clusters of prosopagnosia/absent-mindedness reported limited legal disputes or platform pushback
🚨 Major Breach $31.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Mass-viral outbreak of SCP-6687-A instances or platform-level resistance forcing expensive platform-level mitigation, major settlements, and large-scale remediation.
global viral spread platform refuses cooperation / legal escalation mass hospitalization or broad public-safety response
👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#3] 24/7 manned security presence (8 guards used in wage totals).
Research Scientist / Memeticist / Audio Engineer 7 [#6] Specialized scientific staff (memetics, audio/DSP, neuroscience, ethnomusicology) included in research wage totals.
Administrative / Social Media / Persona Operators 3 [#12] Staff to operate alias/persona, community management and content seeding; wages included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Costs are based on analyst ranges and expert judgment; many line items (platform cooperation, breach-scale response, international fieldwork) are highly uncertain and contingent on external parties and outbreak dynamics, yielding low confidence.
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