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SCP-6878 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-6878
Expected annual
$242.8M
One-time setup
$417.0M
Annual recurring
$225.8M
Personnel
420
One-time capital/R&D/setup is dominated by an emergency contingency reserve and nation-scale equipment procurement (~$417M), while recurring annual costs (~$226M/year) are driven mainly by rapid-response personnel, amnestic consumables, D‑Class program costs, and cover-up/cleanup operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $417.0M
Contingency Reserve Seed $350.0M
[#19] Emergency large-scale containment contingency fund seed (global reserve midpoint $350M).
Equipment $40.5M
[#1, #7, #8, #9, #16] Regional rapid-response vehicle/equipment fleets (~$15M), automated amnestic delivery hardware (~$3.25M), airtight evidence cabinets (~$1M), graffiti-removal robots (~$20M), forensic photography hardware (~$1.25M).
Facilities $11.5M
[#10] Research wet-lab buildout and containment facility: $8–15M; midpoint used.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $11.5M
[#4, #12] GMP amnestic production line setup ($7.5M midpoint) and specialized capture R&D/prototyping ($4M midpoint).
Surveillance Software Development $3.5M
[#15] Development and city integration for AI/CCTV/social media ingestion ($2–5M; midpoint used).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $225.8M/yr
Staff Wages $70.0M/yr
[#2, #6] Rapid-response team salaries and shift coverage (~$60M/year for 100 cities) + medical/anesthesiology staffing (~$10M/year).
Supplies And Consumables $61.8M/yr
[#3, #5, #9, #16, #17] D‑Class program operational costs (~$30M), amnestic doses and disposables (~$20M), graffiti-removal consumables (~$1.5M), secure cloud/storage ops (~$0.3M), and hazardous pharmaceutical disposal (~$10M).
Cover Story And Legal $60.5M/yr
[#14, #21, #23] Public cover-up & cleanup contracts (~$30M), civilian compensation & casualty management reserve (~$30M), and legal/ethical oversight (~$0.55M).
Research And Monitoring $14.2M/yr
[#10, #11, #22, #25] Research lab staff (~$2.5M), ongoing experiments and hub operations (~$9M), computational linguistics/compute (~$2M), long-term sample archiving/analysis (~$0.65M).
Logistics And Transport $6.0M/yr
[#20] International coordination office and travel / liaison budgets (~$3–9M; midpoint $6M).
Infrastructure Mitigation $5.5M/yr
[#13] Urban infrastructure mitigation per-incident costs aggregated (~$1–10k/incident; annualized ~$5.5M midpoint).
Psychological Services $4.0M/yr
[#18] Counseling, turnover, leave replacement (~$2–6M/year for 100-city program; midpoint used).
Training And Drills $2.0M/yr
[#24] Routine training, simulations, SOP refreshers (~$1–3M/year; midpoint used).
Surveillance Ops $1.2M/yr
[#15] Hosting/ops for AI/CCTV/social-media ingestion (~$0.5–2M/year; midpoint used).
Facilities Maintenance $600K/yr
[#7, #8] Automated-amnestic-system calibration/maintenance (~$500k/year) and evidence-storage utilities (~$100k/year).
Contingency Replenishment $0/yr
[#19] Contingency reserve replenishment is event-driven; no steady annual baseline appropriation assumed here.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $225.8M/yr
74.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine incident rate and no major breaches; recurring budgets cover staffing, consumables, research, and cover operations.
routine incidents within historical rates no mass exposures standard research progress
🚨 Minor Incident $235.8M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Localized surge or cluster of instances requiring extended deployments, extra amnestic use, and increased municipal payments.
local cluster of SCP-6878-2 instances delayed amnestic administration or D‑Class failure
🚨 Major Breach $425.9M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
City-wide dispersal / multiple simultaneous exposures requiring mass amnestic deployment, lockdowns, and large compensation/cleanup operations.
rapid spread through drainage/infrastructure widespread civilian viewing before containment
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $725.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline
Large-scale or multi-city uncontrolled dissemination requiring full emergency reserve activation and international emergency measures.
simultaneous multi-city failures failure of automated mitigation and mass civilian exposures
👥 Personnel 420 total
Role Count Notes
MTF / Rapid-response Team Operator 200 Part of 4-person rapid-response teams across 100 cities (operators portion); maps to [#2].
Field Medic (team-level) 100 One medic embedded per 4-person rapid-response team; maps to [#2].
MTF Supervisor / Team Lead 100 One supervisor per rapid-response team; maps to [#2].
Anesthesiologist / Medical Specialist 20 Specialist anesthesiologists (1 per ~5 cities) for amnestic administration and oversight; maps to [#6].
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of ranges provided in analyst notes and assume coverage of ~100 major urban centers; major uncertainties include incident frequency, effectiveness of robotics/AI mitigation, R&D outcomes, and the required size of contingency reserves.
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