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SCP-7123 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-7123
Expected annual
$43.9M
One-time setup
$39.5M
Annual recurring
$42.3M
Personnel
24
Initial establishment focuses on Site-23 upgrades, robotics/equipment, and a contingency fund (one-time ~ $39.6M); recurring costs are dominated by regional response teams, incident response operations, and legal/cover operations (~ $42.3M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $39.5M
Contingency Fund $20.0M
[#25] Establishment of a long-term contingency/reserve fund for catastrophic/cluster events (note 25 one-time recommended fund).
Equipment $8.6M
[#3, #4, #7, #8, #21] Procurement of rapid-response vehicles/armored vans/helicopter charters (note 3 one-time procurement), portable remote-handling robots and drones (note 4 one-time procurement), motion-sensor network hardware for ~50 cities (note 7 one-time procurement), central analytics/servers (note 8 one-time), and data-security/encryption hardware (note 21 one-time).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.0M
[#9] Initial R&D lab buildout, specialized cognitive/memetic/sensory labs and instrumentation for early-stage detection/countermeasure programs (note 9 initial multi-year establishment).
Facilities $5.0M
[#5, #6, #20] Site-23 containment cell construction and vaults (note 5), secure storage expansion (note 6 one-time portion), and hardening of containment rooms against sabotage/extreme forces (note 20).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $42.3M/yr
Incident Operations $10.0M/yr
[#18] Aggregated annual cost of per-incident operational budgets (travel, overtime, surge staffing, bribes/cover, emergency storage); modeled here as an annualized sum of many typical incidents (note 18 per-incident).
Regional Response Operations $9.0M/yr
[#2] Ongoing global regional response teams: staffing, local housing, travel, per-diem and forward-deployed detachments across major regions (note 2).
Cover Story And Legal $5.8M/yr
[#12, #13] Legal/diplomatic payments, covert diplomacy, PR/cover-story budgets (note 12) plus public information operations, media retainer fees and disinformation efforts (note 13).
Logistics And Transport $4.9M/yr
[#3, #19] Recurring maintenance, fuel, insurance and operations of rapid-response vehicles/helicopters (note 3 recurring) plus transport and chain-of-custody transfers of recovered A instances (note 19 recurring).
Staff Wages $3.2M/yr
[#1, #16] Dedicated MTF-Theta-30 salaries and benefits for core 16-person tactical/containment team (note 1) plus on-call/salaried technical specialists (robotics engineers, memeticists, forensic techs; note 16).
Research And Monitoring $2.8M/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #14] Ongoing sensor network monitoring and analytics (note 7 recurring), operations of centralized event-tracking/analytics platform and analysts (note 8 recurring), continued R&D/trials baseline funding after initial buildout (note 9 recurring), and recurrent training support overlap (note 14 programmatic elements).
Amnestics And Medical $1.0M/yr
[#10] Pharmaceuticals (amnestics), medical protocols, sedatives, administration and program overhead (note 10; includes per-patient and program costs averaged into annual budget).
Psychological Support $1.0M/yr
[#15] Counseling, long-term therapy, psychiatric medication and support programs for survivors and MTF personnel (note 15).
Insurance And Indemnity $1.0M/yr
[#28] Covert insurance/indemnity pools and settlement funds reserved for local reimbursements and legal settlements (note 28).
Facilities Maintenance $800K/yr
[#6, #27] Ongoing maintenance/staffing for expanded secure storage and facility systems (note 6 recurring) and energy/utilities for monitoring/containment sites including generators (note 27).
Forensic And Body Handling $500K/yr
[#11] Removal of deceased, autopsies, mortuary operations, falsified paperwork and discreet disposal/cremation coordination with coroners or covert replacements (note 11).
Miscellaneous Contingencies $500K/yr
[#30] Spare parts, replacement manipulators, administrative overhead, travel visas and small unexpected line items (note 30).
Media Monitoring $400K/yr
[#29] Contracts for rapid online takedowns, legal/DMCA actions and cybersecurity monitoring to suppress eyewitness accounts and imagery (note 29).
Training And Memetic Inoculation $300K/yr
[#14] Development and recurrent delivery of training programs and memetic inoculation for MTF and partnered municipal responders (note 14).
Robotics And Drone Maintenance $275K/yr
[#4] Maintenance, spares and training for portable remote-handling robots/drones and spare parts (note 4 recurring).
Informant Program $200K/yr
[#22] Informant networks, anonymous tip-lines and local collaborators to report new manifestations (note 22).
Ethical Legal Oversight $200K/yr
[#23] Institutional review boards, outside counsel and policy/legal review time for ethical decisions regarding 'passing on' and forcible sedation (note 23).
It Security And Comms $150K/yr
[#21] Recurring ops, audits and secure-communications services for encrypted links, secure incident logs and comms (note 21 recurring).
Public Health Coordination $150K/yr
[#24] Liaison officers, hospital coordination and handoff agreements for amnestic/medical interventions (note 24).
Supplies And Consumables $75K/yr
[#17] PPE, narcotics, restraints, gloves, sterile supplies and annual consumables (note 17).
Disposal Facility $60K/yr
[#26] Annual costs for processing and disposing of inert A instances (secure shredding/incineration/forensic sanitization as needed; note 26).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $42.3M/yr
65.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, regional responses, and no major cluster events.
no_major_clusters routine_manifestations standard_operational_tempo
🚨 Minor Incident $43.3M/yr
30.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
One or a few large urban manifestations requiring surge deployments, increased PR/legal action, and local mass response.
single_large_urban_event localized_mass_casualties(<100) heightened_media_attention
🚨 Major Cluster $67.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Simultaneous clusters or a large multi-city cascade producing mass casualties and international attention requiring contingency fund drawdown and global surge.
simultaneous_clusters mass_casualty(100+) international_diplomatic_crisis
👥 Personnel 24 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 16 [#1] Core 16-person MTF-Theta-30 containment/tactical team (note 1).
Technical Specialist (Robotics / Memetics / Forensic) 8 [#16] On-call salaried technical specialists for robot operation, memetic countermeasures, and forensic support (note 16).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing mid-range estimates; uncertainty remains around annual incident frequency, per-incident severity distribution, and R&D ambition, so confidence is medium.
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