SCP-7298 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-7298
Expected annual
$10.0M
One-time setup
$80.1M
Annual recurring
$8.7M
Personnel
14
Initial one-time setup is dominated by contingency/mitigation funds and potential site/anchor construction (~$80M), while recurring annual operations (cyber suppression, MTF readiness, staff, and research) are ~ $8.7M per year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $80.1M
Worst Case Societal Mitigation Fund $50.0M
[#35] Dedicated worst-case preparedness fund for mass amnestic/evacuation/mitigation operations (contingency planning fund).
Insurance And Contingency Fund $20.0M
[#29] Up-front insurance/contingency reserve to cover unexpected large-scale containment breaches, litigation, or rapid rebuilds.
Facilities $8.1M
[#1, #2, #9, #11] Vault and RF/shielded retrofit, localized reality-anchor ring construction R&D+integration (localized anchor ring chosen), and substantial site retrofit costs (mid-range estimates).
Legal Settlements $1.0M
[#14] One-time legal/settlement reserve for potential lawsuits or large litigation events referenced as possible in the notes.
Equipment $590K
[#3, #5, #8, #21, #26, #27, #28, #32] EMP/UPS and surge hardware, CCTV and tamper sensors install, secure backup/media setup, initial secure transport cases, forensics tooling (one-time), physical kill-switch hardware, initial archive digitization hardware, and decommissioning engineering setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $410K
[#4, #6, #7] Initial climate-control and monitoring install for containment lab, construction/outfitting of an air-gapped analysis lab, and controlled sandbox compute cluster build-out (one-time research/lab build costs).
Personnel Vetting Initial $50K
[#18] Initial enhanced vetting and psychological screening costs for staff assigned to SCP-7298 containment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $8.7M/yr
Mtf Readiness $2.0M/yr
[#16] High-readiness Mobile Task Force (training, vehicles, equipment, readiness pay) to support rapid extraction/containment.
Staff Wages $1.6M/yr
[#12, #17, #18] Salaries for Level-4 senior researchers/lead engineers, on-site security guards for 24/7 coverage, and ongoing vetting/clearance administration.
Research And Monitoring $1.4M/yr
[#23, #24, #26, #31] Ongoing SOP/training development and exercises, continuous player-population and instance monitoring, recurring forensics tooling/support/licences, and multi-year containment research program funding.
Cybersecurity And Takedown Ops $1.2M/yr
[#13, #25] Dedicated cyber team operations: monitoring, takedowns, counter-proliferation measures (honeypots, sinkholes), malware analysis, and contractor bursts.
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#14, #15, #30] Ongoing legal counsel, PR/cover-story operations, platform/content-moderation contracts and community monitoring/cover operations.
Facilities Maintenance $526K/yr
[#4, #5, #8, #10, #11, #28] Climate-control and environmental calibration, CCTV monitoring/storage costs, backup integrity checks, reality-anchor node maintenance/power calibration (localized grid), site maintenance/utility upkeep, and archive/media maintenance.
International Coordination $500K/yr
[#34] Diplomatic/covert procurement and coordination budgets for foreign platforms/ISPs and clandestine acquisition when required.
Supplies And Consumables $270K/yr
[#19, #20, #22] Medical/psychological care and amnestic inventory expenditures, baseline mass-amnestic readiness provisioning, and decontamination consumables/readiness.
Personnel Replacement And Burnout $150K/yr
[#33] Overtime, retention bonuses, mental-health programs, and replacement hiring contingency to mitigate high-turnover for Keter-level tasks.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#21] Annual logistics retainer and secure transport readiness for extractions and device movements (recurring per-deployment budgets handled in scenarios).
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $8.7M/yr
74.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents — routine monitoring, suppression, maintenance, and research operations.
low player counts no containment breaches routine operations only
🚨 Minor Incident $9.1M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Localized breach or public clone surge requiring an MTF extraction, limited takedown ops, medical interventions and legal work.
single-server surge localized staff integration rapid takedown required
🚨 Major Breach $19.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$11.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or partial site compromise requiring retrofits, major recovery operations, and extended legal/PR response.
site-level breach multiple integrations infrastructure damage
🚨 Large Scale Public Exposure $73.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$65.0M vs baseline
Wide public propagation or mass civilian integrations triggering worst-case societal mitigation and large contingency fund drawdown.
public outbreak mass integrations international media exposure
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 [#12] Level-4 senior researchers and lead engineers (core research staff covered in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#17] On-site guards for 24/7 coverage (wages included in staff_wages).
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#12] Senior oversight and clearance-level approvals (included in staff_wages assumption).
Administrative Staff 1 [#18] Administrative and HR support for vetting/clearance processes (partial of staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Large uncertainties in anchor/grid technology, Site-02 reconstruction likelihood, and the frequency/severity of public propagation produce wide cost ranges; many figures are scenario-driven estimates rather than precise line-item quotes.
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