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SCP-7436 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-7436
Expected annual
$28.5M
One-time setup
$118.8M
Annual recurring
$22.5M
Personnel
92
Initial one-time capital outlays (secure lab, RRT kits, research program) drive a large upfront cost (~$119M), while ongoing annual operations (monitoring, rapid response, legal/disinformation, research, and employee compensation/controls) dominate recurring spending (~$22.5M/yr). Occasional major incidents or a containment buildout can add tens-to-hundreds of millions in a single year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $118.8M
Facilities $102.8M
[#4, #13, #21] Secure lab fit-out and room retrofits (Faraday rooms, signal isolation), survivor quarantine retrofits, and contingency hardened high-security facility buildout (contingent, large-scale).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10.5M
[#6, #19] One-time development of automated detection/AI tooling and initial multi-year specialized research program allocation (telecom engineering, memetics, anomaly theory).
Equipment $5.5M
[#8, #10, #23] Honeypot/hotline setup (IVR/logging systems), RRT initial kits & vehicles (five teams' armored vans, portable Faraday enclosures, PPE, recording gear), and distribution of signal‑blocking pouches/personal Faraday shields.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $22.5M/yr
Staff Wages $7.2M/yr
[#1, #3, #5, #9, #11, #20, #29] Salaries/benefits for social-media/forum analysts, legal/liaison staff, portions of comms-forensics personnel, hotline operators, RRT staff (operators/medics/techs), research staff (salary portion), and insider-risk/OPSEC staff. Headcount-derived estimate (see personnel).
Employee Restriction Compensation $5.0M/yr
[#17] Hazard compensation and support for employees subject to movement restrictions (example scaled estimate based on a partial population under directive).
Cover Story And Legal $4.8M/yr
[#2, #15, #16, #28, #30] Active disinformation/influence budgets, mortuary/cover operations per incident (incidence-weighted), public relations/faux media baseline, contingency/hush-settlement fund baseline, and insurance/legal defense reserves.
Logistics And Transport $1.4M/yr
[#11, #25] RRT vehicle maintenance, fuel, training exercises, and per-deployment travel/lodging/specialized freight (incidence-weighted).
Research And Monitoring $1.4M/yr
[#5, #7, #20] Communications-forensics operating budget (non-salary portions), AI/tooling maintenance, and ongoing research consumables/travel/equipment upgrades.
Supplies And Consumables $1.1M/yr
[#12, #14, #24, #26] Expected annual consumables and per-case care: amnesticization supplies and monitoring, survivor medical care/rehabilitation, per-case forensic analysis, and psychological care for exposed staff (incidence-weighted estimate).
Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr
[#5] Ongoing maintenance, power, security and facility upkeep for communications-forensics lab and isolation spaces.
Opsec Audit And Insider Risk $400K/yr
[#29] OPSEC program costs: red-teaming, background reinvestigations, monitoring and audits to prevent leaks related to SCP-7436.
Tower Isolation $300K/yr
[#22] Expected annual spend for temporary isolation/coordination with carriers for targeted tower routing or shutdowns (incidence-weighted).
Staff Training And Memetic Drills $275K/yr
[#18] Regular memetic-safety training, refusal-to-engage briefings, amnestic protocol drills, and mental-health resilience programs.
Data Retention And Storage $250K/yr
[#27] Secure long-term cold storage, encrypted archiving, and off-site vaulting for audio/video/transcripts and chain-of-custody archives.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $22.5M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with ongoing monitoring, limited deployments, and routine research/PR/legal activity; no major incidents or facility buildouts.
ongoing_monitoring limited_deployments routine_research_and_PR
🚨 Minor Incident $23.7M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Localized series of SCP-7436 events requiring multiple deployments, several amnesticizations and enhanced PR/legal action but no major infrastructure buildout.
single_localized_outbreak multiple_RRT_deployments heightened_media_attention
🚨 Major Breach $139.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$116.5M vs baseline
Significant escalation: many simultaneous events, large amnesticization/medical caseloads, emergency carrier coordination, large research push and initiation of high-security containment facility buildout.
widespread_simultaneous_events discovery_of_extradimensional_nexus major_public_exposure
👥 Personnel 92 total
Role Count Notes
Social-media Analyst 20 Monitoring team (item #1): 3analysts to detect/discredit posts; headcount chosen within 15–25 estimate.
Security Officer / MTF Agent (RRT operator) 30 Five regional rapid-response teams (item #10/#11); ~6 personnel per team including operators/medics/techs.
Research Scientist 10 Ongoing researchers for specialized program and continuing research (item #19/#20); salaries partly reflected in recurring costs.
Hotline Operator 15 24/7 intake staff for honeypot/hotline (item #8/#9): chosen within 10–20 operators estimate.
Legal / Counsel 4 Legal & ISP/telecom liaison team (item #3): in-house attorneys and investigators; outside counsel funded as needed.
Engineer / Maintenance 6 Signal analysts, maintenance engineers for comms-forensics and AI tooling (items #5, #6, #7).
Medical Officer 3 Medics for amnesticization and survivor care (items #12, #13, #14).
Administrative Staff 4 Admin, logistics and program management supporting operations and legal/PR functions.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates rely on ranges and per-incident uncertainties from analyst notes; SCP-7436 containment infeasibility and variable incident tempo produce high variance in annual and one-time costs, so confidence is low.
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