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SCP-8148 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-8148
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$12.8M
Annual recurring
$2.8M
Personnel
5
One-time capital and infrastructure upgrades (secure dorm sensors, holding cell, comms, generator, and insurance reserve) drive initial costs; ongoing costs are dominated by research, 24/7 monitoring, security night-shift augmentation and legal/cover operations. Baseline annual operations for a single Temporary Object‑Holding Site are estimated at roughly $2.76M/year, with large breach events adding multi‑million occasional costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $12.8M
Insurance Reserve Capital $10.0M
[#23] Organization-level reserve / capital pool recommendation (item #23): baseline allocation $10,000,000 for catastrophic coverage (site-level share of recommended reserve).
Facilities $1.1M
[#7, #15, #18, #16, #29] One-time structural and capital work: reinforced permanent humanoid holding cell (item #7: $300,000), facility architectural renovations to remove/segregate temporary dormitories (item #15: $500,000), generator/UPS and infrastructure (item #18: $100,000), D‑Class housing upgrades initial structural cost (item #16: $150,000). Item #29 (decommissioning/centralization) considered an optional program for which no baseline capital is budgeted here.
Targeted Amnestic Development $1.0M
[#14] One-time cost for development program of targeted amnestics/memetic containment (item #14: $1,000,000 chosen mid-range).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#13] Initial lab buildout and instruments for thaumatalogy/SCP‑8148 R&D (item #13: chosen midpoint $500,000).
Equipment $222K
[#3, #8, #17, #1] One-time equipment and hardware: dormitory tamper‑resistant bed sensors and camera installs (item #3: estimated 20 beds × $3,500 = $70,000), armory hardening/retrofit (item #8: $100,000), secure comms equipment/hardening (item #17: $50,000), and training development/initial materials (item #1: $1,500).
Centralization Decommissioning Program $0
[#29] Strategic decommissioning/centralization program (item #29) is an optional multi-site capital program; no baseline capital allocated for single-site plan.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.8M/yr
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#13, #14, #4] Recurring R&D and monitoring budget: dedicated thaumatalogy/behavior research team personnel and technicians (item #13: $900,000/yr) plus ongoing production/testing of targeted amnestics/memetic tools (item #14: $150,000/yr). Note item #4 (monitoring) also contributes to ongoing monitoring costs but is accounted separately below.
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#21, #22, #23] Ongoing cover/PR & legal: memetic/cover operations and public mitigation (item #21: $50,000/yr baseline), legal retainer and relations (item #22: $200,000/yr), and insurance premiums (item #23: $250,000/yr baseline).
Staff Wages $415K/yr
[#5, #27] Ongoing wages and benefits for permanent security/night-shift augmentation (item #5: $115,000) and program management/administrative staff for the SCP‑8148 program (item #27: $300,000).
Containment Breach Reserve $200K/yr
[#10] Annualized contingency allowance for minor-to-moderate breach repairs and lost assets (item #10: baseline reserve $200,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#9, #12] Secure transfer and rapid response logistics: average annualized cost for activations and transfers (item #9: rapid response/MTF activation baseline ~$100,000/yr; item #12: transfer logistics baseline ~$50,000/yr).
Staff Overtime And Turnover $100K/yr
[#19] Overtime, hazard pay, recruitment and replacement training due to night shifts / stress (item #19: $50k–$200k/yr; baseline $100,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr
[#6, #24] Consumables and spare inventory: on‑site emergency amnestic kits and clinician consumables (item #6: baseline $10,000/yr) and spare hardware / replacement consumables (item #24: $50,000/yr).
Monitoring And Data Retention $60K/yr
[#4] 24/7 monitoring operations, AI-assisted review or 1–2 FTEs and secure footage storage (item #4: chosen midpoint $60,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr
[#7, #18] Ongoing maintenance for permanent holding cell and site critical systems, including generator/UPS fuel & maintenance (items #7 and #18; combined baseline $50,000/yr).
Simulation Exercises $40K/yr
[#25] Regional tabletop and multi-site exercises (item #25: baseline $40,000/yr for periodic exercises).
Forensic Investigation $30K/yr
[#26] Forensic and post-event investigations averaged across years (item #26: baseline $30,000/yr).
Psych Services $25K/yr
[#20] Psychological services, EAP, and critical incident counseling (item #20: baseline $25,000/yr).
Casualty Care $20K/yr
[#11] Medical treatment, mortuary processing, and biohazard disposal averaged ($20,000/yr baseline for routine incidents; item #11).
Oversight Costs $20K/yr
[#28] Ethical review, O5 liaison and secure oversight meetings (item #28: $20,000/yr).
D Class Operational Monitoring $10K/yr
[#16] Operational monitoring costs for increased D‑Class security and accountability (item #16: $10,000/yr).
Termination Attempts $10K/yr
[#30] Operational costs of permitted termination attempts averaged per year (item #30: baseline $10,000/yr).
Secure Comms Fees $6K/yr
[#17] Ongoing satellite/backup comms fees and redundancy (item #17: $2k–$10k/yr; baseline $6,000/yr).
Armory Audit $5K/yr
[#8] Annual audits and tech support for hardened armory systems (item #8: $5,000/yr).
Training Refresher And Drills $4K/yr
[#2] Quarterly drills and annual refresher training per site (item #2: $4,000/yr).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.8M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, research, training, and maintenance only.
no SCP-8148-1 escalation beyond routine manifests regular training and maintenance no GOI or multi‑SCP breach
🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Single-site SCP‑8148-1 event requiring MTF activation, transfers, limited facility repairs, increased legal/cover response and forensic work.
isolated SCP-8148-1 breach at site small-scale property damage or limited casualties single MTF activation
🚨 Major Breach $12.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Keter-scale multi‑SCP breach or GOI/anomalous invasion (multi-site implications), requiring full breach response, major repairs/replacements, mass casualty response and large legal/insurance payouts.
Keter-class containment failure GOI coordinated invasion or multi-SCP cascade mass casualties and large asset loss
👥 Personnel 5 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#5] Night-shift security augmentation (two additional guards dedicated to overnight rapid response; salaries/benefits included in staff_wages).
Site Program Staff (Program Manager / Administrative Staff) 3 [#27] Program management and administrative overhead for the SCP‑8148 program (staff_wages allocation).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are given as broad ranges and scale strongly with site density, bed count, and incident frequency; baseline staffing and research numbers are reasonably anchored but event costs (breaches, insurance/reserve sizing) have high uncertainty, yielding medium overall confidence.
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