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SCP-8626 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-8626
Expected annual
$18.1M
One-time setup
$43.9M
Annual recurring
$15.8M
Personnel
16
Initial one-time setup and contingency reserves are large (~$43.9M) driven by lab buildout and catastrophe reserves; recurring operations run at ~ $15.8M/year dominated by medical care per patient, sustained media/legal suppression, and research teams.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $43.9M
Catastrophic Event Reserve $25.0M
[#30] Large one-time reserve for worst-case loss-of-life / catastrophic events and settlements.
Contingency Mass Exposure Reserve $10.0M
[#24] One-time emergency reserve for mass-exposure response (mass treatment, PR blitz, emergency legal action).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.2M
[#6] Neuroimaging / oneiric capture lab buildout (EEG suites, MRI access contracts, polysomnography rooms, oneiric capture hardware).
Advanced Audio Blocking Seed $1.8M
[#9] Initial R&D for audio-blocking/augmentation hardware prototypes and speculative device development.
Experimental Treatment Seed $1.2M
[#8] Initial seed fund for trials, device procurement, regulatory simulations.
Field Infiltration Setup $1.1M
[#11] Initial infiltration/cover ops costs for liaison presence at Wimbledon/archives (buyouts, legal/cover arrangements).
Equipment $1.1M
[#10, #19, #20] Monitoring/detection initial hardware, communications security hardware, and specialized audio/oneiric capture kits.
Cover Identities Setup $300K
[#15] Initial production of fake studies, forensic-aging of documents, and cover infrastructure creation.
Training Initial $125K
[#22] Initial workshops and doctrine development for staff handling and cultural suppression tactics.
Facilities $0
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Communications Security Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $15.8M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $4.5M/yr
[#12, #13, #14, #15, #18, #27, #29] Media control/cultural suppression campaigns, legal retainers/litigation budgets, bribery/compensation pools, cover paperwork upkeep, archive/content alteration ops, hush settlements, and funded disinformation studies.
Research And Monitoring $3.7M/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #25, #23] Ongoing experimental trials follow-up, audio-blocking R&D ops, monitoring/detection ops, longitudinal cohort studies, and data/forensic analysis.
Staff Wages $2.5M/yr
[#1, #7] Victim identification/intake team (4 clinicians + 2 admin) and research personnel (8–12 FTEs); salaries+benefits.
Insurance And Indemnity $1.0M/yr
[#28] Insurance-equivalent reserve or premium-equivalent internal reserve for litigation and operational indemnity.
Per Patient Psychiatric Care $650K/yr
[#2] Per-patient outpatient psychiatric therapy; baseline assumes ~100 affected patients (6,500/yr per patient midpoint × 100).
Logistics And Transport $525K/yr
[#21, #11] Travel for field teams, secure transport for personnel, and recurring field ops presence/in-country liaison costs.
Long Term Disability Placements $500K/yr
[#4] Secure residential or supported living for severe cases; baseline assumed 5 beds at ~100,000/yr each.
Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr
[#24] Annual replenishment to the mass-exposure contingency fund to maintain readiness.
Inpatient Contracts Reserve $400K/yr
[#5] Contracted inpatient bed nights and reserve for acute stabilization (operational fund estimate).
Public Health Liaison $400K/yr
[#16] Salaries and operating expenses for covert liaisons to national health bodies and crisis PR coordination.
Per Patient Pharmacological Management $300K/yr
[#3] Medication and metabolic monitoring; baseline assumes ~100 patients (3,000/yr per patient midpoint × 100).
Ethical Oversight $300K/yr
[#26] Internal review boards, compliance officers, and oversight panels.
Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr
[#6] Annual maintenance and upkeep for neuroimaging / oneiric capture lab and related facility systems.
Educational Suppression Program $200K/yr
[#17] School monitoring, teacher training, and district-level outreach (baseline small-scale programs).
Communications Security Ops $125K/yr
[#19] Secure servers, backups, encryption maintenance and operational security for sensitive data.
Training Recurring $40K/yr
[#22] Ongoing refresher training and doctrine updates for staff.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $15.8M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Uneventful year: normal operations, ongoing research, steady care for identified victims, and routine suppression/legal activity.
no major rebroadcast events steady caseload no public exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $21.8M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Localized rebroadcast or targeted exposure requiring emergency hospitalizations, PR surge, and increased legal activity.
localized rebroadcast media leak cluster of acute cases
🚨 Major Breach $85.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$70.0M vs baseline
Widespread or high-profile broadcast leading to mass exposures, national crisis response, and large settlements.
national/global rebroadcast widespread public exposure mass litigation and casualties
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Psychologist / Intake Clinician 4 [#1] Clinical staff for victim identification and ongoing care (part of item #1 staffing).
Administrative Staff / Intake Agent 2 [#1] Admin and intake processing staff (part of item #1 staffing).
Research Scientist / PI 1 [#7] Principal investigator for the research program (part of item #7 staffing).
Research Scientist (neuroscience / auditory / sleep) 4 [#7] Specialist research scientists studying mechanism and interventions.
Research Technician 3 [#7] Lab techs, data collection, and oneiric capture technicians (part of item #7 staffing).
Data Scientist / Analyst 1 [#7, #23] Data analysis and signal forensics support (counts included in research staffing item #7).
Sleep / Auditory Specialist 1 [#7] Clinical specialist for sleep and auditory testing (included in item #7 staffing).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low-confidence due to unknown prevalence, high uncertainty in propagation frequency, and speculative R&D and contingency needs; ranges in analyst notes were broad and many costs scale nonlinearly with affected population.
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