SCP-8716 — SCP-8716 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-8716 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-8716

Expected annual

$13.1M

One-time setup

$29.2M

Annual recurring

$12.0M

Personnel

One-time startup and contingency reserve (~$29.18M) dominate capital costs; recurring annual operations (~$12.01M/yr) are driven by staff wages, ongoing Digitalbridge compute/storage, and field response/logistics.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $29.2M

Contingency Fund Reserve $20.0M

[#20] Contingency / emergency escalation fund reserved for Keter-class escalation.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $6.0M

[#1, #5] Digitalbridge.aic initial development/deployment and initial R&D program startup costs (model training, lab buildout, experimental hardware).

Facilities $2.0M

[#14] Secure containment facility build/retrofit one-time cost.

Field Response Team Setup $1.0M

[#8] Field response teams — initial setup/equipment/training for 2 teams (one-time).

Equipment $180K

[#9] Secure viewing & air-gapped lab terminals one-time purchase (20 terminals).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.0M/yr

Staff Wages $3.0M/yr

[#3, #4] Digital analysts/moderation staff and senior research team wages, benefits, and management overhead.

Logistics And Transport $2.2M/yr

[#8, #18] Field response teams recurring ops, maintenance, training, and incident extraction/transport budgets.

Research And Monitoring $1.2M/yr

[#2] Digitalbridge.aic ongoing compute, storage, bandwidth, crawling, model retraining and monitoring.

Medical Care Recovered $1.0M/yr

[#13] Medical and long-term care for recovered subjects (first-year contingencies aggregated).

Administration Overhead $1.0M/yr

[#25] Program administration, finance, HR, procurement overhead (estimated ~15% of program).

Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr

[#7, #21] Cover-story creation, legal actions, platform liaison, and coordinated takedown budgets.

Facilities Maintenance $530K/yr

[#9, #14, #23] Maintenance for secure terminals, containment facility operations, and energy/utilities for labs/datacenters.

Staff Support Services $500K/yr

[#16] Staff mental-health and support services, counseling and resilience programs.

Amnestic Therapy $400K/yr

[#6] Per-case amnestic administration and follow-up (scale estimate for ~50 associates/year).

Cyber Threat Contracts $300K/yr

[#22] Contracts with third-party cybersecurity firms and platform defensive arrangements.

Record Sanitation $300K/yr

[#24] Record sanitation, replacement, and episodic legal settlements (annual contingency budget).

Evidence Archive Storage $200K/yr

[#10] Long-term evidence archive and cold storage retention costs.

Law Enforcement Liaison $200K/yr

[#12] Liaison and coordination with local law-enforcement / missing-persons units, reimbursements and secondments.

Software Licenses $150K/yr

[#11] Forensics & detection tooling and license renewals (deepfake detection, crawling, malware analysis suites).

Training Exercises $150K/yr

[#17] Regular drills, simulations, tabletop exercises with partners and contingency rehearsals.

Personnel Vetting $150K/yr

[#19] Security clearance, background checks, polygraphs and periodic vetting for ~200 staff.

Communications Opsec $125K/yr

[#15] Communications security and OPSEC recurring operational costs (secure comms, burner systems, monitoring).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.0M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; ongoing monitoring, staffing, and routine operations only.

steady monitoring routine hires & renewals

🚨 Minor Incident $13.5M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Localized containment/response: targeted retrieval attempt, increased amnestic operations, extra legal takedowns and emergency field deployments.

single-target retrieval heightened public attention coordinated takedown campaign

🚨 Major Breach $42.0M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline

Significant escalation/cascade requiring mass amnestic campaigns, emergency R&D scaling, large-scale cover-up and contingency fund drawdowns.

widespread public exposure multiple simultaneous disappearances political/legal escalation

👥 Personnel 23 total

Role	Count	Notes
Digital Analyst / Moderator	15	[#3] 24/7 analysts reviewing flagged content; fully-loaded cost assumptions embedded in staff_wages.
Analyst Lead / Supervisor	3	[#3] Shift leads and management overhead included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist / Engineer	5	[#4] Senior research team for suppression/retrieval R&D and oversight; included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed ranges allowing mid-range estimates, but large uncertainties remain (R&D scale, contingency draws, incidence rates), giving moderate confidence.

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