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SCP-8797 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-8797
Expected annual
$2.2M
One-time setup
$2.3M
Annual recurring
$2.1M
Personnel
12
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $2,283,500 driven by vault retrofit, emergency/reserve funds, and specialized equipment; recurring annual costs are approximately $2,131,000/year driven primarily by dedicated security/research staff, legal/PR retainer, site overhead, and ongoing R&D/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.3M
National Response Fund $1.0M
[#26] Seed for contingent national/combined response reserve (escalation fund).
Archive Reserve Fund $500K
[#18] Internal contingency/reserve fund seed to cover legal/cleanup/recovery operations.
Equipment $434K
[#2, #3, #4, #11, #12, #13, #14, #21] Archival materials, HVAC system, non-visual monitoring hardware, emergency equipment stock, secure transport container, redaction/viewing systems, safe-digitization R&D seed (conservative), and air-gapped server hardware.
Facilities $200K
[#1] Secure containment locker retrofit: construction, tamper-proof door, integrated locks and access control.
Legal One Time $50K
[#15] Initial legal/contract actions, buyouts and setup of containment/compliance agreements.
Personnel Screening One Time $40K
[#8] Enhanced background investigations and initial psych screens for initial access cohort.
Training Setup $25K
[#9] Initial memetics safety training program setup and drill program establishment.
Provenance Buyin $20K
[#24] One-time setup to establish/seed fabricated or purchased provenance records and related ephemera.
Policy And Documentation $15K
[#25] One-time development/printing/distribution of SOPs, emergency playbooks, and containment documentation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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Destruction Contract Fund $0
[#19] Per-incident destruction/remediation costs are not prepaid here (costs are per-incident and modelled in scenarios).
Planning Summary Note $0
[#27] Aggregate planning summary provided as a non-cost note; included here for traceability.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#5, #6, #7] Dedicated security guards (9 × $75k), containment technicians (2 × $70k) and curator/archivist (1 × $90k), memetics researchers (senior + junior).
Research And Monitoring $327K/yr
[#4, #10, #13, #14, #17, #23] Continuous non-visual environmental/tamper monitoring maintenance, psychological monitoring baseline, redaction/one-way viewing maintenance, safe-digitalization operations (if pursued), baseline incident-investigation/audit readiness, and controlled experimentation budget.
Cover Story And Legal $310K/yr
[#15, #16, #24, #25] Legal retainer and counsel, public relations/disinformation budget, provenance maintenance, and policy update/retraining allocations.
Facilities Maintenance $156K/yr
[#3, #21, #22] HVAC/electrical and maintenance, secure/offline server maintenance, and pro-rated Site-19 overhead allocation.
Emergency Response Mert $100K/yr
[#11] On-call MERT readiness, training, and consumable replenishment (recurring readiness budget).
Logistics And Transport $40K/yr
[#12] Armored vehicle access/maintenance and secure transport logistics annual costs.
Training And Drills $30K/yr
[#9] Recurring memetics refresher training, emergency drills and cohort refreshers.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#2, #20] Archival consumables (Mylar, gloves, adhesives) and general consumables (filters, seals, batteries) annual replenishment.
Personnel Screening $5K/yr
[#8] Ongoing clearance renewals, periodic psych screens and polygraph/renewal costs for access personnel.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.1M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; steady-state operations and routine maintenance/training.
steady_operations routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $2.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$245K vs baseline
Localized exposure or tampering requiring investigation, limited medical/psych support, and PR/legal response.
partial_exposure single_person_exposure tamper_attempt
🚨 Major Breach $3.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach with public exposure or requirement for destruction/recovery and large-scale PR/legal intervention.
breach public_exposure destruction_remediation
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#5] 24/7 armed/cleared guard rotation (3 per shift) included in staff wage estimates.
Containment Technician 2 [#6] Two full-time containment technicians for handling and access protocols.
Archivist / Curator 1 [#6] One curator/archivist with memetics training included in staff wages.
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist 2 [#7] One senior and one junior memetics researcher to oversee safe interaction and controlled experiments.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates follow the analyst notes closely for line-item costs (staffing, vault retrofit, reserve funds) but several items are optional or range-based (safe-digitalization R&D, destruction/remediation per-incident costs, national response fund). Memetic risks and incident frequencies are inherently uncertain, so medium confidence is appropriate.
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