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SCP-9053 Keter ✓ high confidence
SCP-9053
Expected annual
$4.1M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$4.0M
Personnel
16
Initial setup ~ $1.52M for a secured observation suite, sensors, compute and Shelley.aic deployment; ongoing annual costs ~ $3.95M driven primarily by personnel, large-scale analytics/compute, MTF readiness, and legal/PR/contingency.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $790K
[#5, #10, #11] Shelley.aic development/deployment and initial compute cluster; initial mannequin procurement and modification/conservation; initial controlled human-subjects protocol design/training.
Equipment $375K
[#2, #3, #4, #6, #9, #12, #13, #14] Environmental control & programmable lighting; multi-sensor camera/audio/LiDAR arrays; initial on-prem compute/storage hardware; off-site cold storage hardware; vehicle & crates; initial experimental instrumentation kit (portable lights, motion rigs, actuators, spare parts); IT/security hardening hardware; backup power (UPS/generator).
Facilities $250K
[#1] Dedicated containment/observation suite buildout, one-way glass, furniture, benching, electrical drops, workshop refit.
Allied Group Retainer $50K
[#15] Initial retainer / access fees for allied parapsychology groups, museum archives, private collections.
Legal Retainer Initial $50K
[#16] Initial legal retainer and limited cover operations seed funding (NDAs, witness management, record suppression planning).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.5M/yr
[#7] Dedicated research staffing payroll (PI, 2 research scientists, 2 data scientists, 2 AI/IT engineers, 2 lab techs, 2 video analysts/transcribers, project manager/admin) — fully burdened.
Contingency Reserve $912K/yr
[#22] Recommended contingency/reserve (~30% of pre-contingency annual operating budget) for escalation, unexpected equipment replacement, rapid scaling.
Research And Monitoring $582K/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #11, #19] On-prem compute/storage maintenance; Shelley.aic ongoing compute/storage; off-site archival storage; recurring controlled study costs; archival documentation/transcription & indexing labor and tools.
Mtf Readiness $400K/yr
[#17] Mobile Task Force readiness: training, vehicles, PPE and standing readiness costs.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#16, #18] Recurring legal contingency/witness management/limited cover operations and public relations / social media monitoring & contingency disinformation budget.
Security Staffing $160K/yr
[#8] Incremental 24/7 site security staffing and badge/access control costs (4 guards), overtime and rotation.
Logistics And Transport $24K/yr
[#9] Mobile collection & transport fuel, travel and vehicle operating costs.
Allied Group Fees $24K/yr
[#15] Recurring payments / access fees to allied research groups and archives.
Facilities Maintenance $22K/yr
[#14, #20] Generator/UPS fuel & maintenance and insurance/equipment maintenance contracts.
It Security And Monitoring $12K/yr
[#13] Recurring IT/security monitoring, updates, intrusion detection, secure logging.
Personnel Support $10K/yr
[#21] Personnel health & psychological support (counseling, screenings, time-off programs).
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#10, #12] Mannequin repairs/maintenance and experimental consumables/spare parts.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.0M/yr
93.0% probability / year
Normal operational year: continuous monitoring, regular research, no major incidents or escalations.
routine_operations no_public_escalation
🚨 Minor Incident $4.5M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized media attention or cluster of public reports requiring emergency PR/legal response and limited MTF deployment and equipment overtime/replacement.
viral_video_trend local_media_investigation limited_mtf_deployment
🚨 Major Manifestation $15.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$11.0M vs baseline
SCP begins demonstrating confirmed anomalous effects or widespread public exposure, necessitating large-scale containment upgrades, expanded MTF operations, major legal/PR campaigns and rapid research scale-up.
confirmed_anomalous_effects widespread_public_exposure large_scale_mtf_operations
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Principal Investigator / Senior Researcher 1 [#7] PI overseeing program and experiments.
Research Scientist 2 [#7] Experimental design and perception research.
Data Scientist 2 [#7] Data analysis, annotation, statistical modeling.
AI/IT Engineer 2 [#7] Shelley.aic model maintenance, compute ops, on-prem systems.
Lab Technician 2 [#7] Experimental setup, mannequin modification, instrumentation.
Video Analyst / Transcriber 2 [#7, #19] Footage review, transcription, metadata tagging.
Project Manager / Administrative Staff 1 [#7] Project coordination, liaison, admin.
Security Officer / Guard 4 [#8] 24/7 on-site security staffing (incremental cost line item).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates for capital and recurring costs and identify major drivers (personnel, Shelley.aic compute, MTF/legal/PR), enabling a high-confidence budgeting estimate; residual uncertainty exists around low-probability anomalous escalation costs.
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