SCP-9064 — SCP-9064 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9064 Keter ~ medium confidence

SCP-9064

Expected annual

$12.0M

One-time setup

$15.3M

Annual recurring

$11.8M

Personnel

One-time capital and contingency expenses are dominated by nuclear stockpile relocation, specialized lab and HPC buildout, and large remediation reserves (~$14.8M). Recurring costs are driven by specialized staff, nuclear storage security, research funding, and contingency reserves (~$11.78M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $15.3M

Nuclear Stockpile Relocation $6.0M

[#9] Nuclear stockpile relocation, hardened storage construction/transport (capital costs for relocation and hardened storage).

High Risk Incident Remediation Reserve $2.8M

[#25] Discretionary reserve for high-risk incident remediation, covert ops, off-book response (one-time set-aside).

Equipment $2.2M

[#1] INTERTEL-064 dedicated hardware/software: enterprise-class servers, hardening, redundant nodes, EMP/faraday shielding, custom memetic-processing software (one-time purchase and hardening).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.9M

[#12, #13] High-performance compute cluster (GPU cluster) and specialized antimemetic laboratory build-out (isolation rooms, negative-pressure cabinets, memetic-safe devices).

Emergency Response Capability $650K

[#17] Mobile isolation units, vehicles and equipment for emergency response and quarantine (one-time capital purchase).

Amnestic Stockpile $500K

[#6] Initial stockpile of Class A amnestic consumables (sufficient for multi-dose site coverage, storage and rotation).

Facilities $425K

[#7] Civil works at Site-64 (cementing access, perimeter upgrades, tamper sensors; professional civil work).

Amnestic Distribution Systems $350K

[#5] Class A amnestic hardware and remote administration systems: gas generation, distribution, seals, control valves, monitoring (one-time install).

Nuclear Interlock Reprogramming $275K

[#8] Decommissioning/reprogramming of inerted nuclear activation sequences, rework and certification (one-time).

Secure Comms Setup $138K

[#10] Secure comms link establishment between Site-01 Liaison and Site-64 (encrypted links, dedicated couriers setup one-time costs).

Legal Contingency Settlements $125K

[#14] One-off settlements or covert operations contingencies for legal/cover-up escalation.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.8M/yr

Staff Wages $4.4M/yr

[#2, #3, #4, #11, #16, #19] Salaries/benefits for Antimemetics Liaison and backups, 24/7 memetic monitoring/watch officers, Site-64 information-control staffing, research scientist salaries (portion of research staffing), clinical staff, and security FTEs (fully burdened).

Nuclear Storage Security $2.0M/yr

[#9] Ongoing security, climate control, accounting/MC&A, and maintenance for relocated nuclear storage.

Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr

[#11] Non-salary antimemetic research funding (experiments, modeling, compute time not counted in staff wages).

Mass Event Contingency $1.0M/yr

[#20] Annual contingency/reserve for potential large-scale amnestic events, mass reconditioning, overtime and relocation costs.

Recruitment And Retention $400K/yr

[#22] Extra recruitment, higher pay premiums, and retention bonuses due to heightened secrecy and churn.

Emergency Response Readiness $350K/yr

[#17] Upkeep, readiness drills, and on-call hazmat/amnestic teams for rapid response.

Hpc Maintenance $275K/yr

[#12] Power, colocation, support, and secure operation costs for HPC used in memetic modeling.

Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr

[#14] Ongoing legal/cover-up, HR deception, fabrication of artifacts, and psychosocial maintenance costs.

Intertel Maintenance $225K/yr

[#1] Maintenance, software updates, hosting and redundancy costs for INTERTEL-064 and memetic-processing software.

Power And Utilities Premium $225K/yr

[#24] Incremental power, UPS, generator and HVAC premium for hardened servers, gas systems, and clean environments.

Lab Maintenance $200K/yr

[#13] Materials, consumables, and maintenance for antimemetic laboratory containment upgrades.

Amnestic Stockpile $125K/yr

[#6] Annual replenishment and rotation of Class A amnestic consumables and PPE.

Training And Retraining $125K/yr

[#15] Ongoing memetically-safe training programs and retraining to maintain counterfactuals.

Cultural Artifact Replacement $125K/yr

[#21] Creation, distribution, and monitoring of fabricated media and artifacts to maintain false-era narratives.

Nuclear Interlock Testing $112K/yr

[#8] Regular testing, audits, and cyber-physical security for inerted activation sequences and interlocks.

Amnestic Systems Maintenance $100K/yr

[#5] Maintenance and testing of remote amnestic delivery systems, sensors, seals, and integration with INTERTEL.

Red Team And Audits $100K/yr

[#18] Independent audits, red-team exercises, and outside consultant modeling.

Record Destruction And Audit $62K/yr

[#23] Regular auditing, secure shredding, memetic-safe erasure, and replacement workflows.

Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr

[#7] Inspections, repairs, and minor civil-works upkeep for Site-64 (non-staff maintenance).

Information Control Cms $50K/yr

[#4] Secure content-management systems, tooling for continuous digital/physical record curation (CMS annual costs).

Secure Comms Maintenance $50K/yr

[#10] Ongoing secure-circuit costs and dedicated courier operations maintenance.

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Psychological Health Program $0/yr

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Physical Security $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.8M/yr

87.5% probability / year

Normal, uneventful year with routine operations, maintenance, and research; no major incidents or external exposures.

daily Protocol R executed successfully no containment incidents standard research and maintenance cycles

🚨 Minor Incident $12.8M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Localized memetic incident requiring limited mass-amnestic administration, overtime, emergency response activation, and short-term remediation.

localized UNDERKILL expansion partial failure of Protocol R on one night small-scale leak/exposure

🚨 Major Breach $16.8M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Significant containment failure or information-control breakdown triggering large-scale amnestic event, staff rotation/replacement, and major remediation.

multi-shift Protocol R failure widespread UNDERKILL scope expansion compromise of Site-64 records

🚨 Political Exposure $21.8M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

External discovery or credible exposure requiring large off-book covert operations, legal settlements, and strategic narrative campaigns.

external investigative leak discovery by law enforcement or media successful social-engineering by outside actors

👥 Personnel 49 total

Role	Count	Notes
Antimemetics Liaison	3	[#2] 1 primary + 2 trained backups; senior antimemetic researchers included in staff wages.
Memetic Monitoring / Watch Officers	10	[#3] 24/7 operations team (per-shift FTEs for monitoring, Protocol R confirmation) included in staff wages.
Information Control Unit (IT editors / Archivists)	7	[#4] Site-64 information-control staffing included in staff wages; CMS tooling budget listed separately.
Research Scientist	6	[#11] Antimemetic research staff partially included in staff wages; non-wage research funding accounted separately.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	20	[#19] Physical security FTEs (armed guards, response teams) fully-burdened wages included in staff wages.
Medical Officer / Clinician	3	[#16] Clinical staff for psychological screening and long-term health monitoring included in staff wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes supply detailed line items and ranges, allowing mid-range estimates; uncertainty remains in nuclear relocation scope, frequency of major incidents, and staffing salary distributions, so confidence is medium.

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