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SCP-9087 Keter ? low confidence
SCP-9087
Expected annual
$19.5M
One-time setup
$209.4M
Annual recurring
$18.5M
Personnel
82
Initial one-time setup is dominated by a large contingency reserve and equipment/development costs (~$209M one-time); recurring operations for a multi-city program are ~ $18.46M/yr driven by staff wages, surveillance compute, epidemiology, and contingency maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $209.4M
Contingency Reserve $200.0M
[#8, #23] Reserved contingency fund for large-scale plumbing replacement, mass decontamination, or evacuation (per-city large-capital contingency; baseline includes a two-city reserve at low-end).
Equipment $4.8M
[#1, #3, #6, #13, #21] CCTV/ML development and ingestion hardware, sensor-network installs, MTF team kits (vehicles + blasting rigs), covert transport vehicles, and secure server hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0M
[#9] BSL-2/3 lab setup, instrumentation (MS/GC, microscopy, proteomics) and containment buildout.
Liaison Setup $600K
[#12] Initial covert law-enforcement liaison integration/setup per jurisdiction (2-city example).
Facilities $400K
[#18] Construction/modification of specialized holding rooms/units (estimated 4 units at ~$100k each).
Training Program Development $200K
[#20] Initial SOP and training program development for MTFs and first responders.
Shell Company Setup $200K
[#25] Setup costs for shell companies, front organizations, and covert funding channels.
Amnestic Stockpile $125K
[#11] One-time procurement/stockpile of amnestic supplies and initial logistics.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $18.5M/yr
Staff Wages $7.1M/yr
[#2, #3, #9, #10, #12, #14, #17, #22] Salaries for CCTV analysts & supervisors, MTF operatives, research scientists and lab techs, epidemiology staff, liaison/legal staff, 24/7 guarded-care personnel, medical/mental-health staff.
Research And Monitoring $2.8M/yr
[#6, #9, #10, #19] Non-staff lab operating costs, epidemiological program non-salary testing/analytics, long-term registry data operations (lab reagents, testing budgets).
Administrative Overhead $2.3M/yr
[#24] Administrative overhead (10–20% of program operations) including warehousing, procurement staff and logistics.
Cctv Compute And Model Training $1.2M/yr
[#1] Recurring cloud/compute, model retraining and false-positive tuning for CCTV/ML analytics.
Contingency Fund Maintenance $1.0M/yr
[#23] Maintenance, management, and readiness costs associated with maintaining a large contingency reserve.
Mortuary And Coverup Costs $1.0M/yr
[#15] Mortuary handling, forensic expenses, settlements and cover-up/legal response budgets.
Cover Story And Legal $700K/yr
[#12, #16, #22] Public-facing graffiti-removal contracts, PR campaigns and non-salary legal/ethics/international coordination costs.
Clinical Care And Followup $400K/yr
[#17] Clinical and psychological care, fertility follow-up, and ongoing patient services (non-staff consumables and contracts).
Logistics And Transport $350K/yr
[#13] Operational transport costs (fuel, vehicle O&M) and covert transfer operations baseline.
Supplies And Consumables $300K/yr
[#4, #11, #17] Per-incident removal consumables (solvents, blast media, PPE), baseline non-amnestic clinical consumables, and general disposables.
Amnestic Administration $300K/yr
[#11] Recurring costs to administer amnestics, post-administration monitoring and follow-ups.
Water Testing And Sampling $200K/yr
[#6] Ongoing sampling and per-sample laboratory analysis costs for municipal water testing.
Insurance And Shell Companies $200K/yr
[#25] Ongoing costs for maintaining shell companies, insurance and covert funding channels.
Newborn Handling Operations $200K/yr
[#18] Per-instance handling and short-term care costs for SCP-9087-A newborns (non-staff operational costs).
Hazardous Waste Disposal $100K/yr
[#5] Annual contracts for hazardous waste transport, incineration and specialized disposal.
Training And Sops Refresher $100K/yr
[#20] Annual refresher courses, instructor travel and simulation exercises.
Communications It Security $100K/yr
[#21] Secure hosting, encrypted communications maintenance, backups and audit trails.
Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr
[#18, #8] Routine maintenance for holding rooms and minimal structural upkeep; contingency/major repairs handled separately.
Emergency Water Response And Distribution $50K/yr
[#7] Baseline readiness costs for bottled-water stockpiles and small-scale distribution logistics.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $18.5M/yr
93.9% probability / year
Normal year with no large-scale contamination events; routine monitoring, staffing, and small incidents only.
routine_detections small_removal_incidents standard_surveillance
🚨 Localized Outbreak $21.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Neighborhood-level SCP-9087-B contamination requiring emergency bottled-water distribution and localized plumbing remediation.
local_plumbing_residue_spread short-term mass bottled-water distribution
🚨 Major City Contamination $55.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$37.0M vs baseline
Major municipal water contamination requiring multi-week bottled-water distribution, extensive remediation and high incident response.
widespread_SCP-9087-B_in_mains large-scale_evacuations_and_remediation
🚨 Catastrophic Infrastructure Rebuild $568.5M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$550.0M vs baseline
Worst-case multi-city or full-mains replacement requiring massive capital expenditures and prolonged emergency operations.
citywide_mains_replacement mass_decontamination_and_evacuations
👥 Personnel 82 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 24 [#3] Field removal operatives: 4teams × 6 operatives assumed (6 operatives per team).
CCTV Analyst 12 [#2] 24/7 monitoring staffing across monitored metros (2 cities example): 2analysts/shift × 3 shifts × 2 cities.
CCTV Supervisor / Escalation 3 [#2] Supervisory and escalation staff for analyst teams.
Research Scientist 7 [#9] Lab scientists conducting pathology, proteomics and environmental testing.
Lab Technician 5 [#9] Technical staff for sample processing and BSL operations.
Covert Liaison / Law-Enforcement Liaison 5 [#12] Embedded liaison officers and jurisdictional integration personnel.
Legal / International Liaison 3 [#22] Legal and international-coordination staff.
Medical Officer 4 [#11, #17] Medical personnel for amnestic administration, emergency care and follow-up.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#3, #6] Maintenance and engineering for vehicles, sensor networks and MTF equipment.
Administrative Staff 7 [#24] Procurement, scheduling, logistics and administrative roles.
Site Director / Program Manager 1 [#24] Senior management and program oversight.
Mental Health / Social Worker 2 [#17] Psychological care and support for affected individuals.
Transport Driver / EMT 6 [#13] Drivers and EMTs for secure transport and extractions.
📋 Confidence Notes
Large ranges in source estimates, unknown prevalence of SCP-9087-B in water supplies, and significant event-driven tail risks (infrastructure rebuilds) make precise costing highly uncertain.
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