SCP-9450
Keter
~
medium confidence
SCP-9450
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$5.8M
Annual recurring
$3.2M
Personnel
12
First-year capital/setup costs are dominated by automated transcription R&D, a large contingency reserve, and facility hardening, with one-time expenses of roughly $5.79M. Ongoing annual operations are dominated by staff wages, legal/cover operations, and maintenance/monitoring, totaling roughly $3.16M/yr.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $5.8M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $3.2M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$3.2M/yr
Normal year with no major incidents; containment and monitoring operate as planned.
no breaches
routine operations only
scheduled audits and training
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Minor Incident
$3.7M/yr
Localized containment incident requiring increased amnestic administration, short-term contractor support, emergency audits, and temporary replacements.
single-location exposure
several staff classified SCP-9450-X
targeted emergency amnestic campaign
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Catastrophic Breach
$7.2M/yr
Major containment failure requiring mass amnestic response, emergency relocation/replacement of hardware, large-scale PR/legal response, and drawing on contingency reserves.
large-scale exposure or systemic memetic spread
destruction/corruption of master copies or Script-Scrubber
prolonged loss of control requiring relocation
Personnel
12 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitohazard-Protected Personnel / Integrity Auditors & Comparison Team | 3 | [#6] Protected auditors rotated to avoid exposure; salaries included in staff_wages. |
| Research Scientist / Containment Specialist | 5 | [#7] Memetics researchers, containment lead, medics and support researchers; salaries included in staff_wages. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 4 | [#8] Restricted security pool with specialized screening and rotation; salaries included in staff_wages. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, allowing a reasonably grounded estimate; however wide cost ranges (especially for R&D, contingency sizing, staffing permutations, and incident frequencies) reduce precision, so confidence is medium.