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SCP-001-MACKENZIE-S-PROPOSAL Euclid ? low confidence
Dr. Mackenzie's Proposal
Expected annual
$15.2M
One-time setup
$21.2M
Annual recurring
$12.4M
Personnel
40
Initial capital + secure infrastructure and specialist staffing drive upfront costs (~$21.2M one-time); steady-state operations are dominated by high-paid specialist staff, legal/cover operations, and overhead (~$12.45M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $21.2M
Protocol Zero Reserve $5.0M
[#15] Minimum operational reserve for Protocol Zero enactment and global contingency logistics (seed fund).
Field Search Project $5.0M
[#18] Project-level funding for locating SCP-001-36 (intelligence, field ops, excavation, covert ops).
Equipment $4.7M
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #10, #11, #14, #16] EM/Faraday shielding, archival HVAC and preservation systems, 24/7 tamper-proof sensor/CCTV network, UPS/backup generators, O5 access hardware, remote manipulators, custom imaging instrument builds, air-gapped archival/digitization hardware, specialized transport container.
Facilities $2.5M
[#1] Hardened vault construction (retrofit/new construction depending on site security level).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.4M
[#9, #12, #13, #20, #24] Cognitohazard/memetics program setup and instrument staging, recruitment/relocation/startup costs for restricted research team, medical/quarantine suite setup, initial training/program development, and contingency planning.
Liability And Cleanup Reserve $1.5M
[#19] Legal/severance/cleanup/whistleblower risk reserve.
Security Training And Equipment $125K
[#6] Initial training and equipment for armed guards and on-call response teams.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.4M/yr
Staff Wages $6.4M/yr
[#6, #12, #9, #22, #13, #4] Salaries for security (armed guards), research scientists (materials team), memetic specialists, red-team/counterintelligence, medical staff, and monitoring/technical staff.
Cover Story And Legal $1.5M/yr
[#17] Ongoing legal teams, covert PR/misinformation, classified counsel, and information suppression budgets.
Long Term Overhead $1.1M/yr
[#23] Pro-rated facility overhead: utilities, building depreciation, insurance and administrative allocation for a high-clearance site.
Protocol Zero Replenishment $500K/yr
[#15] Replenishment budget for Protocol Zero reserve after exercises or incident use.
Medical Monitoring $450K/yr
[#13] Ongoing neuro/psychiatric testing, EEG/functional imaging follow-ups, pharmacological countermeasures and quarantine readiness consumables.
External Beamline Access $300K/yr
[#11] Beamline/large-facility experiment access fees and per-experiment costs (synchrotron, neutron tomography, etc.).
Training And Drills $275K/yr
[#20] Regular Protocol Zero drills, memetic-safety refreshers, and third-party audits.
Field Search Ongoing $250K/yr
[#18] Continued intelligence and covert-operative support if search for SCP-001-36 is maintained over multiple years.
Red Team Counterintelligence $250K/yr
[#22] Active red-team operations, penetration testing, and insider-threat programs (operational costs distinct from personnel wages).
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#9, #11] Non-wage research program costs (algorithms, bespoke instrument development overhead) and general monitoring research support.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#16] Standing contracts and readiness for secure transport convoys and occasional airlift; per-move costs budgeted separately as needed.
Cognito Program Upkeep $200K/yr
[#9] Ongoing memetic program staffing/upkeep costs excluding direct salary lines (protocol refreshers, filter tech maintenance, safe-viewing apparatus upkeep).
Liability Fund Replenishment $200K/yr
[#19] Annual reserve top-up for legal/liability pools and potential settlements.
Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr
[#3, #5, #7, #14] Ongoing HVAC/archival system upkeep, generator maintenance, access-control audits, and archival site maintenance (non-itemized infrastructure upkeep).
Catastrophic Contingency Reserve $100K/yr
[#24] Ongoing contingency planning and liaison costs related to catastrophic-readiness planning (recognizing true costs are potentially unbounded).
Personnel Vetting Ongoing $90K/yr
[#8] Ongoing psych monitoring, counterintelligence vetting renewals and security re-evaluations for monitored staff.
Monitoring And Network Ops $88K/yr
[#4] 24/7 monitoring staffing, secure bandwidth, tamper-log storage, and air-gapped backup maintenance.
Robotic Maintenance $60K/yr
[#10] Maintenance, parts and calibration for robotic manipulators and telepresence rigs.
Supplies And Consumables $55K/yr
[#21] PPE, decontamination supplies, single-use cognitive-protection materials and consumables.
Archival Storage Audit $55K/yr
[#14] Cross-site storage fees, periodic audits and air-gapped archival maintenance.
Power Maintenance $30K/yr
[#5] Fuel contracts, generator servicing, UPS battery replacement and related power continuity costs.
Em Shielding Maintenance $18K/yr
[#2] Recurring maintenance, monitoring and small upgrades for Faraday/EM shielding and EMI/EMP protections.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.4M/yr
93.4% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine research, maintenance, and program operations only.
no breaches regular operations scheduled maintenance and research
🚨 Minor Incident $13.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Limited memetic exposure or containment anomaly requiring localized medical/quarantine response, legal/PR action, and increased monitoring.
small-scale memetic exposure single-person quarantine/medical response targeted PR/legal mitigation
🚨 Major Breach $62.5M/yr
1.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or partial Protocol Zero enactment requiring large-scale emergency response, mobilization of O5 logistics, international coordination and major research push to re-contain or mitigate.
multi-person exposure site-level breach regional emergency response / airlift
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $2.0B/yr
0.1% probability / year +$2.0B vs baseline
Activation or runaway cognito-reality effect causing wide-scale Corruption; major continuity-of-government operations and international emergency mitigation.
activation of catastrophic mechanism widespread reality-level effects international catastrophe response
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 14 [#6] Rotational armed guards and on-call response team to secure vault perimeter and enforce access protocols.
Research Scientist (Materials) 6 [#12] Materials physicists and theorists with O5-level clearance for device analysis.
Memetic Specialist / Research Scientist 6 [#9] Specialist memetics team for cognitive containment, protocol development and safe viewing.
Engineer / Maintenance 4 [#5, #10, #4] Engineers for facility systems, power/UPS maintenance, and robotics upkeep.
Medical Officer 3 [#13] Medical/psychiatric staff for monitoring, exposure response, and quarantine management.
Red-team / Counterintelligence 4 [#22] Internal security, penetration testing, and insider-threat operations.
Administrative Staff 3 [#7, #17] Administrative and classified-legal liaisons to manage O5 access protocols, records, and cover-story coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges but the object is anomalous with wide parameter uncertainty and potential for unbounded catastrophic cost; many line items are high-variance and contingent on policy (e.g., Protocol Zero scope, international coordination).
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