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SCP-089 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-089
Expected annual
$2.4M
One-time setup
$805K
Annual recurring
$2.1M
Personnel
8
One-time setup costs for secure storage, transport and equipment are roughly $805k; annual recurring costs (MTF salaries, training, legal/PR/monitoring, conservation and admin) are ~ $2.06M, with per-event response costs and catastrophic Type-S mitigation handled in scenarios.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $805K
Equipment $466K
[#2, #3, #8, #19, #21] Structural handling rigging/crane/forklift and custom cradle; armored transport vehicle + secure trailer; monitoring audio capture setup (one-time setup portion); initial artifact locks/key hardware; IT/communications hardware setup.
Facilities $210K
[#1] Foundation-grade storage vault: climate control, shock mounts, reinforced pedestal, intrusion alarms, CCTV/audio and modified shipping container installation.
Initial Personnel Vetting $100K
[#18] Initial background checks and high-level vetting for initial MTF hires (estimated per-hire cost applied to initial team).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $29K
[#9, #10] Initial conservation/archaeological assessment and small one-time protocol instruments (horns/percussion) purchase.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#5] Mobile Task Force Mu-89 salaries, benefits, retirement and overhead for a 6–12 person dedicated team (midpoint annual employment cost).
Research And Monitoring $312K/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #17, #21, #25] Linguistics retainer/consulting, monitoring maintenance, periodic conservator inspections, ethics oversight/compliance auditing, IT maintenance, and rare-event research program (annualized totals).
Cover Story And Legal $240K/yr
[#13, #14] Legal team retainer and annualized expected per-incident legal/indemnity contingency plus expected PR/cover-story incident response costs.
Specialized Training $125K/yr
[#6] Regular cross-disciplinary training, exercises and certifications (negotiation, persuasion, emergency drills).
Administrative Overhead $90K/yr
[#24] Case managers, record management, OPEX allocation and petty cash.
Linguistics Consultant Retainer $70K/yr
[#7] On-call linguistics & epigraphy consultant retainer (annual retainer portion).
Personnel Vetting Renewals $60K/yr
[#18] Ongoing vetting, renewals and monitoring across the team (annualized).
Insurance And Depreciation $55K/yr
[#23] Insurance, asset depreciation and replacement budgeting for vehicles, rigging and tooling.
International Deployment Extras $13K/yr
[#16] Visas, diplomatic cover, charter flights and safehouse costs for international deployments, annualized expectation.
Facilities Maintenance $13K/yr
[#8, #19] Ongoing monitoring/IT maintenance and occasional lock replacement/maintenance (annualized).
Law Enforcement Liaison Payments $5K/yr
[#15] Covert local liaison / influence payments per event, annualized.
Medical And Psychological Services $3K/yr
[#11] Medical, counseling and long-term psychiatric care per event annualized by expected locution frequency.
Post Procedure Conservation $675/yr
[#20] Decontamination and conservator cleaning after Protocol M8, annualized per expected event rate.
Forensics Documentation $650/yr
[#12] Forensics, evidence-control and covert documentation per event, annualized.
Logistics And Transport $500/yr
[#4] Per-deployment transport operational costs (fuel, driver overtime, convoy support) annualized at low locution frequency (typical domestic deployments).
Supplies And Consumables $21/yr
[#10] Consumables used per Protocol M8 (charcoal/oil etc.), annualized by low expected locution frequency.
Type S Contingency Reserve $0/yr
[#22] Contingent catastrophic Type-S mitigation fund—costs are event-driven and budgeted per-incident (handled in scenario modeling, not as steady-state annual spend).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.1M/yr
95.0% probability / year
Normal year with no Protocol M8 deployments or major incidents; ongoing staff, monitoring, training, conservation and administrative costs only.
no_locution_event routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $2.2M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$17K vs baseline
Typical domestic locution requiring Protocol M8 with straightforward local execution and modest legal/PR expenses.
domestic_locution local_Protocol_M8_execution low_visibility_case
🚨 International Deployment $2.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$417K vs baseline
Locution necessitates urgent international deployment with charter flights, diplomatic cover and higher legal/logistics costs.
overseas_locution charter_and_diplomatic_support complex_local_law
🚨 Catastrophic Type S Event $52.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$49.9M vs baseline
Failure to execute Protocol M8 (or a failed execution) leads to a Type-S Event requiring large-scale mitigation (medical, humanitarian, military/quarantine), with very high costs.
Protocol_M8_failure widespread_Type-S_event mass_mitigation_response
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 Field operatives forming primary response and security elements of MTF Mu-89. [#5]
Research Scientist / Linguist 1 Canaanite/Punic specialist for translation and inscription analysis. [#5, #7]
Psychologist / Tactical Diplomacy Officer 1 Negotiation, non-coercive persuasion and behavioral monitoring during Protocol M8. [#5, #6]
Medical Officer / Medic 1 On-site medical monitoring and immediate care during Protocol M8 events. [#5, #11]
Administrative Staff / Case Manager 1 Case management, records, and liaison duties for operations and cover. [#24]
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of wide ranges provided in analyst notes and a subjective low annual locution rate; per-event and catastrophic costs are highly uncertain, producing moderate overall confidence.
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