SCP-1115 — SCP-1115 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-1115 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-1115

Expected annual

$54.9M

One-time setup

$139.2M

Annual recurring

$53.4M

Personnel

First-year one-time capital and contingency spending is dominated by UAV procurement, ground-station and lab buildouts and a large emergency reserve (~$139.2M one-time). Ongoing annual costs are driven by continuous monitoring, UAV operations, MTF readiness and cover-story/legal/insurance (~$56.2M/year).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $139.2M

Equipment $53.7M

[#1, #2, #8, #10] Ground-station hardware (#1), UAV fleet procurement (#2), MTF specialized kit procurement (#8), retrieval/containment modular suite (#10).

Emergency Reserve $50.0M

[#16] Emergency contingency fund (Procedure Greenbriar) one-time reserve for catastrophic deviation/detonation contingencies.

Class E Stockpile $10.0M

[#15] Initial manufacturing & secure storage capacity for Class‑E amnestic stockpile and inventory buildup.

Deep Sea Salvage Reserve $10.0M

[#17] Contingent budget reserved for a single deep-sea salvage campaign (ROV/ship/expedition costs) if attempted.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.7M

[#12, #13, #14, #18] Remote disassembly robotics (#12), EMP/radiation test lab and instrumentation (#13), nuclear forensic lab & equipment (#14), initial translation/toolchain tooling (#18).

Medical Contingency $5.0M

[#25] One-time medical contingency reserve for larger casualty/evacuation scenarios and public-health cover operations.

Facilities $1.5M

[#11] Site 731 low-light and Faraday storage/mod upgrades (one-time structural/build modifications).

Front Company Setup $1.0M

[#4] Space Communication Properties front-company setup (registration, legal, PR seed story, initial offices/vehicles).

Meteorological Sensor Network Rollout $1.0M

[#7] Initial rollout of local sensor buoys/stations and integration hardware for equatorial micro-weather monitoring.

Liaison Team Setup $600K

[#24] Initial establishment costs for covert liaison/staging teams in 3 key equatorial regions (per-region startup aggregated).

Legal Startup $500K

[#5] Initial airspace/legal/permit push and one-time lobbying/bribe expenses to establish operational permissions.

Secure Storage Integration $150K

[#22] One-time secure encrypted storage integration and hardened backup infrastructure for recordings/telemetry.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $53.4M/yr

Staff Wages $10.0M/yr

[#6, #8, #3, #18, #12] Salaries/loaded labor for monitoring/watch officers (#6), MTF personnel salary component (#8), UAV operators/remote pilots (#3), linguists/audio analysts (#18), robotics/maintenance staff (#12).

Recurring Uplift $9.4M/yr

[#29] Opportunity-cost / perpetual monitoring uplift (20% applied across recurring operating budgets to account for indefinite monitoring overhead).

Uav Operations And Maintenance $7.0M/yr

[#3] UAV operational O&M: remote crew, maintenance, spares, airtime and replacement cadence (recurring UAV program costs).

Cover Story And Legal $6.0M/yr

[#4, #5, #20] Ongoing front-company operating budget and PR (#4), continued legal/lobbying/airspace licensing retentions (#5), cover-story media management and disinformation campaigns (#20).

Research And Monitoring $5.0M/yr

[#19] Long-term R&D into capture/neutralization alternatives, prototype trials and associated program costs (#19).

Logistics And Transport $5.0M/yr

[#9, #24] Forward staging and liaison team logistics (#24) plus availability/charter contracts for rapid airlift and rotary support (#9).

Insurance And Legal Exposure $3.0M/yr

[#21] Annual reserve for insurance, legal defense, reparations and quiet settlements after incidents (#21).

Class E Maintenance $2.0M/yr

[#15] Ongoing manufacturing, testing, storage upkeep and medical oversight for Class‑E amnestic stockpile readiness (#15).

Medical Response And Casualty Support $2.0M/yr

[#25] Ongoing medical monitoring, small-incident casualty support and public-health cover readiness (#25).

Training And Drills $1.0M/yr

[#23] Recurring readiness exercises for MTF/UAV ops/cover teams and amnestic deployment drills (#23).

Research Translation And Archival $750K/yr

[#18, #26] Ongoing translation/audio analysis staffing and compute (#18) plus record-keeping, archival and redaction operations (#26).

Nuclear Forensics $600K/yr

[#14] Specialized personnel, consumables and maintenance for nuclear forensics and EOD capabilities (#14).

Decommissioning And Cleanup Reserve $500K/yr

[#27] Annual reserve for environmental remediation/decommissioning/cleanup per potential self-detonation or unrecoverable loss (#27).

Supplies And Consumables $480K/yr

[#10, #12, #13, #28] Retrieval kit maintenance and inspection (#10), robotics maintenance consumables (#12), lab calibration/consumables (#13), field consumables and spare sensors/batteries (#28).

Communications And Cybersecurity $400K/yr

[#22] Secure encrypted storage, SOC operations, backups and daily telemetry archival cybersecurity costs (#22).

Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr

[#11] Incremental power, maintenance and low-light environment upkeep for Site 731 containment/storage.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $53.4M/yr

87.0% probability / year

Normal year with continuous monitoring, routine UAV O&M, MTF readiness and cover operations with no major incidents.

no recoveries no crashes routine operations

🚨 Minor Incident $60.2M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$6.8M vs baseline

Single recoverable drone loss or regional deviation requiring rapid deployment, charter lift and targeted amnestic/cover operations.

drone malfunction/crash (recoverable) localized retrieval & media mitigation

🚨 Deep Sea Salvage Campaign $66.3M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$12.9M vs baseline

Decision to fund and execute abyssal salvage of lost drone(s) requiring research vessel, ROV/submersible and specialized team.

ocean crash within reachable search area priority intelligence to recover drone

🚨 Major Detonation $106.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$52.8M vs baseline

Catastrophic event (e.g., drone ramming and mini-nuke detonation) triggering large-scale evacuation, mass amnestic deployment, disaster relief and cover-story operations.

pursuit-triggered detonation large civilian impact requiring emergency fund activation

👥 Personnel 75 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	30	Standing MTF personnel (Upsilon‑638) for rapid deployment and readiness pay included in staff wages.
Monitoring Operator / Watch Officer	20	24/7 satellite/UAV analysts, sensor fusion and watch officers to maintain continuous monitoring.
Research Scientist / Linguist	8	Linguists, EMP/radiation analysts and research scientists for translation and analysis.
Engineer / Maintenance	10	UAV maintenance crews, robotics operators and technical support for hardware upkeep.
Administrative Staff	4	Program administration, logistics and cover-company administrative roles.
Medical Officer	2	Medical monitoring, casualty support and amnestic medical oversight.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	Program-level oversight and coordination with Site 731/O5 liaison.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and plausible ranges; however SCP anomalous behavior and incident frequency are uncertain, many costs are order-of-magnitude estimates and contingent events have high variance.

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