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SCP-1471 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1471
Expected annual
$13.0M
One-time setup
$7.2M
Annual recurring
$12.5M
Personnel
30
Initial one-time containment and tooling costs are approximately $7.17M, driven primarily by secure facility upgrades, equipment, research lab setup and a large contingency reserve. Annual recurring operations are estimated at ~$12.48M/yr, driven by staff wages, long-term support contingency, research/monitoring, legal/PR, and compensation/decommissioning costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.2M
Contingency Fund Reserve $5.5M
[#22] Reserved emergency fund for mass outbreak response, surge capacity, temporary storage and mass medical triage.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $925K
[#16, #27] Initial neuroimaging / lab equipment institutional access ($600k) and one-time authorized countermeasure/software development infrastructure ($325k).
Equipment $518K
[#3, #4, #6, #17, #18] Battery removal tooling/setup ($5k), mobile forensic workstations and hardware imagers (initial $200k), cyber ops initial tooling ($125k), secure analysis sandbox hardware ($125k), evidence management/barcoding IT initial component ($62,500).
Facilities $225K
[#1] Faraday-lined Storage Unit-91 upgrade including climate control, CCTV, access controls, evidence-chain systems and racks.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.5M/yr
Long Term Support Contingency $3.0M/yr
[#14] Ongoing contingency/reserve for long-term support, disability accommodations, counseling and compensation for irreversibly affected individuals (midpoint of $1M–$5M contingency assumed annually).
Staff Wages $2.9M/yr
[#5, #6, #9] Salaries and benefits for reverse-engineering/malware analysis team (~$900k), cyber operations personnel (~$700k), and field agents/seizure teams (~$1,250k).
Research And Monitoring $1.7M/yr
[#7, #15, #16, #17, #27] Continuous app-store monitoring and analyst operations (~$210k), ongoing clinical/neurology research program (~$1,250k), operational imaging fees (~$100k/yr), sandbox maintenance (~$50k/yr), and countermeasure update distribution (~$100k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $1.2M/yr
[#8, #12, #24] Legal/takedown retainer, international MLAT efforts, PR/cover-story operations and hazardous information suppression services.
Cyber Operations $700K/yr
[#6] Ongoing cyber operations, infrastructure and ops for controlled remote-disable/self-uploading malware activities (personnel + cloud costs).
Compensation $600K/yr
[#23] Compensation/replacement device reimbursements for confiscated civilian devices (~$600k/yr midpoint for 1,000 devices).
Insurance Legal Reserve $550K/yr
[#29] Liability insurance premiums and legal defense reserve for lawsuits and claims.
Facilities Maintenance $400K/yr
[#21] Site-45 physical security staffing, badge/CCTV monitoring and alarm systems maintenance.
Travel $300K/yr
[#20] International cooperation travel, extradition support and cross-border investigations.
Logistics And Transport $250K/yr
[#10] Secure transport and armored courier services for seized devices and chain-of-custody logistics.
Incident Hotline $210K/yr
[#11] 24/7 public reporting hotline, intake staff, CRM and triage/dispatch systems.
It Infrastructure $150K/yr
[#25] Cloud/server costs for crawlers, C2 testbeds, secure logs, backups and high-bandwidth image storage.
Medical Care $125K/yr
[#13] Baseline triage and short-term care for exposed individuals (assumes ~100 patients/year baseline: $50k–$200k).
Training $125K/yr
[#19] SOP development, training courses and drills for agents and researchers.
Ethical Oversight $100K/yr
[#26] Internal review boards, compliance and audits to oversee human-subject work and cyber activities.
Forensic License Support $75K/yr
[#4] Ongoing license/support and subscription renewals for high-end mobile forensic tools and software.
Records Retention $50K/yr
[#28] Classified archives, secure log storage and retention management for seized device records and research data.
Supplies And Consumables $32K/yr
[#2] Portable Faraday/isolation kits and consumable supplies for seized devices (~$32.5k/yr for 1,000 devices).
Decommissioning $30K/yr
[#30] Secure destruction and disposal of contaminated devices (~$10–$50/device; ~$30k/yr for 1,000 devices).
Battery Disposal $25K/yr
[#3] Li-ion battery hazardous-waste disposal contracts and per-battery disposal costs (~$25k/yr for 1,000 batteries).
Evidence Management Maintenance $25K/yr
[#18] Ongoing maintenance and licensing for evidence tracking, barcoding and chain-of-custody IT system.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.5M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, seizures and research activity but no large-scale outbreak or major incidents.
routine_surveillance periodic_seizures ongoing_research
🚨 Minor Incident $13.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized surge in infections requiring increased field operations, legal actions and temporary medical surge capacity.
localized_spread coordinated_app_snapshot_detected
🚨 Major Outbreak $32.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Widespread distribution of SCP-1471 (global), triggering large-scale seizures, mass medical care and full use of contingency/reserve funds.
global_distribution mass_infections international_legal_crisis
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Reverse Engineer 6 [#5] Senior reverse engineers and malware analysts (part of the reverse-engineering team salary line).
Cyber Operations / DevOps 4 [#6] Developers and infrastructure engineers supporting automated targeting and C2 infrastructure.
Security Officer / MTF Agent (Field Agents) 20 [#9] Field seizure teams and operations personnel (seizure, warrants, surveillance and travel).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are midpoints of wide ranges provided in the analyst notes; many costs (personnel counts, severity of outbreaks, long-term patient counts, and contingency drawdowns) are highly uncertain, but most line items are enumerated and mapped to plausible budget categories.
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