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SCP-1511 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1511
Expected annual
$19.8M
One-time setup
$69.0M
Annual recurring
$18.3M
Personnel
29
Initial capital outlay dominated by aircraft/helicopter procurement, remote outpost construction, and a large contingency for possible scale-up; steady-state annual operations are driven by flight operations, field staffing, and contingency/overhead costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $69.0M
Unexpected Scale Up Contingency One Time $50.0M
[#27] Contingent full scale-up capital (route-wide infrastructure, additional aircraft/stations) — budgetary contingency estimate.
Equipment $13.7M
[#3, #6, #8, #9, #10, #12, #13, #16, #22] Power install ($200,000), 2 helicopters ($10,000,000), fixed-wing aircraft ($1,500,000), UAV fleet ($1,000,000), GPS/audio packages ($300,000), ground vehicles ($360,000), VSAT installs ($100,000), initial storage cluster ($200,000), initial PPE ($50,000).
Facilities $3.9M
[#1, #2, #15, #26] Outpost construction and site work ($2,000,000), land acquisition/permits ($1,000,000), secure vault construction ($500,000), decommissioning/site reclamation set-aside ($400,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#11, #23] Attachment/retrieval R&D and prototypes ($1,000,000) and initial scientific instrument kit ($200,000).
Mental Health Program $100K
[#18] Initial setup for psychological screening, memetics mitigation and training.
Info Sec Initial Setup $50K
[#19] Initial legal/InfoSec setup and redaction workflow costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $18.3M/yr
Unexpected Scale Up Contingency Recurring $10.0M/yr
[#27] Contingent increased recurring operations if full route-wide surveillance/containment is required.
Logistics And Transport $2.5M/yr
[#7, #8, #12] Helicopter operations ($2,200,000/yr), fixed-wing operations ($200,000/yr), ground vehicle maintenance/fuel ($120,000/yr).
Staff Wages $2.4M/yr
[#4, #5] 24 on-site staff across two outposts (~12 each) at ~$75,000/yr plus ~5 FTE specialized research staff.
Supplies And Consumables $895K/yr
[#10, #14, #22, #23] GPS/audio replacements (~$30,000/yr), field consumables and fuel (~$800,000/yr), PPE resupply ($25,000/yr), scientific consumables ($40,000/yr).
Administrative Overhead $720K/yr
[#25] Institutional overhead (pensions, HR, management) estimated as ~30% of staff costs.
Incident Response Fund $500K/yr
[#17] Annual contingency funding for environmental remediation, hazmat and emergency contractors.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#19] Retainer/legal & PR for cover stories, redaction and coordination with authorities.
Uav Maintenance And Ops $200K/yr
[#9] BVLOS heavy-lift and quadcopter maintenance, insurance and spare parts.
Mental Health Program $150K/yr
[#18] Ongoing counseling, memetic mitigation operations and staff monitoring.
Local Liaison $150K/yr
[#20] Payments, community relations and cover compensation to local populations.
Training And Exercises $150K/yr
[#21] Regular drills, exercises, travel and simulated deployments for field teams and UAV pilots.
Research And Monitoring $100K/yr
[#16] Recurring data storage, archival maintenance and analyst workstation support.
Insurance And Compliance $100K/yr
[#24] Property, casualty, aircraft insurance and regulatory compliance costs.
Communications Operational $96K/yr
[#13] VSAT/bandwidth/airtime and satellite communications recurring costs.
Power Systems Maintenance And Fuel $60K/yr
[#3] Recurring fuel and maintenance for off-grid power systems at outposts.
Facilities Maintenance $50K/yr
[#15] Vault operations and routine site maintenance.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $18.3M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Steady-state monitoring year with no major incidents or scale-up actions.
routine monitoring scheduled maintenance no unexpected landings or major crashes
🚨 Minor Incident $19.8M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Single recoverable crash/grounding or equipment loss requiring incident response, repairs and modest replacement purchases.
SCP-1511 instance descends and is damaged localized environmental remediation and recovery operations
🚨 Major Breach $20.8M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Severe crash or multiple simultaneous incidents requiring major recovery, replacement of primary assets, extended remediation and investigative operations.
large-scale crash with heavy damage multiple asset losses or prolonged recovery
🚨 Unexpected Scale Up $78.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$60.0M vs baseline
Anomalous behavior increases frequency/severity requiring immediate route-wide containment scale-up (capital investment + elevated ops).
increased appearance frequency hostile or hazardous behavior decision to deploy route-wide continuous coverage
👥 Personnel 29 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#4] On-site security guards distributed across both outposts (part of the 24 outpost staff).
Technician / Field Specialist 7 [#4] Technicians and field specialists for equipment, power and comms at outposts.
Medical Officer 3 [#4] On-site medics and emergency medical support included in outpost staffing.
Administrative Staff 4 [#4] Site/admin/communications staff included in outpost staffing.
Research Scientist 5 [#5] Central specialized research team (analysis, linguistics, memetics, geophysics) at Site-197/HQ.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item estimates are taken from analyst notes where available; operational recurrence and contingency decisions carry uncertainty due to anomalous behavior and jurisdictional variability, so confidence is moderate.
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