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SCP-1601 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1601
Expected annual
$2.8M
One-time setup
$5.0M
Annual recurring
$2.7M
Personnel
12
Initial capital/setup estimated at approximately $5.0M (site construction, stabilization, and equipment). Recurring annual operations are ~ $2.72M/yr driven by staff wages, communications/data operations, vehicle/transportation, and contingencies for rare high-cost broadcast events (per-event amnestic/canvassing).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.0M
Facilities $3.5M
[#1, #2, #11] Site acquisition and construction (roads, hardening, living quarters, helipad) plus perimeter construction and cave stabilization/rockworks.
Equipment $1.2M
[#5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #12, #13, #17, #18] Cameras and ruggedized housings, communications hardware, radio/SDR nodes, initial servers/NAS, 3D scanners and scaffolding, vehicle purchases, generators/ATS, cybersecurity setup, and archival shelving/climate-control hardware.
Medical Stockpile $150K
[#14] Initial acquisition and secure storage setup for Class-A-2 amnestics, sedatives, and authorized medical kits.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $85K
[#10] Local sample prep bench, fume hood(s), microscopes and prep equipment for on-site analysis and sample handling.
Initial Cover Story Setup $50K
[#16] One-time legal/PR retainers and initial covert payments/cover-story fabrication setup costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#3] Salaries, benefits, housing allowances, winter hazard pay and on-call premiums for a 10–14 FTE site staff.
Research And Monitoring $491K/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #10, #18, #19, #25] Radio ops/calibration, data archival/bandwidth/backup operations, casting consumables (amortized), outsourcing lab analyses, curation/archival staffing and long-term documentation costs, and linguist/researcher time.
Logistics And Transport $305K/yr
[#12, #23] Vehicle operations/fuel/maintenance, helicopter lease/ops on-call, and rotation/travel costs to/from central Foundation sites.
Maintenance Contingency $125K/yr
[#24] Replacement/contingency fund (5–10% of operating budget) for unexpected repairs, inflation and higher wear in remote/winter conditions.
Facilities Maintenance $110K/yr
[#2, #5, #11, #13] Perimeter and signage upkeep, camera and imaging maintenance, geotechnical/seismic sensor maintenance, generator fuel/maintenance and building heating winterization.
Rapid Response And Standby $100K/yr
[#4] Standby stipends, overtime and rapid-mobilization premiums for on-call cave entry/casting teams.
Communications Services $90K/yr
[#6] VSAT/leased microwave/backhaul monthly fees, leased lines and redundant comms service contracts (operational comms costs).
Cybersecurity $65K/yr
[#17] Managed security services, hardening, staff training and secure-deletion/forensic services for recovered audio and recordings.
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#16] Baseline PR/legal/paid local cooperation for cover stories, media takedowns and limited legal actions.
Supplies And Consumables $40K/yr
[#21] PPE, sampling vials, batteries, spare parts, office consumables, winter clothing and routine consumables.
Training Drills $30K/yr
[#22] Regular training for rapid casting, amnestic administration, media drills and entry under time pressure.
Per Event Canvassing $10K/yr
[#15] Baseline annual planning/reserve for small canvassing operations; full per-event costs are highly variable and modeled in scenarios.
Large Scale Event Contingency $0/yr
[#20] Dedicated reserve for large-scale Event 1601-BR fallout ($1M–$10M per major Event); treated as per-event contingency and not included in baseline recurring spend.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.7M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, maintenance, and occasional small exercises but no major broadcast event.
routine_monitoring no_Event_1601-BR
🚨 Minor Incident $3.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$350K vs baseline
Localized Event 1601-BR or a small broadcast footprint requiring limited canvassing and targeted amnestic work.
localized_broadcast small_canvassing
🚨 Major Broadcast Event $7.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Large-scale Event 1601-BR affecting a wide radius requiring mass canvassing, extensive amnestic deployment, replacement/repair of infrastructure and long legal/PR actions.
widespread_broadcast mass_canvassing large_amnestic_campaign
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 Primary on-site leadership; included in staff wage pool [#3].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 Ranger-cover security staff for 24/7 presence and exclusion enforcement [#3].
Technician / Engineer / IT 2 Maintenance, IT and systems technicians for cameras, comms, generators and servers [#3, #5, #6].
Medical Officer 1 On-site medic for emergency care and authorized amnestic administration [#3, #14].
Research Scientist (Materials) 1 Part-time materials scientist for sample evaluation and coordination with central labs [#3, #10].
Linguist / Translator 1 On-call/part-time linguist for event translation and indexing (may be supplemented by central staff) [#3, #19].
Administrative Staff 1 Logistics, procurement, liaison and cover-story administration [#3, #16].
Rapid Response Specialist / On-call Operator 1 Dedicated rapid-entry/casting operator paid standby (overlap with security/tech staff) [#4].
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item cost ranges are well-documented, facilities and staffing estimates are robust; largest uncertainty is event frequency and per-event canvassing/amnestic costs which are highly variable and drive tail risk.
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