SCP-1624 — SCP-1624 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-1624 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-1624

Expected annual

$5.8M

One-time setup

$6.8M

Annual recurring

$5.5M

Personnel

Initial capital and contingency expenditures are in the low millions (≈ $6.8M one-time), while steady-state containment, monitoring, research, and medical/legal support drive recurring costs of roughly $5.47M/yr; major drivers are staff wages, research/monitoring programs, legal/cover operations, and contingency reserves.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.8M

Emergency Reserve $2.8M

[#25] Containment breach insurance / emergency reserve seed fund for large-scale legal, takedown, or evacuation responses.

Bsl Upgrade Contingency $2.0M

[#12] Contingency capital for BSL-3 retrofit if real parasites implicated (BSL-3 chosen as mid-range contingency).

Facilities $600K

[#10] Quarantine/clinical isolation ward buildout one-time cost estimate (HVAC, secure locks, CCTV, observation rooms).

Domain Seizure Legal One Time $425K

[#6] One-time legal expenses to seize domains/registrars and obtain cross-jurisdiction court orders.

Incident Response Deployment Fund $300K

[#16] Per-deployment emergency fund for on-the-ground hardware seizures and emergency takedowns (one deployment contingency).

Network Outreach One Time $275K

[#5] Initial international outreach/coordination payments, travel, and operational costs to begin ISP-level blocking and takedown campaigns.

Decommission Budget $275K

[#30] One-time controlled-wipe/hardware destruction and cross-jurisdiction enforcement budget for archive destruction.

Equipment $145K

[#3, #4, #20] Air-gapped secure analysis workstations and hardware (#3), forensic capture hardware (#4 one-time portion), secure/OPSEC hardware purchases (#20 one-time portion).

Training Sop Development $60K

[#18] One-time SOP/training materials development and initial mandated briefings.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.5M/yr

Staff Wages $1.7M/yr

[#1, #2, #13, #16] Salaries and benefits for dedicated cyber containment team (#1), site security/guards and supervisor (#2), research staff salary portion (#13), and incident response team retainer (#16).

Research And Monitoring $1.3M/yr

[#7, #11, #13, #14, #17, #19, #24, #26, #29] Continuous web monitoring and mirror detection (#7), medical testing and diagnostics (#11), non-salary research program costs (#13 non-salary portion), neuroimaging program (#14), controlled red-team experiments (#17), data-analysis/tooling subscriptions (#19), long-term registry/monitoring (#24), translation/cultural analysis (#26), and ethical oversight (#29).

Cover Story And Legal $665K/yr

[#5, #8, #15, #23, #27] Ongoing liaison and coordination for ISP/legal blocking (#5 recurring), public information suppression/OPSEC/PR (#8), legal retainer for covert/international law (#15), compensation/settlement fund set-aside (#23), and archive publication/academic suppression monitoring (#27).

Bsl Upgrade Operations $600K/yr

[#12] Recurring operations cost if BSL-3/4 capability is required (staffing, consumables, specialized waste handling).

Psychological Care $500K/yr

[#9] Outpatient/inpatient psychological and psychiatric care budget for exposed subjects (baseline caseload scenario; per-patient costs vary widely).

Facilities Maintenance $350K/yr

[#10, #21] Ongoing operations for quarantine/clinical ward (staff, utilities) (#10) and energy/IT operations (HVAC, backup power, server power) (#21).

Reserve Refill $250K/yr

[#25] Annual replenishment allocation for containment breach insurance / emergency reserve.

Staff Counseling $50K/yr

[#22] Counseling and debrief support for Foundation staff exposed during study to prevent insider leaks and maintain readiness.

Supplies And Consumables $28K/yr

[#28, #4] Small-item consumables (LTO tapes, PPE, sample kits, courier costs) (#28) and media rotation / write-once archival media recurring replacement (#4 recurring portion).

Training And Sop Refresher $25K/yr

[#18] Annual refresher training, SOP updates, and mandated briefings for staff.

Secure Comms Maintenance $5K/yr

[#20] Small recurring replacement/maintenance costs for secure communications and OPSEC hardware.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.5M/yr

78.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine monitoring, research, and containment activity; no major incidents.

routine monitoring steady caseload no major takedowns

🚨 Minor Incident $6.3M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline

Localized spread or discovery of a high-traffic mirror requiring emergency takedown, extra legal/PR action, targeted settlements, and increased clinical care.

new high-traffic mirror small cluster of civilian exposures emergency takedown deployment

🚨 Major Breach $9.0M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline

Widespread public exposure requiring multiple international takedowns, large-scale legal/settlement costs, and use of emergency reserves.

international mirror proliferation mass public exposure multi-jurisdiction legal actions

🚨 Bsl Upgrade Required $8.2M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$2.7M vs baseline

Real parasitic organisms implicated, triggering capital BSL retrofit and increased recurring BSL operations.

discovery of live parasitic agents cross-contamination risk regulatory decision to upgrade containment

👥 Personnel 23 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	11	[#2] 8–12 guards plus 1 supervisor for 24/7 coverage at Site-77; headcount chosen as 10 guards + 1 supervisor (11 total).
Cybersecurity Engineer / Analyst	5	[#1] Dedicated cyber containment team: 1senior engineer, 2 cyber analysts, 1 sysadmin, 1 incident response operator.
Research Scientist	3	[#13] 2–4 researchers budgeted; midpoint staffing chosen to match research salary portion included in staff_wages.
Incident Response / Field Agent	4	[#16] Small rapid takedown/field operations team retained on-call (retainer accounted for in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling a reasonable mid-range estimate; however wide ranges for clinical caseloads, international legal difficulty, and potential BSL upgrades create significant uncertainty.

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