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SCP-1752 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1752
Expected annual
$2.1M
One-time setup
$6.0M
Annual recurring
$2.0M
Personnel
15
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $6.01M driven primarily by purchase/renovation of Site 381 and contingency/reserve funding. Annual recurring costs are about $2.04M driven mainly by staffing, lease/operating alternatives, emergency reserves, and ongoing research/backups.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.0M
Facilities $5.1M
[#1, #2] Purchase of Site 381 (hotel) estimated mid-range plus renovation and room-level soundproofing/acoustic isolation.
Contingency Reserve $625K
[#23] One-time recommended contingency / catastrophic containment reserve for rapid scaling or emergency purchases.
Equipment $224K
[#3, #4, #5, #12, #17, #22, #26] Custom containment cabinet, continuous monitoring hardware, initial secure servers/NAS, bait/playback hardware, physical security install, vehicle purchase/fit-out, and initial IT security hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $26K
[#6, #10, #11] Initial audio analysis software/licenses, development & first run of Protocol 1752 training, and acquisition/duplication of historical texts/facsimiles.
Vetting And Background Checks $25K
[#18] Initial enhanced vetting and background checks for initial team (~10–20 personnel).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.0M/yr
Staff Wages $1.0M/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #21] Salaries and benefits for security/monitoring agents (base + added staff for 24/7), project director, researchers/analysts, audio/language specialists, and admin/archival support.
Site Lease Or Operating Agreement $250K/yr
[#1] Alternative to purchase: long-term lease/operating agreement / shell-company arrangement (included as recurring alternative cost).
Emergency Response Reserve $188K/yr
[#13] Annual contingency set-aside for probable Delta Events and per-event emergency mobilization costs.
Research And Monitoring $158K/yr
[#6, #14] Ongoing audio analysis compute/cloud processing, license renewals, and active research program to locate SCP-1752-2 (baseline small program level).
Facilities Maintenance $112K/yr
[#16] Utilities, environmental controls, housekeeping and standard facility operations (owns/operates whole hotel footprint estimate).
Cover Story And Legal $106K/yr
[#15] Legal, cover story, PR, compensation and local authority liaisons to maintain plausible hotel operations and manage inquiries.
Exercise Drills $55K/yr
[#24] Periodic protocol drills and exercises (quarterly/biannual) including overtime and external actors.
Consultants $40K/yr
[#25] Subject-matter consultants (17th-century medicine experts, linguists, conservators) on retainer/contract.
Medical And Psych Support $30K/yr
[#19] Staff medical checks, occupational health and psychological counseling services.
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#22] Operating costs for secure transport vehicles (fuel, insurance, drivers) — per-vehicle operating estimate assuming one vehicle.
It Security Audits $11K/yr
[#26] Ongoing audits, updates and classified-environment compliance for air-gapped systems and encryption.
Offsite Backup And Storage $9K/yr
[#5] Ongoing secure cloud/off-site backup and storage costs for audio archive.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#20] Consumables, spares and routine maintenance (batteries, cables, HVAC filters, microphone replacements).
Containment Maintenance $5K/yr
[#12] Maintenance and periodic replacement for bait/playback/lure kit (directional speakers, concealed rigs, tamper-proof caches).
Vetting Renewals $5K/yr
[#18] Periodic re-evaluation and renewal costs for personnel security/vetting.
Monitoring Replacements $3K/yr
[#4] Small recurring replacement consumables and backup recorder media for continuous monitoring hardware.
Physical Security Maintenance $2K/yr
[#17] Annual maintenance/monitoring for CCTV, access control and intrusion detection.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.0M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with standard monitoring, training, and research activities; no major Delta Events.
steady monitoring routine research and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
A single minor Delta Event or modest containment incident requiring short MTF deployment, limited PR/legal costs, and equipment replacement.
localized Delta Event small emergency mobilization overtime and limited public mitigation
🚨 Major Delta Event $3.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Major breach/Delta Event with large public response, extensive MTF deployment, legal exposure, large-scale containment and research surge.
major Delta Event public evacuation / property damage extended national-scale response
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#7, #8] Core monitoring agents plus added staff for 24/7 coverage and redundancy.
Site Custodian / Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#8, #16] Facility operations, HVAC/noise mitigation maintenance and rapid on-site repairs.
Research Scientist 2 [#9, #14] Researchers conducting audio analysis, field ops coordination and SCP-1752-2 localization efforts.
Project Director / Executive Staff 1 [#9] Program lead responsible for oversight and protocol enaction decisions.
Audio Analyst / Linguist / Historian 2 [#6, #9, #10, #25] Specialists for forensic audio analysis, dialect identification, 17th-century medicine training content and consultation.
Administrative Staff / Archivist 1 [#21] Administrative support for weekly reports, cataloging SCP-1752-3 entities and document redaction/archival labor.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for facilities, staffing and recurring operations (medium confidence). Remaining uncertainty arises from the anomaly's unpredictability (Delta Events), choice between purchase vs lease, and scale of active research which can materially alter costs.
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