SCP-1771 — SCP-1771 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-1771 Euclid ? low confidence

SCP-1771

Expected annual

$1.6M

One-time setup

$450K

Annual recurring

$1.5M

Personnel

Baseline (rural) one-time setup is modest (~$450k) while annual operating costs are dominated by staffed security, rapid-response/regional support, amnestic provisioning, and central program overhead (~$1.54M/yr). Urban instances or emergency incidents can add multi-million-dollar one-time and annual costs.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $450K

Property Acquisition $180K

[#1] Rural single-house purchase estimate including closing costs and legal fees (baseline rural acquisition).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K

[#22] Initial focused R&D phase and research instrumentation for studying key-transfer mechanics and safe testing procedures.

Facilities $30K

[#3] Fence, gate, foundations and anti-climb construction for a 30 m radius perimeter (rural baseline).

Vehicle Purchase $30K

[#13] Purchase of 1 light patrol/transport vehicle (baseline).

Front Corp Setup $30K

[#17] One-time legal/accounting costs to establish front corporation(s) to manage property and payroll.

Cctv System And Installation $20K

[#9] Cameras, mounts, tamper sensors and installation (one-time hardware/installation).

Video Server Purchase $20K

[#10] One-time purchase/build of recording server and initial off-site backup setup.

Generator Purchase $20K

[#11] Diesel generator sized for small site (one-time purchase).

Secure It Setup $20K

[#28] One-time secure IT and classified database initial setup and appliances.

Secure Archive Cabinet $15K

[#23] One-time secure cabinet/small vault for evidence, letters, biologic samples.

Cover Up One Time $15K

[#18] One-time cover-up / bribery / expediting payments for property purchase closings and local resistance (baseline contingency).

Clinic Setup $10K

[#15] One-time basic clinic setup (exam supplies, cabinet, basic equipment).

Communications Hardware $5K

[#12] Radios, encrypted phones, network encryption appliances (one-time hardware).

Identity Initial Screening $5K

[#19] Initial biometric/DNA/background screening for baseline set of residents (one-time costs).

Equipment $0

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Urban Wall Upgrade $0

[#4] Urban variant (reinforced masonry/concrete wall + heavy gate). Set to 0 for rural baseline; applied in urban scenario.

Relocation Compensation $0

[#29] Compensation/relocation payments for displaced residents (one-time) — set to 0 for rural baseline; used in urban scenario.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr

Staff Wages $720K/yr

[#6, #8, #14, #30] Salaries, benefits, and training amortization for on-site guards (armed patrol baseline), prorated rapid-response support, part-time/full-time medical staff, and local research staffing.

Central Program Overhead $300K/yr

[#30] Centralized program management, program director(s), legal/accounting, ethics board and periodic audits across multiple instances.

Research And Monitoring $100K/yr

[#22] Ongoing research program budget for experiments, sample analysis, travel experiments and ethics oversight.

Contingency Reserve $100K/yr

[#27] Annual reserve contribution for large-scale civilian exposure, emergency amnestic response and legal fallout (recommendation-level fund).

Video Storage And Monitoring $60K/yr

[#10] Continuous recording retention, secure off-site backups, and analyst monitoring hours (recurring storage/monitoring).

Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr

[#17, #18] Ongoing legal retainer, corporate maintenance, PR/municipal relations budget and minor cover-story expenditures.

Amnestic Program $50K/yr

[#16] Procurement/production, QA, storage and administration costs for Class-C/Class-A amnestics (assumes moderate civilian encounter rate).

Training And Development $40K/yr

[#24] Annual training in amnestic administration, non-lethal control and interview/documentation techniques.

Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr

[#2, #5, #25] Annual property taxes/insurance, perimeter maintenance/repairs, utilities and grounds/housekeeping for the contained property.

It Maintenance $20K/yr

[#28] Annual maintenance, updates and IT staff/contractor time for classified systems.

Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr

[#15] Consumables, PPE, basic clinic/pharmacy restocking and janitorial supplies.

Logistics And Transport $12K/yr

[#13] Fuel, maintenance, and insurance for baseline transport/patrol vehicle(s).

Medical Supplies $10K/yr

[#15] Annual replenishment of medical consumables, emergency drugs and pharmaceuticals.

Psychological Services $10K/yr

[#21] Mental health evaluations and counseling for residents and staff debriefing.

Translation Services $8K/yr

[#26] On-demand translation and linguistics support for interviews and letters.

Generator Fuel Maintenance $6K/yr

[#11] Diesel fuel, annual load testing and generator maintenance.

Health Screening $3K/yr

[#20] Ongoing annual medical checks per resident after initial intensive cadence.

Identity Rechecks $2K/yr

[#19] Ongoing periodic biometric/background re-checks for residents.

Secure Archive Annual $2K/yr

[#23] Climate control and archive storage costs for letters, samples and chain-of-custody documentation.

Communications Service $2K/yr

[#12] Cellular/seat-of-rope service subscriptions and encrypted comms subscriptions.

Plainclothed Staffing $0/yr

[#7] Plainclothed guard staffing (urban substitution for fence/patrols) — set to 0 for rural baseline; applied in urban scenario.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr

96.0% probability / year

Rural single-house containment year with no major incidents; fence, baseline staffing and regional support maintained.

normal operations no mass exposures rural/fenced site

🚨 Urban Conversion $4.2M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$2.7M vs baseline

An instance located in a populated area requires full property acquisition, wall construction and substitution of plainclothed staffing; large one-time purchase/relocation costs apply.

instance in well-populated area purchase of multiple properties upgrade to masonry walls and plainclothed staffing

🚨 Major Breach $3.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$1.7M vs baseline

Containment breach or large civilian exposure requiring mass amnestic administration, emergency legal response, large reserve drawdown and potential emergency purchases.

mass civilian exposure failed containment attempt large legal/medical emergency

👥 Personnel 12 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#6] Armed perimeter guards (6 FTE for 3-shift coverage in rural baseline).
Rapid Response / Containment Team	4	[#8] Prorated regional rapid-response personnel assigned to the instance (on-call / rotational coverage).
Medical Officer	1	[#14] Part-time/allocated medic or nurse responsible for on-site care and amnestic administration oversight.
Research Scientist	1	[#22] Single research lead or investigator running ongoing experiments and documentation.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are low-confidence due to large variability in local real-estate prices (urban vs rural), uncertain civilian contact rates (which drive amnestic consumption), and program scale assumptions (regional rapid-response and central overhead). Many costs are optional or conditional on site type.

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