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SCP-1835 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1835
Expected annual
$7.4M
One-time setup
$7.6M
Annual recurring
$7.1M
Personnel
24
Initial one-time setup costs are dominated by a large emergency reserve and R&D/setup capital; recurring costs are primarily personnel, amnestic production, and continuous monitoring. The program requires substantial recurring expenditure for MTF staffing, media monitoring, amnestic stockpiling/deployment readiness and program overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.6M
Containment Emergency Reserve Fund $5.0M
[#27] One-time reserved capital for Grade-3 public awareness breach emergency operations.
Equipment $1.1M
[#5, #6, #7, #8, #18, #30] Field optics/PPE/UAV fleet initial, long-range optics rigs, secure servers, amnestic dispersal hardware, cold-weather gear initial.
R And D Program Initial $1.0M
[#13] Initial R&D program to attempt non-invasive interaction/detection (prototype development).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K
[#10] Laboratory equipment access & capital (SEM, mass spec, microscopy, sample prep).
Facilities $150K
[#15] Secure storage / archive vault retrofit cost.
Front Company Setup $25K
[#21] Initial establishment of cover front company (Sonny Croft Propulsion) setup costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.1M/yr
Staff Wages $2.7M/yr
[#1, #3, #12] Media analysts (3x ~$80k = $240k), MTF Phi-59 total recurring (salaries+benefits/training amortized = $1.84M), dedicated research staff (4 researchers + 1 lab tech + overhead = $600k).
Amnestic Production And Stockpiling $1.2M/yr
[#17] Manufacture, QC, and secure stockpiling of Class C amnestics for potential deployments.
Amnestic Deployment Logistics $500K/yr
[#19] Per-use deployment costs budgeted annually for occasional city deployments and exercises.
Medical Monitoring And Liability $500K/yr
[#20] Post-dispersal medical surveillance, treatment funds, and compensation contingency.
Cover Story And Legal $420K/yr
[#21, #22, #25] Ongoing PR/legal/personnel for the front company ($120k/yr), public PR/media buys ($200k/yr), and international coordination/liaison ($100k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $360K/yr
[#16, #30, #33] Archive maintenance and records management ($50k/yr), cold-weather gear maintenance/replacement ($10k/yr), annual program overhead & site utilities/maintenance ($300k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $360K/yr
[#4, #14, #24] Per-deployment transport (helicopter/airlift + ground) ~$230k/yr, evidence/cold-chain couriers ~$30k/yr, travel/lodging/per-diem ~$100k/yr.
Hush Funds $250K/yr
[#23] Bribes/compensation and hush funds reserve for case-by-case payments.
R And D Program Recurring $200K/yr
[#13] Annual testing & iteration for R&D program to detect/interact at >150 m.
Data Acquisition And Legal Requests $150K/yr
[#2] Fees and legal work to obtain CCTV, cellphone video, carrier data, paid archives.
Research And Monitoring $120K/yr
[#11] Laboratory consumables & analysis fees (external runs, assays, technician time).
Supplies And Consumables $80K/yr
[#28, #29] Consumables and general supplies ($30k/yr) and insurance/replacement allowance for lost/damaged equipment ($50k/yr).
Training And Exercises $80K/yr
[#26] Regular training: evidence collection, amnestic deployment simulations, remote operations.
Public Safety Mitigation $75K/yr
[#31] Psychological operations / public safety mitigation campaigns and counselors.
Media Monitoring Tools $50K/yr
[#1] Social-media firehose access and monitoring tools / subscriptions.
Uav Maintenance $40K/yr
[#7] Annual maintenance/consumables for UAVs and remote camera network.
It Maintenance And Cybersecurity $40K/yr
[#9] IT maintenance, cloud backup & cybersecurity operations.
Recruitment And Clearances $25K/yr
[#32] Recruitment, background checks, periodic reinvestigation and clearance processing.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.1M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, MTF readiness, periodic deployments and no major public breach.
routine_manifestations standard deployments no public-grade breach
🚨 Minor Incident $7.6M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Clustered manifestations requiring increased deployments, extra lab analyses, and elevated PR/monitoring activity but no mass public awareness breach.
event clustering multiple rapid deployments elevated media response
🚨 Major Breach $13.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Grade-3 public awareness breach requiring mass amnestic deployment, emergency MTF mobilization, emergency PR, and activation of contingency funds.
Grade-3 public awareness mass amnestic deployment emergency reserve activation
👥 Personnel 24 total
Role Count Notes
MTF Phi-59 (Security Officer / MTF Agent) 16 [#3] 12 operators + 4 support (medics/evidence techs/team leader) maintained on roster.
Media Analyst 3 [#1] Continuous media and social-media monitoring analysts.
Research Scientist 4 [#12] Physicists/materials/aeronautics researchers for containment research.
Lab Technician 1 [#12] Lab tech supporting analyses and sample prep.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are explicitly estimated in the analyst notes (salaries, amnestics, reserve fund), so numerical confidence is moderate; uncertainty remains in manifestation frequency, scale of potential breaches, and variability of legal/acquisition costs which justify not rating confidence as high.
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