SCP-2048 — SCP-2048 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2048 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-2048

Expected annual

$8.9M

One-time setup

$4.3M

Annual recurring

$8.8M

Personnel

One-time containment and facility buildout approx. $4,280,000 driven primarily by decommissioning contingency and specialized equipment/facility modifications; recurring operations approx. $8,778,500/year driven by high salaries for specialist staff, sustained cyber/investigation capability, research/connectomics, and covert acquisition/contingency reserves.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.3M

Decommissioning Contingency $2.0M

[#31] One-time contingency fund for secure shutdown, physical dismantling, hazardous disposal, and potential global neutralization operations if decommissioning is authorized.

Equipment $1.2M

[#1, #6, #7, #8, #10] Dedicated secure server farm and rack/hardening (#1), network isolation/port-control hardware (#6), forensic logging/SIEM deployment hardware (#7), hardened write-only printer and media hardware (#8), and cold/offline backup equipment (#10).

Facilities $875K

[#2, #4, #11, #26] One-time site-level infrastructure: HA power installation and datacenter cooling installation portions (#2, #4), Lab 17 containment modifications for SCP-2048-1 (#11), and quarantine bay setup (#26).

Training Development $125K

[#19] One-time development of PSY-2096 / FOP-0205 training materials and simulation development.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $30K

[#13] Lab-grade secure storage upgrades for spongy electrostimulative material and BSL storage upgrades.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $8.8M/yr

Staff Wages $2.7M/yr

[#15, #16, #17, #18] Salaries/retainers: radiology tech and contracted radiology/neurosurgery retainers (#15 included in cost), psychologists/psychiatrists with required certifications (#16), dedicated IT/security engineers and sandbox/incident teams (#17), and physical security guards for Site 255/Site 19 (#18).

Cover Story And Legal $1.2M/yr

[#24, #30] Covert acquisition budgets, legal/cover-up operations reserves, creation/maintenance of cover organizations and plausible-deniability apparatus.

Cyber Investigations $1.1M/yr

[#23] Forensic cyber investigations, darknet monitoring, global forensic/field recovery teams and threat intelligence operations.

Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr

[#21] Neuroforensics, neuropathology, connectomics research staff and analysis costs (primary recurring research burden).

Liability Contingency Reserve $1.0M/yr

[#29] Annual reserve fund for field incidents involving mobile recon units, legal remediation, armed retrievals and cleanup.

Instrument Maintenance Contracts $280K/yr

[#12] Service contracts and calibrations for 4 electron microscopes and the robotic autosurgical suite.

Forensic Logging And Analysis $190K/yr

[#7] Managed analysis, storage and staff to process high-resolution forensic logs, SIEM retention costs.

Amnestic And Memetic Countermeasures $150K/yr

[#25] Production, inventory and administration of amnestics and memetic countermeasures; deployment program budget.

Psychological Support And Post Exposure Care $150K/yr

[#32] Counseling, long-term monitoring and pharmacological support for exposed staff; team budget.

Supplies And Consumables $145K/yr

[#4, #5] Ongoing electricity and HVAC/PUE overhead for servers and datacenter cooling (includes precision cooling maintenance and continuous power costs).

Long Term Archival $110K/yr

[#22] Secure cold storage, encrypted replication and retrieval costs for petabyte-class research/storage and simulation states.

Medical Imaging Contracts $96K/yr

[#14] Quarterly MRIs for assigned personnel and contracted scans / radiologist interpretation costs.

Hardware Refresh Amortized $90K/yr

[#9] Amortized annual cost for periodic server refreshes, storage expansion and safe migrations (3–5 year refresh cycle).

Incident Response And Pen Tests $85K/yr

[#27] Annual red-team exercises, failover tests, penetration tests and compliance audits.

Training And Certification $60K/yr

[#19] Recurrent recertification, simulation training delivery and refresher courses for PSY-2096 / FOP-0205.

Investigative Response Retainer $50K/yr

[#26] Recurring budget for intensive multi-month personnel investigations and investigative team operations when compromise suspected.

Generator Fuel And Maintenance $30K/yr

[#3] Fuel for weekly generator tests, spare parts, oil/batteries, and standby maintenance contracts.

Disposal And Waste Management $28K/yr

[#28] Safe disposal of biological and electronic hazardous waste and occasional major disposal events.

Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr

[#2] Recurring maintenance and load-testing contracts for UPS/generator/switchgear and related power infrastructure.

Network Monitoring And Control $20K/yr

[#6] Ongoing monitoring, tamper-sensor servicing, port-control updates and whitelist maintenance for allowed peripherals.

Print Job Analysis $20K/yr

[#8] Staffing and per-print forensic review costs for hardened write-only printer output.

Employee Screening Background Checks $20K/yr

[#20] Pre-placement MRI+CT add-ons, background checks and clearance processing amortized annually (hiring volume dependent).

Offsite Backup Rotation $18K/yr

[#10] Recurring offsite vaulting, tape rotation, and chain-of-custody logistics for immutable backups.

Material Monitoring And Assays $18K/yr

[#13] Periodic assays, inventory management, and monitoring of electrostimulative spongy material.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $8.8M/yr

94.5% probability / year

Normal year with no major incidents; routine operation, maintenance, research and monitoring as budgeted.

no major breaches routine research activity normal personnel turnover

🚨 Minor Incident $10.0M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline

Localized discovery or reported copy requiring targeted recovery, additional cyber forensics, legal/PR response and short-term surge staffing.

reported copy on darknet/marketplace single-site containment breach targeted recovery operations

🚨 Major Breach $18.8M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Multiple active uncontained copies or widespread proliferation that requires global recovery efforts, large covert acquisitions and possible large-scale decommissioning actions.

widespread sale/transfer of copies coordinated field incidents decision to pursue global neutralization

👥 Personnel 24 total

Role	Count	Notes
Psychologist / Psychiatrist	6	[#16] PSY-2096 and FOP-0205 certified specialists allowed to interact with SCP-2048; count chosen to match salary envelope used.
IT / Security Engineer	5	[#17] Dedicated sysadmins, sandbox engineers and network security analysts supporting 24/7 monitoring and incident response.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	12	[#18] On-site guards and access control personnel across Site 255 and Site 19.
MR Technologist	1	[#15] On-site MR tech for quarterly imaging; radiologist and neurosurgeon coverages are contracted/retainer costs accounted in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on granular analyst line items and SCP details but key items (scale of copies in the wild, frequency of incidents, hiring volume, and research depth) have wide ranges and potential for unbounded costs during large-scale responses, so confidence is medium.

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