SCP-2089 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2089
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$2.6M
Annual recurring
$3.1M
Personnel
23
Initial one-time setup (~$2.59M) is driven by secure archives, software development and an emergency reserve; steady-state annual operations are roughly $3.0M/yr driven by staff wages, counter-propaganda, legal retainers and monitoring/hosting.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.6M
Emergency Reserve Fund $1.0M
[#24] Emergency response reserve (liquid contingency fund recommended).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $450K
[#6, #14] Air-gapped research archive/forensic lab initial build and research lab build-out (workstations, write-once storage, physiological monitoring).
Software Development $350K
[#4] Development of crawlers, similarity-detection ML models and automated takedown tooling (one-time dev costs).
Facilities $250K
[#10] Construction/conversion of a secure cell/room (CCTV, Faraday shielding, controlled comms).
Outreach Setup $200K
[#15] Controlled test-subject outreach / deprogramming program setup (one-time).
Network Sinkhole Deployment $175K
[#1] ISP/hosting sinkhole deployment: engineering/legal coordination with ISPs/CDNs and initial multi-ISP blocking setup.
Equipment $145K
[#7, #19] Forensic hardware & software licenses plus secure evidence locker & initial equipment.
Initial Sop And Training $20K
[#23] Initial SOP and training materials development (one-time).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#3, #8, #11, #12, #25, #13] Salaries for moderation team, digital forensics/geolocation team, on-site security/monitoring staff, memetics/psych research team, project lead/admin salaries and hazard-pay/rotation supplements.
Research And Monitoring $740K/yr
[#5, #16, #20, #21, #13, #19, #23, #25, #3] Cloud hosting/ops for detection tooling, counter-propaganda campaign costs, monitoring & analytics subscriptions, IT security assessments, counseling/EAP and admin overhead, ongoing evidence storage/processing, annual training refresh, records/IT, and outsourced takedown fees.
Cover Story And Legal $393K/yr
[#2, #17, #18] Ongoing ISP/platform legal retainers, PR/cover-story retainer and international legal/law-enforcement liaison retainers.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#9] Per-field operation costs (average expected annual spend for surveillance/travel/seizure deployments).
Field Operations $100K/yr
[#9] (duplicate listing to emphasize per-operation recurring budget) Costs for mounting coordinated field operations (per-year expected).
Facilities Maintenance $32K/yr
[#22] Energy, HVAC, and building overhead for secure servers/lab space.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Treatment Rehab Operational $0/yr
[#15] Per-person treatment / rehab operational costs. Baseline assumes no large caseload; cost rises with scale (see scenarios).
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; steady-state operations only.
routine monitoring regular takedowns no major field operations
🚨 Minor Incident $3.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$95K vs baseline
One additional takedown/field operation with moderate PR/legal uplift.
targeted physical source identified single international/legal incident spike in reposts requiring extra takedowns
🚨 Major Breach $6.3M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$3.2M vs baseline
Mass exposure or sustained campaign requiring large-scale rehabilitation and emergency response.
widespread reposting causing many SCP-2089-2 cases large-scale coordinated harassment or physical incidents need for mass deprogramming/treatment
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $9.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.9M vs baseline
Severe, multi-jurisdictional outbreak or coordinated harmful acts requiring major mobilization and emergency reserve drawdown.
mass mobilization of SCP-2089-2 instances coordinated harmful acts or international crisis rapid, uncontrollable spread across major platforms
👥 Personnel 23 total
Role Count Notes
Moderator / Content Takedown Specialist 5 [#3] 4–6 moderators + lead; includes rotation and case management responsibilities.
Digital Forensics / OSINT Analyst 4 [#8] 3–4 analysts for geolocation, metadata correlation, subpoenas and attribution.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 5 [#11] 4–6 on-site security/monitoring staff for contained subject(s) or field operations.
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist 4 [#12] Psychologists, neuroscientists and memetics specialists for study and safe testing protocols.
Site Director / Project Lead 1 [#25] Project lead (senior salary included in recurring costs).
Administrative Staff 2 [#25] 1–2 admins for records, compliance and project administration.
Rotation Viewers / Hazard-role Pool 2 [#13] Personnel pool for bi-weekly rotation and hazard-pay coverage.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling mid-range estimates; uncertainty remains in incident frequency, scale of rehabilitation needed, and international/legal resistance which drives large cost variance.
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