SCP-2101 — SCP-2101 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2101 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-2101

Expected annual

$16.7M

One-time setup

$30.7M

Annual recurring

$16.0M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup and indemnities are the dominant upfront costs (tens of millions). Recurring annual costs driven by diplomatic retainers, covert operations, staffing, and capital replacement total in the mid-teens of millions per year.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $30.7M

Diplomatic Indemnities $12.5M

[#1] One-time negotiation/grant/indemnity payments to national and provincial authorities to halt excavation funding and secure access restrictions.

Facilities $4.3M

[#4, #10, #15, #24] Secure-access hardening, HVAC/power upgrades, quarantine/screening facility build-out and warehouse/vault construction.

Replica Stockpile $3.5M

[#8] Initial strategic stockpile of high-fidelity terracotta replicas/spare heads (200 units stockpile).

Structural Emergency Reserve $3.0M

[#6] Reserved emergency remediation fund for significant engineering repairs after seismic events.

Contingency Legal Reserve $2.8M

[#29] One-time reserve for crisis legal/PR payouts, bribes or rapid litigation to suppress leaks.

Equipment $1.7M

[#5, #11, #16, #21, #22, #14] Surveillance/sensor hardware, monitoring workstation hardware, heavy-lift vehicles & cranes, cyber-tooling, archive servers, and initial access/IT setup.

Donation Interception System $1.2M

[#2] Development and legal setup of covert donation interception, shell NGOs and bank infrastructure.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K

[#7] Conservation laboratory capital buildout and specialized restoration equipment.

Legal Case Reserve $600K

[#20] One-time budget for occasional litigation/legal cases related to excavation disputes.

Public Relations Initial $350K

[#18] Initial disinformation/public relations campaign buildout and media assets.

Security Training And Uniforms Initial $100K

[#3] Initial training, uniforms and equipment provisioning for on-site security and QRF.

Training Program Development $100K

[#26] One-time curriculum and course development for containment protocol training.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $16.0M/yr

Staff Wages $4.0M/yr

[#3, #7, #11, #12, #13, #16] Payroll for on-site security (~30 personnel), conservators/technicians (8–12), monitoring center analysts (6–10), research team (6–10), clinicians (2–3), and rapid-recovery crew.

Diplomatic Retainer $3.0M/yr

[#1] Ongoing retainer/reimbursements to national/provincial offices and museum authorities to maintain halted excavation and liaison.

Cover Story And Legal $2.2M/yr

[#18, #20, #23, #19] Ongoing public-relations/media buys, legal retainers and lobbying costs, artifact/liability insurance, and community/cultural diplomacy disbursements.

Covert Field Operations $1.2M/yr

[#17] Annual budget for undercover disruption, surveillance and field teams to prevent unauthorized digs/activists.

Capital Replacement Reserve $1.2M/yr

[#30] Annual set-aside to amortize lifecycle replacement for sensors, HVAC, vehicles and lab equipment.

Facilities Maintenance $950K/yr

[#10, #15, #24, #6] HVAC/power electricity & maintenance, quarantine facility operations, warehouse operations, and ongoing geotechnical monitoring.

Logistics And Transport $950K/yr

[#9, #28] Annual budget for insured transport, specialized crating, escort security for loans, and international customs/diplomatic escort costs.

Visitor Operations $550K/yr

[#27] Staffing for reduced-access tourism, guided tours, signage, and lost-revenue mitigation.

Donation Interception Ops $400K/yr

[#2] Operational costs for interception system, banking fees, and legal maintenance of shell entities.

Cyber Intel $400K/yr

[#21] Ongoing cyber-intelligence, social media monitoring, takedowns and analyst/tool subscriptions.

Research And Monitoring $300K/yr

[#12, #5] Experimental/translation budgets and ongoing sensor data monitoring/analysis.

Replica Replenishment $300K/yr

[#8] Ongoing replacement/manufacture of high-fidelity replicas and spare pieces.

Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr

[#7, #25] Conservations consumables and daily operational consumables (adhesives, consolidants, PPE, sensor replacement parts).

Training Recurring $65K/yr

[#26] Ongoing training, recertification and drills for containment protocol compliance.

Monitoring Software Subscription $50K/yr

[#11] Recurring monitoring software licences, cloud processing and alerting subscriptions.

Medical Testing $50K/yr

[#13] Medical testing, emergency care and prophylactic monitoring for exposed personnel.

Archive Backups $48K/yr

[#22] Offsite backup hosting and maintenance for secure research and operational logs.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $16.0M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine operations, monitoring, staffing and cover-story activities; no major incidents.

no_incident routine_maintenance ongoing_cover_ops

🚨 Minor Incident $19.0M/yr

6.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline

Localized theft/removal attempts or small-scale vandalism causing limited statue damage and requiring emergency repair/reconstruction and PR/legal response.

attempted_removal small_seismic_activity limited_statue_damage

🚨 Major Breach $41.0M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline

Significant removal/destruction of many SCP-2101-1 instances, sustained seismic escalation, international legal crises and large-scale reconstruction/repair operations.

mass_removal sustained_seismic_events international_exposure

🚨 Political Exposure $26.0M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Major diplomatic leak or political escalation forcing large indemnities, public legal battles and increased covert/compensation spending to maintain secrecy.

diplomatic_leak media_exposure government_confrontation

👥 Personnel 66 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	30	[#3] 24/7 guarded access and quick reaction force; rotating shifts.
Conservator / Technician	10	[#7] Terracotta conservation staff (8–12 estimated).
Monitoring Analyst / Technician	8	[#11] 24/7 sensor and CCTV operations (6–10 estimated).
Research Scientist	8	[#12] Linguists, archaeologists and parapsychology researchers (6–10 estimated).
Medical Officer	3	[#13] Clinicians for mental-health/medical monitoring (2–3 estimated).
Engineer / Maintenance / Heavy-lift Crew	4	[#16] Rapid-recovery crew and equipment operators.
Administrative Staff	3	[#14] Controlled-access request processing, records and administration.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling mid-point estimates, but many items are covert, politically contingent and range widely (particularly indemnities, covert ops and contingency reserves), so uncertainty remains.

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