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SCP-2137 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2137
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$518K
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
11
Initial containment capital is modest (~$0.52M) dominated by emergency seed funds and specialized equipment; recurring annual costs are substantial (~$1.79M/yr), driven primarily by personnel, MTF readiness, research/monitoring, and legal/PR efforts.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $518K
Emergency Response Fund Seed $250K
[#18] Seed rapid-access emergency incident & breach response fund ($250,000 one-time reserve).
Facilities $85K
[#2, #3] RF-shielded vault retrofit ($75,000) plus initial device-locker/signage/installation option ($10,000).
Equipment $82K
[#1, #4, #5, #6, #7] Safe purchase/installation ($2,000), archival playback/capture hardware ($10,000), initial cleaning/handling supplies ($500), secure air-gapped storage hardware (LTO/encrypted drives) ($10,000), one-time audio-forensics integration ($60,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $50K
[#16] Specialized research equipment for mechanism/provenance study (one-time): $50,000.
Background Check Initial $20K
[#20] Initial background checks/clearance costs for ~10 staff (assumed $2,000/staff): $20,000 one-time.
Archive Major Migration 5Yr $20K
[#25] Major archive migration reserve (scheduled every ~5 years) treated as a one-time capital item: $20,000.
Sop Development $10K
[#21] Initial development of containment SOPs, memetic safety materials, and training content ($10,000 one-time).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Logistics And Transport $523K/yr
[#17, #11, #19, #21] MTF/readiness & training baseline for rapid deployments ($500,000/yr), weekly handling labor and transfer observation (~$5,000/yr), physical evidence handling operational budget ($15,000/yr), and training/refreshers/drills ($3,000/yr).
Research And Monitoring $495K/yr
[#7, #8, #12, #16, #25] Ongoing audio-forensics licensing & compute ($60,000/yr), global media/broadcast monitoring subscription ($75,000/yr), transcription/redaction/reporting workload ($50,000/yr), research program salaries & compute ($300,000/yr), and archive migration amortized operations ($10,000/yr).
Staff Wages $490K/yr
[#9, #10, #3] Dedicated containment & operations personnel salaries (~$390,000/yr), incremental security staffing (~$90,000/yr), and device-locker compliance staffing if policy route chosen (~$10,000/yr included in wages).
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#13, #24] Legal retainer and baseline legal/cover costs ($150,000/yr) plus baseline public relations/external incident management ($50,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $70K/yr
[#5, #6, #14, #23, #15] Annual cleaning/archival consumables ($500/yr), secure offline storage rotation ($2,000/yr), amnestic production & administration budget ($50,000/yr), media duplication & controlled copies ($3,000/yr), and psychological screening/counseling program ($15,000/yr).
Background Checks And Polygraphs $8K/yr
[#20] Ongoing background reinvestigations, polygraphs, and periodic assessments (~$7,500/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#22] Annual inspection/maintenance of vault/safe/HVAC/shielding and lock calibration: $5,000/yr.
Mtf Deployment Reserve $0/yr
[#17] Per-deployment reserve: not annualized here; plan $250,000 per major deployment when activated (costs handled in incident scenarios).
Evidence Seizure Cost Per Event $0/yr
[#19] Per-seizure operation cost approximately $2,000 per event (not included in baseline recurring).
Public Incident Response Reserve $0/yr
[#24] Contingent public-incident response reserve: per-incident escalation $50k–$200k (budgeted as contingent, not baseline recurring).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
84.5% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, weekly handling, monitoring, research, and MTF readiness at baseline.
weekly_playback_and_archive routine_monitoring no unauthorized broadcasts
🚨 Minor Incident $1.9M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Localized unauthorized appearance or small leak requiring limited MTF response, amnestics, legal action, and PR.
unauthorized local broadcast small public exposure limited MTF activation
🚨 Major Mtf Deployment $2.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Activation of MTF assets to resolve a dangerous unsolved criminal or to secure evidence resulting from an instance; multi-day operation with travel and high logistical costs.
song identifies active dangerous criminal decision to deploy MTF-339 multi-jurisdictional operations
🚨 Catastrophic Breach Xk Incident $6.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Major wide-area public release (XK-style) resulting in mass exposure, global takedown operations, mass amnestic use, multi-MTF activations, and extended legal/PR campaign.
large-scale public upload/broadcast simultaneous multi-jurisdiction exposure XK-like coordinated breach
👥 Personnel 11 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician / Custodian 1 [#9, #11] Weekly cleaning, playback, and handling duties; included in containment personnel wages.
Site Custodian Supervisor 1 [#9] Supervisory custodian for weekly procedures and facility compliance.
Audio Analyst / Forensic Analyst 2 [#9, #7] Two analysts for transcription, fingerprinting, spectrographic analysis, and monitoring; salaries included in staff_wages and research_and_monitoring.
Memetics / Linguistics Researcher 1 [#9, #16] Assigned memetics researcher focused on memetic aspects; research program funding covers additional research hires.
Administrative Staff / Secretariat 1 [#9] Part-time secretariat for Pac Watch reporting and admin; budgeted as a ~$40k component in containment personnel.
Research Scientists / Postdoc 3 [#16] Two researchers + one postdoc/staff scientist supporting mechanism/provenance studies; salaries included in research_and_monitoring.
Security Officer / MTF Agent (incremental) 2 [#10, #17] Incremental guards (not whole-site security) assigned to Safe Wing / vault transfers; noted as ~1.5 FTE equiv (~$90k/yr) in costs; counted here as 2 personnel.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide itemized estimates and clear operational requirements, enabling a reasonable budget mapping; however many items (per-incident reserves, MTF deployment scale, and rare catastrophic events) are scenario-dependent and uncertain, so confidence is not high.
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