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SCP-2190 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2190
Expected annual
$4.8M
One-time setup
$5.2M
Annual recurring
$4.6M
Personnel
19
Initial containment/setup is estimated at approximately $3,940,000 one-time, with annual operating costs of about $4,634,000 driven primarily by staff wages, contingency reserves, and recurring carrier/manufacturer cooperation and monitoring. Major cost drivers are embedded personnel, rapid-response and surveillance operations, carrier integration, and an operational contingency fund.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.2M
Bulk Sim Replacement $1.5M
[#4] Initial bulk replacement/push-update program to cover existing active devices within the 100 km radius (field teams, logistics, temporary phones, buybacks).
Equipment $1.3M
[#5, #6, #8, #9, #15, #17] Carrier gateway appliances and integration, telephony monitoring servers/software, covert surveillance kit, rapid-response gear, site/network hardening hardware, and secure evidence storage systems.
Carrier Gateway Integration $900K
[#5] One-time carrier gateway appliance purchases and integration for multiple carriers covering the area.
Manufacturing Contracts Initial $550K
[#3] Initial contract/transition costs to alter production lines, update SIM images, certification testing and buy-in for manufacturers/carriers.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K
[#2] SIM-filter firmware R&D, engineering design, and lab testing hardware/time for initial development.
Site Network Hardening One Time $125K
[#15] One-time IT work and hardware to segment and harden Foundation assets in-country.
Rapid Response Gear $100K
[#9] One-time gear and equipment purchases for on-call tactical operatives.
Financial Setup One Time $100K
[#10] One-time setup costs for financial monitoring infrastructure and forensic accounting tooling setup.
Telephony Monitoring Servers $90K
[#6] Initial servers/software for call logging, recording, real-time alerting and archival infrastructure.
Public Relations Setup $90K
[#13] Initial cover-story / consumer deception campaign materials and contact center setup.
Surveillance Equipment Initial $30K
[#8] Initial covert cameras, audio recorders, RF detectors, GPS trackers and sweep equipment for POI household and perimeter.
Amnestic Initial Treatment $30K
[#14] One-time amnestic doses and initial family treatment for those discovered to be affected.
Evidence Storage One Time $25K
[#17] Secure physical/digital evidence storage systems and initial chain-of-custody infrastructure.
Facilities $0
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Contingency Reserve One Time $0
[#19] Contingency funds (one-time deployment) are held but not assumed deployed in baseline setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.6M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#1, #6, #7, #9, #10, #18] Salaries for embedded agents, telephony/monitoring operators, undercover field agents, rapid-response team, financial analysts, and the anomalous research team.
Contingency Reserve Yearly $1.0M/yr
[#19] Yearly-held contingency/reserve to allow rapid large-scale response (evacuations, mass amnestic deployment, legal settlements, or replacement programs).
Cover Story And Legal $394K/yr
[#12, #13] Legal counsel retainers/casework and PR/call-center operations to maintain cover stories and liaison with regulators.
Financial Interception Fund $300K/yr
[#11] Operational contingency fund for intercepting or repurchasing disbursed funds, payouts to recipients to prevent violence, or covert recovery.
Sim Lifecycle Upkeep $300K/yr
[#20] Continuous audits, replacement campaigns, and grey-market device mitigation to maintain SIM filtering across product lifecycles.
Research And Monitoring $185K/yr
[#2, #18] Ongoing SIM-filter maintenance/patching and experiments/field studies for anomalous financial/bureaucratic influence research.
Manufacturing Contracts Recurring $175K/yr
[#3] Annual contract payments, compliance audits, and ongoing carrier/manufacturer cooperation fees/bribes.
Carrier Gateway Ops $110K/yr
[#5] Annual operations and monitoring for carrier gateway call-filtering (ops staff, routing rules maintenance).
Logistics And Transport $103K/yr
[#7, #16] Safehouse and small office rent, utilities, vehicles, fuel and routine vehicle upkeep for field teams.
Financial Tooling Subscriptions $60K/yr
[#10] Subscriptions and tooling for continuous financial monitoring and forensic accounting services.
Supplies And Consumables $54K/yr
[#6, #8, #17] Ongoing storage/bandwidth costs for recordings and logs, surveillance equipment replacement/maintenance, and evidence handling admin consumables.
Site Network Training $30K/yr
[#15] Training and annual audits to maintain segmentation and protection of Foundation networks in-country.
Amnestic Counseling $25K/yr
[#14] Ongoing counseling and follow-up care costs for family members and civilians after amnestic treatment.
Evidence Storage Ops $12K/yr
[#17] Ongoing admin and secure storage costs for archived call recordings and seized devices.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.6M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, no major incidents or large-scale payouts.
normal_operations routine_updates no_significant_payouts
🚨 Minor Incident $4.8M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized escalation such as a violent attempt or targeted payout requiring tactical response, additional legal work, and some extra amnestic/PR costs.
localized_violence unexpected_payouts police_investigation
🚨 Major Escalation $7.1M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Widespread failure of SIM/filtering or mass-exposure leading to large payouts, mass amnestic deployment, replacement campaigns, and large legal/settlement costs.
mass_exposure SIM_filter_failure widespread_violence
👥 Personnel 19 total
Role Count Notes
Embedded Agent 4 [#1] Agents covertly embedded at manufacturers/distributors/carrier procurement to guarantee modified SIM production and distribution.
Undercover Field Agent 3 [#7] Local covert surveillance team living near POI-2190-2 for household monitoring, welfare checks, and low-profile interventions.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 5 [#9] Rapid-response tactical operatives on-call to prevent or respond to violent terminations and intervene in commissioned attacks.
Research Scientist 3 [#2, #18] Engineers and interdisciplinary researchers working on SIM-filter firmware R&D and anomalous financial/bureaucratic influence research.
Financial Analyst / Forensic Accountant 3 [#10, #11] Continuous financial monitoring, forensic accounting, and tracing of anomalous transfers; supports interception and recovery operations.
Telephony Analyst / Monitoring Operator 1 [#6] Operator(s) for the telephony monitoring and interception infrastructure (call logging, voiceprint updates, alerting).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and reasonable mid-point assumptions for a small-city containment footprint. Significant uncertainty remains due to population/carrier scope, frequency of payouts, and the decision whether to deploy contingency reserves, hence medium confidence.
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