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SCP-2218 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2218
Expected annual
$5.9M
One-time setup
$29.5M
Annual recurring
$5.8M
Personnel
33
One-time setup costs are dominated by land acquisition and initial infrastructure (fencing, communications, servers, and drone fleet); recurring costs are driven by staffing, AI/video processing, and ongoing satellite/drone operations and legal/cover-up activities. Expected annual operating cost is roughly $5.85M with large variance depending on land-control and retention choices.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $29.5M
Land Acquisition $22.0M
[#2] One-time purchase estimate for ~3,950 acres at a midpoint of provided range ($4M–$40M).
Equipment $2.7M
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #10] Industrial-grade recording devices and spares (#4), camera solar power kits/installation hardware (#5), communications backbone installation (microwave/tower) (#6), on-site server cluster/NAS (#7), and patrol vehicles (#10).
Incident Contingency $1.0M
[#24] Contingency reserve for major escalations (Incident-level responses).
Facilities $983K
[#1, #3, #9, #11, #27] Includes perimeter survey (#1), perimeter fencing and gates (#3), site operations building (#9), initial clearing/access roads (#11), and generators/UPS for operations center (#27).
Drone Fleet $800K
[#25] Purchase of a dedicated drone/UAV fleet as an option for persistent overhead coverage (alternative to full satellite coverage).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K
[#16] BSL-2 lab conversion and initial specialized lab equipment for tissue analysis and sample handling.
Legal Reserve $500K
[#19] One-time litigation reserve or major legal action funding as noted.
Software Development $400K
[#8] One-time development/customization of automated detection software and AI tuned to SCP-2218 behavior.
Spare Parts Pool $150K
[#4, #21] Initial spare parts and contingency inventory for cameras, mounts, and solar kits.
Archival System $100K
[#17] Initial tape/archive or secure physical archival system for evidence and long-term forensic storage.
Capture Equipment And Training $90K
[#14] One-time capture/relocation equipment and training costs (sedation kits, transport caging, specialized restraint gear, initial training).
Security Equipment And Training $50K
[#13] Initial training and equipment for security personnel (restraints, less-lethal gear, basic training).
Environmental Permitting $50K
[#28] Environmental impact studies, permits, and remediation bonds required for construction and vegetation work.
Cover Story Setup $40K
[#20] Initial PR/cover story setup costs (faux websites, signage, front-office setup).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.8M/yr
Staff Wages $2.2M/yr
[#12, #13, #15, #23] Salaries for field maintenance technicians, security officers, medical staff, research staff, and supporting technical staff (IT/engineers).
Drones And Satellite Ops $720K/yr
[#25] Ongoing drone operations and/or periodic high-revisit satellite tasking to augment ground coverage.
Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr
[#18, #19, #20] Annual amnestic incident handling, legal liaison/municipal fees, PR/cover-story upkeep, and covert liaison expenses.
Video Ai And Compute $360K/yr
[#8] Cloud inference, model retraining, licenses, and compute costs for automated detection and analytics.
Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr
[#9, #11, #27, #3] Ongoing utilities, HVAC/HVAC maintenance, generator fuel/maintenance, perimeter and checkpoint upkeep, and fence repairs.
Admin Overhead $300K/yr
[#30] Administrative overhead (HR, accounting, procurement) estimated as a percentage of recurring staffing and operations budgets.
Land Lease $275K/yr
[#2] Alternative to outright purchase: recurring long-term lease/management agreement estimate for the containment area (if Foundation opts not to purchase).
Data Retention $240K/yr
[#17, #7] Long-term encrypted archive retention costs and forensic storage (cloud/tape/archive) depending on retention policy.
Logistics And Transport $234K/yr
[#10, #14] Fuel, vehicle maintenance, and recurring per-capture transport/operation costs (regular capture/relocation ops).
Research And Monitoring $130K/yr
[#16, #23, #7] Ongoing lab operating costs, researcher field allowances/travel, and routine study/monitoring expenses.
Camera Battery Replacement $125K/yr
[#5] Periodic battery/panel replacements for distributed solar power kits (amortized replacement costs).
Backhaul Bandwidth $120K/yr
[#6] Ongoing microwave/backhaul bandwidth, licensed link costs, or cellular/satellite data fees.
Training And Drills $50K/yr
[#22] Regular capture, amnestic administration, and breach-response training and exercises.
Ethical Oversight $50K/yr
[#26] Ethics Committee reviews, external consultant fees, and compliance administration.
Bio Disposal $50K/yr
[#29] Regulated disposal of removed biological material and associated regulated waste handling; biobank storage fees.
Supplies And Consumables $40K/yr
[#15, #29] Medical/veterinary consumables, PPE, pathology consumables, and routine consumables for capture operations and sample handling.
Device Insurance $20K/yr
[#21] Insurance premiums and rapid-replacement guarantees for vandalism/theft-prone devices.
Environmental Compliance $10K/yr
[#28] Annual compliance, reporting, and small remediation costs tied to environmental permits.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.8M/yr
89.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady operations, no major incidents; routine captures and maintenance only.
routine maintenance scheduled captures no major civilian exposures
🚨 Minor Incident $6.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized breach or repeated vandalism requiring increased response, temporary satellite tasking, additional amnestics, and overtime.
localized breach/exposure device vandalism/theft small amnestic wave
🚨 Major Breach $8.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Large-scale sociopolitical incident (similar to Incident 130) causing mass exposure, emergency containment actions, large amnestic operations, legal battles and major public relations/crisis response.
Incident 130-style upheaval mass civilian exposure sustained loss of covert control
👥 Personnel 33 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#13] Armed/covert security staff to apprehend trespassers and conduct rotations; recommended 6–12 FTEs.
Field Technician / Maintenance 6 [#12, #11, #3] Patrols, device repair, vegetation control, and routine perimeter maintenance; covers daily patrol shifts.
Research Scientist 4 [#23, #16] Anthropologists, sociologists, and laboratory researchers for long-term study and liaison with instances.
IT/AI Engineer / Video Analyst 3 [#8, #7] Maintain AI models, video-processing pipeline, servers, and live-monitoring operations.
Medical Officer / Veterinarian 2 [#15, #29] On-call medical/veterinary staff for triage, sedation protocols, and pathology coordination.
Engineer / Communications & Power Technician 2 [#5, #6, #27] Maintain microwave backbone, tower equipment, solar kits, batteries, and generators.
Administrative Staff / HR / Procurement 3 [#30, #19, #20] Program administration, legal liaison support, procurement, and cover-story administrative tasks.
Drone / UAV Operator 2 [#25, #10] Operators for overhead surveillance drones and UAV maintenance.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#9, #30] Program lead for site oversight, coordination with Foundation command and external liaisons.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are medium confidence: many line items are well-scoped (camera counts, perimeter length, staffing needs), but major uncertainty remains around land acquisition vs lease, local land prices, data-retention policy, and frequency/severity of incidents which drive large cost variance.
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