SCP-2290 — SCP-2290 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2290 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-2290

Expected annual

$1.5M

One-time setup

$2.1M

Annual recurring

$1.5M

Personnel

One-time startup costs are dominated by property acquisition and a liquid contingency reserve (~$1.0M); annual operating costs (~$1.49M) are driven primarily by personnel, embedded local assets, data storage/analytics, and legal/cover maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.1M

Contingency Reserve $1.0M

[#21] Liquid contingency for containment failures, large-scale amnestic response, legal settlements, major PR campaigns and emergency operations.

Property Acquisition $475K

[#1] Purchase of primary residence and immediate buffer land (lease option noted in analyst notes as recurring alternative).

Equipment $455K

[#5, #6, #7, #8, #11, #19, #20, #26] Surveillance hardware, initial video/audio servers, generator/UPS, drones, telecom integration hardware, vehicles purchase, initial IT/security hardware, and initial archival system.

Facilities $88K

[#3, #4, #14] Perimeter setup/signage, targeted physical barriers (gabions/fencing), and purchase of a mobile holding module.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $75K

[#18] Secure lab/workspace and initial research instrumentation for temporal/memetic analysis.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr

Staff Wages $655K/yr

[#10, #11, #18] Foundation security staffing (guards/response teams), telecom/operator staffing for call redirection, and research staff salaries (incl. benefits).

Embedded Assets $240K/yr

[#15] Stipends/cover employment for planted liaisons in police/CPS/telco/dispatch (2–4 assets).

Research And Monitoring $112K/yr

[#5, #6, #18] Annual surveillance hardware maintenance, video/audio storage/ops and research consumables.

Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr

[#16] Legal retainer, record management, and routine cover-story maintenance.

Local Contractor Monitoring $42K/yr

[#9] Stipends, training and payments for local individuals acting as allowed observers during the reset window.

Long Term Archival $40K/yr

[#26] Multi-year archival storage escalation and long-term metadata retention costs.

Ethics Oversight $40K/yr

[#27] Independent ethics/compliance review, internal investigations and occasional external consultants.

Drone Operations $38K/yr

[#8] Spare batteries/parts/insurance and contracted drone operators/maintenance for 0300–0500 monitoring.

Facilities Maintenance $32K/yr

[#2, #4, #7] Property taxes/insurance/utilities/maintenance, repairs to barriers and fuel/maintenance for backup power.

Amnestics $32K/yr

[#12] Class B amnestic procurement and administration (~50 treatments/yr average).

Pr Community Compensation $30K/yr

[#17] Local goodwill payments, community grants and sponsorships to deter curiosity and complaints.

It Security $22K/yr

[#20] Annual cybersecurity services/subscriptions and secure-comms maintenance.

Perimeter Management $20K/yr

[#3] Ongoing permits, municipal coordination and periodic temporary road closures/traffic control.

Medical Support $20K/yr

[#13] On-call medical contracts and emergency medical kits/supplies.

Training $20K/yr

[#22] Annual refresher courses, drills and scenario training for staff and contractors.

Psychiatric Aftercare $12K/yr

[#24] Psychological aftercare and monitoring for amnestic subjects and staff.

Record Management $10K/yr

[#23] Case file management, secure archiving and oversight audits.

Misc Consumables $10K/yr

[#25] Uniforms, batteries, small equipment replacement and petty cash for local expenses.

Logistics And Transport $9K/yr

[#19] Vehicle fuel, maintenance and transport costs.

Telecom Service $5K/yr

[#11] Software/line fees and ongoing telecom service costs for emergency-call redirection.

Temporary Holding Consumables $4K/yr

[#14] Consumables for temporary holding modules (sanitary supplies, food, water).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with property controlled and no major containment incidents; routine recurring costs only.

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🚨 Minor Incident $1.6M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Localized containment event requiring extra amnestics, legal/PR response, and short-term surge staffing.

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🚨 Major Breach $2.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Significant containment failure or forced municipal intervention requiring large-scale emergency response, settlements and major PR/cover operations.

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👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	5	[#10] Shifted guard coverage and rapid-response staffing (includes benefits).
Telecom Operator	1	[#11] Operator for emergency-call redirection (VOIP/SBC handling, on-call rotation).
Research Scientist	2	[#18] Researchers for temporal/memetic analysis and data review (included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Costs are based on detailed analyst ranges and canonical containment requirements but include large local-market and policy-dependent variability (property price, municipal cooperation, and frequency/severity of incidents), so estimates are moderately confident.

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