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SCP-2426 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2426
Expected annual
$6.3M
One-time setup
$4.8M
Annual recurring
$6.1M
Personnel
33
Estimated one-time startup costs of roughly $4.8M (vault retrofit, lab/amnestic facilities, vehicles/equipment, and escalation reserves). Annual recurring operations are ~ $6.09M/yr driven primarily by MTF staffing, monitoring analysts, legal/cover costs, and lab/processing operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.8M
Emergency Escalation Reserve $2.0M
[#18] Emergency escalation fund / contingency reserve recommended $2,000,000 one-time set-aside.
Containment Escalation Reserve $1.0M
[#22] Initial containment-research escalation reserve $1,000,000 one-time to fund first-year escalation response.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $800K
[#7, #10] Amnestic compounding facility setup $500,000; lab instrument access/purchase baseline $300,000 one-time.
Equipment $505K
[#2, #4, #9, #14] Surveillance kit $40,000; 4 rapid-response vehicles and portable barriers $350,000; initial specialized containment stock $50,000; encrypted radios & server/setup $65,000.
Facilities $500K
[#8] Secure vault retrofit/retrofit room(s) assumed at $500,000 one-time.
Redaction Tool Setup $10K
[#20] One-time redaction/secure-document tool setup $10,000.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.1M/yr
Staff Wages $3.8M/yr
[#1, #3, #7, #10, #11, #12] 3 monitoring/intel analysts $270,000/yr; MTF Psi-7 (24 members) fully burdened ~$2,880,000/yr; amnestic medical staffing ~$150,000/yr; 2 research scientists (part of lab) ~$180,000/yr; 2 forensic accounting specialists ~$180,000/yr; 1 undercover placement ~$100,000/yr.
Cover Story And Legal $950K/yr
[#5, #15, #16] Per-incident mall compensation/closures ~$300,000/yr (10×$30k); legal retainer & overhead ~$250,000/yr; per-incident settlements/cover payouts (10×$25k) ~$250,000/yr; PR/media suppression and narrative management ~$150,000/yr.
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#10] Ongoing lab operations, instrument access, reagents and testing overhead estimated ~$300,000/yr (staff costs handled in staff_wages).
Holding Processing Operations $300K/yr
[#6] Temporary holding/processing costs per-person ~$1,500 × ~200 people/yr = $300,000/yr.
Facilities Maintenance $196K/yr
[#8, #19] Vault ongoing climate & security ~$100,000/yr; incremental energy & utilities for monitoring/vaults ~$96,000/yr.
Training And Drills $150K/yr
[#17] Regular MTF and site training, drills, and protocol development ~$150,000/yr.
Supplies And Consumables $145K/yr
[#7, #9, #21] Amnestic consumables & per-dose manufacturing overhead ~$100,000/yr; containment/PPE replenishment ~$10,000/yr; minor incidentals/consumables ~$35,000/yr.
Logistics And Transport $140K/yr
[#4, #13] Vehicle fuel/maintenance ~$40,000/yr; secure transport/convoy transfers avg $10,000/transfer × ~10 transfers = $100,000/yr.
Forensic Tools And Legal Fees $75K/yr
[#11] Forensic software/licenses ~$25,000/yr and occasional subpoena/legal fees ~$50,000/yr.
Record Management $35K/yr
[#20] Record-keeping, classification, archival personnel/tools ~$35,000/yr.
Communications And It $25K/yr
[#14] Hosting/maintenance & SOC for secure servers, encrypted comms, and backups ~$25,000/yr.
Surveillance Maintenance $10K/yr
[#2] Annual maintenance/upgrade budget for on-site surveillance hardware and covert sensors ~$10,000/yr.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.1M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with ~10 incidents, steady monitoring and processing; no major escalations.
steady incident tempo (~10 closures/yr) routine deployments and processing no hires/hiring-phase or public exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $6.6M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Year with a larger-than-normal set of incidents (additional closures/deployments) increasing per-incident costs, overtime, and consumables.
additional mall closures higher processing and amnestic usage more frequent secure transports
🚨 Major Breach $10.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$4.0M vs baseline
Significant escalation: hiring-phase expansion or public exposure requiring emergency funds, additional MTFs, rented facilities, and containment escalation.
widespread hiring-phase or proliferative items major public incident or media exposure requirement to deploy emergency reserve and additional containment capacity
👥 Personnel 33 total
Role Count Notes
Monitoring / Intel Analyst 3 [#1] Maintain Document 2426-Alpha, review tips/CCTV, coordinate responses.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 24 [#3] Mobile Task Force Psi-7 deployment team for rapid containment and guard/entry specialists.
Forensic Digital Specialist 2 [#11] Forensic accounting and receipts/POS reconstruction personnel.
Research Scientist 2 [#10] Materials scientists/anomalistics researchers for testing and controlled experiments.
Medical Officer 1 [#7] Trained medical staff to administer amnestics and handle medical processing.
Undercover Agent / Placement 1 [#12] Undercover placement maintained in-case SCP enters hiring phase (cover wages included).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and reasonable baseline assumptions, but key uncertainties remain in manifestation frequency, per-incident scale, and whether high-cost escalation (containment research) will be required; ranges were present for many items.
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