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SCP-2553 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2553
Expected annual
$7.2M
One-time setup
$2.4M
Annual recurring
$6.9M
Personnel
6
Initial setup costs are modest but a significant one-time contingency reserve is required; ongoing annual costs are dominated by legal personnel/retainers, international diplomatic/legal liaison, and monitoring services.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.4M
Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#18] One-time contingency reserve to remedy unauthorized or harmful legal actions, settlement capacity and bond/judgment readiness (initial funded reserve).
Equipment $162K
[#1, #2, #3, #14, #20, #26] One-time purchase and installation of archival box/mountings, heavy-duty safe/vault and tamper sensors, two flags and display hardware, secure document management setup, initial IT security hardware, and initial digital/cryptographic backup creation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $125K
[#16] Initial literature/research setup and hiring for anomalous corporate law and contract-amendment analysis (start-up costs for specialists and initial materials).
Background Checks $82K
[#21] Initial high-level background investigations and clearance processing for board/notaries/liaisons (budget for ~15 people initial investigations).
Sop Development $30K
[#23] Initial SOP development, tabletop exercises and documentation build for containment and legal procedures.
Shell Incorporation $14K
[#13] Initial incorporation across multiple jurisdictions and related one-time legal/registration fees.
Facilities $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.9M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $1.9M/yr
[#8, #9, #11, #12, #25] Allocated General Counsel attendance time, dedicated Foundation legal team costs, rapid-response retainer payments, SEC coordination/liaison costs, and limited media/cover-story operations budget.
Legislative Diplomatic $1.1M/yr
[#17] Legislative/diplomatic costs to obtain and maintain cooperating polity's bill of attainder and ongoing diplomatic/legal work in foreign jurisdictions.
Staff Wages $570K/yr
[#4] Six FTE notaries as guards (fully-loaded salaries, benefits, training, overtime/backfill).
Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr
[#18] Annual replenishment budget for contingency reserve to maintain operational readiness for legal remedies and settlements.
Escalation Reserve $500K/yr
[#28] Short-notice rapid-deployment budget for emergency containment operations and cross-jurisdictional interventions.
International Liaison $350K/yr
[#27] Ongoing liaison work, travel and contributions to international organizations (WTO, UNCITRAL, religious tribunals, Privy Council, etc.).
Docket Monitoring $300K/yr
[#10] Global docket monitoring subscriptions, NLP filtering, compute/alerting and associated staff tooling.
Forensic Investigations $300K/yr
[#15] Forensic technical/legal discovery investigations and expert services when SCP-originated pleadings appear.
Insurance $275K/yr
[#24] Cyber, professional liability and D&O insurance coverage for the shell and personnel.
Research And Monitoring $250K/yr
[#16] Ongoing research personnel and program for anomalous corporate law and contract-amendment analysis (salaries, research materials, subscriptions specific to research).
Public Records Management $175K/yr
[#19] Costs for negotiated confidentiality, FOIA/RTK responses, motions to seal and specialized counsel for managed public records.
It Security And Soc $150K/yr
[#20] Ongoing IT security, SOC monitoring, PKI maintenance and identity protection for electronic corporate identities.
Facilities Maintenance $125K/yr
[#5] Incremental site security overhead, patrols, access control, CCTV recording and review for the room housing SCP-2553 materials.
Accounting $85K/yr
[#22] Accounting, bookkeeping and audit readiness costs for the shell corporation and public filings.
Logistics And Transport $84K/yr
[#6] Quarterly in-person board meeting travel, secure transport, lodging and per diem for designated Foundation board members.
Psychological Screening $48K/yr
[#7] Quarterly psychological screening for six board members by qualified clinicians prior to meetings.
Training And Sop $42K/yr
[#23] Ongoing SOP updates, training delivery, tabletop exercises and cross-disciplinary training for legal staff, notaries and site personnel.
Misc Admin $42K/yr
[#29] Miscellaneous administrative overhead: filing fees, courier, procurement, notary supplies and program management overhead.
Personnel Vetting $19K/yr
[#21] Ongoing reinvestigations, periodic vetting and polygraphs for board/notaries/liaisons (~15 people prorated annual budget).
Shell Corporation Maintenance $18K/yr
[#13] Annual registered agent fees, bookkeeping, bank account maintenance and routine filings for the Foundation-controlled shell corporation.
Backup Ops $3K/yr
[#26] Ongoing storage, maintenance and escrow costs for cryptographic backups and air-gapped digital archives.
Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr
[#1, #2, #3] Environmental monitoring consumables for archival cabinet, periodic safe/vault maintenance and flag replacements.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.9M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with regular monitoring, legal work, diplomatic maintenance and no major incidents.
routine legal activity quarterly board meetings ongoing monitoring and liaison
🚨 Minor Incident $7.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$330K vs baseline
One or a few unauthorized filings require rapid-response retainers, forensic investigation and emergency filings; limited diplomatic/liaison surge.
unauthorized SCP-originated filing localized legal battle requiring retainers forensic origin investigation
🚨 Major Breach $11.9M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Large-scale multi-jurisdictional escalation requiring major legal settlements, emergency diplomacy, large-scale injunctions and heavy international operations.
successful SCP legal actions causing significant harm cross-border jurisdictional crisis large court judgments or exposure
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Notary Staff (guarding duties) 6 [#4] Six full-time commissioned notaries providing 24/7 guarded coverage as specified; this headcount is the staff component reflected in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment requirements and many cost drivers (legal teams, monitoring, diplomacy) are well-described in analyst notes, but the frequency and scale of incidents and required diplomatic expenditures are highly uncertain, producing medium confidence in numerical estimates.
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