SCP-2673 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-2673
Expected annual
$3.8M
One-time setup
$5.7M
Annual recurring
$3.6M
Personnel
26
Initial one-time setup is substantial (multi-million-dollar buildout and specialized equipment) with recurring annual operations driven by specialized personnel, security, medical surveillance, ongoing R&D and contingency/cover costs. Estimated one-time capital ≈ $5.66M and recurring operations ≈ $3.565M/year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.7M
Facilities $2.6M
[#1, #3, #13] Structural build/retrofit of a secure containment wing, vault room(s)/archive fit-out and construction/fit-out of quarantine/padded rooms (decontamination airlock, isolation HVAC, observation windows).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#2, #5] Hardened on-site scriptorium/linguistics lab buildout and initial R&D to develop detection/screening tools (computational linguistics, memetic-safety protocols, prototype detection algorithms).
Contingency Reserve Initial $1.0M
[#29] Initial contingency reserve for rapid expansion of quarantine, emergency procurement, temporary external facilities, or epidemiological control measures.
Equipment $560K
[#4, #6, #7, #8, #16, #19, #21] Capital hardware: air-gapped/offline digital media and write-once devices, backup generator, secure transport vehicles & containers, secure incinerator/media-destruction equipment, mobile rapid-response kits, initial PPE capital purchases, secure communication & biometric access hardware.
Legal Cover And Fronts $200K
[#9] Design and legal cover-up set-up including legal team, misinformation/cover templates, front companies and initial legal filings.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.6M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#10, #11] Salaries, benefits and on-site allowances for specialized research/containment team (memetics/linguistics staff and senior containment officer) and 24/7 security staffing across shifts.
Research And Monitoring $600K/yr
[#20, #28] Ongoing monitoring/detection system maintenance and long-term research into antimemes/containment verse renewal (detection tool upkeep, server upkeep for air-gapped systems, commissioning linguists/poets, controlled experimentation).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#24] Public relations, contingency fund for casualty/cover incidents, compensations, hush agreements, burials and immediate PR response budgets.
Medical And Psychiatric Surveillance $300K/yr
[#12] Continuous mental-health screening, rapid-response psychiatric care, medication budgets, hospitalization and long-term follow-ups for infected individuals.
Insurance Reserve $250K/yr
[#27] Self-insurance reserve for third-party suits, property loss and major incidents (commercial insurers likely exclude anomalous risks).
Supplies And Consumables $205K/yr
[#15, #19] Amnestic and counter-memetic pharmaceuticals and supplies, recurring PPE replacement and operational consumables (disposables, binders, etc.).
Quarantine Operations $150K/yr
[#14] Quarantine ward staffing and operations: nurses, containment medics, consumables, cleaning, security coverage, food/housekeeping for isolated persons.
Document Handling Operations $80K/yr
[#23] Staff time and procedures for secure document handling and chain-of-custody, access logging and escorted reading/transcription controls.
Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr
[#26] Administrative overhead, utilities and maintenance: electricity, HVAC for specialized rooms, janitorial, waste disposal and building upkeep.
Secure Communications Operations $50K/yr
[#22] Enforcement of restricted communication templates, compliance officers and audit trails to prevent accidental verbal transmission and ensure policy compliance.
Training And Drills $30K/yr
[#17] Regular emergency drills, memetic-safety certification courses, tabletop and live exercises to maintain readiness.
Personnel Vetting And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#18] Enhanced background checks, psychological profiling, periodic re-screening and continuous monitoring for signs of infection or collusion.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#25] Data backup rotation and off-site analogue storage logistics (regular transfer and rotation of media to off-site vaults).
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.6M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, scheduled research/maintenance and no major incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_research_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $4.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
Localized containment incident affecting staff or a small group; handled in-house with overtime, targeted medical care and PR payouts.
accidental_exposure_by_staff small_internal_spread localized_quarantine_expansion
🚨 Major Breach $13.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Large-scale breach or public dissemination requiring mass amnesticing, emergency facility expansion, extensive PR/legal action and external contracting.
public_exposure widespread_transmission_via_media rapid_epidemiological_spread
👥 Personnel 26 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist (Memetics/Linguistics) 4 [#10] Full-time memetics/linguistics researchers responsible for verse production, review and containment research.
Senior Memetics Containment Officer 1 [#10] Senior containment lead overseeing memetic protocols and verse enforcement.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#11] 24/7 security staffing across shifts trained in memetic protocols for access control and escorts.
Security Supervisor 2 [#11] Supervisory security personnel for shift oversight and coordination.
Nurses / Containment Medics 3 [#14] Medical staff assigned to quarantine ward operations and immediate care for infected individuals.
Medical Officer 1 [#12] Physician/psychiatrist responsible for medical & psychiatric surveillance programs and emergency care decisions.
Administrative Staff 2 [#10, #23] Admin and support staff for logistics, scheduling, document custody logging and recordkeeping.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#6, #26] On-site engineer/technician for generator, HVAC, vault climate control and facility systems maintenance.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude based on analyst notes; memetic properties, adaptive escape potential, local labor/procurement variance and cover-up uncertainty introduce high unpredictability (+/-30%–100%). Many recurring costs depend on path-dependent research outcomes.
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