SCP-2736 — SCP-2736 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2736 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-2736

Expected annual

$11.0M

One-time setup

$31.7M

Annual recurring

$10.9M

Personnel

One-time setup and contingency costs are dominated by an extraction/recovery contingency fund (~$30M) and initial covert-ops/SIGINT setup; recurring costs are driven by external surveillance, covert infiltration operations, and ongoing staffing (totaling roughly $10.9M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $31.7M

Extraction Contingency Fund $30.0M

[#14] Contingency fund / single-operation extraction budget (per-operation estimate; mid-range used).

Covert Infiltration Setup $500K

[#12] Initial recruitment/identity-creation costs for deep-cover assets (high-quality deep-cover setup).

Sigint Setup $500K

[#13] One-time SIGINT/CYBER setup: covert network/equipment and initial tooling for targeted intercept capability.

Facilities $250K

[#1] Secure humanoid cell retrofit: reinforced room, observation, HVAC integration, fail-safes, CCTV, tamper sensors, courtyard access control.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K

[#10] Baseline forensic/biomedical research setup: sequencing runs, imaging, lab consumables and specialist contractor fees for initial studies.

Legal Cover Initial $200K

[#15] Initial legal/records work and archival strikes to establish cover & historical revisioning.

Equipment $50K

[#2] Dedicated surveillance & control electronics: high-grade cameras, sensors, servers, ALPR, logging (initial hardware purchase).

Training Setup $20K

[#17] One-time curriculum/equipment setup for memetic and breach drills.

Archival Setup $15K

[#16] One-time classified archival system setup and air-gapped backup provisioning.

Tv Purchase $500

[#6] One-time television purchase for SCP-2736-1.

Budget Summary $0

[#25] Summary reference: analyst aggregated one-time setup and contingency ranges.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.9M/yr

Covert Infiltration Program $5.0M/yr

[#12] Ongoing costs for recruitment, handling, travel, false identities, safe-houses, training and asset cultivation against GoI-113.

External Surveillance Sigint $2.0M/yr

[#11] Long-term external SIGINT/HUMINT monitoring of SCP-2736-2/GoI-113: passive monitoring up to active HUMINT/infiltration support.

Sigint Cyber Ops $1.5M/yr

[#13] Dedicated SIGINT/CYBER operations: targeted intercepts, analytics, secure processing and analyst staffing.

Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr

[#15, #22] Ongoing legal teams, cover-up operations, FOIA/gag orders, PR and reputational mitigation/indemnity expenses.

Staff Wages $450K/yr

[#3] Permanent security staff payroll, benefits, equipment and supervisor coverage (6 guards + supervisors/spare pool).

Emergency Response Reserve $300K/yr

[#18] Annual reserve for emergency response, rapid-deploy teams, temporary relocation, overtime and crisis contracting.

Executive Oversight $250K/yr

[#23] Opportunity cost / pro-rated executive oversight, project head and classified briefing overhead.

Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr

[#8, #9] Pro-rated site overhead (utilities, janitorial, insurance) and containment equipment maintenance (locks, HVAC, sensors).

Research And Monitoring $150K/yr

[#10] Ongoing forensic/biomedical follow-up studies, sequencing runs, contract research and specialist analyses.

Medical Support $120K/yr

[#4] On-call medical support, routine monitoring for phlebitis, lab tests, imaging, meds, medevac agreements.

Consultants And Contractors $120K/yr

[#20] Specialist consultants: historians, neurologists, counterintelligence and legal contractors for episodic work.

Psych Monitoring $110K/yr

[#5] Psychological/behavioral monitoring, counseling sessions, memetic screening of media provided, records management.

Training And Drills $40K/yr

[#17] Annual containment breach drills, memetic hazard training, med-evac simulations and scenario planning.

Logistics And Transport $30K/yr

[#19] Secure transport for media, artifacts, personnel moves, secure couriers and occasional armored transport.

Surveillance Maintenance $15K/yr

[#2] Maintenance, storage and periodic hardware refresh for surveillance systems; secure recording storage costs.

Memetic Filtering $12K/yr

[#21] Memetic/infohazard screening systems and related staff time for vetting allowed media.

Supplies And Consumables $11K/yr

[#6, #7, #24] Monthly allowance/media and consumables for SCP-2736-1, food/laundry/basic housing consumables, annual photographs/gifts.

Archival Backups $10K/yr

[#16] Ongoing costs for secure backups, physical archives and destruction protocols.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.9M/yr

96.5% probability / year

Normal year with standard containment, monitoring, and ongoing covert activities but no major incidents or operations.

no_major_incident continued_passive_monitoring

🚨 Minor Incident $11.4M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Localized incident requiring emergency response, repairs, overtime, legal action and increased monitoring for months.

attempted_escape failed_memetic_sanitization targeted_harassment_by_goi

🚨 Extraction Attempt $40.9M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$30.0M vs baseline

Decision-year to attempt recovery/extraction of SCP-2736-2, involving special ops, covert diplomacy, denial-and-deception and major one-off expenditures.

decision_to_recover_target major_breach_or_political_crisis

👥 Personnel 8 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#3] Two guards per shift across three shifts; core dedicated security staff.
Security Supervisor	2	[#3] Shift supervisor and spare/senior coverage included in payroll estimate.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing order-of-magnitude estimates, but large ranges for covert operations, SIGINT and extraction costs (and dependence on site capabilities and political choices) produce significant uncertainty.

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