SCP-2770 — SCP-2770 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2770 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-2770

Expected annual

$42.5M

One-time setup

$521.2M

Annual recurring

$41.9M

Personnel

One-time capital expenditures are approximately $372.8M driven by vessels, salvage/reserve funds, satellites and specialized salvage/secure storage; recurring operations are roughly $41.9M/yr driven by fleet operations, logistics/air assets, and staff wages.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $521.2M

Equipment $185.3M

[#1, #2, #3, #5, #10, #11, #17, #23] Dedicated thermal satellite(s) ($35M), ground station/antenna and processing hardware ($1.25M), vessels ($120M), shipborne aircraft ($20M), ROV/work-class assets ($8M), underwater sensor network ($0.6M), cyber tooling ($0.35M), PPE/hazmat kits ($0.125M).

Fleet Vessels Capital $120.0M

[#3] Capital purchase/retrofit of 2 patrol boats + 1 corvette/frigate (~$60–200M range; baseline chosen $120M).

Salvage Contingency Reserve $100.0M

[#12] Large-wreck contingency reserve for major salvage/environmental/legal events (budgetary reserve; per-incident costs may consume this).

Replacement Reserve $50.0M

[#22] Reserve to covertly replace lost Foundation vessels/equipment (budgeted $50M).

Breach Response Reserve $25.0M

[#21] Containment breach emergency response reserve fund ($10–100M range; baseline $25M).

Shipborne Aircraft One Time $20.0M

[#5] Purchase/retrofit of 1–2 used ship helicopters (baseline two at ~$20M).

Rov And Salvage Equipment One Time $8.0M

[#10] Purchase of small and work-class ROVs and winches/cranes (~$0.5–15M range; baseline ~$8M).

Facilities $7.0M

[#9, #16] Dry-dock/secure evidence storage retrofit and on-site medical/quarantine/mothership fit-out (drydock: $6.0M, medical fit-out: $1.0M).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.2M

[#8, #15] Specialist research program lab/equipment and secure amnestic compounding/setup (~$5.0M + $0.2M).

Cyber Tooling One Time $350K

[#17] One-time tooling to enable data suppression and record alteration capabilities.

Corporate Fronts Setup $300K

[#18] One-time legal/shell-company and insurance-front formation costs.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $41.9M/yr

Logistics And Transport $23.2M/yr

[#4, #5, #10, #19, #20] Fleet crewing/maintenance/fuel (~$16M), air asset maintenance (~$3M), ROV/salvage mobilization reserve (~$2M), civilian SAR contracts (~$1.25M), and sortie/intercept operational budgets (~$1M).

Staff Wages $10.1M/yr

[#2, #6, #9, #15] Analysts, dedicated Gamma-6 boarding personnel (60 FTE baseline at $120k fully-burdened), medical staffing, and research staff salaries (aggregated).

Cover Story And Legal $3.4M/yr

[#13, #14, #18, #24, #25] Standing legal/disinformation capacity, diplomatic/covert liaison payments, corporate front ongoing ops, shipping community outreach, and internal audits/recordkeeping ($0.325M).

Satellite Tasking Fees $1.0M/yr

[#1] Alternative to buying satellites: prioritized tasking/time on commercial ISR (~$0.5–2M/yr; baseline $1M/yr included).

Facilities Maintenance $825K/yr

[#2, #11, #16] Maintenance/telemetry for ground/antenna systems and underwater sensor moorings; dry-dock facility upkeep.

Personnel Overhead $800K/yr

[#26] Housing allowances, rotation travel, retention bonuses and counseling for remote-duty personnel.

Research And Monitoring $750K/yr

[#15, #27] Non-salary research ops, experiment deployments and environmental/long-term monitoring studies.

Training Drills $600K/yr

[#7] Annual live-aboard boarding, fast-rope, interdiction and readiness exercises ($0.2–1M/yr).

Cyber Ops $600K/yr

[#17] Ongoing cybersecurity, monitoring for leaks and digital suppression operations.

Supplies And Consumables $555K/yr

[#8, #23, #28] Amnestic replenishment ($125k), PPE/hazmat replenishment ($30k), and miscellaneous consumables/petty cash ($400k).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $41.9M/yr

94.0% probability / year

Normal, uneventful year with steady-state operations and no major salvage/breach events.

regular patrols routine maintenance scheduled research

🚨 Minor Incident $43.4M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

A localized Boarding Event or interception requiring extra sorties, limited salvage/ROV mobilization, legal/disinformation response and additional amnestic administration.

single Boarding Event short-field salvage/ROV mobilization heightened PR/legal activity

🚨 Major Salvage Event $91.9M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline

Major vessel loss (e.g., oil tanker or large cargo ship) requiring extensive salvage, environmental cleanup, international PR and large legal/cover-up expenditures.

large-scale Boarding Event significant pollution or high-profile casualty multi-jurisdiction legal action

👥 Personnel 78 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent (Gamma-6 boarding team)	60	[#6] Baseline 60 dedicated boarding personnel (midpoint of 40–80) supporting rotations; fully-burdened cost included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist	10	[#15] Oceanographers/marine physicists and experiment leads; research salaries included in staff_wages.
Analyst / Image Analyst	4	[#2] Satellite/thermal data analysts and fusion staff; salaries included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer / Medic	4	[#9] Shipboard medics and amnestic-capable clinicians; staffing costs included in staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on analyst ranges and canonical containment procedures; many line items (vessel choice, salvage exposure, satellite acquisition vs. tasking) have wide ranges introducing uncertainty.

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