SCP-2787 — SCP-2787 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2787 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-2787

Expected annual

$5.0M

One-time setup

$2.7M

Annual recurring

$4.9M

Personnel

Initial one-time construction and secure IT/evidence systems are estimated at roughly $2.7M; ongoing annual operations (security staff, cyber/internet monitoring, research, retainers and reserves) are the main recurring drivers at approximately $4.86M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.7M

Facilities $1.2M

[#1] Build/retrofit of Station 2787-05: secure operations building, server room, CCTV ops, bunks, evidence storage, hardened wiring, forced-entry/EMP protection.

Equipment $825K

[#6, #9, #10, #11, #12, #17, #18] Hardened servers/IT hardware (#6), surveillance hardware (#9), remote sensors LIDAR/GPR/seismic (#10), drone fleet (#11), redundant power/generator/UPS (#12), site vehicles (#17), vaulted archival storage media (#18).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#8] Digital-forensics/reverse-engineering testbeds, specialized instrumentation, secure testbeds and legal/origin-analysis expenses (one-time R&D setup).

Land Acquisition And Perimeter $150K

[#2] One-time land purchase/lease initiation, perimeter fencing/gatehouses, legal fees/easements (purchase portion).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.9M/yr

Staff Wages $1.3M/yr

[#3, #5, #6] 24/7 on-site guards (12 FTEs ~ $60k each ≈ $720k), Head Researcher + 2 techs (~$400k total), cybersecurity/IT operations staff (~$180k).

Administrative Overhead $634K/yr

[#25] Program management, accounting, contracting and liaison overhead (estimated at 15% of base recurring program budget).

Research And Monitoring $600K/yr

[#8, #19] Ongoing digital-forensics follow-up, paid contractors for reverse-engineering, and active testing/materials research program budget.

Catastrophic Incident Reserve $500K/yr

[#24] Annual reserve set aside for rare catastrophic manifestation events (per-event costs are orders of magnitude higher and handled in scenarios).

Internet Monitoring And Takedowns $300K/yr

[#7] Automated scanners, human analysts, multilingual takedown ops, paid takedowns, replacement of illicit SCP-2787-1 binaries.

Insurance And Contingency $300K/yr

[#20] Insurance, contingency reserves, and legal liability buffer for unexpected liabilities and claims.

Tactical Response Retainer $200K/yr

[#4] Retainer for professional security response teams/tactical contractors; per-activation fees are incident-dependent (handled in scenarios).

Heavy Equipment Retainer $200K/yr

[#13] Retainer for heavy equipment, demolition/crane contractors for rapid deployment; per-event costs variable.

Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr

[#16] Public cover-story municipal payments, PR, legal takedowns and municipal-level payments to maintain plausible cover.

Environmental Remediation Reserve $150K/yr

[#14] Annual budget for small-scale remediation and as an ongoing reserve for larger events.

Logistics And Transport $100K/yr

[#17] Vehicle operations, fuel, insurance, occasional helicopter rental/airlift costs for remote operations.

Amnestic And Medical $100K/yr

[#15] Amnestic administration, medical treatment, psychological care and related procurement/operational costs.

Facilities Maintenance $80K/yr

[#2, #12] Lease/annual site access and perimeter maintenance, generator/UPS fuel & maintenance, routine station maintenance.

Surveillance And Sensor Maintenance $60K/yr

[#9, #10] Maintenance, licensing and calibration for CCTV/PTZ/thermal systems and remote sensors (seismic/LIDAR/GPR) telemetry.

Training And Drills $50K/yr

[#21] Annual refresher training, emergency drills, clearance costs, and PPE readiness.

Drone Operations And Insurance $50K/yr

[#11] Ongoing drone operations, pilot costs, maintenance, and insurance.

Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr

[#11, #21] Consumables: drone batteries/spares, PPE, small consumables for field ops and drills.

Procurement And Honeypot Ops $30K/yr

[#22] Purchase/seeding of controlled copies, honey-pot operations, proactive procurement to control online copies.

Forensic Documentation $20K/yr

[#23] High-resolution forensic photography, chain-of-custody handling, and documentation costs.

Archival Storage And Audit $10K/yr

[#18] Off-site mirrored secure stores, tape rotation, integrity checks and audits.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.9M/yr

69.5% probability / year

Normal year with ongoing containment, monitoring, routine testing and no major manifestation incidents.

no unauthorized saves routine testing only no major public exposure

🚨 Minor Incident $5.0M/yr

25.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline

Small unauthorized save or limited manifestation requiring local cleanup, limited heavy-equipment use, extra amnestics and localized remediation.

unauthorized SCP-2787-1 instance small local manifestation rapid on-site response

🚨 Major Incident $5.9M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Significant manifestation requiring large-scale demolition/stabilization, major environmental remediation, extensive cover-story expenditures and casualties management.

large structural manifestation civilian exposure multi-day heavy-equipment operations

🚨 Catastrophic Manifest Event $14.9M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline

Worst-case full-scale manifestation (infrastructure destruction, mass casualties, long-term environmental/economic impact) requiring multi-million-dollar response, relocation and long-term remediation.

multi-structure/area-level manifestation major civilian casualties extended multiagency recovery

👥 Personnel 17 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	12	[#3] 3 shifts, 3–4 guards per shift (9–12 FTEs); 12 FTEs used for budgeting.
Research Scientist	1	[#5] Head Researcher (senior lead) to manage testing and Protocol 371-Shepherd.
Research Technician	2	[#5] Research technicians/engineers on-call for testing and file protocol maintenance.
Cybersecurity / IT Specialist	2	[#6] Hardened IT/cyber staff to maintain air-gapped instance, redundancy and intrusion monitoring.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling a structured estimate, but per-incident remediation and catastrophic costs are highly variable and subject to large uncertainty; mid-level confidence is appropriate.

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