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SCP-2789 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2789
Expected annual
$21.0M
One-time setup
$247.7M
Annual recurring
$16.8M
Personnel
92
Initial capital costs are dominated by a large contingency/catastrophic reserve and R&D/lab buildout, while recurring costs (~$16.8M/yr) are driven primarily by MTF salaries, monitoring, and legal/indemnity reserves. Per-incident operational response costs (demolition, forensic, biohazard disposal, contact-tracing) scale linearly with discovered instances and can rapidly dominate budgets if prevalence rises.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $247.7M
Catastrophic Reserve One Time $200.0M
[#24] Large emergency reserve intended to be drawn in catastrophic, uncontrolled-spread scenarios (insurance / mass-remediation fund).
Indemnity Fund Initial Capital $25.0M
[#6] Initial capitalization of property acquisition / emergency indemnity fund to cover multiple buyouts and cover-story payouts.
Legal Contingency Reserve $10.0M
[#14] Contingency litigation / legal reserve for large lawsuits and PR campaigns.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4.7M
[#4, #16, #7] Major R&D capital and laboratory equipment for specialized sensors, forensic lab buildout and initial research equipment.
Equipment $3.2M
[#2, #17] Rapid-response MTF capital (vehicles/weapons/comms) and evidence/recording hardening hardware one-time procurement.
Aircraft Capital $3.0M
[#23, #2] One-time buy-in or long-term lease buyout for owned aircraft / special transport capability.
Facilities $1.1M
[#8, #20] Secure humanoid holding cell construction and emergency staging/site setup one-time costs.
Data Security Build $600K
[#21] Initial secure network / classified communications build (hardened comms, classified SOC setup one-time costs).
Translation Program One Time $150K
[#15] One-time setup for translation/linguistics program and secure translation lab.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $16.8M/yr
Staff Wages $8.2M/yr
[#1, #3, #9, #15, #16, #21, #25] MTF operator salaries, monitoring analysts, containment guards/medical observers, research salaries, linguists, cybersecurity staff, and administrative/program management wages.
Research And Monitoring $2.0M/yr
[#3, #4, #7, #16, #19] Monitoring software/cloud/data licenses, specialized sensor R&D maintenance, ongoing lab maintenance and non-salary research program costs.
Indemnity Fund Replenishment $2.0M/yr
[#6] Annual replenishment to maintain the emergency indemnity/compensation fund after payouts.
Cover Story And Legal $1.5M/yr
[#14] Annual legal retainer, PR operations, covert narrative operations and front-company operational expenses.
Logistics And Transport $850K/yr
[#2, #12, #20, #23] Vehicle and aircraft operations/maintenance, contractor retainer for structural response teams, staging leases and related transport logistics.
Per Incident Response Operational Costs $630K/yr
[#5, #11, #12, #13, #7, #19] Variable per-incident costs (demolition/removal, contact-tracing/quarantine for selected individuals, structural engineering, per-incident forensic work, per-incident disposal and site-watch). Baseline assumes ~1 discovered instance/year aggregated here.
Aircraft Ops $400K/yr
[#23] Annual operations and charter costs for aircraft/special transport missions.
Victim Care Contingency $300K/yr
[#10] Annual contingency fund for medical care, shelter, compensation and psychiatric care for displaced/affected civilians.
Training And Exercises $300K/yr
[#18] Annual training, live exercises, demolition-with-biohazard drills and tabletop legal/PR exercises.
Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr
[#8, #20] Ongoing utilities, maintenance and upkeep for secure holding cell, staging yards, and related facilities.
Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr
[#22] PPE, hazmat consumables, disinfectants, fuel and field consumables.
Biohazard Disposal Contract $150K/yr
[#13] Recurring disposal/incineration contracts and hazardous waste fees.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $16.8M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Routine year with low prevalence (assumes current limited discovery rate and one incident-level response factored into recurring budget).
no_discoveries routine_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $18.3M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Year with several discovered instances (small cluster) requiring multiple extra demolition/remediation operations and higher indemnity payouts.
multiple_discovered_instances increased_response_ops
🚨 Major Breach $216.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200.0M vs baseline
Uncontrolled spread scenario requiring activation of catastrophic reserve, mass-remediation and national-level interventions.
uncontrolled_spread multiple_seeding_events national_emergency
👥 Personnel 92 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 48 [#1] Four regional rapid-response teams (12 operators each) for 24/7 coverage.
Monitoring Analyst / SOC Analyst 8 [#3] Social-media scraping, tip-line analysts and 24/7 SOC monitoring staff.
Research Scientist 8 [#16, #7, #4] R&D and forensic research staff for transformation studies and sensor development.
Containment Guard / Security Staff 12 [#9] Dedicated guards and containment specialists assigned to holding facility rotations.
Linguist / Translator 2 [#15] Contract linguists and field linguistics for translation of unidentified language on business card.
Cybersecurity / IT Specialist 4 [#21] SOC and classified-network staff to protect monitoring data and internal OPSEC.
Administrative Staff / Program Management 4 [#25] Program directors, contract managers, HR and finance to run the program.
Medical Officer 3 [#10, #7] Medical monitoring staff for containment and victim care coordination.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#12, #20] Structural/electrical/plumbing response liaisons and maintenance coordination (contractor management).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges so mid-range estimates are used; however the anomalous nature of SCP-2789 (unobservable transformations, exponential seeding risk) and uncertain incident frequency make exact recurring costs and catastrophic probabilities uncertain.
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