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SCP-2793 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2793
Expected annual
$130.3M
One-time setup
$1.4B
Annual recurring
$121.6M
Personnel
167
One-time capital costs are dominated by a ready deep-space probe procurement and a contingency reserve (~$1.36B total). Recurring annual operations are approximately $122M/yr, driven mainly by R&D/monitoring, personnel, covert influence/sabotage, and mission-ops support.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4B
Deep Space Probe Procurement $1.0B
[#3] Ready-to-launch deep-space probe(s) procurement (mission-class spacecraft, radiation-hardened bus, propulsion/navigation) kept as an emergency asset.
Contingency Reserve $200.0M
[#28] Reserve fund for catastrophic or escalatory response actions, emergency buyouts, large-scale black-ops or cleanup (explicitly excluding full planetary-scale mitigation costs).
Facilities $78.0M
[#10, #16] Construction/fit-out of a level-4 secure containment laboratory (airlocks, EHS, cleanrooms) and secure archival/vault spaces with environmental & radiation controls.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $57.0M
[#12, #14, #17] Nanofabrication and quantum test equipment, pilot manufacturing line setup, and capital portion of HPC/secure compute for simulation/emulation.
Equipment $20.2M
[#2, #8, #20, #25, #19, #9] Ground-station/dish hardware, misinformation/forensics toolkits, robotic manipulators, specialized transport containers, initial secure-ID/security hardware, and initial amnestic stockpile/setup.
Contingency Plan Development $3.0M
[#23] One-time creation/development of global contingency plans, simulation frameworks, and inter-agency coordination protocols.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $121.6M/yr
Research And Monitoring $54.0M/yr
[#1, #4, #13, #17, #24] Dedicated Saturn optical/IR/radio monitoring, deep-space probe mission operations/standby costs, reverse-engineering R&D program, recurring HPC/compute operations, and satellite/launch monitoring/SSA feeds.
Staff Wages $25.0M/yr
[#18] Salaries and benefits for core programme staff (medium program baseline estimate; fully-burdened averages used).
Cover Story And Legal $16.8M/yr
[#5, #7, #22, #23, #27] Covert liaison/influence budgets with space agencies, misinformation/media-disruption campaigns, legal/diplomatic/cover-up funds, recurring contingency exercise costs, and long-term archival/cultural cover maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $15.5M/yr
[#6, #25] Covert sabotage unit operational costs (teams, safehouses, logistics) and recurring secure transport/courier budgets for specimens and materials.
Facilities Maintenance $6.0M/yr
[#11, #19, #26] Ongoing lab utilities/HEPA/cleanroom maintenance, security operations and vetting overhead, and facility energy/utilities for cleanrooms, cryogenics, HPC and life-safety systems.
Supplies And Consumables $4.3M/yr
[#9, #15, #21] Amnestic production/clinical administration and follow-up, consumables and expendables for destructive prototype tests, and hazardous-waste disposal/neutralization contracts.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $121.6M/yr
92.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, research, and covert prevention actions; no major activations or procurement events.
regular monitoring ongoing R&D covert influence/sabotage posture
🚨 Minor Incident $131.6M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Localized ring activity or a detectable activation/near-activation (e.g., Great White Spot event) requiring surge monitoring, increased misinformation, limited emergency ops and additional amnestic administration.
ring activation detection short-term probe/DSN tasking increased PR/amnestics
🚨 Major Breach $421.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$300.0M vs baseline
Significant activation, ring structural failure, or transmission event that requires large-scale emergency response, use of contingency reserve, international diplomatic mitigation, and intensive cleanup/containment operations.
large transmission/pulse ring collapse fragments entering atmosphere international exposure
🚨 Deep Probe Launch $1.1B/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.0B vs baseline
Foundation authorizes procurement and launch of mission-class deep-space probe(s) to directly intervene or retrieve samples, incurring the large one-time procurement cost in that fiscal year plus associated operations.
level-4 approval for direct intervention urgent need for in-situ response or retrieval
👥 Personnel 167 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 40 [#18] Physicists, materials scientists and quantum/nanotech researchers dedicated to reverse-engineering and analysis.
Engineer / Maintenance 30 [#18] Systems, mechanical, electrical, nanofabrication and cryogenics engineers for labs, pilot lines and probe support.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 [#18] Physical security, site guards and rapid-response personnel for containment and transport security.
Intelligence / Operations 20 [#18] Covert liaison, influence, sabotage planning and OPSEC staff supporting agency-level engagement and clandestine actions.
Research Technician 30 [#18] Lab technicians, cleanroom operators, test crews and prototype assembly staff.
Administrative Staff 12 [#18] Program administration, procurement, legal liaison and finance support.
Medical Officer 5 [#18] Clinical staff to administer amnestics, medical follow-up and biohazard response.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and program-pattern assumptions; large ranges on capital items (especially deep-space procurement and contingency reserve) reduce confidence. Operational recurring costs are better constrained by described staffing and program posture, yielding medium confidence overall.
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