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SCP-2884 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2884
Expected annual
$23.2M
One-time setup
$12.9M
Annual recurring
$22.4M
Personnel
84
Estimated one-time capital costs are approximately $12.9M driven by facility retrofits, BSL upgrades and contingency reserves; recurring annual costs are approximately $22.4M/yr dominated by embedded personnel, lobbying/PR and research/containment operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $12.9M
Contingency Scale Reserve $6.0M
[#30] Liquid contingency reserve to surge personnel, rapid site upgrades, mass amnestic operations and emergency scale response.
Facilities $2.9M
[#10, #12, #25, #27] Site/cover facility build-outs and structural upgrades: Secure Facility M84 setup, Site 06-3 retrofits, special containment materials and an initial BSL-3 upgrade.
Legal Contingency Reserve $2.0M
[#19] Initial contingency reserve to handle large payouts, legal settlements or urgent cover-up expenses (budgeted separately from annual retainer).
Equipment $800K
[#7, #9, #21, #23] Purchase of access equipment and lifts, armored/secure vehicles, server cluster/initial storage hardware, and initial non-lethal capture kit purchases.
Cover Identity Creation $672K
[#2] One-time costs to create/seed credible cover identities, leases, bank accounts, relocation and clearances for embedded personnel.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#15] Initial research/lab buildout and instrumentation for anomalous component analysis and reverse-engineering.
Redaction Initial Systems $50K
[#29] Initial secure redaction and classified-archive systems/setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $22.4M/yr
Staff Wages $6.7M/yr
[#1] Salaries, employer taxes and overhead for 84 covert embedded Foundation personnel placed within UK agencies (84 × $80,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $6.3M/yr
[#4, #5, #19, #20] Lobbying/political influence program, public-relations/media campaigns, legal retainers and media/OSINT monitoring infrastructure to manage public narrative and legislative outcomes.
Research And Monitoring $2.9M/yr
[#15, #22, #17, #14, #21] Ongoing research staff and consumables, data-analysis/model development and watch teams, forensic testing per subject, specialized medical/neurosurgical procedure capacity and recurring analytics/storage costs related to detection.
Logistics And Transport $2.8M/yr
[#6, #8, #9, #28] Annual camera replacement/installation program, MTF deployments and per-deployment logistics, vehicle maintenance/fuel and on-scene public-safety coordination costs.
Facilities Maintenance $1.5M/yr
[#11, #13, #27, #16, #21] Ongoing front-site operating costs (M84), Site 06-3 utilities and containment upkeep, BSL certification/maintenance, secure-evidence storage fees and recurring server/storage electricity/licenses.
Covert Intel Program $1.2M/yr
[#26] Long-term covert HUMINT/cyber ops/safehouses and informant payments investigating the Overseer and related actors.
Training And Exercises $600K/yr
[#24] Ongoing tactical, legal, medical and surveillance training for embedded staff and MTF, including joint exercises.
Psychological And Amnestic $255K/yr
[#18] Ongoing psychological services for embedded personnel and budgeted amnestic/amnestic-administration reserves for civilian interventions.
Supplies And Consumables $134K/yr
[#3, #23, #29] Annual cover-identity upkeep, replacement/consumables for non-lethal capture kits, and recurring redaction/printing consumables.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $22.4M/yr
73.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, deployments and ongoing programs; no major cluster events or public exposure.
steady manifestation rate routine MTF activations ongoing lobbying/PR ops
🚨 Minor Incident $23.9M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Year with several above-average incidents requiring extra deployments, replacement hardware and increased amnestic/legal use.
clustered manifestations increased MTF deployments higher amnestic/legal activity
🚨 Major Cluster $30.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Significant surge / scale event (dozens of humanoids / widespread simultaneous manifestations) requiring contingency drawdown, emergency site upgrades and mass operations.
mass manifestations overwhelmed local capacity large-scale containment and amnestic operations
🚨 Political Exposure $27.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Public or political exposure of covert activities leading to intensive legal defense, PR damage-control and increased lobbying to contain fallout.
media leak or FOI escalation legal actions against front companies parliamentary inquiries
👥 Personnel 84 total
Role Count Notes
Embedded Operative / Covert Officer 60 [#1] Field operatives embedded in UK agencies performing surveillance promotion, identification and coordination duties.
Intelligence Analyst 10 [#1] Analysts placed in partner agencies to process reports, flag SCP events and coordinate with Foundation assets.
Administrative Staff / Cover Operator 8 [#1] Support staff to maintain cover businesses/accounts, paperwork and logistics for embedded operations.
Liaison / Policy Officer 6 [#1] Officers handling relations with MPs, councils and industry bodies to promote surveillance policy and legislative influence.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most categories, but uncertainty remains due to unpredictable manifestation rates, potential for clustered events and political risk that can change lobbying/contingency needs.
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