SCP-2921 EUCLID ~ medium confidence
SCP-2921
Expected annual
$6.3M
One-time setup
$5.8M
Annual recurring
$5.9M
Personnel
12
Initial one-time capital is approximately $5.76M driven by redundant lethal-response systems, compute/AI infrastructure, and field hardware; recurring annual costs are approximately $5.92M driven by 24/7 monitoring staff, a large contingency reserve allocation, and legal/cover-up operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.8M
Equipment $5.4M
[#1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #8, #9, #10, #12, #15, #17, #19] Sensor hardware (cameras/thermal/LiDAR), initial off-site and on-site servers for redundant AI, two redundant autonomous lethal-response systems, secure communications appliances, field maintenance vehicles/tools, drone fleet and docking, litigation/cover-up litigation reserve allocations (initial legal retainer/secure arrangements), mortuary/morgue setup, information-security hardware, archival infrastructure, transportation/RCV hardware, and feasibility-study execution costs for removal.
Training And Sop Development $125K
[#16] One-time SOP development, initial ethics oversight setup, tabletop exercises, red-team setup and initial staff training costs.
Facilities $100K
[#1, #4, #13] Mounting towers/poles and installation for remote sensors, off-grid power infrastructure installation, and trailhead signage/closure hardware (fabrication and discreet installation).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#11] Instrumentation and remote-experiment hardware for non-interactive theoretical and causality research (standoff experiment instrumentation and compute allocations).
Environmental Sensors $25K
[#18] Environmental monitoring sensors/probes (soil chemistry, hydrology) and installation for minimal ecological monitoring.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.9M/yr
Contingency Reserve Allocation $2.0M/yr
[#14] Annual allocation to contingency/emergency reserve to fund potential breach response, litigation, large-scale PR, or mass-response expenses (reserve build-up).
Staff Wages $1.5M/yr
[#6, #7] 24/7 remote monitoring personnel (operators/watch officers/incident analysts) plus field maintenance technicians (salaries, travel allowances included in recurring personnel costs).
Overhead Inflation Buffer $772K/yr
[#20] Program overhead, administrative costs, purchasing, auditing, internal insurance and an inflation buffer (~15% of other recurring costs).
Research And Monitoring $645K/yr
[#2, #11, #15, #18] Off-site hosting, model retraining and ML ops for event detection, ongoing funded research/staff/grants for theoretical study, archival storage operational costs, and environmental monitoring lab analysis contracts.
Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr
[#9] Payments, permits, covert PR/park authority liaison, local law enforcement cooperation, and routine cover-up operations.
Supplies And Consumables $140K/yr
[#3, #7, #8, #10] Consumables for lethal-response systems (ammo/consumables/calibration), field maintenance supplies and PPE, drone spare parts, and per-incident forensic disposables and hazardous-waste handling consumables.
Information Security Ops $125K/yr
[#12] Ongoing information-security operations: vetting, background checks, continuous monitoring, vault and access-control maintenance, auditing and recertification.
Training And Sop Recurring $50K/yr
[#16] Recurring table-top exercises, refresh training, ethics oversight meetings, audits and red-team stress-tests.
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#17] Fuel, discrete transport logistics, shipping/expedited spare parts, and remote-vehicle operational costs.
Communications Ops $30K/yr
[#5] Satellite bandwidth fees, leased communication links, anti-jam leases and service charges.
Facilities Maintenance $24K/yr
[#1, #4, #13] Ongoing maintenance of sensor towers, power system replacement/UPS/battery swaps, and trailhead signage upkeep.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.9M/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with steady operations, no major incidents beyond routine maintenance and oversight.
no incidents routine maintenance regular research activity
🚨 Minor Incident $6.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Isolated contact(s) with SCP-2921 requiring termination, forensic handling, and localized cover-up actions.
single-person contact localized termination and forensic processing
🚨 Major Breach $8.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Multiple simultaneous exposures or a causally-amplified event requiring emergency response, major PR and litigation, and large contingency spending.
multiple exposures publicized incident mass forensic response
🚨 Attempted Removal $55.9M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Unauthorized or sanctioned attempt to remove/relocate SCP-2921 leading to an extremely costly operation and major contingency activation.
removal/relocation attempt large-scale excavation/engineering operations
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Remote Monitoring Operator / Watch Officer 9 [#6] Rotational operators to provide continuous 24/7 monitoring and adjudication; included in staff_wages.
Supervisor / Incident Analyst 1 [#6] Senior watch officer/incident analyst responsible for oversight, escalation and rules-of-engagement enforcement; included in staff_wages.
Field Technician 2 [#7] Mobile/remote maintenance technicians for sensor, power and drone servicing; included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing reasonable aggregation, but large ranges (lethal hardware choices, contingency reserves, litigation outcomes, incident frequency) produce substantial uncertainty in final totals; medium confidence reflects this mix of detailed inputs and high-variance items.
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