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SCP-3052 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3052
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$915K
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
10.25
Initial setup costs are dominated by secure containment chamber and secure media infrastructure; recurring costs are driven by 24/7 monitoring staff, security, and specialized psychological/memetic support. First-year (one-time + one year operations) is estimated at roughly $2.13M (one-time $915k + recurring $1.215M), with steady-state annual costs ~ $1.215M.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $915K
Facilities $325K
[#1, #2, #4, #25] Containment chamber upgrades (#1), one-way observation/therapy suite (#2), structural portion of air-gapped forensic media vault (#4) and initial contingency reserve establishment (#25) allocated to facilities/construction costs.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $215K
[#11, #13] Initial laboratory analysis and sampling/setup for materials and biohazard testing (#11) and initial controlled experimentation program/research setup (#13).
Equipment $190K
[#3, #4, #8, #14, #15] Non-recording live-monitoring hardware and tamper-proofing (#3), equipment portion of forensic media vault (Faraday/EMP-safe storage) (#4), lockers/scanners/device-check stations (#8), special playback/display hardware (#14), and secure destruction/decontamination equipment (industrial shredder, PPE) (#15).
Contingency Reserve Establishment $100K
[#25] Establishment of an emergency contingency fund for unplanned upgrades, relocation, or incident mitigation.
Forensic Autopsy Rechecks $25K
[#18] One-time forensic/autopsy rechecks, transport and crime-scene preservation costs from discovery.
Legal Initial Response $25K
[#17] One-time legal/cover-up/PR actions immediately following discovery (family contact, sealed records, initial consultations).
Dna Sequencing And Forensic Searches $20K
[#12] Initial whole-genome/targeted sequencing and external forensic/database search consultations related to blood samples.
Training Program Development $15K
[#9] One-time development of personal-device interdiction program, SOPs, signage, and initial training materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Staff Wages $675K/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #21] Salaries and benefits for 24/7 Level-2 monitoring staff (#6), on-site psychologist portion (#7), security personnel (#8), and 1 FTE memetics/cognitive researcher (#21).
Research And Monitoring $167K/yr
[#11, #12, #13, #10] Ongoing specialty lab assays and repeat tests (#11), recurring DNA sequencing/match searches (#12), controlled experimentation program operational costs and dedicated research hours (#13), and psychological screening/rotation/counseling costs for exposed staff (#10).
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#16] Annual allocation for incident response, rapid containment team on-call costs, transport, temporary quarantine logistics and emergency equipment reserves (#16).
Facilities Maintenance $55K/yr
[#3, #4, #14, #23] Ongoing maintenance and audits for non-recording live-monitoring hardware (#3), operations/maintenance of air-gapped media vault (#4), special playback hardware maintenance (#14), and incremental energy/HVAC/facility overhead attributable to SCP-3052 (#23).
It Security And Audits $50K/yr
[#19] IT security, air-gapping audits, penetration testing, and specialized malware/meme filtering to prevent exfiltration of contaminated media (#19).
Contingency Replenishment $50K/yr
[#25] Annual replenishment target for the contingency reserve used for emergent anomalous behavior response (#25).
Supplies And Consumables $33K/yr
[#5, #15, #22] Secure video storage handling, scheduled destruction and related services (#5); per-incident destruction/neutralization consumables and PPE (#15); routine consumables and biohazard waste handling (#22).
Administrative Overhead $25K/yr
[#24] Administrative overhead, SOP creation/maintenance, and Level 4 review time pro-rated to the SCP-3052 project (#24).
Cover Story And Legal $20K/yr
[#17] Ongoing legal counsel, PR/cover-story management, and potential small-scale settlements or legal support in case of limited exposure (#17).
Personnel Vetting $20K/yr
[#20] Ongoing background checks, periodic re-screening and vetting program costs for staff with access to SCP-3052 (#20).
Training And Policy Delivery $20K/yr
[#9] Recurring delivery of staff training, refresher courses, signage upkeep, and lost-worktime costs for enforcing personal-device interdiction (#9).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; steady-state operations and scheduled research.
normal monitoring and research no unauthorized recordings scheduled maintenance and training
🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Limited containment incident (unauthorized recording leak or small breach) requiring incident response, extra counselling, and modest legal/PR actions.
unauthorized photograph leaked internally localized psychological distress among staff small-scale containment breach requiring short lockdown
🚨 Major Breach $3.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or public exposure (media leak of contaminated recordings) requiring full recovery operations, legal settlements, major PR response, and potential relocation/upgrades.
public dissemination of SCP-3052-2 media large-scale psychological contagion or memetic incidents forced public/legal response and facility remediation
👥 Personnel 10.25 total
Role Count Notes
Level-2 Technician / Monitor 6 24/7 monitoring staff coverage, redundancy and relief shifts (mapped to #6).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 Wing entrance guards, device-check stations, access control (mapped to #8).
Memetics Researcher 1 Specialized memetic/cognitive research staffing for SCP-3052-2 content analysis (mapped to #21).
On-site Psychologist 0.25 Part-time psychologist providing weekly sessions and counseling availability (mapped to #7 and #10).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for nearly every cost element, enabling a mid-confidence estimate; however, large ranges on many items (construction, legal, contingency) and the anomalous/memetic uncertainty reduce confidence to medium.
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