SCP-3083 — SCP-3083 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3083 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-3083

Expected annual

$5.4M

One-time setup

$102.5M

Annual recurring

$4.6M

Personnel

Baseline recurring costs are approximately $4,570,000 per year driven mainly by personnel, specimen quarantine/processing, and disinformation/legal operations; one-time upgrades and integration are ~$2,550,000 under normal operations, with a contingency capture mission adding a one-time ~$100,000,000 if executed.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $102.5M

Contingency Capture Mission $100.0M

[#16] Dedicated capture/retrieval mission (robotic or manned) to retrieve/move SCP-3083; mission-level spacecraft and reentry capabilities.

Equipment $1.0M

[#4] On-board sensor suite & upgrade costs (high-resolution optics, spectrometers, robotic end-effector).

Orbital Maneuvering $750K

[#1] Fuel and mission operations to station Kama in geosynchronous orbit (delta-v, mission planning, thruster ops).

Comms Secure Installation $300K

[#5] One-time encrypted uplink/downlink hardware, redundancy, and classified comms integration.

Containment R And D Setup $250K

[#17] One-time prototype builds and devices for experiments to influence orientation/activation frequency.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K

[#11] BSL upgrades and initial lab equipment for handling unknown biologicals (autoclaves, BSCs, PPE stock, integration).

Storage Lockers Installation $50K

[#10] Secure vault/lockers hardware, climate control installation, and integration to Site-22 security systems.

Financial Concealment Setup $50K

[#21] One-time setup costs for shell companies/cover procurement structures and financial opacity setup.

Facilities $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.6M/yr

Quarantine Containment Per Item $1.5M/yr

[#8] Per-item containment, quarantine, initial triage, transport to lab, PPE and technician time for ~100-200 items/year at ~$5k-$20k per item.

Staff Wages $1.3M/yr

[#3, #12, #13] Spacecraft operations / telemetry staff, dedicated research team salaries (project lead, researchers, techs), and additional security staffing.

Research And Monitoring $400K/yr

[#6, #9] Ground analysis, secure data storage, processing of telemetry/imagery, and specialized laboratory analysis and sampling (pathology, sequencing, EM, isotope analysis).

Station Keeping Fuel $350K/yr

[#2] Routine station-keeping burns, corrective maneuvers, and occasional propellant resupply mission costs.

Disinformation Ops $300K/yr

[#14] Ongoing disinformation and counter-intel directed at major observatories, PR contractors, NDAs and cover placement costs.

Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr

[#15] Ongoing legal support for FOIA/responses, cover documents, litigation readiness and embargo coordination.

Incident Response Fund $100K/yr

[#20] Rapid-access budget for urgent charters, emergency hires, and same-day response actions.

Pr Whistleblower $100K/yr

[#23] Monitoring social media, leak response, whistleblower management and broader PR damage-control campaigns.

Logistics And Transport $75K/yr

[#7] Retrieval and transfer handling costs during routine cargo exchanges (manifesting, capture containers, transfer procedures).

Containment R And D Operating $75K/yr

[#17] Annual operating budget for containment experiments and prototype testing to influence orientation/activations.

Comms Secure Maint $50K/yr

[#5] Recurring bandwidth, encryption maintenance, and cyber-security upkeep for classified telemetry links.

Supplies And Consumables $40K/yr

[] General consumables outside biohazard disposables (PPE replenishment, general lab consumables).

Training $30K/yr

[#18] Recurring training, drills, simulator time and certification renewals for ground and flight crews handling SCP transfers.

Financial Concealment Maintenance $30K/yr

[#21] Ongoing maintenance for shell companies, fake contractors, and consultants for financial concealment.

Biohazard Consumables $25K/yr

[#11] Consumables and waste disposal (autoclave cycles, incineration, sharps containers, hazardous waste processing).

Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr

[#10, #22] Climate control, power and incremental facility overheads for lockers, labs, and Site-22 attributable operations.

Medical Psych Support $20K/yr

[#19] Monitoring, psychological support, background checks and welfare measures relating to Researcher Benich and staff secrecy management.

Storage Lockers Maintenance $5K/yr

[#10] Yearly climate/power and minor maintenance for secure lockers and integration with security.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.6M/yr

86.5% probability / year

Normal year with steady operations, routine sampling rates, and no major incidents or capture attempts.

routine monitoring expected specimen throughput no major anomalies

🚨 Minor Incident $4.8M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline

Small unexpected spike in activations or a telemetry/maintenance incident requiring emergency analysis and short-term overtime.

spike in manifestations equipment anomaly localized contamination event

🚨 High Throughput Year $8.0M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$3.4M vs baseline

Year with frequent specimen throughput and aggressive disinformation/legal operations, driving up processing and operational costs.

elevated SCP-3083-1 production expanded disinformation campaign full research team activity

🚨 Contingency Capture Mission $104.6M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline

Decision and execution of a dedicated capture/retrieval mission to forcibly retrieve or relocate SCP-3083.

policy decision to retrieve failed containment requiring removal command authorization for mission

👥 Personnel 11 total

Role	Count	Notes
Project Lead / Research Scientist	1	[#12] Senior researcher / project lead responsible for containment R&D and coordination.
Research Scientist	3	[#12] Dedicated researchers to study anomalous behavior, sampling and analysis.
Lab Technician	2	[#8, #9] Technicians handling quarantine, sample prep, consumables, and routine lab procedures.
Telemetry / Spacecraft Operations Engineer	2	[#3] Engineers/operators for daily checks of Kama, telemetry links, and scheduling observations.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#13, #10] Security staff for storage/transfer operations and custody of anomalous materials.
Administrative Staff	1	[#15, #21] Admin/legal liaison handling FOIA responses, cover documentation coordination, and procurement concealment administration.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and clear drivers (specimen throughput, disinformation scale, contingency mission), enabling a reasoned estimate; uncertainty remains high for specimen counts and the low-probability decision to execute an expensive capture mission.

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