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SCP-3086 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3086
Expected annual
$5.7M
One-time setup
$492K
Annual recurring
$5.4M
Personnel
28
One-time setup ~ $492k for secure storage, Faraday testing chamber, hardened laptop(s), audio infrastructure and tooling; recurring baseline costs ~ $5.41M/yr driven by monitoring teams, MTF readiness, legal/PR/insurance reserves, and remediation/amnestic budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $492K
Equipment $377K
[#2, #4, #5, #6, #11, #16, #21, #24] Hardened containment laptop & technician labor (~$3,350), forensic wipe hardware (~$30,000), air-gapped audio equipment and servers (~$30,000), field recorders (~$4,000), forensic workstation/tooling (~$40,000), vehicle purchases (2 @ $60k = $120,000), automated tool dev (~$150,000). Capital incinerator purchase intentionally set to contract route (see notes).
Facilities $95K
[#1, #3] Site-42 secure storage locker setup (~$20k) and Faraday cage construction/certification (~$75k selected mid-range).
Training Initial $20K
[#7] Initial secure evidence handling and chain-of-custody training for researchers, techs, and guards (selected midpoint).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.4M/yr
Staff Wages $2.5M/yr
[#8, #9, #11, #14, #20] Digital monitoring analysts + management (~$440k), embedded online operatives (~$400k), cyber-forensics team (~$250k), MTF Kappa-5 core roster (~$950k), research team salaries (~$450k).
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#12, #13, #25, #26, #30] Legal counsel/retainer and incident legal costs (~$300k/yr), PR/cover-story resources (~$100k/yr), communication/ISP cooperation retainer (~$50k/yr), insurance/contingency provisioning (~$500k/yr), administrative overhead/audio-only governance (~$80k/yr).
Major Remediation Contingency $1.0M/yr
[#29] Annual set-aside for large-scale remediation or mass amnestic campaigns (selected conservative provisioning within the broad range).
Supplies And Consumables $367K/yr
[#6, #15, #17, #19, #22, #23, #27, #4] Field recorder batteries (~$1k), ongoing physical-removal/quarantine budget (~$125k/yr), PPE and handling consumables (~$8k), investigative tracers/background checks budget (~$100k), backup personnel training/backfill (~$40k), library scanner remediation contingency (~$50k), annual audits/compliance (~$40k), forensic software license portion (~$3k).
Research And Monitoring $310K/yr
[#8, #10, #20, #21] Monitoring tooling and manual review support (~$20k), web remediation recurring activity (~$150k/yr), R&D equipment/consumables (~$100k/yr), automated scanning maintenance/tuning (~$40k/yr).
Amnestic Treatments $100K/yr
[#18] Budget for occasional Class-A amnestic treatments and medical/observation costs; scales linearly with number treated (baseline reserve).
Logistics And Transport $80K/yr
[#14, #16] Vehicle operating costs for 2 vehicles (~$30k/yr) and average per-deployment overtime/ops for MTF (~$50k/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $18K/yr
[#1, #3, #5, #28] Locker/environmental maintenance (~$2k/yr), Faraday recertification (~$2k/yr), audio storage/backup maintenance (~$6k/yr), apportioned energy/overhead (~$8k/yr).
Disposal Contracts $10K/yr
[#24] Contract pulping/incineration usage for small routine disposals (capital incinerator not purchased; contract usage budgeted).
Training Annual Refreshers $5K/yr
[#7] Annual refreshers for secure evidence handling, Faraday procedures, and audio-only documentation ($3k–8k range; midpoint selected).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.4M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, small-scale physical removals, ongoing training and reserves; no major breaches.
routine_monitoring small_library_incidents regular_training_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $5.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized online outbreak or small library infection requiring incident response, limited amnesticization and remediation.
localized_website_outbreak small_library_infection moderate_remediation
🚨 Major Library Outbreak $13.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Large municipal library or widespread online contagion requiring mass removals, significant amnestic campaign and intensive restoration.
widespread_online_spread large_municipal_library_infection mass_amnestic_campaign
👥 Personnel 28 total
Role Count Notes
Analyst (Digital Monitoring) 6 [#8] Manual monitoring of fan communities; shift coverage for global time zones.
Monitoring Manager 1 [#8] Management/ops for monitoring team and liaison to ops.
Embedded Agent / Online Operative 4 [#9] Agents maintaining accounts on targeted communities for early detection and cover operations.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#14] Core MTF Kappa-5 roster for physical removals, incognito operations and deployments.
Research Scientist 3 [#20] R&D staff studying creation mechanics and detection heuristics.
Cyber-Forensics Specialist 4 [#11] Rapid incident-response and forensic tracing team included in recurring cyber-forensics budget.
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment procedures and requirements are well described in the article, so major cost drivers are identifiable; however wide ranges in incident severity, reserve sizing, and discretionary choices (capital incinerator vs contract, exact staffing levels) introduce uncertainty.
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