SCP-3116 — SCP-3116 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3116 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-3116

Expected annual

$11.4M

One-time setup

$9.0M

Annual recurring

$11.1M

Personnel

Initial capital/setup costs are significant (~$9.0M one-time) driven by R&D, a memetics lab and a large scale-up contingency; annual recurring costs are large (~$10.4M/yr) driven by MTF readiness, ISP contracts, core staff wages, and ongoing research/operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.0M

Scale Up Contingency $5.0M

[#24] Contingency reserve for large-scale containment/market/platform interventions (scenario-dependent).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.9M

[#10, #13, #17, #18] Memetics R&D and controlled-trial lab buildout, Faraday/sleep-lab equipment, initial mechanism R&D program and initial SOP/training curriculum development.

Crawler Development $700K

[#3] One-time development of LOGOUT-3F-3116 crawler, heuristics, scrapers and API/legal negotiation costs.

Equipment $275K

[#1, #20] Hardware, HSMs, secure cabinets, hardened images and access-control software; SIEM/logging initial setup ($25k).

Facilities $150K

[#1] Vault / physical secure storage construction and structural work for tamper-evident repository.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.1M/yr

Mtf Readiness $3.0M/yr

[#11] Standing MTF Omicron-12 readiness costs (15–30 person unit) including salaries, training, tactical cyber capability and equipment.

Staff Wages $1.6M/yr

[#4, #5] Salaries for LOGOUT SOC analysts (3–6 FTE assumed ~5 FTE) and manual forensic/incident-response team (8–12 FTE assumed ~10 FTE); includes benefits and all-in payroll.

Operational Overhead $1.4M/yr

[#25] Miscellaneous administrative overhead (office space, travel, comms) estimated at ~15% of baseline operations budget.

Isp Contracts $1.0M/yr

[#7] Covert/expedited takedown and cooperation contracts with major ISPs (budget for three major providers).

Cover Story And Legal $550K/yr

[#8, #15] Legal retainers and cross-jurisdictional legal costs (gags/MLATs/subpoenas) plus crisis public-relations / cover-story annual reserve.

Scp 2726 Handling $500K/yr

[#12] Incremental safe-custody and liability mitigation costs associated with controlled use/containment of SCP-2726.

Research And Monitoring $400K/yr

[#10, #18] Ongoing memetic/antimeme maintenance ($100k/yr) and ongoing mechanism research program (~$300k/yr).

Patient Care Reserve $400K/yr

[#14] Medical monitoring, sleep studies and psychiatric care reserve for SCP-3116-A victims (per-patient budgeting applied to expected caseload).

Mechanism Research Ongoing $300K/yr

[#18] Ongoing computational/experimental research into transmission mechanisms, algorithm-resistance and simulation compute.

Per Incident Operational Reserve $300K/yr

[#21] Per-incident operational budget for tasking, travel, emergency amnesticizations and short-term staffing surge (annual reserve based on expected frequency).

Supplies And Consumables $200K/yr

[#6, #16] Per-incident forensic imaging, device search consumables and baseline device replacement/reimaging reserve.

Crawler Ops $200K/yr

[#4] Ongoing compute, API fees, patching, automation maintenance and SOC monitoring costs for LOGOUT-3F-3116 (non-staff operational costs).

Per Incident Forensics Budget $200K/yr

[#6] Annual per-incident forensic imaging/device-search reserve (assumes a baseline incident frequency; variable per incident).

Amnestic Medical Program $150K/yr

[#9] Pharmacological amnestic materials, medical administration and trained medical staff supplies and monitoring budget.

Replacement Reimaging $150K/yr

[#16] Secure wipe/reimage and secure device replacement budget for compromised endpoints (baseline device count estimate).

Insurance Premiums $150K/yr

[#19] Annual premiums for liability, bodily-harm coverage and data-breach / third-party claims insurance.

Facilities Maintenance $100K/yr

[#13] Maintenance, utilities and upkeep for secure experimental/air-gapped testing environments and related facility systems.

Antimeme Maintenance $100K/yr

[#10] Ongoing maintenance and small-scale testing/update budget for antimeme accompaniment developed during R&D.

Lab Maintenance $100K/yr

[#13] Annual maintenance and consumables for controlled experimental and air-gapped testing environments.

Records Replacement Reserve $100K/yr

[#23] HR/recruiting and rehiring reserve for personnel replaced or re-onboarded after amnesticization.

Siem And Logging $80K/yr

[#20] Annual SIEM, tamper-proof logging and audit-trail hosting and maintenance.

Training Refresh $60K/yr

[#17] Ongoing refresher training, SOP updates and tabletop exercises for analysts, legal, MTF and liaison officers.

Logistics And Transport $50K/yr

[#22] Baseline logistics/secure transport reserve for evidence seizures, couriers, charter flights and secure storage.

Secure Storage Backups $50K/yr

[#2] Enterprise hosting, encrypted backups, offsite DR and backup testing for containment database.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.1M/yr

70.0% probability / year

Routine year with normal monitoring, occasional small incidents handled within reserves; no major breaches or scale-ups.

routine monitoring occasional single-account incidents no provider-scale events

🚨 Minor Incident $10.5M/yr

25.0% probability / year +$-550000 vs baseline

One significant but localized incident requiring extra forensic work, amnesticizations and PR/legal actions.

localized cluster outbreak single-provider incident heightened PR/legal activity

🚨 Major Breach $18.4M/yr

4.5% probability / year +$7.3M vs baseline

Large multi-provider/outbreak event requiring coordinated ISP action, sustained MTF deployments, mass remediation and significant legal/PR work.

platform-level spread cross-jurisdictional mass remediation sustained MTF operations

🚨 Containment Scaleup $35.4M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$24.3M vs baseline

Catastrophic propagation requiring platform-level interventions, massive containment funding and emergency global operations.

widespread adoption platform-level outages or compensation national/international emergency response

👥 Personnel 15 total

Role	Count	Notes
Analyst / SOC Operator	5	[#4] LOGOUT-3F-3116 operators and SOC monitors (3–6 FTE assumed; included in staff_wages).
Digital Forensics Analyst / Sysadmin	10	[#5] Manual forensic/incident-response team (8–12 FTE assumed; included in staff_wages).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges, but many items (incident frequency, ISP contract structure, R&D outcomes and scale-up needs) carry substantial uncertainty; mid-range estimates were used.

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