SCP-3122 — SCP-3122 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3122 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-3122

Expected annual

$4.2M

One-time setup

$6.7M

Annual recurring

$4.1M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup and large contingency/reserve funds dominate one-time costs (~$6.7M); ongoing annual operations (security, technical staff, legal/monitoring) drive recurring costs (~$4.1M/yr). Main drivers: staffed containment, online takedown/monitoring, and potential mass-recall/legal response.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.7M

Contingency And Reputation Reserve $2.0M

[#22, #28] Opportunity cost, reputational risk reserve and contingency/legal pool (one-time large reserve).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $800K

[#19] Scientific research infrastructure initial capital (lab instruments, compute, setup).

Equipment $660K

[#3, #15, #20, #21] Faraday-lined transport cases, initial exploration instrumentation platform build (instrumentation), archival shelving & database, RF monitoring hardware (equipment portion).

Mass Recall $500K

[#8] Mass recall logistics, reimbursements and handling for a moderate-scale recall (order-of-magnitude one-time budget).

Legal Pr Initial $500K

[#12] Initial legal/PR retainer and immediate legal actions to set up cover-story and liability handling.

Incident Response Reserve $500K

[#14] Establishment of an incident response & emergency containment reserve fund (one-time seed).

Containment Rnd Reserve One Time $500K

[#27] One-time containment R&D contingency reserve for unknown/novel behaviors (initial set-aside).

Digital Purge Initial $400K

[#10] Initial online censorship / purge (search-engine delists, takedowns) one-time purge effort.

Software Development Initial $300K

[#7] Initial software reverse-engineering and disabling update development and safe test tooling (one-time development/testing).

International Coordination Initial $250K

[#13] Initial international takedown & coordination budget (legal actions, translation, contractors abroad).

Facilities $100K

[#1] Faraday-cage storage vault procurement & installation (mid-range estimate).

Witness Relocation Initial $100K

[#23] One-time initial witness relocation / compensation fund for immediate cases.

Backup Power And Climate $35K

[#2] Climate control, UPS and backup generator procurement & installation (one-time hardware).

Public Safety Initial $30K

[#25] Initial public safety mitigation (signage, targeted advisories) one-time rollout.

Safe Destruction $25K

[#9] One-time certified destruction / inerting costs for recovered devices (batch disposal estimate).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.1M/yr

Staff Wages $2.1M/yr

[#5, #6, #26, #21] On-site security staffing (guards & armed retainer), technical containment staff (engineers & technicians), program management and admin overhead, RF monitoring staffing.

Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr

[#10, #12, #13] Ongoing legal, PR, takedown operations, and international coordination retainer/monitoring costs.

Research And Monitoring $300K/yr

[#7, #18, #19] Iterative software update/workflow costs, medical/autopsy/forensic pathology case budgets, ongoing lab operations for anomaly study.

Facilities Maintenance $250K/yr

[#2, #4] Lease/utilities for secure storage facility and ongoing UPS/generator fuel & maintenance.

Insurance And Contingency Reserves Yearly $200K/yr

[#22] Annual insurance/indemnity premiums or contingency legal reserves.

Marketplace Monitoring And Buybacks $150K/yr

[#11] Continuous scraping/monitoring tooling and analyst salaries; small covert buyback ops budget.

Inventory Recall Verification Field Teams $150K/yr

[#24] Annual cost for mobile field teams verifying returned units and performing on-site inerting visits.

Online Censorship Monitoring $150K/yr

[#10] Ongoing monitoring and takedown work (post-initial purge) to remove traces of Elevix and product references.

Incident Response Fund Topup $100K/yr

[#14] Annual top-ups to incident rapid-response reserve for accidental activations and retrieval missions.

Containment Rnd Topup $100K/yr

[#27] Annual top-up for containment R&D contingency (small ongoing R&D spending).

Logistics And Transport $75K/yr

[#8, #15, #24] Ongoing shipping/logistics for returns, transport staging; baseline travel and per-visit costs for field teams and occasional mission logistics.

Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr

[#9, #24] Routine consumables, per-visit travel/supplies for field verification and e-waste handling consumables.

Witness Relocation And Compensation $50K/yr

[#23] Ongoing budget for relocation, NDAs, counseling, and monitoring for affected civilians as needed.

Public Safety Updates $10K/yr

[#25] Occasional updates to advisories and signage.

Exploration Mission Per Mission $0/yr

[#15, #16] Per-mission exploration equipment and integration costs (not budgeted in a baseline year unless a mission is flown).

Exploration Mission Personnel Per Mission $0/yr

[#16] Per-mission mission personnel, training and hazard pay (baseline assumes no regular missions).

Human Subjects Program $0/yr

[#17] Human subject program costs (baseline assumes no ongoing paid human-subject research in a typical year).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.1M/yr

88.0% probability / year

Normal, uneventful year with routine containment, monitoring, and legal/PR operations but no major incidents or large-scale recalls.

steady containment operations routine online takedown work small-scale recoveries

🚨 Minor Incident $4.4M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Localized incident or small breach requiring emergency retrieval, targeted legal/PR response, and limited additional buybacks/recall activity.

accidental activation single-site breach or discovery targeted small recall

🚨 Major Breach $7.1M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline

Widespread discovery or large-scale breach forcing mass recall, extensive legal action, witness relocation, and large PR/insurance payouts.

public exposure / leak large-scale consumer recall required major litigation or multiple-site discoveries

👥 Personnel 24 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	[#5] 24/7 guard staffing (6-12 guards assumed; mid-range chosen).
Research Scientist	1	[#6, #19] Senior engineer/scientist overseeing analysis and research programs.
Engineer / Maintenance	4	[#6, #21] RF/electronics engineers and technicians for testing, inerting, and facility maintenance.
Cyber Security Analyst / OSINT	3	[#10, #11] Online censorship, marketplace monitoring, and cyber-counterintelligence analysts.
Field Team / Mobile Technician	4	[#3, #24] Mobile teams for inventory verification, returns, and on-site inerting.
Medical Officer	1	[#18] Medical/forensic support for casualties and autopsies.
Administrative Staff	3	[#26] Program director, admin, HR/compliance staff.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges enabling mid-range estimates, but large uncertainty remains due to unknown scale (number of circulating units), jurisdictional costs, and frequency of incidents; contingency and reserve items reflect this uncertainty.

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