SCP-3146 — SCP-3146 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3146 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-3146

Expected annual

$10.6M

One-time setup

$1.0M

Annual recurring

$10.2M

Personnel

Initial setup requires roughly $1.02M in one-time capital for lab fit-out, secure storage, comms and training; long-run annual operations are approximately $10.20M driven primarily by embedded operative salaries, legal/settlement budgets, contingency reserves, and damage-compensation funds.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.0M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#13] One-time secure lab fit-out for anomalous containment and R&D of recovered discs.

Equipment $160K

[#6, #14, #16, #18] One-time purchase of field PS3s/TVs/batteries and AV spares (#6), evidence capture hardware/setup (#14), secure vault cabinet & access controls (#16), and secure communications/ops kit (#18).

Cover Identity Creation $150K

[#1] One-time creation/maintenance of false identities and cover buy‑ins for embedded operatives.

Amnestic Training Setup $100K

[#9] One-time specialized medical/amnestic administration training and covert medical supplies setup.

Training Program Setup $100K

[#17] One-time establishment of training & exercises program (tabletops, materials, curriculum).

Social Media Assets $10K

[#2] One-time creative asset and website build for the "defunct company" cover.

Facilities $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.2M/yr

Staff Wages $4.7M/yr

[#1, #2, #3, #8, #10, #11, #13] Salaries/benefits for embedded operatives (20 @ $120k) (#1), social-media staff (3 @ $80k) (#2), monitoring analysts (2 @ $90k) (#3), portion of rapid-response team salaries/overtime (#8), embedded federal liaisons (5 @ $140k) (#10), legal staff (3 attorneys) (#11), and research scientists (4 @ $140k) (#13).

Large Incident Reserve $2.0M/yr

[#20] Liquid reserve allocation for large-scale mobilization, political fallout mitigation, or major legal exposure.

Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr

[#11] Contingency for settlements, hush payments and external legal actions/DMCA takedowns (separate from attorney salaries).

Damage Repair Compensation $1.0M/yr

[#12] Annual contingency fund to reimburse venue damages, vendor/business interruption and partial attendee compensation.

Logistics And Transport $460K/yr

[#4, #5, #8] On-site attendance (travel/lodging/per diems for events) (#4), staged-tournament venue/permitting budgets (#5), and travel component allocated from rapid-response contingency (#8).

Research And Monitoring $330K/yr

[#3, #13] Event monitoring subscriptions/tools and monitoring analyst salaries (#3) plus research consumables and instrumentation consumables (#13).

Security Contracts $200K/yr

[#7] Contract plainclothes security and crowd-control for events.

International Liaison $200K/yr

[#19] Retainers, translators and local incident support for international events.

Covert Cash Handling $100K/yr

[#15] Banking/shell maintenance, prize administration and laundering/accounting oversight.

Evidence Storage And Handling $50K/yr

[#14] Ongoing secure media storage, redaction personnel and chain-of-custody handling.

Training Exercises $50K/yr

[#17] Annual refresh & practical exercises for crowd-control, tournament-running and amnestic drills.

Social Media Ad Budget $50K/yr

[#2] Paid amplification/advertising budget for cover-story posts and rapid boosts during manifestations.

Amnestic Procurement And Storage $40K/yr

[#9] Class-C amnestic procurement & secure pharmaceutical storage ($20k/yr) and ongoing recertification ($20k/yr).

Secure Comms Service $25K/yr

[#18] Replacement, service contracts and satellite/comms airtime for burner/encrypted comms.

Evidence Vault Maintenance $10K/yr

[#16] Maintenance, access control and security for the evidence vault.

Equipment Refresh $2K/yr

[#6] Annual refresh/repair allowance for staging hardware (PS3s, TVs, batteries, cabling).

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Rapid Response $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.2M/yr

70.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with routine monitoring, staged events as needed, and no major incidents beyond expected manifestations.

routine Y-manifestations staged tournaments annual training and monitoring

🚨 Minor Incident $10.7M/yr

25.0% probability / year +$498K vs baseline

Single significant Y-Manifestation causing venue damage, increased legal claims and emergency response costs.

single large public incident high-profile altercation moderate legal/repair claims

🚨 Major Breach $15.2M/yr

5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Large-scale incident with political exposure, multi-site manifestations or protracted legal/political fallout requiring major mobilization and high settlements.

multi-site manifestations political figures affected without clearance prolonged public/political scrutiny

👥 Personnel 51 total

Role	Count	Notes
Embedded Operative (professional-gaming cover)	20	[#1] Full-time undercover operatives embedded in gaming/streamer communities.
Embedded Federal Liaison / High-Clearance Agent	5	[#10] Agents embedded or liaising with federal protective services.
Research Scientist	4	[#13] Laboratory researchers analyzing discs and testing countermeasures.
Social Media / Content Team	3	[#2] Copywriters, designers and account managers for the cover operation.
Monitoring Analyst / OSINT	2	[#3] Continuous event monitoring and alerting staff.
Legal Team / Attorneys	3	[#11] In-house attorneys for cover/DMCA/defensive work (salaries counted in staff_wages).
Rapid-Response Agents / Field Team	8	[#8] On-call teams for immediate deployment to affected venues (salaries/overtime partially in staff_wages).
Medical Officer	2	[#9] Personnel trained to administer Class-C amnestics covertly.
Administrative Staff	2	General admin and program coordination support (salaries included in staff_wages).
Engineer / Maintenance	1	[#16] Support for secure storage, evidence hardware and staging equipment maintenance.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	Program-level oversight and liaison to Foundation command.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on analyst line-item rough figures and plausible allocations; many items are scalable and some costs (legal settlements, reserves) are deliberately uncertain, producing moderate confidence.

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