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SCP-3205 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3205
Expected annual
$7.4M
One-time setup
$7.9M
Annual recurring
$7.0M
Personnel
9
One-time setup and remediation reserves total approximately $7.95M, driven by policy/emergency reserves and initial digital/archival remediation work; recurring annual costs are approximately $7.04M, dominated by aircraft operations, research and monitoring, and readiness/legal retainers.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.9M
Policy Reserve $5.0M
[#28] Policy-level reserve for low-probability catastrophic scenarios, large-scale containment failures, mass retrievals, or global remediation actions.
Reserve Emergency Salvage $2.0M
[#18] One-time contingency reserve for emergency response, salvage, MTF deployment and diplomatic/cover operations in catastrophic loss scenarios.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $610K
[#13, #14, #16] Archival imaging/remediation acquisition & editing, development of the digital remediation/image-detection pipeline, and initial experimental budget for controlled melting/reforming experiments.
Equipment $180K
[#6, #7, #17, #21] GPS/hardened tracker hardware and activation, video surveillance hardware installation, metallurgical equipment/lab access (one-time portion), and one-time data-security hardening.
Facilities $125K
[#4, #24] Locker fabrication, aircraft interior modification and certification plus transfer/retirement logistics per transfer.
Personnel Vetting Initial $30K
[#11] Initial background checks and vetting for initial cohort of personnel (~10 people).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.0M/yr
Logistics And Transport $5.4M/yr
[#1, #3, #8, #12, #22, #23] Aircraft operations (full-carriage assumption for SC-491), charter retainer contingency, video storage/transmission costs, document routing/admin alternatives logistics, regulatory/airport/hangar fees, and incremental aircraft maintenance attributable to extra flight hours/mods.
Research And Monitoring $980K/yr
[#13, #15, #16] Ongoing archival monitoring/legal maintenance, digital remediation pipeline operations (compute, ingestion, human review), and dedicated research program into probability-altering effects (personnel & equipment).
Emergency Readiness $300K/yr
[#18] Annual readiness allocation / recurring fund to maintain recovery capability (search & rescue, salvage readiness, MTF standby, diplomatic/cover prepayments).
Cover Story And Legal $187K/yr
[#19, #20, #25] Legal/foreign-liaison retainer and routine interventions, PR/crisis monitoring retainer, and recordkeeping/archival retention administration.
Staff Wages $167K/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #26] Fortnightly footage review staffing, chain-of-custody/pre/post-flight inspections handlers, annual reinvestigation/refresher training labor component, and ongoing historical/scrap-metal research analyst salaries.
Supplies And Consumables $18K/yr
[#5, #6, #17, #27] Recurring tamper-seal replacements and batteries, GPS subscription/activation, metallurgical consumables and small consumables/petty items.
Data Security Ops $12K/yr
[#21] Recurring security ops, encryption/key management, and periodic pen-testing for telemetry, camera feeds, and chain-of-custody systems.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.0M/yr
64.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with scheduled SC-491 flights and routine monitoring/operations.
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🚨 Minor Incident $7.4M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Short-term aircraft unavailability requiring a small number of charters and increased logistics/legal activity.
short_notice_aircraft_unavailability temporary_charter_for_some_flights
🚨 Charter All Years $11.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$4.5M vs baseline
SC-491 unavailable for extended period; all required flights must be performed via short-notice charters or dedicated leased aircraft.
SC-491_extended_inoperability require_charter_for_all_flights
🚨 Major Recovery $9.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Aircraft crash or loss of SCP-3205 in a foreign jurisdiction requiring urgent salvage, MTF deployment and extensive diplomatic/cover operations.
aircraft_crash locker_loss_or_foreign_jurisdiction urgent_salvage_and_recovery
🚨 Media Exposure $7.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Public leak or viral appearance of SCP-3205-A imagery requiring intensive takedown, remediation and legal/PR responses.
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👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 Dedicated researchers for probability-effect studies and experiment design (part of research program).
Forensic Analyst / CV Analyst 2 Operators for digital remediation pipeline review, labeling, and forensic interventions.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 Dedicated handler/inspector for pre/post-flight chain-of-custody and on-board security.
Administrative Staff 1 Document routing, recordkeeping, scheduling and liaison coordination.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 Aircraft/locker modification maintenance and certification liaison.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many containment requirements and cost drivers are well-identified (aircraft ops, detection pipeline, archival remediation), but large ranges for aircraft operating modes (full carriage vs incremental), low-probability catastrophic exposures, and reserve sizing introduce substantial uncertainty. Cost estimates use midpoints of analyst ranges where appropriate.
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