SCP-3214 — SCP-3214 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3214 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-3214

Expected annual

$8.0M

One-time setup

$15.3M

Annual recurring

$6.8M

Personnel

One-time setup and reserves total roughly $15.29M (dominated by liability/escalation reserves and initial program establishment); baseline recurring operations run about $6.75M/year driven primarily by ad-buy/block budgets, regional rapid-response staffing, and ongoing R&D/legal/forensics operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $15.3M

Escalation Reserve $10.0M

[#24] Incident escalation contingency reserve for a large-scale outbreak (order-of-magnitude reserve; lower bound).

Liability Reserve Start $3.0M

[#21] Initial liability/compensation reserve to cover litigation, settlements, and major contingencies.

Equipment $615K

[#7, #8, #19] Vehicle fleet and secure vans, Faraday tents/bags and initial sensory-protection kit, secure server hardware for local archive.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $425K

[#11] Secure air-gapped digital forensics & analysis lab build-out (RF-shielded playback rigs, evidence lockers, forensic servers).

Facilities $400K

[#9] Quarantine/isolation room build-out for a small 4-room facility; RF shielding, soundproofing and secure CCTV build.

Specialized Webcrawler $375K

[#1] One-time development of bespoke webcrawler/sensor with robust parsing, fingerprinting, false-positive filtering and secure alerting.

Cover Story Initial $250K

[#17] Initial establishment of shell companies / front operations, bank accounts and cover infrastructure.

Legal Retainer $100K

[#4] One-time retainer/setup for cross-jurisdictional counsel and government-liaison onboarding.

Training Initial $75K

[#16] Initial training program and SOP development for field & lab staff on cognitohazard safety and containment protocols.

Ad Exchange Integration $50K

[#3] Setup/legal integration and formal API contracts / dedicated seats on exchanges.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.8M/yr

Staff Wages $1.8M/yr

[#5] Regional rapid-response field containment teams (≈18 staff across 3 teams) fully burdened ~ $100k/head.

Ad Buy Block Budget $1.0M/yr

[#3] Ongoing operational budget to buy inventory to block/replace SCP-3214 ads or pay partners to blacklist creative IDs.

Controlled Testing Program $500K/yr

[#12] Controlled human-subject testing program, fMRI/EEG contracts and medical standby for safety.

Honeypot Campaigns $500K/yr

[#13] Ongoing honeypot impression buys and ad-seeding campaigns to capture live copies and creative chains.

Technical Research $500K/yr

[#23] Applied R&D into impression propagation vectors, filters, SDK behavior and universal kill-switch research.

Media Monitoring $300K/yr

[#14] Media/social monitoring subscriptions, analysts, translators and covert access liaison costs.

Forensics Lab Operations $275K/yr

[#11] Staff & operations for secure digital forensics lab (air-gapped playback rigs, acquisition, evidence handling SOPs).

Administrative Overhead $275K/yr

[#25] Program management, audits, compliance and record-keeping staff and processes.

Legal Lobbying $250K/yr

[#4] Ongoing legal, takedown actions, subpoenas, government liaison and cross-jurisdictional counsel retainer costs.

Webcrawler Operations $200K/yr

[#2] Hosting, 24/7 analysts to triage alerts, software updates and annual signature tuning.

Quarantine Treatment Reserve $200K/yr

[#10] Annual budget reserve for inpatient psychiatric care and short-term custodial treatment of affected persons.

Cover Story Ops $200K/yr

[#17] Ongoing cover operations, front payrolls and PR to suppress/explain leaks and justify activities.

Psych Aftercare $200K/yr

[#22] Outpatient therapy, medication and long-term follow-up program budget for affected individuals.

Local Authority Cooperation $100K/yr

[#18] Liaison positions, legal fees and cooperation budgets with hospitals, police and ISPs.

Per Incident Deployments $90K/yr

[#6] Expected annual cost of field deployments (assumes ~10 deployments/year at midpoint $9k each).

Cloud Storage $85K/yr

[#19] Annual high-security cloud/hardened storage, backups and archival costs for captured copies and forensic images.

Training Refresh $65K/yr

[#16] Annual refreshes, drills and certifications for field & lab personnel.

Vehicles Maintenance $60K/yr

[#7] Maintenance, fuel and upkeep for secure van fleet and rapid-response equipment.

Quarantine Rooms Maintenance $50K/yr

[#9] Utilities, maintenance and minor staffing costs for secure quarantine/isolation rooms.

Evidence Storage $50K/yr

[#15] Secure storage, sterilization and e-waste disposal for confiscated devices; per-device handling budget.

Energy Facility $40K/yr

[#20] Additional power/HVAC for shielding rooms, servers and lab equipment.

Sensory Replacements $10K/yr

[#8] Ongoing replacements/consumables for Faraday bags, blankets, headphones, evidence bags and battery-removal tools.

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Research And Monitoring $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr

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Liability Replenish $0/yr

[#21] Reserve replenishment set to $0 in baseline; replenishment occurs if reserve is drawn down (contingent).

Incident Escalation Contingency $0/yr

[#24] No recurring baseline allocation for large-scale outbreak; costs modeled in contingency scenarios.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.8M/yr

83.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine monitoring, regional readiness, and no major outbreak.

routine_monitoring no_major_outbreak

🚨 Minor Incident $8.0M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline

Localized outbreak requiring multiple field deployments, surge ad-buying and increased legal/medical activity.

local_cluster_of_infections multiple_field_deployments surge_ad_blocking

🚨 Large Outbreak $60.0M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$53.2M vs baseline

Exponential/large-scale spread requiring national/international mobilization, mass quarantines, and major legal/compensation actions.

exponential_spread nationwide_media_exposure ad_ecosystem_disruption

👥 Personnel 36 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#5] Two security personnel per rapid-response team × 3 regional teams.
Mental-health Clinician	3	[#5] ~1 clinician per regional rapid-response team.
Medic / EMT	3	[#5] ~1 medic/EMT per regional team for medical standby during containment.
Digital Forensics / Technician	3	[#5, #11] Digital forensics tech embedded in each field team plus overlap with lab staff.
Field Team Lead / Coordinator	3	[#5] Team leads for each regional rapid-response team; coordinate deployments and logistics.
Webcrawler Analyst	3	[#1, #2] Analysts to triage crawler alerts and manage signature tuning / false-positive filtering.
Research Scientist	4	[#11, #12, #23] Researchers working on controlled testing, technical R&D into blocking mechanisms and analysis.
Forensics Lab Staff	3	[#11] Lab technicians/operators for air-gapped playback rigs and evidence handling.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	[#7, #20] Vehicle/facility maintenance and shielding/HVAC support.
Administrative Staff / Program Manager	3	[#25, #17] Program managers, auditors and administrative staff supporting operations and cover infrastructure.
Legal Counsel / Government Liaison	2	[#4, #18] Legal and government-relations staff for takedowns, subpoenas and liaison with local authorities.
Medical Officer	1	[#10, #22] Senior medical/psychiatric officer overseeing treatment plans and aftercare programs.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates draw from range-based analyst notes; many line items have wide variance (ad-buy budgets, reserves and escalation costs), so totals are moderately uncertain but grounded in provided ranges.

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