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SCP-3280 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3280 — After the Storm
Expected annual
$6.3M
One-time setup
$31.9M
Annual recurring
$6.1M
Personnel
25
Initial one-time containment and hardening of the seized Johnston Labs site is expensive due to facility upgrades, blackout/jamming hardware, and large contingency reserves; ongoing annual costs are dominated by staff wages, R&D, and program overhead. Total one-time contingency and mitigation reserves drive the majority of capital expenditure while continuous operations and specialized countermeasure R&D drive recurring costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $31.9M
Worst Case Global Mitigation Reserve $20.0M
[#26] Reserve for global mitigation (mass takedowns, media/infrastructure buyouts, international coordination) in extreme proliferation scenarios.
Contingency Demolition $5.0M
[#23] Contingency demolition/entombment/controlled-collapse capabilities and associated planning/authority costs.
Facilities $2.4M
[#1, #3, #8, #10] Site acquisition/legal seizure, structural containment upgrades (Sub-Level 2), EM/Faraday shielding applied to rooms and containment zones, and HVAC/environmental control modifications (negative pressure, HEPA, purge systems).
Large Scale Evacuation $2.0M
[#24] Large-scale evacuation/quarantine reserve (sheltering, relocation payments, law enforcement/military support) held as deployable capital.
Equipment $1.6M
[#4, #6, #7, #9, #15, #16, #21, #14] One-time hardware purchases and installs: Blackout/jamming hardware, hardened IT/air-gapped systems, secure evidence/media handling hardware (burn boxes/shredders, vaults), on-site power kit (generators/UPS), monitoring sensors/CCTV, armored vehicle purchases, archival hardware, and initial PPE stock.
Public Relations And Legal Initial $600K
[#19] Initial cover-story construction, legal contingency fund, local liaison establishment and upfront settlements/hush-money reserve.
Initial Securement $125K
[#2] Immediate securement & scene stabilization: forensic work, body handling, short-term boarding, temporary containment tents and specialist teams.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#12] Initial lab setup for memetic/info-hazard research (specialized lab equipment/safe-testing setups).
Training Program Setup $100K
[#13] Initial cognitive-hazard training program setup, screening protocols, and simulated-exposure program development.
Emergency Medical Initial Kit $20K
[#17] Initial on-site medical/mortuary kit, isolation/quarantine kit, and cold-storage setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.1M/yr
Staff Wages $2.6M/yr
[#11, #12] Annual salaries for 24/7 site staffing (guards, ops, watch officers, CCTV/video analysts, site director, facility techs) plus specialist research team salaries and built-in benefits/hazard pay.
Research And Monitoring $1.2M/yr
[#18] Ongoing R&D and countermeasure development budget for memetic filters, redaction algorithms, testing, and technical neutralization research.
Long Term Program Overhead $1.1M/yr
[#25] Administrative overhead, classified program management, auditing, and black-budget flexibility for covert expenditures.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#19] Annual PR/cover-story maintenance, legal contingency staffing, FOIA management and liaison costs.
Facilities Maintenance $220K/yr
[#9, #15, #20] Ongoing maintenance and fuel/UPS contracts for generators, maintenance/calibration of sensors/CCTV, HVAC servicing and scheduled structural/containment maintenance.
Blackout Protocol Operational $180K/yr
[#5] Ongoing operational costs for jamming authority, spectrum licensing/leases, satellite/communications relationships and routine servicing/calibration of jamming hardware.
Emergency Medical Contracts $138K/yr
[#17] Annual contractual costs for on-call medics, specialized autopsy/forensic pathology services, isolation wards and cold-storage management.
Training And Screening $125K/yr
[#13] Ongoing refresher training, simulated-exposure drills, psychological screening and inoculation program upkeep.
Containment Drills $62K/yr
[#22] Annual full-scale containment/breach exercises invoking Blackout-Protocol and mutual-aid simulations.
Supplies And Consumables $55K/yr
[#7, #10, #14] Consumables and disposables: evidence/media destruction consumables, HVAC filter replacements, PPE restock and biohazard waste disposal.
Logistics And Transport $55K/yr
[#16] Vehicle operating costs, secure courier service, and routine transport/evacuation readiness.
Hardened It Maintenance $10K/yr
[#6] Maintenance and occasional replacement for Faraday cages, data-diodes, hardware security modules and archival media hardware.
Archival Storage Fees $8K/yr
[#21] Off-site secure archival storage fees and rotation of printed/microfilm backups.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.1M/yr
84.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine containment, R&D, and training continue as budgeted.
steady_state_operations scheduled_R&D routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $6.4M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized containment breach or equipment failure requiring emergency response, short-term overtime, evidence disposal, and limited PR/legal expenditures.
localized_breach equipment_failure minor_media_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $11.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant breach reaching external areas or major media exposure requiring large-scale emergency response, partial demolition/isolation, and substantial legal/compensation costs.
breach_to_outside urban_exposure major_media_leak
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $34.1M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$28.0M vs baseline
Full containment failure resulting in regional quarantine or widespread information proliferation requiring demolition, large-scale evacuation, and global mitigation actions.
containment_failure information_proliferation regional_health_emergency
👥 Personnel 25 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 14 [#11] Round-the-clock guards, rapid-response and site-security staffing to maintain 24/7 containment posture.
Research Scientist 5 [#12] Memetic/info-hazard specialists, cognitive scientists, and containment engineers focused on study and countermeasure development.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#11] Senior site management and liaison responsibilities.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#11] Facility technicians for HVAC, structural systems, generators, jammers and routine maintenance.
CCTV / Video Analyst 2 [#11] Continuous monitoring, logging, and initial forensic analysis of feeds and sensor data.
Administrative Staff 1 [#11] Site administration, scheduling, and liaison paperwork.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates use midpoints of wide ranges provided; several items (contingency demolition, evacuation, global mitigation) have very wide / scenario-dependent ranges which lowers confidence. Recurring staffing and R&D figures are better defined, but emergency/contingency costs remain highly uncertain.
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