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SCP-3299 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3299
Expected annual
$24.1M
One-time setup
$46.1M
Annual recurring
$22.4M
Personnel
46
Initial setup and covert integration into ad ecosystems requires a large one-time investment (primarily emergency reserves, infiltration budgets, and technical buildout) while annual costs are dominated by personnel, amnestic procurement, legal/cover expenses, and ongoing detection/response operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $46.1M
Emergency Response Reserve $27.5M
[#20] Rapid mass-exposure contingency reserve for surge detention, mass amnestic procurement/deployment, surge hospitals and cover-up.
Infiltration Budget $5.5M
[#4] Initial payments, covert contracting, and front-company setup to gain privileged access to major ad networks and exchanges.
Isp Filter Integration $2.8M
[#18] Initial outreach/integration costs for ISP/aggregator-level filtering partnerships.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.5M
[#1] I/O-BEHOLDER development, secure training/testbeds, memetic-safety wrappers, and data curation (initial build and deployment).
Facilities $1.9M
[#6] Construction/retrofit of air-gapped memetic-safe research lab and viewing theaters.
Trojan Development $1.2M
[#3] Development of covert deletion agents and stealth/backdoor tooling for partner servers.
Equipment $1.0M
[#7, #22, #26] Secure archive/quarantine servers, communications/covert-ops hardware procurement, and specialized presentation/desensitization hardware.
Containment Unit Upgrade $875K
[#13] Cost to upgrade permanent containment unit(s) in Anomalous Humanoid Wing.
Browser Plugin Development $625K
[#24] Initial development/distribution infrastructure for covert browser/mobile mitigation plugins.
Legal Retainer $550K
[#5] Initial legal/cover-up retainer and shell-company/document forging setup.
Edge Case Initial $550K
[#30] Initial contingency for severe surgical/medical edge-cases (custom prostheses, beds, initial adaptations).
Surgical Retrofit $475K
[#11] Single surgical retrofit / reserved OR capabilities for masking physical alterations.
Vehicle Purchases $300K
[#10] Purchase/retrofit of armored/secure transport vans (2–4 vehicles).
Training Development $300K
[#21] Initial creation and delivery of memetic-safety training, SOPs, and exercises for Foundation and covert partners.
Ppe Initial $50K
[#16] Initial stock of PPE and decontamination equipment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $22.4M/yr
Staff Wages $5.9M/yr
[#8, #9, #10, #11, #15, #19, #28] Salaries and benefits for memetics researchers, ML engineers, SOC staff, field agents, medical staff, entomology/biohazard technicians, and catalogue/ops personnel.
Cover Story And Legal $2.8M/yr
[#5] Ongoing legal counsel, PR/disinformation campaigns and cover expenses (excludes reimbursements listed separately).
Rehabilitation Programs $2.6M/yr
[#17] Long-term psychotherapy, residential rehabilitation and reintegration programs for altered individuals.
Amnestic Procurement $2.5M/yr
[#12] Purchase/manufacture and administration costs for Foundation-grade amnestics (assumed 100–1,000 administrations/yr midpoint).
Infiltration Retainers $1.1M/yr
[#4] Retainer-style payments and covert ongoing access costs for cooperating ad networks/DSPs/SSPs.
Witness Management $1.1M/yr
[#25] Psych-ops, small amnestics, relocation and compensation for witnesses and family members.
Ad Reimbursements $1.1M/yr
[#23] Compensation/replacement for deleted ad inventory, platform fines, and fabricated takedown reasons to avoid audits.
Reconstructive Procedures $775K/yr
[#14] Ongoing reconstructive/cosmetic surgeries and prosthetic maintenance for affected individuals.
Io Beholder Maintenance $625K/yr
[#2] Ongoing I/O-BEHOLDER model retraining, inference compute/storage, and monitoring staff for false positives/negatives.
Isp Filter Operations $600K/yr
[#18] Ongoing operation/coordination costs for ISP/aggregator-level content filtering partnerships.
Forensics And Counter Research $600K/yr
[#19] Digital forensics, travel, task-force operations and specialized analytics to trace origins and link with SCP-2964.
Insurance And Risk $550K/yr
[#27] Internal insurance accounting, liability mitigation and cross-site coordination overhead.
Trojan Maintenance $300K/yr
[#3] Maintenance, updates and stealth upkeep for deletion agents on partner infrastructure.
Plugin Operations $300K/yr
[#24] Ongoing ops, distribution and update costs for covert browser/mobile mitigation plugins.
Medical Services $250K/yr
[#11] Non-payroll recurring medical facility costs, OR slot reserves and supplies (salaries included in staff_wages).
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#10] Vehicle maintenance, fuel, and field deployment logistics (non-payroll).
Containment Unit Maintenance $200K/yr
[#13] Staffing and maintenance per occupant for upgraded long-term containment units (ongoing).
Entomology And Biohazard $175K/yr
[#15] Entomology response, fumigation, regulated waste disposal and follow-up pest control.
Catalogue Operations $175K/yr
[#28] Metadata, variant tracking, priority assignment and chain-of-custody staff/systems.
Energy And Overhead $175K/yr
[#29] Electricity, HVAC, and increased power draw for secure labs, servers and containment cells.
Training Refresher $125K/yr
[#21] Recurring refresher training, tabletop exercises and simulation maintenance.
Edge Case Ongoing $110K/yr
[#30] Ongoing care costs for severe morphological cases (feeding systems, prosthesis maintenance).
Facilities Maintenance $100K/yr
[#6] Ongoing maintenance for secure memetic lab, viewing theaters, and containment environmental controls.
Communications Maintenance $60K/yr
[#22] Maintenance and replacement for secure comms devices and encrypted equipment.
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#16] PPE replenishment and consumable decon supplies.
Secure Archive Ops $30K/yr
[#7] Storage operations, backups and cold storage costs for captured media.
Ppe Replenishment $30K/yr
[#16] Annual PPE replenishment (separate from initial stock).
Research And Monitoring $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $22.4M/yr
75.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine detection, maintenance, and treatment operations.
routine_ad_streams occasional isolated exposures
🚨 Minor Incident $24.4M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized ad push or small cluster exposures requiring surge staffing, extra amnestics and PR response.
localized_ad_campaign clustered exposures
🚨 Major Breach $47.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Mass ad push or highly contagious strain causing widespread exposures and use of emergency reserve.
viral_mass_campaign rapidly_spreading_strain
👥 Personnel 46 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 12 [#8] Memeticists, ML engineers, cognitive psychologists and content analysts for detection and countermeasure R&D.
Digital Ops / SOC staff 9 [#9] 24/7 monitoring, triage, incident responders and forensic analysts handling I/O-BEHOLDER outputs.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#10] Field containment teams for detention, amnestic administration and on-site evidence securing.
Medical Officer 4 [#11] On-call physicians, psychiatrists and surgical staff for treatment and masking procedures.
Forensic Analyst 3 [#19] Digital forensics and counter-SCP research specialists collaborating with other sites.
Entomologist / Biohazard Technician 2 [#15] Specialists for arthropod-producing wounds, decon, and waste disposal.
Administrative Staff 4 [#21, #28] Coordination, training logistics, cataloguing, and covert partner administration.
Engineer / ML Engineer 3 [#1, #3, #22] Engineers for I/O-BEHOLDER development, trojan/support tooling and comms infrastructure.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates drawn from analyst-provided ranges for many technical, covert, and legal activities; while line items are detailed, uncertainties in incident frequency, scale of exposures, and covert partner costs make the overall estimate medium confidence.
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