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SCP-3300 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-3300
Expected annual
$12.0M
One-time setup
$8.2M
Annual recurring
$11.8M
Personnel
34
Initial capital costs including hardened mobile observation infrastructure and an emergency exposure reserve total approximately $8.19M one-time; dominant ongoing costs are staff wages and a Class-Y mnestic program yielding ~ $11.81M/year in recurring expenses. Major cost drivers are personnel (field + research), mnestic provisioning, and ongoing R&D/replacement budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.2M
Equipment $3.3M
[#1, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #15, #18] Outfitting trailers and towing vehicles, perimeter hardware, vehicle fleet purchase, non-lethal weapons procurement, drone & ground-robot procurement, fixed-sensor hardware, communications hardware, data-storage hardware, initial entry-prototype tooling, and generators.
Public Exposure Reserve $3.0M
[#26] Dedicated one-time large contingency reserve for mass public-exposure / suppression events.
Facilities $1.0M
[#1] Site work, installation and hardening for mobile observation post (blast/EMP/memetic shielding, antechamber and structural installation).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K
[#6, #21, #22, #23] Clinical screening/setup equipment, memetic-tool development, initial training/curriculum development, and decontamination/forensics lab hardware.
Casualty Reserve Setup $250K
[#14] One-time setup contribution toward emergency/ casualty replacement reserve.
Legal Retainer $75K
[#19] One-time legal/PR retainer and setup for cover-story operations.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.8M/yr
Staff Wages $3.4M/yr
[#3, #4] 24 on-site rotational personnel (24 × $90k loaded ≈ $2.16M) plus ~10 off-site research/analyst staff (10 × $120k loaded ≈ $1.20M).
Class Y Mnestic Program $2.9M/yr
[#5] Weekly Class-Y mnestic provisioning, medical oversight, documentation and logistics for ~50 personnel (annual midpoint estimate from supplied range).
Administrative Overhead $1.3M/yr
[#27] HQ program management, accounting, procurement and oversight allocated to this program (set at 12% of recurring operational subtotal).
Research And Monitoring $1.2M/yr
[#13, #15, #25] Data hosting & processing, annual R&D for controlled-entry technology and remote apparatus, and ongoing archival/historical research subscriptions/travel.
Cover Story And Legal $825K/yr
[#19, #20, #21, #24] Ongoing legal/PR operations, local community compensation, information-containment teams & automated takedowns, and insurance/compliance/permitting costs.
Logistics And Transport $548K/yr
[#8, #12, #17] Vehicle maintenance/fuel/insurance, secure communications service and satellite bandwidth, and transport/consumables for on-site rotations.
Supplies And Consumables $510K/yr
[#9, #10, #16, #23] Non-lethal munitions & training consumables, drone replacement/expendables, replacement/disposable equipment contingency, and decontamination consumables & disposal.
Emergency Response Fund Allocation $500K/yr
[#14] Annual allocation toward casualty replacement, medevac, recruitment/training of replacements, and immediate reconstruction after incidents.
Facilities Maintenance $362K/yr
[#2, #7, #11, #18] Annual maintenance/repairs/depreciation for mobile post, perimeter hardware relocation and upkeep, fixed-sensor maintenance, and generator maintenance/fuel handling overhead (capital fuel accounted separately as recurring generator fuel cost).
Medical And Mental Health Services $275K/yr
[#6] Ongoing pre/post-shift medical checks, psychiatric counseling, memetic screening services, medevac readiness (recurring portion).
Training And Protocols $75K/yr
[#22] Ongoing memetic-safety training, mnestic administration certification, non-lethal ROE recertification, and drills.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.8M/yr
79.0% probability / year
Normal year with continuous observation, no major incidents or entry attempts; routine maintenance and staffing only.
no breach no manned entry attempts regular operations
🚨 Minor Incident $12.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Localized equipment losses or a small containment incident resulting in repairs, medevac and limited replacement of drones/vehicles.
drone/vehicle loss small-scale breach limited personnel injury
🚨 Manned Entry Attempt $13.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
A serious controlled entry attempt or field research operation that consumes specialized rigs and faces high loss risk.
authorized entry attempt high-risk research operation specialized vehicle/equipment usage
🚨 Public Exposure Event $16.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Large-scale loss of secrecy requiring mass mnestic deployment, emergency public compensation, and surge legal/PR operations.
major media exposure large civilian casualty or visible breach legal/political escalation
👥 Personnel 34 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#3] Armed security personnel from the on-site 24-person rotational field team (portion allocated to security).
Observer / Field Researcher 8 [#3] On-site observers conducting continuous monitoring and note-taking as part of the 24-person rotational team.
Vehicle Operator 4 [#3, #8] On-site vehicle operators for towing/outfitted vehicles and emergency extraction (part of the 24-person team).
Medic / EMT 2 [#3, #6] On-site medics responsible for pre/post-shift checks, mnestic administration oversight, and medevac readiness.
Comms Technician 2 [#3, #12] Technicians maintaining hardened communications, satellite uplinks, and encrypted networks for field posts.
Research Scientist 4 [#4, #15, #13] Off-site scientists focused on analysis, R&D and data processing (part of the 8–12 research staff).
Memeticist 2 [#4, #21, #5] Specialists for memetic hazard assessment and countermeasures; also involved in mnestic program oversight.
Data Scientist / Analyst 2 [#4, #13] Off-site personnel handling telemetry, storage, and forensic analysis.
Legal/PR Liaison 1 [#4, #19] Off-site legal/PR liaison coordinating cover stories, FOIA responses and local counsel engagement.
Project Lead / Program Manager 1 [#4, #27] Program lead responsible for overall operations, reporting to HQ and managing administrative overhead.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many input figures are wide ranges and depend on unknowns (mnestic unit cost, frequency of entry attempts, equipment loss rate, and political exposure likelihood). The anomalous nature and historical uncertainty of the phenomenon reduce confidence in precise estimates.
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