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SCP-3366 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3366
Expected annual
$3.2M
One-time setup
$6.8M
Annual recurring
$3.2M
Personnel
22
One-time capital and setup costs are roughly $6.8M driven by facility, lab outfitting, contingency and historic lifecycle accounting; recurring annual operations cost about $3.19M/yr driven primarily by personnel (medics, security), medevac retainer, research operations and cover-story/disinformation obligations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.8M
Contingency Fund $3.0M
[#23] One-time contingency/emergency escalation reserve for large-scale activation, evacuation, or unexpected escalation.
Family Reintegration One Time $1.8M
[#18] Historic family compensation, NDAs and reintegration packages aggregated midpoint for dozens of families (one-time historic settlement component).
Historical Operations Back Costs $500K
[#25] Historical lifecycle/back-costs for initial reconnaissance, extractions, initial autopsies and program start-up (already expended but included for lifecycle accounting).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $470K
[#11, #13, #14] Lab outfitting for memetics/forensics, initial procurement of amnestic/memetic countermeasures and storage/archive setup and initial pathology/testing.
Facilities $250K
[#1] Observation post construction (shelter, bermed pad, latrine, water tank, basic living quarters) estimated midpoint.
Initial Patient Care One Time $210K
[#12] Immediate/acute care for currently recovered patients (7 living subjects) -- midpoint of historical immediate care costs.
Disinformation Setup $200K
[#16] Initial creation of cover story, local liaison setup and initial soft-cover expenses.
Legal One Time $125K
[#17] Initial negotiation/legal work, access agreements and counsel one-time costs (midpoint).
Equipment $116K
[#3, #4, #5] One-time hardware: permanent power system (solar/battery/generator), communications equipment, remote surveillance and sensor suite (hardened gear).
Ground Vehicles Purchase $100K
[#9] Purchase of 1–2 rugged/armored 4x4s for convoys/resupply (midpoint estimate).
Trapdoor Shaft Stabilization $50K
[#2] Repair/replace steel trapdoor, secure lock, shaft ladder/hoist, confined-space rescue gear and initial shaft stabilization.
Training Initial $28K
[#21] Initial certification and memetic-safety training for medics/security and desert/confined-space operations.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#6, #7, #14] Salaries and benefits for operational staff: 8medics (rotation), ~6 security personnel, and core research team salaries (memetics/forensics) included.
Cover Story And Legal $388K/yr
[#16, #17, #18, #22] Ongoing disinformation/local payments/PR, legal retainers/incident legal support, family reintegration ongoing care and Site-52 reception/processing allocations.
Logistics And Transport $360K/yr
[#8, #15] Medevac retainer and contingency (retainer + occasional lifts) plus administrative/secure-transport overhead for subject and evidence transfers.
Research And Monitoring $206K/yr
[#13, #14] Ongoing memetics/forensics operational costs, sample storage upkeep, testing, translation/annotation and lab operational expenses (separate from core salaries).
Ongoing Patient Treatment $140K/yr
[#12] Ongoing outpatient therapy, physiotherapy and psychiatric care for recovered subjects (annualized for current cohort).
Supplies And Consumables $89K/yr
[#5, #9, #10, #11, #20] Medical consumables, PPE and memetic contamination-control consumables, vehicle fuel/maintenance consumables, surveillance maintenance and data storage.
Facilities Maintenance $68K/yr
[#2, #3, #19, #24] Annual shaft inspections/repairs, battery replacements/fuel averaging, routine desert maintenance (sand clearing, corrosion control) and periodic equipment refresh amortized.
Evidence Transfer Events $25K/yr
[#15] Annual budget for per-transfer costs (armored vehicle/guarded transfer or airlift events averaged per year).
Training And Protocols $25K/yr
[#21] Ongoing refresher courses, memetic-safety drills, confined-space rescue recertification and desert operations training.
Communications Subscriptions $3K/yr
[#4] Satellite/internet/airtime subscription and encrypted comms service fees.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with steady staffing, routine maintenance, no new public incidents and scheduled research work.
no_incidents routine_monitoring normal_staffing_levels
🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Single new manifestation/reappearance requiring emergency medevac, acute treatment, extra legal/disinformation response and overtime.
single_subject_recovery emergency_medevac localized_media_attention
🚨 Major Breach $5.7M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Multiple simultaneous manifestations or public exposure requiring expanded evacuation, large-scale medical care, scaled research response and major legal/PR operations.
mass_reappearances media_exposure expanded_containment_operations
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Medical Officer / Medic 8 [#6] Rotation to provide 24/7 coverage (includes hazard/desert pay).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#7] On-site perimeter and access control, local liaison and initial response.
Research Scientist 5 [#14] Memetics analysts, linguists and forensic researchers attached to SCP-3366 case load.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#3, #9] Technical maintenance for power systems, vehicles and site infrastructure.
Administrative Staff 1 [#15, #16] Logistics, transfer coordination, and cover-story liaison administration.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#22] Oversight, coordination with Site-52 and executive decision-making for incidents.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges allowing midpoint estimates; uncertainty remains around memetic activation probability, the scale of potential future reappearances, and political/legal escalation which can change costs by orders of magnitude.
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