SCP-3716 — SCP-3716 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3716 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-3716

Expected annual

$27.8M

One-time setup

$16.4M

Annual recurring

$26.9M

Personnel

Estimated one-time capital costs are approximately $16.4M driven by property, site renovation, containment hardware and a contingency reserve; steady-state recurring costs are ~ $26.9M/year driven by staff wages, amnestic treatments, MTF operations, and research/monitoring.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $16.4M

Breach Contingency Reserve Allocation $10.0M

[#24] Initial contingency reserve allocation for Broken Masquerade / large-scale response operations.

Equipment $3.1M

[#5, #9, #10, #19, #20, #25, #26, #29] Island power/generator/solar hardware, ferry purchase, patrol craft purchase, initial PPE and comms/surveillance hardware, relocation containers/vehicles, IT hardware, and specialized clothing/handling station hardware.

Facilities $2.0M

[#3, #4, #9] Site-42 Safe-class locker construction/installation and Historical Site-229 structural renovation plus dock-upgrade portion for ferry operations.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M

[#23] Initial lab buildout and major research instrumentation to begin conversion/degradation research.

Training And Sop Initial $150K

[#22] Initial SOP development, staff clearance processing and training program setup.

Island Property Acquisition $125K

[#1] Legal acquisition, retitling, shell-company setup and initial legal/accounting fees.

Helicopter Purchase $0

[#11] Purchase option noted but not exercised in baseline (lease chosen instead); purchase cost left at $0 here.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $26.9M/yr

Mtf Phi Eolh Budget $5.0M/yr

[#12] Dedicated MTF operational budget for apprehension, processing, training, vehicles and overtime.

Administrative Overhead $4.5M/yr

[#30] Administrative overhead and indirect costs (estimated at 20% of direct recurring costs per guidance).

Amnestic Procurement And Administration $4.0M/yr

[#13] Cost to procure/administer amnestics at scale (tens to thousands of treatments per month in high-tempo scenarios).

Staff Wages $3.7M/yr

[#6, #7] On-island security guard salaries (budgeted at 18 guards with benefits) plus research team & support staff salaries.

Research And Monitoring $2.2M/yr

[#20, #23] Ongoing research program budgets and monitoring/surveillance operations (lab experiments, data analysis, and sensor upkeep).

Breach Contingency Annual Topup $2.0M/yr

[#24] Annual reserve top-up to maintain a ready contingency fund for escalation/Broken Masquerade response.

Logistics And Transport $1.6M/yr

[#9, #10, #11, #25] Ferry operational costs, patrol-boat ops, helicopter lease, and safe-relocation/decontamination operations.

Civilian Processing And Relocation $1.0M/yr

[#14] Detention/short-term housing, relocation and cover assignments for civilians retaining knowledge.

Cover Story And Legal $615K/yr

[#2, #15] Property taxes, permitting, legal renewals and cover-story/PR/disinformation campaign.

Medical And Pathology $500K/yr

[#8] Routine medical monitoring, imaging, pathology and emergency medevac readiness; per-event pathology costs handled as incremental incident costs.

Resident Rotation Program $500K/yr

[#16] Stipends, housing subsidies and rotation logistics for resident civilians to prevent memory resurgence.

Psychological Services $300K/yr

[#21] Counselors, morale programs and cultural/incentive payments to maintain instance cooperation.

Facilities Maintenance $220K/yr

[#3, #4] Annual upkeep for Site-42 locker and HS-229 monastery structural maintenance.

Supplies And Consumables $150K/yr

[#17, #19] Food, lodging consumables and recurring PPE replacements/consumables.

Cultural Ethical Oversight $150K/yr

[#27] Internal reviews, ethics boards and counsel for special consent/legal issues related to excursions and instance rights.

Island Power And Water Ops $125K/yr

[#5] Fuel/maintenance/electricity, desalinator supply runs and septic maintenance.

Waste Management $125K/yr

[#18] Biohazard disposal, incineration and hazardous transport for biological waste.

Inventory It Maintenance $100K/yr

[#26] Ongoing secure database maintenance, air-gapped backups and IT security.

Bribery And Goodwill Payments $100K/yr

[#28] Local payments to dockmasters, officials and community members to maintain cover.

Training And Sop Refreshers $50K/yr

[#22] Annual refresher training, clearances and SOP updates.

Specialized Clothing Station Maintenance $25K/yr

[#29] Recurring maintenance and consumables for forensic garment storage and identification stations.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $26.9M/yr

82.5% probability / year

Normal year with steady-state operations, monthly excursions at planned tempo, routine research and no major incidents.

no_major_incidents routine_excursions steady_research_tempo

🚨 Minor Incident $28.4M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline

Isolated containment or health incident (e.g., decomposition event, small escape or media disturbance) requiring extra medical response, targeted amnestic surge and repairs.

isolated_breach mass_decomposition_event local_media_attention

🚨 Major Breach $46.9M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline

Significant containment failure requiring sustained MTF deployment, mass amnesticization, replacement of equipment and large-scale repair/cover operations.

multiple_uncontrolled_excursions large_scale_public_exposure extended_MTF_operations

🚨 Catastrophic Broken Masquerade $76.9M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline

Broken Masquerade level event requiring global narrative repair, mass distribution of amnestics, large payouts, and emergency resealing of public knowledge.

widespread_media_exposure simultaneous_multiple_breaches political_exposure

👥 Personnel 31 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	18	[#6] Permanent on-island guard force budgeted at the higher bound (18) per analyst note.
Research Scientist	6	[#7] Senior scientists and PIs assigned to long-term study; part of research team salary budget.
Lab Technician	3	[#7] Technical support staff for labs and handling; included in research/support salary totals.
Medical Officer	2	[#8] Medics for routine monitoring, amnestic administration oversight and pathology support.
Administrative Staff	2	[#30] Local administrative and logistics staff (HR, procurement, site liaison) counted within staff wages and administrative overhead.

📋 Confidence Notes

Many line items are given as wide ranges and depend heavily on policy choices (lease vs purchase, excursion tempo, amnestic throughput). Core recurring drivers (amnestics, MTF, staff wages) are well-identified but quantities are uncertain, so medium confidence is appropriate.

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