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SCP-3720 Euclid ✓ high confidence
SCP-3720
Expected annual
$21.7M
One-time setup
$17.6M
Annual recurring
$21.4M
Personnel
54
One-time setup and R&D costs are approximately $17.6M, with annual operating costs of about $21.35M driven mainly by staff wages, protective custody operations, global rapid-response logistics, and contingency/hazard premiums.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $17.6M
Facilities $5.2M
[#7, #9] Buildout and acquisition of multiple safehouses, a regional holding facility, and a short-term detainee containment suite.
Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#26] One-time allocation of a rapid surge/emergency reserve fund.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.5M
[#11, #13] Rapid evidence-capture R&D and production of kits plus dedicated anomalous-research lab setup and instrumentation.
Equipment $2.1M
[#5, #15, #24] Vehicles/tactical kit for MTF teams, secure IT hardware/servers, and purchase of long-range surveillance drones/camera installs.
Global Records Platform $750K
[#1] Development and secure deployment of the global police-records integration platform (APIs, parsing, watchlists, analyst UI, COC logging).
Legal Cover Infrastructure $500K
[#18] One-time setup of shell companies, forgery tooling, and initial legal retainer networks.
Public Affairs Initial $250K
[#30] One-time media/PR budget to seed cover stories in affected regions.
Training Program Development $150K
[#21] One-time creation of specialized capture/interrogation/evidence protocols, simulations, and materials.
Secure Archival Initial $100K
[#29] One-time setup cost for secure archival records and case management infrastructure.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $21.4M/yr
Staff Wages $6.0M/yr
[#3, #4, #14] Intelligence analysts (12) and three regional MTF teams (36 operators) and research staff (6) salaries + benefits.
Logistics And Transport $4.0M/yr
[#6, #23] MTF operations & deployment travel (air charters, emergency flights) and fleet operations (fuel, leases, charters, equipment shipping).
Protective Custody Operations $4.0M/yr
[#8] Housing, security shifts, medical/psych care, stipends and associated operations for ~20 concurrent protected persons.
Research And Monitoring $2.4M/yr
[#2, #10, #25] Records/subscription fees, 24/7 target surveillance & monitoring ($100k/target), and drone operations/licensing for persistent monitoring.
Hazard Pay $1.5M/yr
[#28] Hazard/retention premiums (~25% on MTF + analyst salary pool).
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#17] Annual legal/cover-up operations: liaisons, settlements, covert ops and legal representation.
Medical And Psych Services $500K/yr
[#19] Immediate trauma care and long-term therapy for targets and staff (PTSD mitigation).
Annual Contingency Topup $500K/yr
[#27] Yearly replenishable allowance for medium emergencies / surge readiness.
Embedded Local Liaisons $500K/yr
[#31] Covertly embedded or contracted local liaison agents in high-risk jurisdictions.
Supplies And Consumables $450K/yr
[#12, #22] Forensic rapid-response consumables, lab consumables, field specialist callouts, equipment replacement, armory and consumable maintenance.
Training And Exercises $300K/yr
[#20] Regular live drills, use-of-force refreshers, evidence-collection drills.
It Operations $150K/yr
[#16] Ongoing SOC, patching, monitoring, backups, incident response and maintenance of secure watchlist systems.
Secure Archival Records Operations $50K/yr
[#29] Ongoing secure archival storage operations (paper & cold digital).
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $21.4M/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with expected monitoring, custody, and operations at planned capacity.
no major multi-site manifestations steady caseload (~20 concurrent protected persons)
🚨 Minor Incident $23.4M/yr
7.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized spike: multiple near-simultaneous manifestations requiring extra deployments, emergency forensics, and small legal payouts.
two-to-four near-simultaneous manifestations emergency travel and surge forensic work
🚨 Major Spike $31.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Widespread multi-site manifestation spike requiring full contingency draw, expanded protective custody, international legal crises and major PR operations.
multi-country simultaneous manifestations large-scale evacuations or international incidents
👥 Personnel 54 total
Role Count Notes
Intelligence Analyst 12 [#3] 12 full-time analysts performing 24/7 triage and monitoring; salaries included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 36 [#4] Three regional MTF teams of ~12 operators each; salaries included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 6 [#14] Dedicated multidisciplinary research team; salaries included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide explicit line-item estimates for all major capital and recurring categories; figures are arithmetic sums of provided estimates. Variability remains around manifestation frequency and legal/contingency spend, but underlying cost items are well-specified.
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