SCP-3754 — SCP-3754 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3754 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-3754

Expected annual

$4.3M

One-time setup

$6.6M

Annual recurring

$4.1M

Personnel

One-time setup costs are approximately $6.6M driven primarily by contingency/reserve funding and one-time development/seizure/neutralization efforts; ongoing annual operations are roughly $3.89M/yr driven by staff wages, research, field amnestic operations, and legal/disinformation activities.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.6M

Contingency Emergency Fund $5.0M

[#28] Pre-funded emergency contingency for large-scale outbreak scenarios (reserved fund; one-time allocation).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#9] Initial laboratory research buildout and specialized instrumentation/staff hiring for anomalous mechanism study (midpoint estimate).

Reverse Engineering Ops $300K

[#13] One-time reverse-engineering and major server/backend seizure project (aggregate estimate for a major takedown/project).

Neutralizer Development And Deployment $250K

[#14] Development of a neutralizer/patch and associated deployment/logistics (development + initial deployment budget).

Facilities $210K

[#7, #8, #26] One-time outfitting: evidence vault/evidence lockers and small vault shelving (#7 ~30k), containment/shielded chamber buildout and instrumentation (#8 ~150k), long-term storage setup (#26 ~30k).

Disinformation Initial $150K

[#15] Initial public disinformation/cover campaign startup (PR firm, seeded content) initial spend.

Legal Retainer Initial $100K

[#11] Initial legal retainer and setup for takedown coordination and cross-jurisdiction actions (one-time retainer portion).

Equipment $35K

[#3, #2] Portable mobile forensic kits (6–10 kits) and initial cloud/compute setup: forensic kits (~30k) and initial crawler/server setup (~5k) (#3, #2).

Training Curriculum Development $30K

[#18] One-time training and SOP curriculum development for Foundation and field staff.

Arrest Operation Cost $20K

[#10] Per-arrest covert arrest/takedown operation (one-time per arrest) estimated at upper-range single-operation cost.

Ppe Initial Stock $3K

[#19] Initial PPE and decontamination stock purchase.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.1M/yr

Staff Wages $700K/yr

[#1] Salaries, benefits, and overhead for web forensics/crawl team (approx. 5 analysts + 1 lead with 30% overhead).

Research And Monitoring $600K/yr

[#9, #20, #21, #30] Ongoing laboratory research team operations, forensic pathology/biological testing, evidence collection/auditing, and behavioral/community research.

Field Amnestic Operations $500K/yr

[#4] Recurring cost of field amnesticization operations (medics, sedatives/amnestics, security per operation aggregated into annual ops budget).

Victim Compensation And Hush Funds $500K/yr

[#16] Ongoing budget for victim compensation, medical bills, relocation and hush funds for moderate-scale containment activity.

Logistics And Transport $400K/yr

[#17] Field surveillance, covert operations, vehicle and transport costs (annual program budget for tracebacks and covert ops).

Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr

[#11, #15] Ongoing legal support, retainer work, and disinformation campaign maintenance (monthly content seeding/legal coordination).

Device Wiping And Disposal $200K/yr

[#6] Routine device reimaging, forensic wiping, and secure destruction/disposal costs.

Payment Tracing $200K/yr

[#12] Forensic accounting, transaction tracing, coordination with financial institutions (annual budget for routine tracing workload).

Detention And Secure Holding $200K/yr

[#10] Annual detention costs for any high-security detainees (security, medical, facility costs per detainee averaged into annual budget).

Insurance Cover Liabilities $200K/yr

[#29] Annual insurance and legal liability reserve for potential public leaks or legal claims.

Amnestic Drugs And Supplies $100K/yr

[#5] Ongoing pharmaceuticals, disposables, and follow-up monitoring supplies for amnesticization protocols.

Media Monitoring $60K/yr

[#25] Continuous social/media monitoring and rapid-response takedown tooling/team (~5k/mo baseline).

Facilities Maintenance $53K/yr

[#8, #7, #26, #27] Annual utilities and maintenance for containment/shielding, evidence vault upkeep, long-term storage, and replacement parts (~8k+3k+30k+10k aggregated).

Cloud Compute $50K/yr

[#2] Ongoing cloud/compute costs for continuous crawlers, storage, and forensic image cold storage.

Mass Uninstall Campaigns $50K/yr

[#24] Budget for periodic mass-uninstall/sweep campaigns (rental spaces, staffing, collection points) averaged annually.

Public Health Liaison $50K/yr

[#23] Ongoing liaison and covert briefing/influence costs with local authorities/public health/legal partners.

Communications Secure Ops $15K/yr

[#22] Encrypted communications, burner devices, and secure comms infrastructure replacement cycles.

Training And Sop Refresher $6K/yr

[#18] Annual refresher trainings and SOP updates (~2k–10k/yr midpoint).

Supplies And Consumables $2K/yr

[#19] Ongoing PPE and decontamination consumables replenishment (~2k/yr).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.1M/yr

84.0% probability / year

Normal year with routine monitoring, periodic takedowns, and no large-scale outbreaks.

regular_traces routine_takedowns no_mass_outbreak

🚨 Minor Incident $4.7M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline

Localized surge requiring extra field amnestic operations, extra legal takedowns, and increased victim compensation.

localized_outbreak multiple_takedowns increased_field_ops

🚨 Major Outbreak $13.9M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$9.8M vs baseline

Widespread outbreak requiring contingency deployment: mass clinics, mass device collection, heavy legal action and use of emergency fund.

widespread_sideloading mass_uninstalls_and_clinics large_legal_campaigns

👥 Personnel 6 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Analyst / Web Forensics	5	Full-time analysts performing crawls, APK analysis, payment tracing (part of staff_wages #1).
Team Lead / Senior Analyst	1	Lead coordinating web-forensics team and operations (part of staff_wages #1).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges but outbreak scale and frequency are highly uncertain; estimates use reasonable midpoints and policy choices (e.g., contingency sizing) so confidence is medium.

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