SCP-3808 — SCP-3808 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3808 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-3808

Expected annual

$6.4M

One-time setup

$5.2M

Annual recurring

$6.3M

Personnel

One-time setup and contingency funding are moderate-to-high (~$5.17M) driven by secure facilities, specialist labs, and contingency reserve; recurring annual costs are higher (~$6.30M/yr) driven primarily by double-blackbox staffing, ongoing amnestic support, guards, and legal/cover-story operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.2M

Contingency Reserve $2.0M

[#24] One-time contingency/emergency reserve for large-scale amnestic deployments, emergency PR/legal, and surge staffing.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M

[#12] Secure memetics research lab buildout (isolated viewing booths, filtered testing suite, memetic-safety hardware).

Facilities $480K

[#1, #3, #17] Site acquisition/lease and on-site hardening (trail, parking, bollards, restroom, signage) plus backup power/generator installs.

Equipment $427K

[#2, #4, #6, #7, #16, #20] Display pedestal & museum-grade bell jar, perimeter sensors/fence install, initial guard equipment, phone-locker/anti-photography hardware, CCTV and analytics, drone fleet.

Mobile Amnestic Units $325K

[#11] Purchase/outfitting of 2 mobile amnestic/checkpoint units (trailers/vans).

Double Blackbox Ops Setup $275K

[#9] Secure SCIFs/operations setup to support segregated double-blackbox teams.

Rapid Reaction Setup $275K

[#19] Vehicles and equipment purchase for rapid-reaction/containment capability.

Cover Story One Time $175K

[#13] One-time cover-story/artist consultancy and installation fees to establish public narrative.

Data Security Setup $65K

[#22] Encrypted servers, secure archives, cold storage hardware for classified records.

Amnestic Pharmacy Setup $50K

[#10] Secure amnestic/pharmacy stockpile storage and setup.

Cognitohazard Training Development $35K

[#8] Initial development of cognito/memetic training course and SOPs.

Legal Setup $35K

[#14] Initial legal structuring, entity setup, and counsel for covert landholding/permits.

Sealed Envelope Setup $28K

[#21] Secure mailroom/sealed-envelope physical process setup (tamper-evident boxes, storage).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.3M/yr

Staff Wages $5.1M/yr

[#5, #9, #12, #13, #26] Ongoing personnel compensation: 5FTE on-site guards, ~28-person double-blackbox teams, 5 research/memetics staff, curator/liaison, and compliance/audit staff.

Cover Story And Legal $188K/yr

[#13, #14] Ongoing cover-story maintenance, PR, legal retainers and discreet local cooperation payments.

Rapid Reaction Operations $138K/yr

[#19] Standby/operational costs and callout pay for rapid-deploy containment teams.

Amnestic Treatments $110K/yr

[#10] Baseline amnestic treatment budget for ~100 treatments/yr (drugs, monitoring, observation-ward costs).

Research And Monitoring $100K/yr

[#12] Research consumables, modeling compute time, and isolated test operations for memetics research.

Logistics And Transport $100K/yr

[#11] Mobile unit operating costs (fuel, maintenance, staff deployment) and routine transport/logistics.

Counseling Post Amnestic $100K/yr

[#23] Psychological counseling and medical follow-up for amnestic recipients and staff EAP.

Mobile Unit Operations $100K/yr

[#11] Additional operating/staff costs specific to the mobile amnestic/checkpoint units.

Insurance $90K/yr

[#15] Public liability, casualty, and indemnity insurance premiums or equivalent self-insurance reserve costs.

Public Engagement $80K/yr

[#27] Guided visit program costs, interpretive staffing supplements, signage refresh and de-escalation training programs.

Facilities Maintenance $72K/yr

[#3, #4, #17, #18] Trail/visitor infrastructure upkeep, perimeter sensor monitoring, generator fuel/maintenance, and routine site/landscaping maintenance.

Records Recurring $32K/yr

[#22] Routine security audits, redundancy, and long-term retention costs for classified archives.

Movement Contingency $30K/yr

[#25] Annual contingency for rental of heavy machinery/testing rigging and occasional movement-related expenses.

Drone Operations $28K/yr

[#20] Drone ops, training, regulatory compliance, and replacement parts.

Surveillance Storage And Monitoring $25K/yr

[#16] CCTV storage, analytics hosting, and monitoring/archival costs.

Cognitohazard Training $18K/yr

[#8] Recurring memetic-safety refresher training, new-hire certification, and SOP updates.

Sealed Envelope Operations $18K/yr

[#21] Courier, secure mailroom operations, auditing and chain-of-custody staffing for sealed-envelope process.

Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr

[#6, #7] Consumable replacements for guard equipment and anti-photography systems (PPE, first-aid, replacement lockers/components).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.3M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal year with standard operations, routine training and maintenance, and baseline amnestic usage.

no major exposure events standard visitor flow routine research activity

🚨 Minor Incident $6.8M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline

Localized exposure event requiring additional amnestic deployments, targeted PR/legal response, and overtime for rapid-response teams.

small-scale public exposure protest or localized viral attention vehicle-based attempt to move object

🚨 Major Exposure $9.8M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline

Significant mass-exposure or large containment-revision event requiring large-scale amnestic deployment, emergency PR/legal, mass mobilization of blackbox teams and potential use of contingency reserve.

viral mass dissemination of unaltered images coordinated heavy-equipment attempt to move object major containment revision increasing public exposure

👥 Personnel 40 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	5	[#5] 24/7 on-site guard coverage (5 FTE to cover shifts/vacation/sick leave).
Double-Blackbox team (agents/medics/analysts)	28	[#9] Two segregated teams (honeypot/liaison + civilian response) totalling ~24–32 personnel; midpoint used.
Research Scientist / Memetics Research Staff	5	[#12] Memetics researchers, psychologists and anesthesiology support (3–6 FTE; midpoint used).
Curator / Interpretive Staff	1	[#13, #27] Public liaison/curator to maintain cover story and guided visits.
Compliance Officer / Auditor	1	[#26] Internal compliance and audit oversight (1–2 FTE; midpoint used).

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed itemization and ranges, allowing mid-range point estimates, but memetic exposure frequency and insurance/PR market responses remain uncertain, so overall confidence is medium.

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