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SCP-3855 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-3855
Expected annual
$1.6M
One-time setup
$4.0M
Annual recurring
$1.6M
Personnel
14
One-time capital to acquire and harden the Lower East Side safehouse is the primary up-front expense (~$4.04M); ongoing annual costs are dominated by specialized staff (security, tactical, memetics research, medical) and legal/cover maintenance (~$1.58M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.0M
Property Acquisition Purchase $2.5M
[#1] Purchase/secure-control of the building (closing/title/legal cover) assumed as baseline purchase option; range $1.5M–$4.0M (midpoint used).
Facilities $450K
[#3, #25] Renovation/safehouse conversion midpoint (~$300k) plus decommissioning/remediation reserve midpoint (~$150k).
Emergency Fund Seed $325K
[#17] Seed reserve for emergency exposure response, countermeasures and rapid deployments (~$150k–$500k; midpoint).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $275K
[#12] One-time research lab outfitting and specialized memetic testing equipment (~$150k–$400k; midpoint used).
Initial Field Operations $212K
[#14] One-time investigative/containment ops to locate and apprehend associated personnel; midpoint of $75k–$350k used.
Equipment $155K
[#4, #7, #9] Hardening & access-control installation (~$80k midpoint), surveillance system installation (~$50k midpoint), secure vault/strongroom (~$25k midpoint).
Amnestic Initial Stock $62K
[#13] Initial stock of approved amnestic pharmaceuticals and initial consumables (~$25k–$100k; midpoint).
Training Initial Development $35K
[#18] Initial development of SOPs and anti-memetics training program (~$20k–$50k; midpoint).
Initial Vetting $25K
[#22] Initial bulk background checks/personnel vetting for ~20 staff (~$10k–$40k; midpoint).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr
Staff Wages $850K/yr
[#5, #6, #11, #13] Salaries & benefits for security guards (reduced posted detail), on-call tactical detachment, memetics research team and contracted medical staffing (adjusted downward from max ranges to fit baseline staffing).
Contingent Liabilities $150K/yr
[#27] Budget reserved for potential civil suits, payouts or hush arrangements (~$50k–$250k; midpoint).
Post Operation Detainment $120K/yr
[#15] Housing, surveillance and care for detained anomalous associates if retained at-site (~$40k–$200k; midpoint).
Cover Story And Legal $95K/yr
[#19] Legal counsel and cover story/front business maintenance, PR and compliance responses (~$40k–$150k; midpoint used).
Research And Monitoring $80K/yr
[#8, #16, #26] Surveillance data management/offsite backups and OSINT/local monitoring (~$10k–$40k and ~$30k–$80k; combined midpoint), plus recurring containment audit activity contribution.
Containment Auditing $52K/yr
[#26] Periodic internal inspections, red-team memetic audits and oversight (~$25k–$80k; midpoint).
Facilities Maintenance $51K/yr
[#2, #21] Property taxes and municipal compliance (~$15k–$45k; midpoint ~$30k) plus utilities/janitorial/routine maintenance (~$8k–$35k; midpoint ~$21k).
Front Business Ops $50K/yr
[#20] Front-business minimal operating expenses if maintained as a legend (~$25k–$75k; midpoint).
Cryptographic And Access Ops $38K/yr
[#10] Recurring IT ops for privilege management, hardware tokens and audits (~$15k–$60k; midpoint).
Logistics And Transport $25K/yr
[#23] Vehicle leasing/maintenance or secure transport reimbursements (~$10k–$40k; midpoint).
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#13] Ongoing medical/amnestic consumables and minor laboratory consumables (~estimate tied to medical staffing and small lab work).
Training And Sop Refresh $20K/yr
[#18] Annual refresher training and legal/medical briefings (~$10k–$30k; midpoint).
Evidence Handling $20K/yr
[#24] Costs to maintain legally admissible restricted logs, redaction and secure archival handling (~$10k–$30k; midpoint).
Background Rescreening $12K/yr
[#22] Annual re-screening/rescans budget (~$5k–$20k; midpoint used).
Emergency Fund Top Up $0/yr
[#17] Routine top-ups occur only when incidents happen; no baseline annual top-up budget assumed here.
Property Lease Equivalent $0/yr
[#1] Lease alternative (not baseline): $200k–$400k/yr range; baseline assumes purchase so lease set to $0 in recurring baseline.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; Foundation has purchased the property and operates under the staffing levels assumed.
no_incident purchase_completed routine_operations
🚨 Leased Operation $1.9M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Foundation opts to lease rather than purchase the property, increasing recurring rent/lease obligations.
no_purchase_decision temporary_lease
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized leak or civilian exposure requiring emergency amnestic deployment, limited field operations and legal responses.
limited_exposure targeted_field_ops
🚨 Major Breach $2.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant public exposure or large-scale operational incident requiring protracted field operations, large amnestic purchases, legal settlements and repair.
public_exposure large_scale_breach civil_litigation
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#5] Reduced posted detail assumed (mix of uniformed/plainclothes).
Rapid Response / Tactical Team 4 [#6] Small on-call tactical detachment retained for forced entry/extraction.
Research Scientist 3 [#11] Senior memetic researcher + supporting researchers/psych staff.
Medical Officer 2 [#13] Physician/nurse staff for amnestic administration and medical support.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#21] Facilities maintenance, janitorial & routine upkeep.
Administrative Staff 1 [#19] Cover-story, bookkeeping and legal liaison tasks.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide ranges for most line items and a clear containment model; however several key choices (purchase vs lease, staffing intensity, incident frequency) are uncertain so estimates use midpoints and moderate assumptions.
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