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SCP-4012 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4012
Expected annual
$5.3M
One-time setup
$10.1M
Annual recurring
$5.1M
Personnel
29
First-year capital and setup are roughly $9.9M (land, perimeter, secure infrastructure and lab buildouts); ongoing annual operations run about $5.125M driven primarily by specialized staff wages, memetic sanitization/editorial labor, implant procurement, secure storage, and contingency/reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $10.1M
Facilities $4.7M
[#1, #2, #3, #20, #22, #28] Land acquisition/lease, perimeter fence and gate installation, initial on-site medical/autopsy lab construction, grid/backup generator install, and initial climate-controlled archiving vault setup.
Equipment $3.6M
[#4, #12, #15, #17, #21, #24, #25] Perimeter intrusion detection hardware (cameras, sensors, NVRs), implant procurement capability and surgical equipment, initial secure data servers/air-gapped backups, secure distribution hosting setup, initial vehicle fleet and access-road prep (fleet capital), emergency response kit & gear, and initial cybersecurity/hardened network hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.4M
[#10, #11, #16, #26] Memetics lab shielded rooms and specialized instrumentation, initial R&D/validation for agnostics, initial memetic-sanitization software development, and initial forensic/anthropological investigative program setup.
Legal Coverup Setup $200K
[#18] Initial legal work and cover-story setup (façade costs, initial liaison/hush arrangements, signage and legal retainer to establish 'military installation' cover).
Training Program Development $150K
[#27] One-time development of SOPs and initial implementation of the 20-minute observer rotation, blindfold/rest procedures, memetic handling playbooks and certification materials.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.1M/yr
Staff Wages $2.1M/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #9] Gate/site security staffing (8 security staff), expedition monitoring staff (12 observers rotating 20-minute shifts), mental-health team (1 site psychologist + 2 therapists) and Memetics Department personnel (4 researchers + 2 technicians).
Logistics And Transport $500K/yr
[#19, #21] D-Class procurement/intake/housing/transport administration costs (~50 missions/yr) plus vehicle maintenance & fuel and helicopter standby/charter budget.
Implant Procurement And Implantation $500K/yr
[#12, #13] Per-implant hardware and surgical costs (~$10,000 per implant × 50 implants/yr) and associated per-subject implantation expenses.
Contingency Reserve $500K/yr
[#30] Annual contingency/reserve fund for leaks, public incidents, litigation, emergency countermeasures or large-scale escalation.
Facilities Maintenance $370K/yr
[#5, #22, #23] Perimeter surveillance equipment maintenance and power for sensors/cameras, site fuel/electricity and generator fuel, and fence/gate routine maintenance/replacement budget.
Memetic Sanitization And Editorial $240K/yr
[#16] Editorial labor and QA for memetic sanitization (2 full-time editors × $120k/yr) and operational costs for sanitization tools.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#18] Ongoing legal retainer, local relations, FOIA handling, payments to local officials and PR to maintain the military installation cover.
Research And Monitoring $100K/yr
[#26] Ongoing forensic research and anthropological study costs (field studies, consultants, analyses).
Data Storage And Archival $100K/yr
[#15] Ongoing expansion, power, tape rotation and maintenance for high-definition secure storage and air-gapped archival systems.
Medical Operations $100K/yr
[#20] Ongoing medical bay operations, emergency care supplies, pathology/autopsy consumables and staffing support.
Emergency Response And Training $100K/yr
[#24] Recurring training, exercises, readiness maintenance and equipment upkeep for the rapid response/containment team.
Cybersecurity And Access Control $75K/yr
[#25] Ongoing cybersecurity operations, audits, classified handling, insider-threat mitigation and access control token systems.
Secure Distribution Ops $60K/yr
[#17] Hosting/ops for internal secure distribution plus content production/licensing budget (~$50k/yr content + $10k/yr hosting/ops).
Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr
[#29] PPE, first aid, batteries, sedatives, spare parts, consumables for implants and general site supplies.
Agnostics Production $50K/yr
[#11] Ongoing manufacture of 'agnostics' doses (~$50/dose × 1,000 doses/yr) and regulatory/oversight consumables.
Electric Shock Bracelets $50K/yr
[#14] Procurement, maintenance, testing and spares for electric shock bracelets (~$1,000 each; 50/year turnover/spares).
Training And Sop Refresher $50K/yr
[#27] Recurrent refresher training for memetic protocols, certifications, and simulations.
Document Redaction And Archival $20K/yr
[#28] Manual redaction labor, indexing and climate‑controlled storage labour for new logs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.1M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine containment and research activities continue.
no incidents regular research and expeditions routine maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $5.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized equipment failure or small containment lapse requiring repairs, short-term investigations and limited PR/Legal response.
sensor/camera failure small breach quickly contained minor leak of memetic material requiring sanitization
🚨 Major Breach $8.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or memetic exposure event requiring large-scale emergency response, replacements, extended investigations and reparative measures.
mass memetic contamination multiple system failures extended recovery operations
🚨 Political Exposure $10.1M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Public exposure requiring major cover-up, legal settlements, large-scale PR operations, potential relocation and high-level political intervention.
public leak of unredacted footage local media/political discovery legal/regulatory action
👥 Personnel 29 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#6] Two-person Level-8 gate coverage with rotating shifts and coverage for vacations/training (8 on payroll/rotating).
Observer / Expedition Monitor 12 [#7] Dedicated pool of observers rotating every 20 minutes plus supervisors to enforce rest/blindfold procedures.
Site Psychologist / Mental-Health Team 3 [#8] One full-time site psychologist and 1–2 therapists for supervision, post-exposure care, and blindfold/rest monitoring.
Research Scientist (Memetics) 4 [#9] Memetics researchers responsible for designing mitigations and analyzing footage.
Research Technician / Lab Staff 2 [#9] Technical support for memetics lab and experiments (included in memetics department staffing).
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are well-specified (fence length, staffing counts, per-unit implant costs) but contain wide ranges and significant operational uncertainty (frequency of expeditions, severity of memetic incidents, land acquisition pricing). Estimates use midpoints and stated assumptions; escalation risks could raise costs well beyond these figures, reducing confidence.
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