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SCP-4044 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4044
Expected annual
$11.0M
One-time setup
$7.7M
Annual recurring
$10.2M
Personnel
46
Initial capital costs are roughly $6.3M for a single small containment + infrastructure buildout; recurring annual operating costs are ~ $10.2M driven primarily by staff wages, research/monitoring, legal/cover operations and readiness for incidents.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.7M
Facilities $3.4M
[#7, #15] Construction of a single reality-anchored isolation facility (incl. negative-pressure, layout, geomantic anchors) plus secure mortuary/morgue facility setup.
Equipment $1.1M
[#8, #11, #14, #28, #25, #4] Anchor hardware & installation, surveillance installs, purchase of a dedicated secure transport vehicle, specialized instrument suite, IT redundancy hardware and one-time cybersecurity hardening.
Contingency Reserve Capital $750K
[#20] Reserve capital for large public-episode response and rapid mobilization equipment stock.
Webcrawler Development $600K
[#1] Development and deployment of D1N4-level webcrawler tuned to hospital EMR systems and incident-alert pipeline integration.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K
[#16] Research program startup costs: lab buildout, specialized instrumentation procurement, initial protocol development.
Research Startup $400K
[#16] Alternate/still-other startup line for research-specific capital and protocol approvals (redundant with initial_research_and_lab_setup mapping).
Mortuary Facility Setup $350K
[#15] Secure mortuary/hazardous remains storage facility setup.
Vehicle Purchase $275K
[#14] Purchase of a dedicated armored/secure medical transport vehicle.
Specialized Instruments $200K
[#28] Purchase/installation of high-end measurement instruments (spectrometers, gravimeters, high-speed cameras).
Emr Legal Setup $125K
[#2] One-time negotiation/setup costs for EMR access arrangements, liaison setup and initial legal/cover payments.
It Redundancy Setup $50K
[#25] One-time setup for air-gapped backups and classified archival infrastructure.
Cybersecurity Hardening One Time $35K
[#4] One-time penetration testing/hardening costs for monitoring systems.
Surveillance Install $35K
[#11] Redundant tamper-proof camera/audio capture installation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $10.2M/yr
Staff Wages $4.9M/yr
[#5, #10, #22] Salaries and benefits for MTF Sigma-54 operatives, on-site security staff and core program personnel (research, medical, engineering, admin, IT/legal liaisons).
Research And Monitoring $1.5M/yr
[#1, #3, #4, #16, #28, #25] Ongoing webcrawler operations/tuning, secure data storage and processing, cybersecurity operations, dedicated research team recurring costs, sensor calibration and classified archive maintenance.
Insurance And Hush Fund Reserve $500K/yr
[#21] Ongoing insurance/legal-risk reserve and hush-fund maintenance.
Incident Scaling Reserve $500K/yr
[#30] Budgeted reserve to handle variable scaling depending on incident rate; captures per-instance escalation risk described in note 30.
Amnestics $400K/yr
[#17] Cost of memory-suppression procedures and personnel averaged across civilian/staff treatments in a typical year.
Administrative Overhead $400K/yr
[#29] Program management, accounting, procurement and classified recordkeeping overhead (10-20% guideline applied).
Facilities Maintenance $350K/yr
[#8, #9, #11, #25] Anchor hardware maintenance/calibration, facility energy and infrastructure operating costs, surveillance maintenance and general facility upkeep.
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#18] PR/cover-story retainer and baseline legal defense/response retainer (4044-CS2 execution support).
Logistics And Transport $268K/yr
[#14, #20] Per-transfer operational costs averaged annually (secure transport), vehicle maintenance and annual readiness costs for rapid-response reserve.
Procedure 02 Dandelion Costs $200K/yr
[#13] Expected annualized cost for deploying Procedure 02-Dandelion across multiple instances (materials, specialists, logistics) averaged per year.
Emr Access Ops $150K/yr
[#2] Ongoing EMR access costs, liaison officer payments, NDAs and covert access tooling operations.
Personnel Vetting $150K/yr
[#22] Background investigations, polygraphs and counterintelligence program recurring costs.
Community Relations $150K/yr
[#27] Payments and retainers to hospitals, first responders and community liaisons to secure cooperation.
Supplies And Consumables $120K/yr
[#24, #26] Medical disposables, PPE, single-use sensors, routine decontamination baseline and consumables for occupied isolation rooms.
Autopsy And Remains Processing $100K/yr
[#15] Annualized autopsy, anomalous remains processing and hazardous disposal costs.
Witness Compensation And Relocation $100K/yr
[#19] Annual budget for compensation, relocation, housing and witness management tied to incidents.
Training And Simulation $60K/yr
[#6] Annual refresher training, simulation exercises and Procedure 02-Dandelion rehearsals.
Psychological Care $60K/yr
[#23] Counseling, decompression and burnout mitigation for staff.
Decontamination $30K/yr
[#26] Annualized decontamination and anomalous-waste disposal for major and minor episodes averaged across the year.
Per Patient Medical Costs $20K/yr
[#12] Average annualized hospice/palliative consumables and direct patient care per-instance costs averaged across expected instances.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $10.2M/yr
33.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady monitoring, staffing, a small number of contained instances and no major public incidents.
routine containment operations no high-visibility breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $10.4M/yr
50.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
One or several low-to-moderate visibility SCP-4044 instances requiring additional Procedure 02 deployments, targeted amnestics and transport.
localized manifestations small-scale civilian contact multiple (2–4) instances
🚨 Major Breach $12.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
A high-visibility public episode (the ~15% tail) requiring mass amnestics, large PR/legal response, extended MTF mobilization and recovery.
public/high-visibility manifestation mass witness amnestics major PR/legal action
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $25.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline
Rare catastrophic/publicly disruptive event with international attention requiring emergency reserve usage, large-scale litigation and major operational scaling.
internationally visible anomaly large-scale infrastructure impact prolonged public exposure
👥 Personnel 46 total
Role Count Notes
MTF Sigma-54 (Operatives / Medics / Team Lead) 16 [#5] Tactical/medical rapid-response team staffing (12–24 range; midpoint used).
Security Officer / Guards 6 [#10] 24/7 security staffing for isolation suites (4–8 guards/day; midpoint staffing included in wages).
Research Scientist 6 [#16] Dedicated research team performing longitudinal studies and instrumentation work.
Medical Officer / Nursing Staff 8 [#12] Palliative and hospice care staff for contained patients and end-of-life care.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#8, #9] Engineers for anchor hardware, facility systems and maintenance.
IT / Cybersecurity Staff 2 [#1, #4, #25] Operations and cybersecurity personnel for webcrawler, storage and OPSEC.
Administrative Staff / Program Management 4 [#29] Program managers, procurement, accounting and classified recordkeeping.
Legal Liaison / Public Relations 2 [#2, #18] Legal counsel and PR/cover-story coordination staff.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates synthesize wide ranges in analyst notes; staff and recurring figures are reasonably grounded in stated ranges but per-instance costs (Procedure 02, mass amnestics, public-episode expenses) are highly variable, producing moderate confidence.
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