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SCP-4066 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4066
Expected annual
$14.4M
One-time setup
$15.2M
Annual recurring
$14.1M
Personnel
39
One-time capital/setup of approximately $15,250,000 driven primarily by Site-77 vault expansion, contingency capital, and program tooling; recurring annual costs of $14,140,000 driven by personnel payroll, R&D/reverse-engineering, conservation/defacement operations, legal/cover, and field logistics.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $15.2M
Facilities $5.4M
[#1, #7] Secure regional hub fit-outs (4 hubs) and Site-77 anomalous vault expansion including structural work, Faraday/EM-shielding, isolation, HVAC, blast doors and access control.
Diplomatic Indemnity Contingency Capital $5.0M
[#22] One-time contingency capital to cover large-scale diplomatic/legal fallout or settlement actions.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.0M
[#10] High-end analytical equipment for artifact study (micro-CT, SEM, XRF, mass spec, isotope labs) and associated lab buildout for non-destructive analysis.
Equipment $1.4M
[#5, #8] Armored/secure transport vehicles purchase and vault containment hardware/shielding (Faraday cages, lead-lined cases, gloveboxes).
Large Find Contingency Capital $500K
[#20] One-off capital reserve for extraordinary retrievals requiring custom facilities or extended quarantines.
Public Relations Capability $200K
[#16] One-time capability build for producing replicas/replacements, disinformation infrastructure and media tooling.
Rapid Response Gear $200K
[#19] One-time specialized emergency response gear purchases (heavy-lift interfaces, specialized crates, rapid-deploy kits).
Archive Digitization Hardware $200K
[#23] One-time high-resolution scanning hardware and software for digitization and remote-sensing tool purchase.
Monitoring Tooling $150K
[#17] One-time database/tooling purchases for auction house feeds, accession alerts, customs API integration and monitoring infrastructure.
It Secure Setup $150K
[#24] One-time setup of encrypted communications devices, secure servers, satellite phones, and initial cybersecurity hardening.
Training Curriculum Development $100K
[#18] One-time development of identification, handling, legal/ethical and cultural training curricula for archaeologists and field agents.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $14.1M/yr
Staff Wages $3.8M/yr
[#3] Core Digamma-7 personnel payroll including containment lead, senior researchers, field archaeologists, containment techs, medics, admin, and security specialists (includes benefits/overhead).
Research And Monitoring $2.0M/yr
[#12] Reverse-engineering R&D program budget (engineers, physicists, prototype materials, subcontractors) and core research throughput.
Conservation And Defacement Operations $2.0M/yr
[#13] Annual budget for conservation specialists, controlled defacement operations, travel, conservation-grade tools, documentation and culturally-sensitive mitigation.
Cover Story And Legal $1.0M/yr
[#15] Legal, diplomatic retainer fees, counsel, permits manipulation, compensation/grants to local institutions, and international legal contingency budgeting.
Insurance And Legal Indemnity Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#22] Annual reserve for insurance-like coverage, legal indemnity and small settlement/dispute funds against diplomatic fallout.
Logistics And Transport $650K/yr
[#4, #6] Field deployment travel, per diem, accommodation, vehicles, visas, and armored fleet operations/maintenance/insurance/fuel and cross-border fees.
Facilities Maintenance $590K/yr
[#2, #9] Annual rent/utilities/maintenance for 4 regional hubs and Site-77 vault utilities/backup generator/HVAC service/environmental monitoring.
Amnestic Production And Medical $500K/yr
[#14] Production/sourcing/administration of Class-A amnestics, secure pharmacy storage, medical staffing and adverse-event contingency.
Public Relations And Replacement Ops $300K/yr
[#16] Recurring operations to produce replicas, manage false provenance narratives, remove online references and active media management.
Rapid Response Retainer $300K/yr
[#19] Recurring readiness retainer for helicopter charters, rapid air freight, on-call containment teams and emergency heavy-lift services.
Museum Cooperation And Cultural Fund $300K/yr
[#27] Grants, goodwill payments, funded exhibits, and other cultural cooperation to smooth relations and provide cover.
Supplies And Consumables $250K/yr
[#11, #26] Laboratory consumables, repair/service contracts, calibration, archiving supplies, packing, silica gel, tamper-evident seals and crates.
Monitoring Subscriptions And Informants $250K/yr
[#17] Recurring subscriptions for auction-house feeds, accession alerts, customs monitoring APIs and payments to informant networks.
Program Overhead And Escalation Reserve $250K/yr
[#30] Administrative overhead, audit, small unanticipated projects and escalation reserve.
Medical Monitoring And Care $200K/yr
[#21] Medical monitoring, long-term care, lab testing, psychiatric evaluation, amnestic aftercare and compensation for exposed individuals.
Counterintelligence And Vetting $200K/yr
[#25] Background checks, polygraphs, continuous monitoring of staff and partners to prevent leaks or compromise.
Training And Certification Program $150K/yr
[#18] Recurring refresher training, language/cultural briefings, safe-handling protocol refreshers and certification programs for field agents/archaeologists.
Archive Digitization Labor $150K/yr
[#23] Recurring labor and indexing costs for digitization, OCR, metadata tagging and remote-sensing imagery analysis.
Archival Storage And Preservation $100K/yr
[#28] Long-term climate-stable archival storage, monitoring and periodic conservation for returned/defaced artifacts.
Anomalous Power Loads $100K/yr
[#29] Extra electricity, redundancy, surge protection and special containment power for anomaly-specific equipment.
It Secure Ops $50K/yr
[#24] Recurring secure-comm operations, cloud services, penetration testing, and cyber threat monitoring.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $14.1M/yr
70.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, deployments, and no major incidents.
routine_operations no_major_discoveries standard_R&D_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $14.4M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized unexpected discovery or incident requiring additional retrieval, emergency deployment, limited amnestic administration and PR/legal actions.
unexpected_excavation_discovery local_legal_scrutiny multiple_civilian_contacts
🚨 Major Breach $17.1M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Large-scale exposure or diplomatic incident (mass civilian contact, high-profile museum loss, or international legal escalation) requiring major settlements, emergency infrastructure and extended operations.
mass_exposure international_diplomatic_dispute large_SCP-4066-B_recovery
👥 Personnel 39 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#3] Armed/security specialists for regional hubs, transports, and Site-77 security.
Research Scientist 8 [#3, #10, #12] Senior researchers and analysts for artifact study, reverse-engineering and analysis.
Field Archaeologist 6 [#3, #4] Field archaeologists supporting excavations, identifications and recovery operations.
Containment Technician 6 [#3, #5, #8] Containment techs for artifact handling, transport, vault operations and containment hardware maintenance.
Medical Officer 2 [#3, #14, #21] Medical staff for amnestic administration, monitoring and long-term care.
Administrative Staff 4 [#2, #3, #15] Local administrative staff supporting regional hubs, legal/diplomatic coordination and logistics.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#3] Senior program lead and executive oversight (containment lead / Site Director liaison).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based directly on analyst line-item notes which are detailed for operational costs but uncertain in discovery frequency, per-item reverse-engineering effort, and country-specific legal/diplomatic variance; larger uncertainties remain for rare, high-cost events and multi-year R&D projects.
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