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SCP-4163 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4163
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$1.0M
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
8
One-time setup costs are approximately $707,500 for facility modifications, lab capital and initial equipment; annual recurring costs are roughly $1.33M driven primarily by staff wages, legal/PR/black-ops retainers, and field operations and monitoring infrastructure.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.0M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $335K
[#6, #16, #30] ML/software development for scraping/detection and amortized/purchase of lab capital (microCT / mass spec) to provide dedicated analysis capability; includes referenced project-scale allocation in annual snapshot.
Facilities $225K
[#17, #19] Secure locker room / evidence storage initial buildout and contingency juvenile low-threat suite buildout (Audubon -> full-acquisition contingency).
Contingency Full Acquisition Buildout $200K
[#19] Contingency one-time buildout for full low-threat juvenile containment suite if Audubon Protocol suspended.
Equipment $148K
[#1, #4, #5, #8, #11, #12, #21, #22, #24] One-off camera/NVR installation, initial GPS tracker hardware, covert network capture appliance deployment, PIT implantation procedure costs (medical/cover), initial social-engineering payments, legal retainer (initial), cybersecurity hardening, initial machine/console stock, and initial training/course development.
Legal Retainer $50K
[#12] One-time legal/counter-intel retainer and initial operations funds to suppress publicity and liaise with local authorities.
Pit Record Alteration $20K
[#8] Additional one-time legal/black-ops cost to alter or manage medical records/cover paperwork if required.
Training Initial $20K
[#24] One-time development of training/compliance courses for handling minors/covert medical ops.
Cybersecurity Hardening Initial $20K
[#21] Initial hardening, audits and encryption setup for monitoring infrastructure.
Pit Implantation $10K
[#8] Cost for a single covert PIT implantation procedure (medical cover/contract physician).
Social Engineering Initial $5K
[#11] Initial covert payments/incentives to secure parental/cooperator compliance (first tranche).
Machine Inventory Initial $3K
[#22] Initial benign replacement consoles and spare hardware stock for interceptions/swap operations.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Staff Wages $610K/yr
[#3, #15, #23, #27] Salaries for 24/7 surveillance techs & supervisor, research scientist + lab tech time, community/gaming analyst(s), and administrative/project staff (primary recurring wage driver).
Field Ops $160K/yr
[#10] Recurring cost for regular covert field visits, travel, vehicles and per-diems (includes assigned field agent costs as an operational bundle).
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#12, #20] Recurring legal/counter-intel operations plus crisis PR / takedown retainer and rapid-response ops.
Financial Monitoring $100K/yr
[#7] Analyst time and data feeds/subscription costs for bank/credit/crypto monitoring and darknet surveillance.
Contingency Reserve $75K/yr
[#26] Annual risk contingency/reserve to handle investigations, fines or clandestine mitigation (recommended fund).
Cybersecurity $40K/yr
[#21] Ongoing security operations, audits, VPNs and encryption to protect monitoring infrastructure.
Ml Compute $36K/yr
[#6] Cloud/compute and maintenance for continuous scraping and ML inference (~$1k–5k/mo equivalent).
Research And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#6, #15, #30] Ongoing research program support (small equipment, data labeling, model updates) supporting ML development and scientific study; ties to the consolidated annual snapshot guidance.
Black Ops Budget $30K/yr
[#28] Flexible petty fund for takedowns, paid-for streaming mitigation, influencer payments and quick disinformation actions.
Forensic Analysis $25K/yr
[#14] Per-device mass spectrometry, microCT and lab analysis fees (example scale: 5devices/yr).
Travel And Incidentals $15K/yr
[#25] Rapid-response travel, outside lab visits, and incidentals.
Video Storage $12K/yr
[#2] Encrypted video storage, bandwidth, backups, off-site replication, software licenses and periodic camera maintenance.
Facilities Maintenance $10K/yr
[#17] Annual operating cost for secure storage/locker room and related facility maintenance.
Social Engineering Recurring $10K/yr
[#11] Ongoing payments, stipends, or incentives to cooperating parents/handlers to maintain cover and avoid public exposures.
Training And Compliance $10K/yr
[#24] Periodic refresher training, child-protection compliance and recertification.
Long Term Archival $6K/yr
[#29] Cold archival storage for recordings and device analyses per retention policy.
Network Monitoring Ops $5K/yr
[#5] Ongoing ops/updates for covert home network/endpoint monitoring and maintenance of capture appliances.
Logistics And Transport $3K/yr
[#13] Per-device secure pickup, shipping, quarantine handling (example scale: ~5 devices/yr).
Medical Monitoring $3K/yr
[#9] Periodic medical checks, tag maintenance, and minor medical care to avoid discovery of PIT tag.
Destruction Disposition $2K/yr
[#18] Per-device secure destruction/wiping/disposition costs at modest scale.
Machine Inventory Recurring $2K/yr
[#22] Replacement controllers, batteries and spare consoles replacement budget.
Gps Trackers Subscription $500/yr
[#4] Recurring telemetry subscription and periodic replacement allowance for covert vehicle PIT/GPS trackers.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Contingency Full Acquisition Annual $0/yr
[#19] Annual cost for full juvenile containment care if activated; set to 0 here as this is a contingency event (costs accounted for in scenario).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with Audubon in-situ monitoring and no major public exposure or acquisition.
no public viral event no full-acquisition required
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Public attention spike or partial exposure requiring emergency PR, additional field ops and extended forensic effort.
viral stream or social media attention local reporting or partial leak
🚨 Full Acquisition $1.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Audubon Protocol suspended due to SCP awareness; Foundation performs full juvenile acquisition and low-threat containment buildout.
SCP-4163 becomes aware Amber Alert risk or parental disclosure forces extraction
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Surveillance Technician / Analyst 3 [#3] 24/7 live-feed monitoring staffing (three-shift coverage).
Surveillance Supervisor 1 [#3] Shift supervisor for surveillance team.
Research Scientist 1 [#15] 0.5–1.0 FTE cognitive/IT researcher allocated to study mechanism (rounded to 1 FTE equivalent counted here).
Lab Technician 1 [#15] Technical support for device analysis and sample prep.
Community/Gaming Analyst 1 [#23] Monitoring of gaming communities, streamers and esports for public demonstrations.
Administrative Staff / Project Lead 1 [#27] Project management, records, access control and administrative overhead.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates derived from analyst-provided ranges and SCP containment guidance; many items (legal/black-ops, PIT/medical cover, probability of exposure) are inherently uncertain and range widely, producing medium confidence.
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