SCP-4220
Euclid
~
medium confidence
SCP-4220
Expected annual
$493.5M
One-time setup
$3.3B
Annual recurring
$453.5M
Personnel
150
Initial capital expenses are dominated by space assets and large contingency reserves; annual operating costs are driven by covert payments, diplomatic staffing, satellite/missions operations, and cyber/PR campaigns, producing multihundred‑million dollar recurring budgets.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $3.3B
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $453.5M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$453.5M/yr
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, diplomacy, covert payment flows and maintenance.
routine_operations
no_major_leaks
stable_international_compliance
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Minor Incident
$503.5M/yr
Localized data leak, stumbling third-party mission, or small disclosure requiring targeted covert response and PR/legal mobilization.
localized_leak
third-party_mission_anomaly
partial_data_release
🚨
Major Breach
$953.5M/yr
Unauthorized excavation/mission or significant public release of anomalous data requiring large emergency operations and legal settlements.
unauthorized_excavation
publication_of_anomalous_data
satellite_detection_of_interior_activity
🚨
Catastrophic Disclosure
$2.5B/yr
Wide-scale public disclosure or political exposure that forces emergency global operations, use of contingency reserves and possible physical mitigation.
global_data_leak
high-profile_media_exposure
failure_of_cover_story
Personnel
150 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 25 | [#18, #19, #24] Planetary scientists and senior researchers for sample analysis, studies and management of diversion grants. |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 20 | [#5, #6, #7, #15] Satellite/ground-station engineers, telescope & comms technicians, and smallsat sustainment staff. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 20 | [#21, #12, #31] Armed guards and response teams for physical facilities, plus personnel available for covert physical interventions if required. |
| Intelligence Officer / Covert Ops | 25 | [#11, #12, #4] Human-intel operatives and covert action officers responsible for sabotage, liaison, and management of covert payments. |
| Cyber Operator / Offensive Cyber | 15 | [#9, #10, #26] Cyber operators who maintain falsification infrastructure, run intrusion/takedown campaigns and manage archived fabrications. |
| Mission Operations / Satellite Ops Technicians | 10 | [#5, #6, #14, #15] Ground mission-ops staff, telemetry/command teams, and smallsat/satellite operators. |
| Legal / Diplomatic Liaison | 8 | [#1, #2, #25] Lawyers and embedded diplomatic staff maintaining treaty work, compliance and legal defense. |
| Administrative Staff | 10 | [#22, #29] Program administrators, finance, HR and exercise coordination staff. |
| Lab Technician / Sample Analysis Staff | 10 | [#18, #19] Lab technicians and support staff for cleanrooms, vacuum chambers and sample handling. |
| PR & Media Operative | 5 | [#23, #3, #24] Media management, seeded articles, conference manipulation and grant outreach staff. |
| Auditor / Compliance Staff | 2 | [#30, #2] Internal auditors and counter-insider operatives monitoring partner agencies and program compliance. |
Confidence Notes
Estimates are grounded in the analyst's line-item ranges but many items (international diplomacy, covert payments, contingency reserves and space-asset procurement) are highly variable; midpoints were used to produce a plausible budget, so uncertainty remains significant.