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SCP-4313 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4313
Expected annual
$100.1M
One-time setup
$3.7B
Annual recurring
$32.1M
Personnel
30
One-time program setup dominated by probe design/manufacture, launches, spares, and an interstellar Overhead‑ZETA asset (~$3.68B). Recurring annual costs (~$32.1M/year) are driven by staff wages, ground/DSN operations, Overhead‑ZETA operations, coverup/legal/misinformation, and monitoring/research.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.7B
Overhead Zeta Asset $1.0B
[#23] Overhead‑ZETA interstellar-class monitoring probe (one-time build & dispatch).
Probe Design And Manufacture $900.0M
[#1] Deep-space probe design & engineering for six probes (approx. $150M/probe assumed).
Launch Services $720.0M
[#4] Launch vehicle and launch services for six probes (approx. $120M per launch).
Spares Replacement Reserve $500.0M
[#6] Redundancy/spare probes and replacement manufacturing reserve (program-level reserve).
Contingency Reserve $200.0M
[#13] Contingency & crisis-response reserve for emergency replacements, PR, or leaks.
Rtg Acquisition $180.0M
[#3] Radioisotope power sources (RTGs) for six probes (approx. $30M each).
Facilities $61.0M
[#9, #16, #17] Ground-station construction and physical facility buildout (DSN/dedicated antenna) plus clinic/setup and simulation lab physical space.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $53.0M
[#2, #17, #22] Ectoilluminator R&D, simulation/modeling lab setup, and initial specialized materials/shielding development.
Propulsion And Propellant $30.0M
[#5] On-orbit propulsion hardware + propellant for six probes (~$5M each).
Insurance And Regulatory $30.0M
[#18] Launch insurance, RTG compliance, and regulatory costs (program-level).
Coverup Setup $5.0M
[#12] Initial coverup/public-relations/legal setup and coordination with external agencies.
Secure Datacenter $2.0M
[#10] One-time secure datacenter / HPC cluster purchase and air-gap hardware.
Legal Tech Setup $1.0M
[#14] One-time technical/legal setup for data alteration, archival maintenance, and false-history tooling.
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $32.1M/yr
Overhead Zeta Operations $10.0M/yr
[#23] Operations, comms, and extended mission costs for the interstellar Overhead‑ZETA asset.
Staff Wages $6.5M/yr
[#7, #8] Mission operations, flight dynamics, telemetry, and science team salaries (mission-wide recurring payroll).
Supplies And Consumables $2.5M/yr
[#19] Hardware replacements, ground-equipment consumables, spare parts, and consumable replacements due to attrition.
Research And Monitoring $2.3M/yr
[#15, #17] Long-term monitoring of civilian spacecraft and modeling/simulation work (includes simulation recurring costs).
Cover Story And Legal $2.2M/yr
[#12, #14, #21, #24] Ongoing coverup, PR, legal liaison with external agencies, misinformation operations, and secure archival maintenance staffing.
Ground Station Operations $2.0M/yr
[#9] DSN access fees or leased dedicated ground station operational costs (sustained multi-probe comms).
Facilities Maintenance $1.5M/yr
[#9] General facilities and ground‑station maintenance (site upkeep, range fees where applicable).
Medical And Memetic Response $1.5M/yr
[#16] Clinic operations, memetic/medical case management, and therapeutics development follow-up.
Program Management Overhead $1.5M/yr
[#25] Program management, contracting, procurement, and administrative overhead to run the multi-probe long-duration mission.
Cybersecurity $1.0M/yr
[#11] Cybersecurity, insider-threat monitoring, secure comms, and classification protections.
Secure Datacenter Maintenance $500K/yr
[#10] Ongoing secure datacenter/HPC maintenance, power, and backups.
Training And Security Clearances $400K/yr
[#20] Personnel clearances, counterintelligence briefings, and specialized memetic-hazard training.
Specialized Materials Replacement $200K/yr
[#22] Replacement/recurring costs for specialized coatings and shielding materials.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $32.1M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, maintenance, and ongoing coverup/legal work.
routine_operations no_probe_failures no_public_exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $352.1M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$320.0M vs baseline
Loss of a single probe or severe instrument failure requiring emergency replacement launch and expedited coverup operations.
single_probe_loss instrument_destruction limited_public_leak
🚨 Major Breach $1.2B/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.2B vs baseline
Multiple probe losses or significant public exposure requiring multiple emergency launches, major legal/coverup expenditures, and program-scale contingency spending.
multiple_probe_failures large_public_exposure international_scrutiny
👥 Personnel 30 total
Role Count Notes
Mission Operations / Flight Dynamics Engineers 12 [#7] 24/7 telemetry, trajectory planning, anomaly response staff for deep-space ops (included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist 18 [#8] Astronomy, memetics, xenobiology, data analysis, and lab technicians (included in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Budget items for deep-space mission hardware and launches are reasonably well-understood; however the anomalous/metaphysical R&D, RTG licensing, coverup scale, and probe attrition rates are uncertain, producing moderate confidence.
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