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SCP-4363 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4363
Expected annual
$7.9M
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$7.7M
Personnel
33
Initial one-time containment and systems deployment are moderate (~$1.35M) while ongoing containment requires substantial recurring spending (~$7.74M/yr). Major drivers are dedicated MTF staffing, medical life-support/staffing, continuous web-monitoring/takedown operations, and research programs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M
Software Development $400K
[#6] One-time development of the I/O-INSOMNIAC web-monitoring bot and ML classifiers.
Facilities $350K
[#1, #3] Safe-class locker installation/certification and construction of a secure playback/testing chamber (acoustic/memetic baffling).
Equipment $328K
[#2, #4, #5, #9, #20] Initial archival preservation hardware (#2), isolated playback equipment (#4), air-gapped archiving hardware/write-blockers (#5), MTF fleet/equipment one-time purchase (#9), forensic audio licenses one-time (#20).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $225K
[#13] One-time setup of EEG/sleep-lab and related acquisition hardware and workstations.
Training Development $30K
[#18] One-time development of memetic/containment training modules and materials.
Backup Containment $20K
[#22] One-time cost to create geographically redundant sealed vault copy(ies) for contingency/redundancy.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.7M/yr
Staff Wages $2.9M/yr
[#8, #12, #14, #20] Salaries/benefits for MTF Omega-31 operatives (~12), medical nursing/physician staffing for on-site life-support, research staff partial wages, and forensic/audio analyst salaries.
Contingency Fund $1.2M/yr
[#23] Liquid emergency/reserve fund for surge response to widespread exposure or large-scale operations.
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#13, #14, #15] Ongoing research program budgets and lab consumables (remainder of research program beyond salaries) (#14), experimental trial costs (#15), and recurring EEG/facility analysis costs (#13).
Cover Story And Legal $700K/yr
[#19, #16] Legal/PR operations, settlement/compensation budgeting (#19) and amnestics/psychological aftercare for recovered civilians (#16).
Supplies And Consumables $325K/yr
[#11, #21, #30] Medical consumables/ICU consumables per patient (#11), evidence destruction/disposal budget (#21), and miscellaneous PPE/filters/consumables/overhead (#30).
Long Term Indefinite Care $250K/yr
[#17] Budget line for a single permanently trapped individual receiving indefinite ICU/ventilator-level maintenance (per-person annual cost).
Io Insomniac Operations $225K/yr
[#6] Ongoing operations cost for I/O-INSOMNIAC: servers, proxies, analysts, and classification pipelines (ops portion).
Cyber Takedown Team $200K/yr
[#7] Annual retainer and operation budget for cyber takedown/digital remediation team; per-incident surges handled via scenarios/contingency.
Procurement Media Buyouts $150K/yr
[#25] Covert purchases, reimbursements, and goodwill payments to remove or suppress copies from marketplaces and users.
Facilities Maintenance $146K/yr
[#2, #9, #27, #5] Ongoing archival climate maintenance and monitoring (#2), vehicle/equipment maintenance and fuel (#9), energy costs for containment/life-support (#27), and small recurring maintenance for air-gapped archive (#5).
Insurance And Audit $125K/yr
[#28] Internal insurance-equivalent reserves and periodic compliance/external audits.
Psychological Screening Program $100K/yr
[#26] Ongoing psychological screening, counseling, turnover and replacement costs for high-risk staff.
Cloud And Data Center $60K/yr
[#24] Cloud storage, encrypted backups, model training and secure logs retention.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#10] Secure chain-of-custody transport, certified couriers, insured transport and quarantine for seized media.
Public Health Coordination $50K/yr
[#29] Coordination costs with external hospitals, law enforcement, ISPs and international partners.
Training Delivery $20K/yr
[#18] Annual delivery/refreshers for memetic hazard and containment training.
Backup Storage $2K/yr
[#22] Recurring storage costs for redundant vault copies.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.7M/yr
78.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady containment operations and no major incidents.
steady_operations routine_takedowns ongoing_research
🚨 Minor Incident $8.2M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Localized spread or several civilian exposures requiring multiple MTF deployments, takedowns, and legal settlements.
localized_online_spread multiple_seizures legal_settlements
🚨 Major Breach $11.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$4.0M vs baseline
Widespread viral dispersion (online or physical) leading to mass exposures, multiple permanent cases and international response.
viral_online_spread multiple_permanent_cases international_exposure
👥 Personnel 33 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#8] Dedicated MTF Omega-31 operatives for seizures, surveillance and field operations.
Research Scientist 6 [#14] Neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, memetic experts involved in ongoing research program.
Technician / Lab Tech 4 [#13, #15] EEG/sleep lab technicians and trial support staff.
Medical Nurse (ICU) 3 [#11, #12] Dedicated neurology/ICU nursing FTEs (3 FTEs per patient as noted).
Medical Physician / Intensivist 1 [#12] Prorated attending/intensivist oversight for site load.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#9, #27] Facilities, vehicle and systems maintenance staff.
Forensic Analyst / Audio Specialist 1 [#20] Forensic audio analysts for signal-cleaning, attribution and takedown support.
Software Engineer / Data Scientist 2 [#6] Developers and data scientists to build and operate I/O-INSOMNIAC and ML classifiers.
Administrative Staff 2 [#8, #19] Administrative and coordination staff for MTF and legal/PR liaison.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates follow analyst line items and use midpoints for ranges where necessary; several items (research scale, number of patients, contingency drawdowns) are uncertain, so totals are approximate.
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