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SCP-4484 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4484
Expected annual
$3.4M
One-time setup
$4.4M
Annual recurring
$3.2M
Personnel
10.5
Initial one-time setup is substantial (~$4.43M) driven by lab build, contingency reserves, vehicles and specialized equipment; ongoing annual operations are estimated at ~$3.245M/yr driven by staff, cyber/research tooling, takedown/legal budgets, and veterinary/kennel costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.4M
Contingency Reserve Fund $2.0M
[#20] International containment contingency / escalation reserve (reserved fund for large-scale operations).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $750K
[#18] Research lab buildout and instrumentation for behavioral and technical testing (behavioral lab, EM test equipment, camera setups).
Equipment $540K
[#3, #11, #12, #21] On-prem servers/NAS hardware, Faraday-lined crates & RF sweepers, animal-handling equipment (traps/nets), and purchase/outfitting of vehicles (vans).
Legal Defense Fund One Time $500K
[#23] One-time legal-defense / settlement reserve for potential high-profile exposure (initial fund build).
Software Development $275K
[#4] Initial development and labeled-data effort for chat analysis, geolocation tooling, ML model labeling and feature engineering.
Amnestic Stock $200K
[#17] Emergency amnestic stock & initial staff training reserve (one-time purchase/training stockpile).
Facilities $150K
[#10, #11] Kennel block retrofit (10–20 runs) and holding-suite structural modifications / secure room conversion (Faraday suite structural work).
Documentation Production $10K
[#25] Produce Junior Researcher manual, procedural documentation, and translated materials (one-time build).
Training And Compliance Setup $5K
[#2] One-time set-up of written protocols, ethics training program materials and initial compliance documentation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr
Staff Wages $950K/yr
[#1, #15] Personnel salaries and benefits: 4junior researchers, 1 senior coordinator, 1 data scientist, 0.5 sysadmin (from note #1) plus covert online operator / moderator team (note #15).
Research And Monitoring $870K/yr
[#3, #4, #5, #6, #19, #18, #24] Cloud egress/archival & compute, ongoing chat-analysis ops, threat-intel subscriptions, cyber-forensics/takedown contingency, forensic log storage/eDiscovery, research lab operational consumables/staff, and training/tabletop exercise costs.
Cover Story And Legal $525K/yr
[#7, #16, #23, #22] Ongoing international legal counsel/warrant work, PR/cover-story coordination with NGOs, data-privacy risk reserve and insurance/permits regulatory costs.
Supplies And Consumables $465K/yr
[#12, #9, #14, #13] Animal-handling consumables and sedatives, veterinary triage & exam fees, microchipping/DNA/toxicology per-animal forensic costs, and long-term behavioral care/secure placement costs.
Facilities Maintenance $240K/yr
[#10, #21, #11] Kennel operating costs (staff, food, meds), vehicles maintenance/fuel, and small recurring maintenance/calibration for RF/Faraday equipment.
Logistics And Transport $150K/yr
[#8] Field response operational budget for ~20 ops/yr (travel, tactical teams, evidence kit consumables, short-term per-operation costs).
Amnestic Refresh And Admin $35K/yr
[#17] Annual amnestic stock refresh and administrative readiness in case emergency administration is required.
Background Checks And Ethics $10K/yr
[#2] Recurring enhanced background checks, psychological screening refreshers, and ethics-compliance training modules for assigned personnel.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr
74.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady monitoring, routine takedowns, scheduled research and operations.
steady stream activity routine field ops and monthly takedowns
🚨 Minor Incident $3.5M/yr
20.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized increase in activity requiring several elevated takedowns, extra legal filings and modest surge in field ops.
single large takedown campaign localized leak requiring PR/legal surge
🚨 Major Breach $4.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
High-profile exposure or legal escalation requiring extended legal defense, larger multi-jurisdiction operations and settlements.
public leak / media exposure multi-jurisdiction litigation
🚨 Widespread Escalation $6.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
SCP demonstrates rapid geographic spread or technical sophistication requiring rapid scale-up (large labs, many field teams, replenished contingency).
rapid international spread systemic technical escalation
👥 Personnel 10.5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Junior Researchers 4 [#1] Junior researchers assigned to stream monitoring and tagging.
Site Research Coordinator / Level 3 1 [#1] Senior coordinator oversight.
Data Scientist / Analyst 1 [#1] Data scientist for chat analysis and tooling oversight.
Sysadmin 0.5 [#1] Part-time sysadmin for infrastructure and ingest.
Covert Online Operator / Moderator 4 [#15] Foundation-controlled accounts and moderation staff (operators).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges and midpoints; many line items have wide ranges (legal, cyber-forensics, contingency), and SCP behavior/scale could materially change costs, so medium confidence is appropriate.
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