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SCP-4534 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4534
Expected annual
$3.3M
One-time setup
$1.2M
Annual recurring
$3.2M
Personnel
18
One-time setup ~ $1.21M for containment, redundancy, transport and IT; recurring operations driven by staffed surveillance, security, research, legal/cover-up and admin overhead totalling ~ $3.21M/year.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.2M
Facilities $389K
[#1, #3, #21] Safe-class containment cell retrofit/construction (~$250k mid), archival climate-control install (~$14k mid), and secondary cache/duplication facility setup (~$125k mid).
Investigation One Time $300K
[#15] One-off large investigative pushes (warrants, cross-jurisdiction operations, informants) estimated in the $100k–$500k range; mid-case reserve selected.
Contingency Reserve One Time $250K
[#23] Seed contingency/catastrophic reserve (minimum recommended reserve held up-front).
Equipment $204K
[#2, #5, #12, #13, #14, #19] Archival cabinets and storage ($6,500 mid), high-quality printers/scanners ($7,500 mid), vehicle purchases (secure van + sedan ~$120,000 mid), server/encryption hardware (~$17,500 mid), industrial shredder ($5,000), and covert communications/procurement (~$47,500 mid).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $42K
[#11, #18] Controlled experiment rigging/gloveboxes/camera rigs and safety equipment (~$25k mid) plus initial SOP creation and staff training one-time costs (~$17.5k mid).
Medical Emergency Kit $25K
[#17] One-time emergency/medical kit, quarantine outfitting and stock of initial amnestic/medical supplies (~$25k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.5M/yr
[#8, #9, #10] Field surveillance team (9 agents * ~$90k fully-loaded = $810k mid), containment security (6 guards * ~$60k = $360k), research staff (3 researchers * ~$120k = $360k).
Administrative Overhead $877K/yr
[#22] Institutional overhead (HR, payroll, accounting, site overhead) applied at ~37.5% of direct recurring operational & personnel costs per guidance.
Cover Story And Legal $450K/yr
[#15, #16] Ongoing legal/law-enforcement liaison and investigative expenses (~$150k mid) plus baseline cover-up/public relations/amnestics budget (~$300k mid).
Logistics And Transport $105K/yr
[#12, #20] Vehicle maintenance/fuel/insurance for secure transport (~$17,500 mid) and public-place sweep/mitigation standby operations (~$87,500 mid annual standby).
Medical And Emergency Fund $88K/yr
[#17] Recurring on-call medical support, counseling, quarantine readiness and replenishment of emergency meds/amnestics (~$87,500 mid).
Contingency Reserve Annual $50K/yr
[#23] Annual contribution to contingency/catastrophic reserve for rapid scaling of response (~$50k/year).
Supplies And Consumables $33K/yr
[#6, #10, #11] Printing consumables and disposable handling supplies (~$3,000 mid), lab consumables for researchers (~$25,000), and experiment consumables (~$5,000/year).
Research And Monitoring $33K/yr
[#7, #10] Daily compatible photograph production/processing (purchase/field capture/editing/printing ≈ $11k–$55k; ~$33k mid) and ongoing monitoring/testing coordination by research staff.
Facilities Maintenance $24K/yr
[#4, #13, #14, #21] HVAC energy/maintenance for archival environment (~$3,250 mid), hosting/backups/IT maintenance (~$6,500 mid), contracted evidence destruction maintenance (~$2,000 mid), and secondary cache maintenance (~$12,500 mid).
Communications Replacements $12K/yr
[#19] Recurring replacements and consumables for covert comms, batteries, burner phones, PPE replacements (~$12,500 mid).
Training Refreshers $12K/yr
[#18] Periodic refresher training, SOP updates and drills (~$12,500 mid).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.2M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, containment and research activity only.
no public exposure no major abduction events standard daily photograph replacement
🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Isolated instance removal or localized exposure requiring sweeps, limited amnestic work, targeted legal action and additional overtime.
single-instance discovered in public small-scale sweep/confiscation targeted amnestic/cover-up
🚨 Major Exposure $6.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Large public exposure or mass abductions requiring multi-site response, mass amnestic operations, legal settlements and rapid facility scaling.
widespread public dissemination mass creation of new instances legal/political exposure requiring heavy cover-up
👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
Field Agent / MTF Agent 9 Undercover surveillance and monitoring of SCP-4534-A persons (6–12 recommended; mid = 9).
Security Officer / Guard 6 24/7 guarding of safe-class containment (minimum two per shift across three shifts = 6).
Research Scientist 3 Photographic/memetics researchers and analysts (2–4 recommended; mid = 3).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges for most costs so estimates are anchored, but many items have wide ranges (e.g., investigative/cover-up, contingency needs, number of field agents) and scenario frequencies are uncertain, yielding medium confidence.
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