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SCP-4636 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-4636
Expected annual
$4.1M
One-time setup
$8.1M
Annual recurring
$4.0M
Personnel
7
One-time setup costs are approximately $8.08M driven by contingency and catastrophic-response planning plus facility/equipment buildout; recurring annual costs about $3.98M driven primarily by research staff wages (including hazard pay and single-person documentation uplift), medical support, infosec maintenance, and institutional overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.1M
Catastrophic Planning $5.5M
[#25] Incident-level catastrophic containment planning and initial staging (planning and capital staging for mass remediation).
Contingency Fund Establishment $1.1M
[#23] Establishment of a contingency/indemnity fund set-aside for unexpected liabilities and cover-up costs.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $642K
[#12, #13] Custom 2dgs infosec protocol development and formal verification initial development (#12) and secure archival / redundancy setup (sealed vaults, Shamir-split keys) (#13).
Facilities $450K
[#1] Retrofit of a secure containment chamber with airlock, Faraday shielding, tamper alarms, evidence locker and related construction.
Equipment $295K
[#2, #3, #4] Air-gapped server hardware and write-once archival systems (#2), cognitohazard-safe access terminals/viewers (#3), secure camera/monitoring compliant with infosec (#4).
Emergency Response Stockpile $62K
[#14] One-time emergency response stockpile: amnestic stock, mobile containment kits, initial mobile kit procurement.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.0M/yr
Staff Wages $2.0M/yr
[#5, #6, #11] Dedicated multidisciplinary research team salaries (#5), single-person documentation staffing inefficiency uplift (#6), and hazard pay/retention premiums (#11).
Opportunity Cost Overhead $600K/yr
[#24] Institutional overhead attribution (administration, HR, site management) approximated as 20–40% of direct personnel & facility costs.
Cover Story And Legal $275K/yr
[#16] Legal, cover story maintenance, FOIA responses, counterintelligence and cover budgets.
Medical Staffing $225K/yr
[#8] On-site medic(s), clinic overhead, and access to ICU capability for amnestic administration and adverse reactions.
Custom Infosec Maintenance $125K/yr
[#12] Ongoing maintenance, updates and QA for the 2dgs enforcement software, penetration testing and security reviews.
It Incident Response $115K/yr
[#22] Specialized infosec contractors for hardening systems against covert exfiltration and incident response.
Insurance And Replenish $100K/yr
[#23] Annual replenishment/interest/administration costs associated with the contingency/indemnity fund.
Psychological Care $92K/yr
[#9] Ongoing counseling, monitoring and mandatory mental-health screenings for affected staff.
Logistics And Transport $85K/yr
[#17] Secure transportation and courier services for classified physical/digital media, tamper-evident containers and discreet transfers.
Forensic Auditing $85K/yr
[#15] Regular internal/external audits, red-team testing and compliance audits for single-person documentation and memory-erasure procedures.
Recruitment And Vetting $70K/yr
[#10] Deep background checks, polygraphs, compartmentalized onboarding and clearance processing for new hires.
Emergency Readiness $60K/yr
[#14] Annual readiness, rotation of emergency stockpile, and mobile kit readiness costs.
Amnestic Treatments $43K/yr
[#7] Per-recruit amnestic treatments, medical supervision and occasional retreatments/complications (4–8 recruits/year assumed).
Training And Exercises $35K/yr
[#20] Regular staff training, tabletop exercises, and emergency amnestic drills.
Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr
[#1, #18] Annual maintenance and inspections of containment room and environmental systems; includes power/HVAC operational costs (#18) aggregated with facility upkeep (#1).
Documentation Redundancy $18K/yr
[#21] Costs to preserve documentation under single-custodian rules: sealed copies, notarization, periodic integrity checks.
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#19] Consumables: disposable amnestic syringes, PPE, medical disposables, media, and routine containment disposables.
Archival Maintenance $11K/yr
[#13] Periodic integrity checks and maintenance for secure archival and redundancy systems.
Research And Monitoring $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.0M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Routine year with no major incidents; standard operations, scheduled audits and maintenance only.
no_incident standard_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $4.2M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized procedural breach or small memetic exposure affecting a few staff requiring targeted remediation.
localized_breach targeted_amnestics focused_legal_response
🚨 Major Breach $6.0M/yr
1.5% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or wider memetic dissemination requiring mass remediation, large amnestic campaign and expanded emergency operations.
significant_memetic_leak multiple_staff_exposed publicity_control_needed
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $16.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$12.0M vs baseline
Wide public exposure requiring full-scale remediation, mass amnestics, prolonged operations and major contingency fund utilization.
wide_public_exposure mass_remediation_campaign national_security_response
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Memetics Specialist 3 Core memetics/cognitive researchers drawn from the dedicated SCP-4636 team (part of recurring staff wages [#5]).
Infosec Engineer 2 Dedicated infosec engineers to maintain 2dgs enforcement, air-gapped systems and incident response (covered in staff wages and infosec maintenance [#5,#12]).
Research Lead / Senior Scientist 1 Senior scientist / team lead responsible for oversight and single-custodian documentation assignments (included in staff wages [#5]).
Site Medical Officer 1 On-site medical staff for administering amnestics and emergency care (covered in medical staffing recurring cost [#8]).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges and assumptions about a memetic/infohazard with significant unknowns (propagation, required staff levels, and potential for wide exposure); many line items have wide ranges and scenario-dependent costs, so overall confidence is low.
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