SCP-4767 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4767
Expected annual
$38.2M
One-time setup
$32.9M
Annual recurring
$34.5M
Personnel
18
Initial capital expenditures are approximately $32.85M for facility purchase/renovation, imaging equipment, secure compute and contingency planning. Annual operating costs are approximately $34.49M, driven primarily by personnel wages, global monitoring/suppression/legal operations, and sustained research/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $32.9M
Contingency Strategy Development $10.0M
[#23] One-time development of backup/secondary containment strategies, planning and initial capability design for large-scale memetic campaigns or targeted responses.
Facilities $9.8M
[#1, #2] Secure oneiric containment & research facility build/renovation including structural modifications for an fMRI suite, Faraday/shielding, biometric access and OPSEC-controlled areas.
Equipment $5.0M
[#2, #3, #16, #19] Purchase of major hardware: fMRI scanner, polysomnography/EEG rigs (10-bed capability), secure communications hardware, and field/liaison stimulus devices.
Incident Response Seed Fund $5.0M
[#18] One-time seed fund for rapid-response cash, emergency amnestics, immediate PR control and emergency takedowns.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.9M
[#4, #6, #7, #8, #20] Secure data servers/air-gapped backups and AI pipeline, initial oneiric training program buildout, pharmacy setup, amnestic/memetic R&D and archival mapping project development.
Disinformation One Time $1.1M
[#12] One-time content creation and testing costs for disinformation/dream-feeding campaigns (fake datasets, controlled studies, audio/app content).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $34.5M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $13.6M/yr
[#11, #12, #17, #27] Covert legal/administrative suppression, influence operations, ongoing disinformation campaign operations, retainers for legal counsel, cover corporations and front organizations, and public-facing grant expenditures used as cover.
Research And Monitoring $7.2M/yr
[#4, #6, #9, #10, #14, #15, #20, #21, #24] Hosting/AI model maintenance, ongoing training/certification, psychiatric care and long-term monitoring, global dream-research monitoring unit, theoretical research grants (baseline exploratory), cross-disciplinary scholarship/archival research, archival curation and memetic-safety compliance and internal ethics/oversight.
Logistics And Transport $5.8M/yr
[#13, #22] Recruitment/compensation/housing/transport of inpatient subject cohorts and international liaison, travel, safehouses and asset placement costs.
Staff Wages $4.2M/yr
[#5] MTF Omicron Rho operational team salaries, hazard/oneiric premiums, benefits, travel and mission allowances (assumes mid-range 12–24 personnel staffing model).
Incident Response Replenishment $2.0M/yr
[#18] Annual replenishment allowance for the incident response contingency fund (replenish spent emergency amnestics, PR budgets, takedown costs).
Supplies And Consumables $1.2M/yr
[#2, #3, #7, #8, #16, #19, #25] fMRI maintenance/calibration and cryogen costs, EEG consumables and calibration, drug supply replenishment, amnestic replenishment, secure-comms service fees, field-equipment consumables, and general facility consumables/utilities.
Facilities Maintenance $300K/yr
[#25] Building upkeep, insurance, janitorial and structural maintenance for the containment/research facility.
Personnel Vetting And Counterintelligence $238K/yr
[#26] Background checks, clearances, polygraphs and counterintelligence monitoring for staff working on SCP-4767.
Backup Campaign Execution $0/yr
[#23] Recurring execution cost for broad backup containment campaigns; set to 0 in baseline as execution only occurs if escalation triggers (#23).
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $34.5M/yr
84.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with sustained containment, research, monitoring, and routine operations.
no_major_incidents steady_research_progress
🚨 Minor Incident $36.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized exposure or researcher protocol breach requiring emergency amnestic deployment, PR control and targeted takedown.
partial_exposure researcher_breach localized_memetic_spread
🚨 Major Breach $134.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$100.0M vs baseline
Widespread public exposure or large-scale memetic dissemination requiring mass amnestic campaigns, major PR/containment operations and international coordination.
widespread_public_exposure mass_cognitive_harm discovery_by_major_institution
🚨 Research Moonshot $84.5M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Leadership elects an aggressive, large-scale research program to attempt to exploit DSU for high-value results, dramatically increasing yearly spend.
evidence_of_actionable_DS_U promising_partial_results executive_decision_to_scale
👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#5] Core lucid-dream-trained operatives responsible for in-dream missions, tactical containment and field operations; included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer 3 [#5, #7] Medics providing on-site medical oversight, pharmacological protocol administration, and emergency response; included in staff_wages.
Psychologist / Oneiric Specialist 3 [#5, #6, #21] Psych specialists for subject care, oneiric training/certification and memetic-safety compliance; included in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and clear operational drivers, but major uncertainties remain about DSU's potential for actionable results and the scale of suppression or escalation required, producing only medium confidence in point estimates.
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