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SCP-4988 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-4988
Expected annual
$2.5M
One-time setup
$1.8M
Annual recurring
$2.5M
Personnel
33
Upfront one-time capital and setup costs are roughly $1.8M driven by facility acquisition/renovation, containment tanks, power and initial equipment; recurring annual costs are roughly $2.48M dominated by payroll for front-company operations and containment/medical staff plus telecom, generator fuel and legal/cover-story expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.8M
Facilities $950K
[#1, #2, #3, #4] Facility acquisition/seizure, renovation and tank containment construction, HVAC installation (dedicated tank-room environmental control) and emergency generator plant installation (four generators, ATS, bunded fuel).
Contingency Emergency Decommissioning $300K
[#26] One-time reserve for emergency extraction, forced euthanasia, covert relocation or specialized destruction logistics.
Front Company Setup $150K
[#19] Legal/corporate setup costs to establish Sheppard Security (registration, legal counsel, bank accounts, initial seed funding).
Vehicle Fleet $150K
[#21] Initial purchase/lease of installation vans and tools for field technicians.
Equipment $120K
[#6, #8, #11, #17] UPS/power-conditioning hardware purchase, hardened PBX and call/forensics hardware, CCTV/surveillance hardware install, and initial secure data storage hardware.
Maintenance Stockpile Initial $50K
[#16] Initial spare parts and emergency replacement stockpile (pumps, seals, wiring, spare headpiece components).
Regulatory Fine Reserve $50K
[#32] One-time miscellaneous/unforeseen regulatory fines and legal-defense reserve.
Telephony Setup $2K
[#7] Vanity toll-free number acquisition and initial international termination/SIP trunk setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.5M/yr
Staff Wages $1.4M/yr
[#9, #10, #12, #13, #20, #30] On-site security guards, armed rapid-response/specialist containment team, on-site research/technical monitoring staff, medical staffing and front-company (Sheppard Security) payroll plus project management/accounting overhead.
Cover Story And Legal $414K/yr
[#7, #22, #24, #28, #29] Monthly telephony trunk/termination charges, marketing budget to supplant Restwynn, ethics oversight/local permits/legal compliance retainers, local liaison/payments, and public-relations/cover-story management.
Facilities Maintenance $170K/yr
[#3, #5, #6, #11, #16, #27] HVAC operation and maintenance, generator fuel and scheduled servicing, UPS battery replacement/maintenance, CCTV/monitoring maintenance, ongoing replenishment of spare parts, and amortized lifecycle replacement/major overhaul budgeting.
Logistics And Transport $160K/yr
[#21, #25] Vehicle operating costs (fuel, maintenance, insurance for field crews) and travel/lodging for HQ liaison and specialist deployments.
Amnestics $100K/yr
[#23] Budgeted annual allowance for targeted amnestic treatments on staff or local witnesses (usage-based contingency).
Cybersecurity $80K/yr
[#18] Ongoing IDS/IPS, red-team assessments and network segmentation to protect SCP-4988-2 data.
Research And Monitoring $65K/yr
[#31, #17] Small-scale experimental program budget and recurring secure data storage/forensics audits and cold-storage maintenance.
Supplies And Consumables $45K/yr
[#14, #15] Ongoing Class B nutritional replacement supplies, tubing/filters/connectors and biomedical/hazardous waste removal and disposal contracts.
Telecom Operations $12K/yr
[#8] PBX hosting/maintenance and secure VOIP hosting/maintenance contracts.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.5M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations and no major incidents.
normal operations routine maintenance regular payroll and telecom usage
🚨 Minor Incident $2.6M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Local equipment failure or small security incident requiring emergency repairs, overtime and limited amnestic use.
localized equipment failure small containment breach limited amnestic administrations
🚨 Major Breach $3.5M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or compromise requiring site rebuild, major emergency extraction and broad amnestic/PR response.
major containment failure forced decommissioning large-scale amnestic deployment
🚨 Political Exposure $4.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Public exposure or prosecution risk requiring aggressive PR, legal settlement, large amnestic operations and potential relocation.
media/political exposure local government investigation mass witness remediation
👥 Personnel 33 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 On-site perimeter and entrance security, 24/7 shifts; corresponds to #9.
Armed Rapid Response / Specialist Containment Team 4 Dedicated quick-reaction team for breaches/medical emergencies; corresponds to #10.
Research Scientist 2 Research lead(s) to monitor SCP-4988-1 and experiments; corresponds to #12.
Technician / Lab Technician 2 Technical monitoring, headpiece maintenance and routine operations; corresponds to #12.
Medical Officer 2 On-call physician and critical-care nurse for monitoring and interventions; corresponds to #13.
Field Technician / Front-Company Staff 12 Sheppard Security operational staff (sales reps, dispatch, installation crews); corresponds to #20 and #21.
Administrative Staff / Project Management / Accounting 3 Project management, accounting, procurement and compliance staff; corresponds to #30.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 Engineers for generators, HVAC, UPS and facilities maintenance; corresponds to #4, #3, #6.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items have bounded ranges and specific local factors (Kolkata utility reliability, local wages) are known, giving reasonable estimates; however large-contingency items (amnestics, emergency decommissioning, marketing aggressiveness) have high uncertainty which reduces overall confidence to medium.
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