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SCP-5123 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5123
Expected annual
$1.7M
One-time setup
$2.6M
Annual recurring
$1.6M
Personnel
14
Initial one-time startup and containment provisioning are dominated by broadcast buyout/contracting and engineering/install work; steady-state annual costs are driven by specialized staff (memetics/research/security), legal/cover-story reimbursements, and archival/operational expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.6M
Contingency Escalation Reserve $1.0M
[#24] Reserved funds for worst-case emergency containment escalation (wider buyouts, recalls, emergency measures).
Broadcast Buyout And Contracts $650K
[#1] Legal/contract fees, payments to NBC and carriage distributors, NDAs and rapid negotiations to covertly reroute NBC programming.
Equipment $386K
[#3, #5, #6, #8, #15, #20] Broadcast-engineering implementation, primary capture appliances, secure archival servers/NAS/LTO provisioning (one-time), viewing AV setup, air-gap/hardened workstations setup (one-time), and UPS/generator provisioning.
Legal Contingency Escrow $300K
[#18] One-time contingency reserve/escrow for potential fines, penalties or immediate legal payouts if a carrier reports preemption.
Pr Crisis Package $125K
[#23] One-time PR/crisis package to manage leaks and compensate affiliates/viewer confusion.
Facilities $105K
[#7, #11] Buildout of a secure viewing suite and museum-grade containment for the Joe Carter photo (environmental controls, shielding, decontamination antechamber).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $35K
[#12, #16] One-time forensic analysis and initial lab/SOP creation and initial staff training (forensic dating/handwriting fees and SOP/training development).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr
Staff Wages $960K/yr
[#4, #10, #12, #13, #14] Salaries for broadcast engineers/technical operations, dedicated security team, researchers/historians, memetics research team, and transcription/cataloging staff.
Cover Story And Legal $380K/yr
[#2, #18, #23] Ongoing broadcaster reimbursements, legal retainer/insurance, and PR retainer to maintain the cover story and handle regulatory exposure.
D Class Per Episode Costs $104K/yr
[#9] Recruitment/transport, medical screening, guarded transport, debriefing and disposition for D-Class per weekly airing (52 episodes/year).
Incident Response And Medical Monitoring $62K/yr
[#17] Medical monitoring of viewers post-exposure, on-call medical staff during viewings, and incident-response fund.
Research And Monitoring $25K/yr
[#12, #13] Operational research budgets, memetic testing materials, contract analysis and non-salary research expenses.
Cybersecurity And Audits $20K/yr
[#15] Periodic security audits, incident response tools, and maintenance of air-gap procedures.
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#19] Secure transport for archived media, D-Class transfers, armored courier costs and travel to production sites.
Long Term Archival Preservation $15K/yr
[#22] Periodic media migration, integrity checks, and preservation/migration amortization.
Training And Drills $12K/yr
[#16] Recurring refresher training, memetic-safety drills and SOP refresher sessions.
Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr
[#20, #7, #11] HVAC, environmental controls, vault monitoring, and minor maintenance for viewing suite and photo containment.
Secure Archival Storage $8K/yr
[#6] Offsite vaulting, tape/cloud cold storage costs, replacement media and admin for archives.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#8, #21] Consumable AV media (blank LTO tapes, replacement drives), batteries, PPE, medical disposables and general consumables.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Routine year with weekly secure recordings, standard staff operations, and no public incidents.
no leaks no escalation normal weekly airings
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized leak or small public exposure requiring crisis PR, additional legal defense, and temporary surge staffing.
small leak affiliate complaint local PR spike
🚨 Major Escalation $3.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant memetic propagation or public revelation forcing emergency containment measures, large buyouts/reimbursements, and major legal settlements.
memetic spread nationwide exposure regulatory/legal action
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Memetics Researcher 4 [#13] Dedicated memetics/anomalous-media research team to analyze iterations, run tests, and develop protocols.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#10] Small dedicated security team to escort D-Class, secure archive and provide 24/7 vault protection.
Broadcast Engineer / Technician 2 [#3, #4] Technical operations staff to monitor feeds, implement routing, and respond to anomaly airings (1–2 FTE).
Researcher / Historian / Analyst 1 [#12] Forensic/historical research, provenance work and FOIA/archive requests.
Transcription / Cataloging Technician 2 [#14] Transcription, timecoding, indexing and database maintenance (mix of automated ASR verification and human review).
Medical Officer / On-call Medic 1 [#17] Medical monitoring, pre/post-exposure screening and on-call support during viewings.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst ranges are detailed and many line items are well-bounded, but large uncertainty exists around broadcast buyout scale, escalation reserve usage, and how often adverse incidents occur; medium confidence in steady-state recurring estimate, lower confidence for high-end contingency sizing.
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