SCP-5362 — SCP-5362 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5362 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-5362

Expected annual

$12.6M

One-time setup

$19.4M

Annual recurring

$12.1M

Personnel

Initial setup costs are dominated by research/lab buildout and contingency reserves (~$19.4M one-time); annual operating costs (~$12.1M/yr) are driven by staff wages, amnestic treatments, long-term medical care, and monitoring/response operations.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $19.4M

Contingency Escalation Reserve $10.0M

[#25] Large one-time contingency for BSL upgrades, mass amnestic manufacturing, site expansion or major escalation scenarios.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.1M

[#6, #10, #19] Amnestic research & Class-F production capacity, forensic/BSL lab capital (EM/mass spec/time), and budgeted red-team/controlled intercept trial series.

Emergency Legal Reserve $2.5M

[#21] One-time retained contingency fund for lawsuits, whistleblower payouts, urgent legal responses and rapid defenses.

Equipment $1.9M

[#1, #9, #11, #20, #24] Web-crawler development/hardware, tactical interception gear, initial biohazard storage hardware, IT/air-gapped SAN & PKI, digitization scanners/hardware.

Transportation Fleet Acquisition $1.1M

[#22] Initial fleet/charter contracts for rapid extraction (vehicles, potential helicopter/boat access for remote retrievals).

Facilities $688K

[#4, #7] Containment Locker B retrofit and dedicated secure clinical unit setup (opaque containment, climate control, tamper sensors, secure hospital suite buildout).

Artifact Initial Seizure Fund $100K

[#3] Seed fund for immediate purchases/compensation during early seizures; per-item costs otherwise handled from recurring seizure pool.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $12.1M/yr

Staff Wages $4.5M/yr

[#5, #8] Salaries for Site-301 archival & memetic safety staff and expanded MTF Pi-1 coverage (36 operators) and core clinical/research staff.

Medical Long Term Care $1.5M/yr

[#12] Ongoing long-term care, prosthetics, reconstructive and palliative services for victims (multi-month to lifetime costs averaged).

Amnestic Treatment Costs $1.0M/yr

[#6] Ongoing per-treatment costs for Class-F amnestic therapy (production, delivery, QA, counseling) averaged annually.

Records Purge And Reidentification $800K/yr

[#30] Ongoing costs for Class-F amnestic sessions on civilians/staff, follow-ups, housing and re-identification programs.

Research And Monitoring $687K/yr

[#1, #10, #16, #27] Web-crawler hosting/analyst contractor costs, forensic operating consumables, archive access/translation subscriptions, and media/folk-signal monitoring tools.

Administrative Overhead $600K/yr

[#26] Program director, procurement, bookkeeping, audits and interdepartmental coordination costs.

Subject Monitoring Program $500K/yr

[#14] Wearable EEG/REM-monitoring devices, secure telemetry, safehouse staffing and daily monitoring for at-risk subjects.

Biohazard Disposal And Storage $360K/yr

[#11] Recurring storage, certified disposal, autoclave/incineration contracts and regulated waste handling.

Facilities Maintenance $350K/yr

[#4, #7] Maintenance/power for containment lockers, secure storage climate control, and site-level facility upkeep.

Mtf Training And Equipment $350K/yr

[#8] Training, rotation, specialized memetic/interception equipment and replenishment for MTF Pi-1.

Clinical Facility Operations $300K/yr

[#7] Operational costs for secure clinical suites, monitoring equipment, and ICU backup readiness.

Logistics And Transport $225K/yr

[#22, #3] Annual operating costs for fleet access/charters, fuel, couriers and routine rapid-extraction logistics.

Cover Story And Legal $160K/yr

[#2, #17] Baseline takedown/legal operations and PR/cover-story creation budget for incident-level misinformation and settlements.

Artifact Seizure Pool $125K/yr

[#3] Recurring pool for purchasing/compensating private owners, museum replacements and provenance negotiations.

Tactical Upkeep $125K/yr

[#9] Upkeep/maintenance/consumables for armored vehicles, drones, NV/Thermal gear and non-lethal devices.

International Liaison $105K/yr

[#18] Diplomatic/liaison efforts with foreign institutions, visas, foreign counsel and small covert payments.

Mortuary And Forensic Costs $100K/yr

[#13] Autopsy, secure transport of remains, cremation/burial under cover stories and family compensation where needed.

Training And Memetic Safety $100K/yr

[#15] Annual memetic-safety education, tabletop drills, simulation exercises and per-trainee costs.

Staff Psych Support $100K/yr

[#23] Counseling, memetic debriefing and reintegration support to prevent attrition and PTSD among exposed staff.

It Security Maintenance $60K/yr

[#20] Maintenance for air-gapped servers, encrypted backups, PKI upkeep and physical vault maintenance.

Range Training And Maintenance $55K/yr

[#29] Marksmanship/non-lethal protocol range fees, maintenance and consumables.

Supplies And Consumables $40K/yr

[#28] PPE, sterilization supplies, batteries, sedatives and operation-level disposables.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $12.1M/yr

80.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with routine monitoring, seizures, amnestic usage and no major public exposure.

routine detections localized seizures standard amnestic treatments

🚨 Minor Incident $13.2M/yr

18.0% probability / year +$1.1M vs baseline

High-profile depiction goes viral requiring multiple takedowns, several costly seizures, extra amnestic treatments and elevated PR/legal actions.

viral artwork/text high-profile seizure(s) multiple takedown/legal actions

🚨 Major Breach $26.8M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$14.7M vs baseline

Large-scale public exposure or cross-border dissemination forcing mass amnestic campaigns, emergency site upgrades and large legal/medical bills.

mass viral exposure multiple simultaneous victims international incident

👥 Personnel 47 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	36	[#8] Dedicated MTF Pi-1 expansion to continuous 3-shift coverage (12 per shift) — salaries form the bulk of MTF wage line in staff_wages.
Archivist / Memetic Safety Officer	3	[#5] Trained archivists and memetic safety officers for cataloging, safe-handling and access control (salary levels reflected in staff_wages).
Research Scientist	4	[#6, #10, #19] Forensic/biological and amnestic research staff operating labs and trials; headcount aligns to lab operating budget included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer	2	[#7, #12] Clinical staff supporting amnestic therapy and observation; salaries included in staff_wages/clinical operations.
Administrative Staff	2	[#26] Program director/logistics/procurement and bookkeeping functions covered by administrative overhead and staff_wages.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes enumerate many specific line items and ranges, enabling midpoint-based estimates, but many items depend on uncertain event rates (seizure frequency, patient counts, escalation triggers) so totals retain moderate uncertainty.

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