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SCP-5702 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5702
Expected annual
$3.7M
One-time setup
$3.0M
Annual recurring
$3.6M
Personnel
9
Initial containment requires significant one-time investments in secure facilities, cyber and covert tooling (~$3.05M). Annual operations are driven by ISP/regulatory liaison, staffing, cyber monitoring, legal/PR, and R&D, totaling roughly $3.6M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.0M
Emergency Response Cache $1.0M
[#18] Emergency response & rapid deployment fund / equipment cache: mobile containment kits, portable Faraday shelters, vehicles, emergency power and stockpiled medical supplies.
Facilities $500K
[#7] Secure memetic screening laboratory buildout: Faraday/EM-shielded viewing room, air-gapped servers, kill-switch displays, medical monitoring stations, fire suppression, blast/containment doors.
Covert Operations Initial $500K
[#17] Covert ops / intelligence initial expenditures: HUMINT/SIGINT setup, undercover tradecraft support, payment-tracing capability.
Legal Takedown Operations $300K
[#2] Legal takedown, injunctions & domain-seizure operations (urgent filings, forensic evidence prep, registrar/registry actions).
Equipment $250K
[#4] Cyber operations sinkholing/mirroring infrastructure setup and offensive takedown hardware; network appliances and specialized tooling.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K
[#12] Secure content capture, analysis & redaction tooling (development/licensing, ML pipelines, memetic-analysis software).
Rd Prototyping Equipment $200K
[#16] Initial prototyping equipment for countermeasures & memetic filtering (hardware for prototypes).
Payment Interdiction Setup $100K
[#6] Payment interdiction & controlled payment systems initial setup: sandbox payment instruments, compliance tooling.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.6M/yr
Isp Blocking And Government Liaison $1.0M/yr
[#1] Nationwide / international ISP blocking & government liaison: negotiation and maintenance of statutory/network-edge blocking with ISPs and regulators.
Staff Wages $900K/yr
[#9] Salaries + benefits for dedicated containment & research team (lead researchers, L2 researchers, sysadmin, on-call psychiatrist, security, D-class handler).
Research And Monitoring $375K/yr
[#13, #16] Ongoing content analysis, storage & compute costs (secure on-prem storage, CPU/GPU, contractors) and R&D for countermeasures & memetic filtering (staffing and research programs).
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#3, #15] Ongoing legal defence & appeals, retainer fees, and PR / cover-story / legal settlements fund (settlement reserves and proactive reputation management).
Cyber Ops Monitoring $300K/yr
[#4, #5] Ongoing cyber monitoring and active ops: sinkholing, mirror detection, offensive takedown contracting, 24/7 incident response.
Emergency Readiness Maintenance $200K/yr
[#18] Maintenance, drills, and readiness costs for emergency response caches and mobile teams.
Internet Watch Takedown Team $150K/yr
[#14] Internetwide watch/takedown & mirror cleanup team (staff, contractors, automation tooling, takedown requests).
D Class Program $125K/yr
[#10] D-Class operational costs for tests: housing, transport, medical monitoring, turnover and program operational expenses.
Medical And Aftercare $100K/yr
[#11] Medical treatment, psychological aftercare & incident response reserve for exposures, hospitalizations, therapy and quarantine costs.
Supplies And Consumables $50K/yr
[#8] Lab consumables, replacement hardware, write-once storage, PPE, batteries, UPS replacements, sensor recalibration.
Payment Interdiction Maintenance $40K/yr
[#6] Maintenance and transaction monitoring for payment interdiction and controlled payment systems.
Miscellaneous Operations $30K/yr
[#20] Travel, burner purchases, anonymized card pools, bandwidth & VPN services, small covert partner payments and ad-hoc buys.
Training And Drills $25K/yr
[#19] Training, policy updates & memetic safety drills, tabletop exercises and contract trainers.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.6M/yr
81.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major public breach; routine monitoring, takedowns, legal actions, and R&D proceed as planned.
no_public_distribution regular_takedowns_succeed no_mass_exposure_events
🚨 Minor Incident $3.8M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized leak or an easily-contained mirror requires emergency legal action, extra takedowns, limited medical treatment and short-term PR/settlement.
small_public_mirror targeted_leak_to_social_media contestable_takedown_in_one_jurisdiction
🚨 Major Breach $5.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Widespread public distribution of a generated film causing mass exposures or viral spread; requires emergency deployment, large-scale takedowns, significant legal battles, and covert ops escalation.
viral_public_distribution mass_exposure_incidents multi-jurisdictional_litigation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $8.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Sustained open conflict with GoI-1900 or a nation-state backing Red Deal Pictures causing extended covert campaigns, international litigation, and large-scale remediation/settlement costs.
nation-state_involvement prolonged_legal_wars targeted_retaliatory_ops_against_foundation
👥 Personnel 9 total
Role Count Notes
Memetics Research Lead / Senior Researcher 1 [#9] Approx. $180,000/yr (lead researcher in charge of SCP-5702 tests and containment protocols).
Senior Researcher / Project Lead 1 [#9] Approx. $120,000/yr (project lead supporting research operations).
Level-2 Researcher 2 [#9] Approx. $70,000/yr each (testing and analysis personnel).
AV / Security Sysadmin 1 [#9] Approx. $90,000/yr (manages secure playback, capture systems, and network monitoring).
On-call Psychiatrist / Medical Monitor 1 [#9] Contract retainer approx. $160,000/yr for medical monitoring and response.
Physical Security Officer / Guard 2 [#9] Approx. $50,000/yr each (physical containment and security for lab/viewing rooms).
D-Class Handler / Logistics 1 [#9] Approx. $80,000/yr (manages D-Class logistics and test operations).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst-provided line items give concrete estimates for most categories, but many items have wide jurisdictional and adversary-dependence ranges (covert ops, legal fights, ISP engagement). This produces moderate confidence in totals but notable tail risk.
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