SCP-5804 — SCP-5804 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-5804 Euclid ? low confidence

SCP-5804

Expected annual

$2.2M

One-time setup

$99.7M

Annual recurring

$1.5M

Personnel

Baseline annual operations are about $1.72M/yr driven by local monitoring, censorship/PR, and intelligence/watch functions; one-time capital/setup and contingency funds dominate long-term cost with a $99.73M estimated one-time portfolio driven by interception/dedicated mission capability and large containment escalation reserves.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $99.7M

Interception Mission Dedicated $75.0M

[#13] Full dedicated probe / mission (upper-range option for severe containment escalation).

Interception Mission Minimal $10.0M

[#13] Minimal CubeSat-style interceptor with rideshare (lower-bound mission option).

Containment Escalation Fund $10.0M

[#23] Capital reserve for rapid escalation (interception missions, large-scale cover-ups).

Embedded Agent Placement $1.0M

[#9] Covert placement into an agency/contractor (one-time per placement, midpoint).

S Mute R And D $1.0M

[#10] R&D and prototype development for S-Mute module (program seed).

Reserve Fund Initial $1.0M

[#20] Initial contingency/reserve fund for exposure events and classified program overhead (seed reserve).

Covert Install Per Success $500K

[#11] Operational costs to insert hardware into supply chain / integration (per successful install, midpoint).

Jamming Equipment $500K

[#12] Ground-based RF jamming / uplink denial equipment purchase (deployment kit).

Secure Lab Setup $300K

[#6] Small secure biocontainment lab setup (radiocarbon/DNA/isotope capability).

Telescope Hardware $150K

[#7] Small dedicated ground telescope + dome + camera (midpoint estimate).

Storage Vault $100K

[#6] Secure storage vault for recovered artifacts.

Archival Research Investigation $60K

[#21] One-time archival research and historical record investigation costs (1962 anomaly).

Science Deployment Per Mobilization $50K

[#19] Rapid-deploy science team mobilization cost per deployment (average).

Vehicle Purchase $40K

[#2] Vehicle purchase for fieldwork (midpoint of $30k–$50k).

Surveillance Kit $30K

[#18] Initial cameras/drones/recorders kit for field monitoring.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr

Staff Wages $520K/yr

[#1, #8] Local monitoring team wages (expat field agent, local operatives, translator) and space program analysts/data staff (2–3 analysts + feeds/liaison).

Jamming Ops $200K/yr

[#12] Operational team and readiness for RF denial (~$200k/yr operational readiness).

Public Relations And Media $100K/yr

[#15] Social monitoring tools, analysts, and PR campaigns/takedowns (annual budget midpoint).

Extraction And Relocation Fund $100K/yr

[#16] Annual reserve for emergency extraction/relocation of community members or operatives (~$100k/yr).

Science Team Readiness $100K/yr

[#19] Maintain on-call rapid response scientific team readiness (~$50k–$150k/yr, midpoint).

Reserve Topups $100K/yr

[#20] Annual top-ups to contingency/reserve funds as needed.

Training And Legal Insurance $100K/yr

[#22] Regular cultural sensitivity, covert insertion training, and legal/psyops safeguards (~$50k–$200k/yr).

Research And Monitoring $65K/yr

[#6, #7] Per-sample laboratory analyses (assumed throughput) and telescope/astronomy operations and data processing (~$25k + $40k/yr).

Censorship And Press Control $60K/yr

[#3] Payments, takedowns, covert influence and legal settlements to censor local publishers and buy archives (annual budget midpoint).

Cultural Support And Studies $50K/yr

[#5] Grants, ceremonial supplies, community stipends and anthropological research used as cover (~$50k/yr).

Archival Redaction $50K/yr

[#17] Annual contingency for digital redaction and physical archive retrieval (~$25k–$75k/yr, midpoint).

Facilities Maintenance $33K/yr

[#2, #6] Local office rent (~$18k/yr), vehicle maintenance/insurance (~$5k/yr), secure storage/vault maintenance (~$10k/yr).

Interrogation And Detention $30K/yr

[#4] Fees for interrogations, room rentals, witness relocation contingencies (~$30k/yr).

Surveillance Consumables $10K/yr

[#18] Consumables and replacements for surveillance kit (batteries, storage, PPE).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr

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Mission Monitoring Intelligence $0/yr

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S Mute Per Unit Procurement $0/yr

[#10] Per-module manufacture/testing costs occur when procurement events happen (baseline set to $0/yr until procurement required).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr

65.5% probability / year

Normal uneventful year with routine monitoring, censorship, intelligence watch, and equipment upkeep.

routine_monitoring no_major_launch_interaction localized_press_activity

🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr

30.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Localized exposure or leak requiring intensified censorship, PR, extra interrogations, and possible extra extractions.

newspaper_exposure social_media_leak

🚨 S Mute Installation $3.3M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$1.8M vs baseline

Successful covert placement/installation of S-Mute on a targeted spacecraft (costs for agent placement, covert install, and module procurement/testing).

planned_spacecraft_encounter successful_supply_chain_compromise

🚨 Interception Mission $12.0M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$10.5M vs baseline

A launched spacecraft cannot be neutralized by covert means and a minimal interception/escort mission is executed.

unavoidable_launch failed_covert_mitigation

🚨 Major Containment Escalation $86.7M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$85.2M vs baseline

Severe escalation requiring dedicated probe/interception and major cover-up operations, drawing on containment escalation reserves.

high_profile_launch_interaction widespread_public_exposure

👥 Personnel 7 total

Role	Count	Notes
Field Agent / MTF Agent	1	[#1] Expatriate field operative included in local monitoring team (wage estimate included in staff_wages).
Local Operative	2	[#1] Local hires for monitoring/rapid response (included in staff_wages).
Translator / Cultural Liaison	1	[#1] Cultural liaison/translator to work with Hane community (included in staff_wages).
Intelligence Analyst	3	[#8] Space program analysts and data-monitoring staff (2–3 analysts aggregated into staff_wages estimate).

📋 Confidence Notes

Many line items have wide ranges and depend on rare, high-variance covert operations (embedded agents, supply-chain compromise, interception missions). Baseline operational items are better-defined, but major contingency costs are highly uncertain.

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