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SCP-5820 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5820
Expected annual
$5.1M
One-time setup
$15.3M
Annual recurring
$4.8M
Personnel
4
One-time capital and reserve costs are dominated by containment-suite construction and surge/reserve funds (~$15.3M). Annual operating costs are driven by monitoring, research, staff, legal/cover operations and per-incident response, totaling roughly $4.76M/yr baseline with occasional large incident surges.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $15.3M
Facilities $5.0M
[#7] Construction of negative-pressure, airlocked containment suites with layered barriers, remote manipulators, atmospheric controls, monitoring sensors and specimen transfer locks; cost depends on siting inside existing facility.
Surge Contracts Reserve $5.0M
[#25] Tiered surge reserve for large coordinated multi-state activity (contracts for construction, waste disposal, mortuary surge, mass forensic processing).
Public Safety Reserve $2.0M
[#22] Liquid emergency reserve to cover multiple simultaneous events, mass-casualty response, displacement and pre-emptive corporate shutdowns.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.8M
[#12, #13] One-time laboratory outfitting and purchase of high-end analytical instrumentation and corrosive-resistant sample-prep stations (combines lab buildout and specialized instrumentation).
Insurance Indemnity Reserve $500K
[#23] One-time insurance/settlement reserve component to fund initial indemnities, buy civil NDAs or placate authorities as incidents arise.
Telecom Model Development $400K
[#2] One-time development of telecommunications monitoring ML models tuned to cold-call scripts and initial legal setup costs.
National Registry System $250K
[#1] One-time development and initial licensing for automated ingestion/parsing and analyst UI for business-registry surveillance.
Drones Procurement $200K
[#16] One-time procurement of persistent aerial/ground surveillance tech (drones, covert cameras, long-loiter capability).
Evidence Vehicle And Trailer $100K
[#21] One-time mobile lab trailer and ruggedised sealed transport crates procurement to preserve chain-of-evidence and prevent spread during transport.
Decoy Assets $55K
[#6] Purchase/retrofit of unmarked/replica commercial vans, boiler suits, signage and staging paraphernalia for stings and forensic control experiments (vehicles and stock).
Ppe Initial Kit $50K
[#8] Initial kit: powered air-purifying respirators, full hazmat suits, portable decon tents and autoclave/incinerator access setup.
Equipment $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.8M/yr
Research And Monitoring $925K/yr
[#1, #2, #12, #13] Recurring costs for national-registry data licensing and hosting (~#1), telecom data access/cloud/legal overhead (~#2), plus recurring research salaries/consumables and instrument maintenance for corrosivity/residue analysis (~#12,#13).
Surge Contracts Annual Allocation $500K/yr
[#25] Annual allocation to maintain surge contracts and retainers to allow rapid scale-up for multi-state coordinated response.
Post Event Cleanup $450K/yr
[#9] Annualized hazardous demolition, structural repair and specialized remediation expenses for affected houses based on expected incident volume.
Logistics And Transport $400K/yr
[#18] Travel, lodging and logistics contingency for interstate rapid response teams; annual contingency to support multiple out-of-state deployments.
Cover Story And Legal $400K/yr
[#19] Legal retainers, inter-agency agreements, payments to cooperating officials, cover-company maintenance and PR/suppression costs.
National Expansion $400K/yr
[#24] Costs to expand registry and telecom monitoring footprint, hire regional analysts and pre-position assets in new states.
Staff Wages $350K/yr
[#3] 24/7 operations desk staffing (3–4 FTEs including senior + junior analysts and an ops manager), benefits and secure-facilities overhead.
Sting Operations $240K/yr
[#5] Annualized cost of MTF/tactical deployments (travel, overtime, unmarked vehicles, decoy resources, comms, on-site forensics) averaged over expected operations per year.
Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr
[#7] Utilities, environmental controls and staffing & upkeep for containment suites and monitoring infrastructure.
Training And Exercises $200K/yr
[#17] Specialized tactical training, mock stings and SOP development for MTFs and forensic safety training frequency dependent.
Insurance Annual Allocation $200K/yr
[#23] Annual budgeted allocation to insurance/indemnity/settlement reserve to replenish or pay small claims and settlements.
Psych Care And Amnestics $100K/yr
[#20] Counseling program costs and conservative annual estimate for amnestic treatments/administration for typical caseloads.
Compensation And Remediation $90K/yr
[#11] Survivor/next-of-kin compensation, temporary housing, identity recovery and cover-story payments averaged annually per expected affected households.
Covert Surveillance Operations $50K/yr
[#4] Aggregated annual expenditure on covert stakeouts (operatives, vehicles, fuel, temporary cameras/drones and incidentals) based on expected event cadence.
Hazardous Waste Contract Fees $50K/yr
[#15] Facility standby/contract retention fees for hazardous waste and high-temp incineration capacity.
Hazardous Waste Disposal Per Incident $45K/yr
[#15] Per-incident contracted hazardous waste transport and incineration/secure landfill fees aggregated annually.
Evidence Storage Vault $40K/yr
[#14] Climate-controlled evidence vault space, cataloging systems and associated staffing costs.
Drones Maintenance $40K/yr
[#16] Recurring maintenance, batteries and parts for persistent aerial and ground surveillance assets.
Mortuary Forensic $23K/yr
[#10] Forensic identification, autopsy, storage and disposition costs averaged per-year (per-victim costs aggregated across expected cases).
Supplies And Consumables $20K/yr
[#8] Recurring PPE consumables, decon consumables and replaceables used in post-event entries.
Evidence Collection Per Incident $14K/yr
[#14] Per-incident packaging, chain-of-custody and field evidence collection aggregated into annual expected cost.
Decoy Assets Maintenance $10K/yr
[#6] Annual maintenance, insurance and upkeep for decoy/replica vehicles, uniforms and signage stock.
Evidence Vehicle Maintenance $10K/yr
[#21] Annual maintenance and upkeep for evidence transport trailers and sealed crates.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.8M/yr
54.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, research, a small ops desk, occasional stings and the maintained reserves; no major multi-house or multi-state incidents.
routine_monitoring occasional_single-house_event no_large_surges
🚨 Minor Incident $5.0M/yr
40.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Single significant incident above typical cadence (e.g., unexpected multi-house event or one larger-than-average sting/cleanup) requiring additional tactical deployment and clean-up.
multi-room_house_event larger_cleanup_and_compensation
🚨 Major Breach $6.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Large multi-house or neighborhood event with several fatalities, major structural remediation, extended forensic processing and legal exposure requiring surge contract activation.
clustered_multi_house_events mass_casualties surge_contract_activation
🚨 Multi State Outbreak $24.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$20.0M vs baseline
Coordinated multi-state activity or large-scale outbreak requiring major national response, full reserve drawdown and mass forensic and public-safety operations.
coordinated_multi_state_activity mass_casualties national_public_safety_response
👥 Personnel 4 total
Role Count Notes
Ops Manager 1 [#3] Oversees 24/7 ops desk, shift scheduling, and triage assignment.
Analyst / Monitoring Operator 3 [#3] Senior and junior analysts covering registry/telecom alerts and tip triage across shifts (3 FTEs approximated).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item estimates and ranges for all major cost drivers enabling a medium-confidence estimate; uncertainty remains in incident frequency, per-incident variability and the scale of surge events, so figures are approximate.
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