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SCP-5858 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5858
Expected annual
$5.9M
One-time setup
$9.7M
Annual recurring
$5.8M
Personnel
38
Initial one-time setup (property acquisition, renovations, defenses, equipment, and research program) is the dominant up-front cost (~$9.7M); ongoing annual operations (staffing, censorship infrastructure, PR/legal, utilities and maintenance) run on the order of $5.8M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.7M
Facilities $5.3M
[#1, #2, #18] Purchase/long-term control of the Ambler Theater and adjacent block, legal/title work and local buyouts (#1) plus perimeter hardening/physical security construction one-time components (#2) and initial structural/major-systems reserve (#18).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.5M
[#24] Initial contingency research program: laboratory experiments, specialized instruments, outside experts and program setup to study/unlock the Locked Scenario (#24).
Equipment $1.2M
[#6, #8, #9, #10, #19, #23] One-time equipment and installation: medical equipment upgrades (#6), community outbound filtering hardware installation (#8), postal/mail interception setup (#9), AI DONA compute cluster & initial software/dev (#10), surveillance/evidence logging setup (#19), and vehicle/fleet purchase (#23).
Civilian Buyouts $1.0M
[#28] Initial civilian compensation/relocation/buyout program (scale-dependent; mid-range estimate used here).
Containment Insurance Reserve $500K
[#31] Initial containment insurance & risk reserve fund (#31).
Public Health Reserve $200K
[#25] One-time public health / epidemic mitigation reserve fund (#25).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.8M/yr
Staff Wages $3.1M/yr
[#3, #4, #5, #6, #9, #11, #12] Annual salaries and benefits for on-site 24/7 security guards and supervisor (#3), on-call rapid-response/tactical team (#4), trained role-players/theatre operations staff (#5), medical team salaries (#6), postal/mail screening technicians (#9), AI ops/ML engineers & linguists (#11), and town-wide social media/open-source monitoring analysts (#12).
Cover Story And Legal $1.4M/yr
[#13, #14, #22, #26, #27, #29] Covert PR / payments to local officials and cultural programming (#13), legal support and false paperwork/SLAPP budgets (#14), background investigations & vetting (#22), relationship management payments with local utilities/ISPs/carriers (#26), media monitoring & rapid takedown operations (#27), and record destruction / fabricated archival upkeep (#29).
Research And Monitoring $530K/yr
[#20, #21, #24, #25, #30] Psychological support/counseling and reintegration for staff (#20), training/SOP development and drills (#21), ongoing contingency research if continued (#24), public-health refresh/small refresh of reserves (#25), and annual audit/oversight & internal counterintelligence (#30).
Facilities Maintenance $245K/yr
[#2, #15, #16, #19, #18] Ongoing physical security maintenance and repairs (#2), utilities & energy for continuous operation (#15), theatre maintenance / set/costume/prop replacement & cleaning (#16), ongoing surveillance storage & maintenance (#19), and annual sinking/reserve contributions for structural/major-systems capital repairs (#18).
Civilian Compensation Stipends $200K/yr
[#28] Ongoing stipends/compensation for relocated or cooperative civilians if an ongoing program is maintained (#28).
Supplies And Consumables $160K/yr
[#6, #7, #17, #9] Medical consumables and PPE (#6), Class-A amnestic production/procurement and administration logistics (typical administration budget example) (#7), hazardous/biomedical waste disposal (#17), and postal screening consumables (#9).
Containment Reserve Topup $100K/yr
[#31] Annual top-ups to the containment insurance / risk reserve fund for unexpected large expenses (#31).
Logistics And Transport $55K/yr
[#23] Fuel, vehicle maintenance and operational costs for covert transportation fleet (#23).
Ai Ops And Maintenance $40K/yr
[#10, #11] Recurring power/cooling, software maintenance and small ops budget for DONA infrastructure (#10) and edge-case compute/software upkeep (#11).
Telecom Maintenance $9K/yr
[#8] Ongoing maintenance & telecom charges for community outbound communication filtering (ISP/CLEC charges, line rentals) (#8).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.8M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, staffing, censorship, maintenance, and minor research continue as budgeted.
routine_operations scheduled_maintenance no_major_breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $6.0M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Localized breach or leak requiring tactical response, extra amnestic administrations, overtime, targeted PR/legal action, and minor repairs.
small_breach unplanned_amnestic_administrations minor_structural_damage
🚨 Major Breach $8.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Significant exposure or large-scale breach requiring mass amnestic deployment, emergency relocations/buyouts, heavy legal/PR response, MTF deployment and rapid research surge.
major_breach mass_public_exposure legal_crisis
👥 Personnel 38 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 7 [#3] 6 on-site guards (two per shift) plus 1 supervisor for continuous physical security presence.
Rapid Response / Tactical Agent 4 [#4] On-call armed response team agents for breaches and extractions.
AI Engineer / ML Ops 6 [#11] Engineers, MLOps, and developers maintaining DONA and AI censorship systems.
Social Media Analyst / Open-Source 4 [#12] Town-wide social media and open-source monitoring analysts.
Theatre Staff / Role-Player 6 [#5] Trained role-players and rotating actors who enter the Locked Scenario as part of operations.
Medical Officer 3 [#6] Medics and part-time physician for amnestic administration and onsite medical care.
Postal / Screening Technicians 4 [#9] Technicians for intercepted mail opening, scanning and censorship operations.
Administrative Staff 2 [#14, #29, #22] Admin/legal liaisons handling cover paperwork, background-vetting coordination, and record fabrication tasks.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#15, #23] Facilities and vehicle maintenance staff for HVAC, lighting, stage systems and fleet upkeep.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items include analyst-provided ranges and concrete staffing estimates, giving a reasonable basis for mid-range budgeting; however high uncertainty remains around scale choices (extent of town-level buyouts, frequency of mass amnestic use, and scope of research programs), so overall confidence is medium.
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