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SCP-5875 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5875
Expected annual
$3.4M
One-time setup
$1.8M
Annual recurring
$3.3M
Personnel
27
One-time setup for a minimal single-site containment is approximately $1.83M driven by facility fit-out, specialized equipment and initial R&D/contingency; recurring annual costs are roughly $3.31M driven by full-time staff wages, ongoing research/HPC, security, medical readiness and insurance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.8M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $650K
[#5, #13, #25] PNFD R&D/prototype adaptation, initial countermeasures R&D program startup, and experimental exploitation pilot program initial costs.
Equipment $511K
[#1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #19, #26, #29] X-ray/parcel scanner and metal detector; initial opaque archival boxes; high-resolution scanner & software; PNFD per-unit procurement (lower-bound); monitoring gear; secure vehicle purchase; CCTV hardware; specialized experimental rig hardware.
Contingency Fund $500K
[#17] One-time contingency/escalation reserve to be stood up for narrative risk mitigation.
Facilities $140K
[#1, #3, #6] Secure mailroom fit-out, secure documents locker/vault fit-out, and controlled reading room fit-out (structural/fit-out costs).
Personnel Vetting Initial $27K
[#20] Initial background checks / vetting costs for screened personnel (estimated per-person cost multiplied by initial headcount).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.3M/yr
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#2, #10, #11, #14, #16, #21] Salaries for mailroom screening staff, documentation/validation specialists, Pataphysics department researchers and technicians, dedicated security personnel, liaison team, and hazard-pay / training premiums for volunteer readers.
Research And Monitoring $670K/yr
[#4, #5, #12, #13, #30] Ongoing encrypted storage and backups, PNFD calibration/maintenance, narrative analysis software and HPC/cloud time, countermeasures R&D ongoing costs, and long-tail monitoring/strategic research program funding.
Insurance And Replacement $285K/yr
[#22] Insurance, disability, sick leave, and workforce replacement/backfill budget (expressed as percentage of salaries).
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#15] Annual retainer and typical per-incident legal/PR/cover-story costs for information control, FOIA handling, and carrier coordination.
Medical And Event Response $86K/yr
[#7, #8, #9, #10] Expected annual cost for on-call medical coverage, two-week observation admissions (per-incident averaged), baseline/post-event MRI/EEG/bloodwork, and psychological follow-up and counseling averaged across expected incidents.
Forensic And Translation Retainer $50K/yr
[#24] Retainer/consultant budget for forensic linguistics and translation specialists.
Experimental Exploitation Recurring $50K/yr
[#25] Recurring costs for training/integration and field validation of personnel who acquire proficiencies (per-person programs and pilot continuation).
Ethics And Compliance $50K/yr
[#27] Internal ethical review board overhead, human-subjects compliance, and auditing costs.
Facilities Maintenance $30K/yr
[#3, #6, #26] Vault/environmental control and preservation, reading-room equipment maintenance, and CCTV/system upkeep and short-term storage/maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $25K/yr
[#19] Secure couriering of seized mail, transporting subjects/specialists, and vehicle operating costs.
Specialized Hardware Maintenance $25K/yr
[#29] Ongoing maintenance and consumables for specialized experimental hardware and test rigs.
Public Education $20K/yr
[#28] Internal employee education, misinformation control materials, and scripted cover story training.
Archival And Storage $7K/yr
[#18] Climate-controlled physical archival storage and long-term digital archival storage costs (annual).
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#1, #23] Consumables for mail handling and evidence processing (gloves, tamper tape, archival sleeves, evidence bags, labels).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.3M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine throughput of SCP-5875 instances, no major incidents; all planned staffing, research, maintenance and expected per-event medical/testing costs occur.
routine mail seizures controlled readings standard medical follow-ups
🚨 Minor Incident $3.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$350K vs baseline
One or a few non-catastrophic incidents (multiple readers requiring inpatient observation, modest PR/legal activity, small emergency R&D) increasing annual costs.
multiple simultaneous reader hospitalizations targeted narrative manipulation requiring R&D response heightened PR/legal activity
🚨 Major Incident $6.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.7M vs baseline
Significant narrative escalation / above-branch manipulation requiring large contingency deployments, many medical cases, and accelerated countermeasures R&D and public/information interventions.
above-branch large-scale manipulation mass medical/psychological casualties emergency national/international information campaigns
👥 Personnel 27 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#14] Dedicated security staff for mail seizures, escorts and response (4–8 per site; mid-range chosen).
Mailroom Staff / Screening Technician 2 [#2] Full-time screened personnel operating mail-screening stations (2 FTE per site).
Research Scientist (Pataphysics Dept) 6 [#11] Core Pataphysics Department researchers coordinating SCP-5875 work (6–12 staff; lower-bound chosen).
Research Technician / Lab Technician 3 [#11, #26] Technical staff for instrumentation, scanning, logging infrastructure, and lab support.
Medical Officer / Nurse 2 [#7] Medical staff to support on-call observation, post-event monitoring and two-week controlled examinations.
Documentation Specialist / Linguist 2 [#10, #24] Staff for evidence cataloging, interviews, skills-validation and forensic linguistics coordination.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#26, #29] Maintain monitoring systems, CCTV, PNFD calibration and experimental hardware maintenance.
Administrative Staff / Project Manager 2 [#11, #15] Admin and program management, legal/PR coordination and liaison support.
Forensic Linguist / Translator (contractor) 1 [#24] Dedicated retained specialist or part-time contractor for broken-language analysis and translation.
Ethics Officer / Compliance Auditor 1 [#27] Oversight for ethical review and compliance for controlled readings and human-subject protocols.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and clear containment requirements, enabling a moderate-confidence estimate; uncertainty remains in event frequency, PNFD procurement path (custom vs. off-the-shelf), and chosen risk posture (reserve size), so values are mid-range estimates.
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