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SCP-5972 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5972
Expected annual
$22.6M
One-time setup
$24.6M
Annual recurring
$19.7M
Personnel
158
One-time setup and event costs (facility retrofits, audio/evidence systems, and a contingency reserve) are roughly $24.6M; annual recurring costs are driven by embedded operatives, ongoing monitoring/research, security and legal/OPSEC and total about $19.7M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $24.6M
Extraction Operations $6.0M
[#4] Local extraction/transport operations for ~2,000 subjects (aggregate cost for a full global round-up / per-operation).
Contingency Reserve One Time $5.0M
[#19] Containment contingency fund / emergency rapid-response reserve (initial fund to scale up within 24–72 hours).
Facilities $2.3M
[#5, #13, #14, #15, #25] Provisional facility rental & basic retrofitting (#5) and per-event physical requirements: temporary power/HVAC (#13), sanitation/waste management (#14), soundproofing/acoustic isolation (#15) and decommissioning/restoration (#25). Estimate represents a single-event aggregate of these line items.
Food And Basic Care Per Event $2.0M
[#10] Food, lodging and basic care for ~2,000 subjects for the event (meals, bedding, toiletries for a multi-day/multi-week period).
Security Per Event $2.0M
[#11] Security personnel and perimeter control costs for a mass-event (hundreds of personnel, CCTV, K9s, entry screening) as a one-time event cost.
Legal And Coverup One Time $2.0M
[#16] One-time legal/diplomatic/cover-up expenses for cross-border transfers, forged paperwork, indemnities and discrete payments in a complicated event.
Insurance Reserve One Time $2.0M
[#23] Insurance, liability reserves and potential civil payouts (contingent reserve allocated up-front for a significant event).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#1] Global medical-data monitoring platform development and initial integration/onboarding (one-time engineering, data-licensing and provider onboarding).
Medical Event Staffing $1.0M
[#9] Medical staff and on-site healthcare capacity for an event (doctors, nurses, EMTs, psychiatric support and consumables for several weeks).
Equipment $825K
[#6, #7, #22, #21] Acoustic capture systems and broadcast/recording gear (#6); high-performance storage/analysis servers (one-time purchase) (#7); specialized forensic software/equipment initial purchases (#22); initial archival/legal retention setup (#21).
Transport Staging Per Event $300K
[#12] Transport staging (charter coaches, armored vans, fuel/maintenance) for a single event.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $19.7M/yr
Staff Wages $15.8M/yr
[#3, #8] Embedded liaison operatives (covert personnel embedded in health services; salary+benefits+travel) and core research personnel (neurology/linguistics/audio-engineering teams).
Security And Perimeter Recurring $2.0M/yr
[#11] If containment requires a standing security posture, recurring armed/unarmed guard costs, CCTV maintenance and access control (annualized equivalent).
Research And Monitoring $800K/yr
[#2, #20, #22, #21] Ongoing monitoring & compute for detection algorithms (#2); post-event reintegration and multi-year follow-up monitoring programs (#20); recurring updates/licenses for forensic tools (#22); archival/data maintenance (#21).
Cover Story And Legal $700K/yr
[#16, #17] Recurring legal/diplomatic liaison and cover-story operations (#16) plus media monitoring and OPSEC/information operations (#17).
Amnestic Drugs And Admin $200K/yr
[#18] Stockpiling and administration of amnestic drugs, medical supplies and associated administration/monitoring costs.
Personnel Training $200K/yr
[#24] Ongoing personnel training and tabletop exercises for security, medical, logistics and analyst teams.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $19.7M/yr
86.0% probability / year
Routine year with no large-scale round-ups; ongoing monitoring, embedded personnel, research and standing OPSEC/legal support only.
no mass event steady identification rate no major legal exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $33.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$13.6M vs baseline
Localized extraction/round-up requiring a single provisional-site event and full per-event logistics.
regional spike in identified subjects single mass transport and provisional site required
🚨 Major Mass Roundup $44.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Large-scale international operation or multiple simultaneous round-ups requiring expanded legal/diplomatic work and use of contingency reserves.
discovery of widespread unidentified cases coordinated multi-region extractions
🚨 Political Exposure $94.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$75.0M vs baseline
Containment operation triggers international diplomatic incident, large legal settlements and major public-relations operations.
public breach or press exposure international legal/diplomatic escalation
👥 Personnel 158 total
Role Count Notes
Liaison Operative / Embedded Agent 150 [#3] Covert operatives embedded in hospitals/health agencies; estimate based on analyst note (~150 operatives) and fully loaded compensation included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 8 [#8] Core neurology/linguistics/audio-engineering research team (salaries and overhead accounted for in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates grounded in analyst-provided ranges for each line item but aggregated into single-event and annualized figures requires judgment (especially per-event vs standing-cost allocation). Ranges in the notes and the anomalous nature of containment/actions produce moderate uncertainty.
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