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SCP-5975 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-5975
Expected annual
$2.5M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$2.3M
Personnel
10
Initial one-time setup costs are moderate (~$1.47M) driven by secure storage, site surveillance hardware, a controlled reading chamber, and a contingency reserve; recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages, ongoing research/monitoring, legal/cover operations, and contingency/reserve allocations (~$2.10M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.5M
Equipment $645K
[#5, #12, #13, #18, #20] Secure lockers and integration (#5), central instance database development (#12), pilot physical surveillance equipment installation at partner sites (#13), initial digital forensics response equipment/contracting (#18), and secure digitization hardware/setup (#20).
Large Contingency Reserve $500K
[#23] One-time contingency reserve for rapid large-scale response to unexpected narrative effects (baseline reserve maintained at lower bound).
Monitoring Program Setup $150K
[#1] Pilot monitoring program setup for ~50 high-risk institutions (initial training/materials).
Facilities $120K
[#6, #24] Buildout of a dedicated controlled reading/observation chamber; high-security archive upgrade reserved but not baseline-funded (upgrade cost set to 0 in baseline).
Amnestic Stockpile $25K
[#3] Initial stockpile of amnestics and related medical supplies for baseline program.
Training Program Development $20K
[#25] Development of covert training/awareness materials for front-line staff.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $10K
[#7] Archival accessioning costs for initial items moved into historical archives (per-item accessioning aggregated for baseline accessioning of multiple items).
Generation Research Buildout $0
[#17] Experimental generation research buildout is NOT funded in the baseline (costs noted but set to 0 here; scenario-level funding available).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.3M/yr
Staff Wages $950K/yr
[#8, #1] Core research team salaries & benefits (PI, fellows, memetics, linguist, admin) plus two full-time regional monitoring/liaison officers included in baseline wages.
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#10, #19, #22] Annual reserves for legal/cover-up/PR, redaction/amnesticization/after-action contingencies, and insurance/legal overhead allocations.
Research And Monitoring $240K/yr
[#9, #12, #18] Field surveillance/protective monitoring of identified subjects (baseline low-intensity for two subjects), central database maintenance, and ongoing digital forensics/records security operations.
Logistics And Transport $115K/yr
[#2, #4, #11] Rapid-response retrieval team activations (personnel overtime, vehicles), per-seizure transport and evidence processing, and replacement/ shelf-remediation logistics.
Facilities Maintenance $106K/yr
[#13, #15] Ongoing monitoring/maintenance contracts for partner-site surveillance and energy/utilities for vaults/reading chambers.
Site Monitoring Contracts $100K/yr
[#13] Recurring monitoring/monitoring-service contracts for partner sites (CCTV feed review, sensor monitoring).
External Consultants $75K/yr
[#21] Annual retainer and periodic contracts for literary experts, memetic consultants, and statisticians.
Ethics And Oversight $70K/yr
[#16] Counseling services for monitored subjects/research staff and ethics-board review allocations.
Central Database Maintenance $45K/yr
[#12] Secure air-gapped database maintenance, hosting, and audits (separated here for clarity though referenced in research_and_monitoring).
Digital Security Maintenance $35K/yr
[#18] Ongoing cybersecurity, intrusion detection, and forensic readiness staffing/contracts.
Amnestic Supplies And Administration $20K/yr
[#3] Ongoing per-use amnestic supplies, administration, medical follow-ups, and documentation aggregated for expected incident frequency.
Replacement Operations $10K/yr
[#11] Costs to replace/remove copies on shelves, produce decoys, and compensate cooperating staff (aggregated annually).
Training Refresher Campaigns $10K/yr
[#25] Annual refresher outreach and covert awareness campaigns for front-line staff.
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#14] Consumables and evidence handling supplies (gloves, sleeves, bags, labeling, cleaning).
Digital Storage Maintenance $5K/yr
[#20] Recurring costs for secure offline digital backups and air-gapped storage maintenance.
Redaction And Afteraction $0/yr
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Contingency Replenish $0/yr
[#23] Contingency fund replenishment is only used if reserves are tapped; not budgeted in baseline recurring.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.3M/yr
63.0% probability / year
Normal year: program operates at pilot scale (≈50 high-risk sites), standard monitoring, core research team active, reserves maintained but no major incidents or scale-ups.
routine_monitoring minor_seizures no_major_public_exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $2.3M/yr
30.0% probability / year +$10K vs baseline
One or more medium-impact public discoveries requiring multiple retrievals, amnestic campaigns, legal/PR action, and increased redaction tasks.
public_discovery multiple_retrievals elevated_redaction_work
🚨 Research Scale Up $4.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$2.6M vs baseline
Approval and initiation of an active program to research/generate SCP-5975 analogues (major one-time buildout plus higher recurring operations).
approval_for_generation_research Incident_Gamma_review_outcome
🚨 Major Breach $4.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.3M vs baseline
High-visibility containment breach or narrative cascade requiring emergency national response, major vault/upgrade spending, and extensive remediation.
large_scale_public_exposure multiple_simultaneous_deployments
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / PI 1 [#8] Principal investigator leading SCP-5975 research.
Research Fellow 3 [#8] Junior/mid-level researchers (memetics/literature/psych specialties).
Memetics Specialist 1 [#8] Dedicated memetics researcher for narrative analysis.
Linguist / Textual Analyst 1 [#8] Specialist for textual identifiers and translation.
Security Liaison / MTF Agent 1 [#8] Embedded security liaison coordinating retrievals and site access.
Administrative Staff 1 [#8] Program admin support for logistics, documentation, and coordination.
Regional Monitoring Officer 2 [#1] Foundation-funded regional officers performing liaison and periodic inspections.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed and provide ranges, but many inputs (incident frequency, scale of public exposures, decision to pursue generation research) are uncertain; mid-range values and scenario-based contingencies were used.
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