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SCP-6534 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-6534
Expected annual
$1.8M
One-time setup
$4.0M
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
13
One-time setup and contingency costs total about $3.995M (major drivers: contingency/reserve funding, digitization/archive provisioning, and initial research program). Recurring annual costs are about $1.7605M/yr driven primarily by staff wages, MTF field seizures, amnestic/cover operations, and ongoing research/storage.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.0M
Containment Scaling Allowance $2.0M
[#21] Containment scaling allowance for mass-proliferation response (planning estimate lower bound used here: $2,000,000; analyst range $2–10M) (#21).
Contingency Fund $1.0M
[#19] Contingency / emergency response fund reserve to cover rapid hires, extra storage, emergency destruction, legal escalation, etc. (#19 $1,000,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K
[#11] Forensic/anomalous research program initial setup, lab outfitting, and initial experimental program costs (#11 $500k).
Facilities $275K
[#1, #2, #17] Containment cell fit-out (#1 $50k), Anomalous Media Archive vault upgrade (#2 $200k), and initial physical security/access control upgrades (#17 $25k).
Equipment $220K
[#3, #10, #12, #13] Secure digitization & playback suite (#3 $100k), initial digital archival provisioning LTO/drive (#10 $25k), IT/air-gap initial hardware (#12 $20k), and incinerator purchase for destruction capacity (#13 $75k).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Staff Wages $760K/yr
[#5, #6, #16] 24/7 security guard coverage (~8 guards × fully loaded ~$50k = $400k) (#5), research & technical staff (1 principal + 2 techs + med/overhead ~$300k) (#6), and archivist salary portion (~$60k of #16) (#16).
Logistics And Transport $300K/yr
[#4, #14] Field seizure budget for MTF Beta-14 (travel, covert ops, vehicles, lodging ~$250k/yr) (#4) plus secure transport/chain-of-custody transfers (~$50k/yr) (#14).
Cover Story And Legal $268K/yr
[#8, #20] Civilian buyouts/cover expenses/legal containment (~$250k/yr assumed) (#8) and insurance/regulatory compliance audits (~$17.5k/yr midpoint) (#20).
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#11] Ongoing forensic/anomalous research budget and experiment staffing/consumables ($200k/yr) (#11).
Amnestic Administration And Medical Followup $100K/yr
[#7] Amnestic administration and medical follow-up: ~$2,000 per person; baseline assumption 50 subjects/yr → $100k/yr (#7).
Digital Archival Storage $50K/yr
[#10] Recurring per-tape capture + storage costs at ~$50/tape; baseline assumption: 1,000 ingests/yr → $50k/yr (#10).
Training $30K/yr
[#15] Annual training and refresher courses for MTF and archive staff (media handling, memetic hazard training, amnestic procedures) (#15).
Facilities Maintenance $13K/yr
[#17, #18] Physical security system maintenance/penetration tests ($5k/yr) (#17) and energy/HVAC for archive and cell ($8k/yr) (#18).
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#9] Archive consumables and small equipment maintenance (cleaning cassettes, head cleaners, replacement parts, sleeves, TBC maintenance) (#9).
Archive Software Licenses $10K/yr
[#16] Archivist software/license and DB maintenance portion of cataloging/software (~$10k/yr) (#16).
Destruction Contracts $10K/yr
[#13] Per-tape destruction contract costs (~$10/tape); baseline assumption 1,000 destroyed tapes/yr → $10k/yr (#13).
It Airgap Maintenance $10K/yr
[#12] IT & air-gap maintenance, audits, removable media management and equipment upkeep (~$10k/yr) (#12).
Containment Scaling Activation Costs $0/yr
[#21] Recurring/year costs if containment scaling is activated; baseline set to $0/yr unless emergency activation occurs (#21).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
91.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine seizures, digitization, and no major proliferation or breaches.
routine_operations scheduled_research regular_seizures
🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
6.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized uptick in tampered tapes requiring extra field ops, additional amnestics, overtime, and temporary storage/processing surge.
tape_cluster localized_public_distribution
🚨 Major Breach $2.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or public broadcast event requiring emergency mass response, accelerated destruction, legal action, and emergency hires.
facility_breach public_broadcast rapid_propagation
🚨 Mass Proliferation Event $6.8M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Wide-scale proliferation (online spread or mass distribution) requiring full-scale recall, extended amnestic campaigns, mass destruction, and multi-site coordination.
online_propagation nationwide_distribution failure_of_local_containment
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#5] 24/7 guard coverage for chamber and archive; ~8 guards to cover shifts (fully loaded salaries included in staff wages).
Research Scientist 1 [#6] Principal anomalous media researcher (salary included in research wages).
Technical / Media Specialist 2 [#6] Two technical/media specialists for digitization and analysis (salaries included in research wages).
Medical Officer 1 [#6] Part-time medical officer for amnestic administration and oversight (counted as 1 part-time FTE; cost included in research wages/overhead).
Archivist 1 [#16] One archivist responsible for cataloging and metadata entry (salary portion included in staff wages; software costs listed separately).
📋 Confidence Notes
Budget line items and per-unit assumptions are detailed in analyst notes (many per-tape and per-incident assumptions provided), but unpredictability of memetic/propagation behavior and wide ranges for large-scale containment introduce uncertainty, so confidence is medium.
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