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SCP-701 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-701
Expected annual
$6.4M
One-time setup
$6.5M
Annual recurring
$5.7M
Personnel
6
Estimated one-time startup costs are approximately $6,470,500 (driven primarily by a large contingency reserve and archival/lab setup); baseline recurring costs are approximately $5,679,000/yr driven by research/monitoring, rapid-response logistics, and staffing.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.5M
Contingency Reserve $5.0M
[#25] Long-term contingency reserve for catastrophic outbreak scenarios (held for emergency mobilization, mass treatment, international ops).
Facilities $425K
[#1] Secure archival vault build-out (reinforced doors, Faraday shielding, tamper sensors, installation & certification).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $400K
[#15] Initial lab setup for dedicated research program (lab buildout, instruments, secure experiment rooms).
Equipment $330K
[#2, #3, #7, #9, #12, #22] Environmental controls and preservation hardware, vault CCTV/install, digital capture hardware and secure server, secure evidence case, memetic-protection equipment, communications security setup.
Buyout One Off Fund $300K
[#17] One-off buyouts/acquisitions for rare historical copies or publisher purchases (estimated fund to cover occasional purchases).
Data Recovery Services $15K
[#8] Specialist data-recovery and format-migration work for floppies and S-VHS (professional imaging services).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.7M/yr
Research And Monitoring $1.7M/yr
[#10, #15] Continuous monitoring/intelligence team (analysts + tooling) and dedicated research program (linguistics, memetics, psychology) operational costs.
Logistics And Transport $1.0M/yr
[#11] Rapid-response operations budget covering MTF-style strike teams, travel, per-intervention costs and geographic deployments.
Medical And Psychiatric Response $625K/yr
[#13] Baseline medical and psychiatric response fund (emergency care, longer-term psychiatric treatment, autopsies, morgue & biohazard cleanup allocations).
Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr
[#17] Legal operations and takedown/buyout baseline (copyright enforcement, legal fees, settlements, counsel for off-site ops).
Staff Wages $382K/yr
[#4, #5, #6] On-site dedicated security staffing for archive, access administration and vetting, archivist/curator salary (includes benefits/overtime).
Public Relations $325K/yr
[#18] Public relations / cover-up and disinformation operations including PR responses, venue compensation, and witness management.
Acquisition Budget $275K/yr
[#19] Monitoring & acquisition budget for the secondary market (auctions, private collectors, secondhand bookstores).
Incident Investigation $250K/yr
[#24] Incident investigation & forensic team baseline staffing and operational costs (post-event scene work, evidence collection, interviews).
Outreach And Liaison $162K/yr
[#23] Ongoing covert outreach/liaison to theater communities and cultural institutions (salaries & travel).
Amnestic Program $125K/yr
[#14] Amnestic procurement, administration and monitoring (stock purchase, certified administration personnel, follow-up care).
Insurance And Liability $90K/yr
[#21] Insurance, liability, and compliance costs (site & personnel coverage, indemnities, regulatory compliance).
Memetic Training And Replacement $50K/yr
[#12] Recurring refresher training and replacement gear for memetic/memetic-adjacent incident PPE and SOPs.
Forensic And Disposal $28K/yr
[#20] Forensic documentation and secure disposal procedures (annual SOP execution costs, per-disposal consumables averaged).
Facilities Maintenance $19K/yr
[#2, #3] Archival HVAC/dehumidifier filter replacements & calibration; monitoring/storage service recurring fees.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#6, #7] Conservator treatment fees (occasional) and recurring maintenance for digital capture equipment.
Communications Services $6K/yr
[#22] Recurring encrypted communications service and emergency hotlines for approvals and incident reporting.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.7M/yr
50.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine monitoring, maintenance, and scheduled research work but no major outbreaks or activation of large-scale neutralization programs.
no_major_incidents standard_preventive_ops
🚨 Minor Incident $6.0M/yr
35.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
One localized SCP-701 outbreak or interdiction requiring additional rapid-response activation, limited medical/amnestic use, and extra legal/PR work.
single_outbreak local_interdiction / venue_shutdown
🚨 Major Breach $8.2M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Larger outbreak with mass casualties or wide publicity requiring extensive medical response, large-scale amnestic campaigns, and significant legal/PR expenditures.
wide_audience_outbreak mass_casualties
🚨 Research Scale Up For Neutralization $11.7M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Activation of an intentional large-scale multi-year neutralization R&D program (human-subject trials, expanded labs, ethics/legal mitigation).
decision_to_pursue_neutralization scale_up_research_funding
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $13.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
A widely publicized, poorly-contained performance resulting in mass casualties, international fallout, and emergency mobilization.
international_incident mass_casualty_event
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#4] On-site dedicated security staffing for archive (4 full-time guards covering shifts; armed/escort duties).
Administrative Staff 1 [#5] Access administration and vetting, clearance management, logs and scheduling.
Research Archivist / Curator 1 [#6] Specialist archivist/curator responsible for cataloging, controlled handling and coordinating conservation.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges; mid-point estimates used where ranges existed. Uncertainty remains in incident probabilities and choices about whether large-scale neutralization is active, so confidence is medium.
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