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SCP-7131 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-7131
Expected annual
$5.9M
One-time setup
$9.4M
Annual recurring
$5.2M
Personnel
22
Initial one-time setup and repairs are large (≈$9.4M) driven by site repairs, containment cell construction, reserves and opportunity costs; recurring annual costs are significant (≈$5.24M/yr) driven by containment & research staff, embedded agents, monitoring/webcrawler operations, and international field operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.4M
Facilities $2.5M
[#1, #10] Site structural repair/asset replacement and construction of a reinforced containment cell (includes redundant airlocks, shielding and observation bay).
Emergency Contingency Reserve $1.8M
[#16] Rapid-response / emergency fund reserve for immediate bailouts, bribes, emergency asset acquisition.
Insurance Equivalent Reserve $1.1M
[#23] Reserve fund for third-party damages / hush payments / emergency payouts.
Opportunity Costs $1.1M
[#29] One-time estimate of lost research output, paused projects and contract penalties due to downtime at Site-393.
Equipment $1.0M
[#7, #20a, #19a] Field capture equipment (armored vehicles, containment cages, tactical gear), surveillance hardware install, and initial secure communications/hardened servers setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $750K
[#14] Research capital equipment: microscopy, mass spec, imaging access/purchase, secure biohazard lab upgrades.
Environmental And Backup Power $275K
[#11] Containment cell environmental control & backup power (HVAC with biofilters, UPS/generator, initial fuel/safety systems).
Webcrawler Development $225K
[#3] Development of I/O webcrawlers: engineering, ML training, dataset curation.
Embedded Agent Creation $180K
[#5] Per-agent creation (realistic cover, forged documents, relocation, safe house); budget assumes 3 embedded agents at midpoint per-agent cost.
Legal Cover Setup $138K
[#17] One-time setup for cover story: shell entities, fake records, legal retainer and FOIA response planning.
Forensic Breach Investigation $125K
[#2] One-time forensic investigation: CCTV restoration, frame analysis, lab forensics, staff debriefs.
Medical Initial Stockpile $125K
[#15a] Initial medical/sedation kit and stockpile of specialized sedatives, antidotes, PPE and quarantine consumables.
Hazardous Initial $50K
[#22a] Initial hazardous waste / decontamination contract setup and equipment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.2M/yr
Staff Wages $1.7M/yr
[#12, #13] Continuous containment staffing (24/7 guards, supervisors, systems tech, on-call medical) and scientific research team salaries.
Logistics And Transport $900K/yr
[#8, #9, #25] Field capture readiness/contractor retainer and per-capture transport budget; international operations budget included here (visas, charters, safe houses, local payoffs).
Embedded Agent Upkeep $795K/yr
[#6] Salaries and upkeep for embedded agents; assumes 3 agents at midpoint per-agent recurring cost.
Webcrawler Operations $330K/yr
[#4] Cloud hosting, continuous scraping, analysts for monitoring and triage for webcrawler pipeline.
Long Term Monitoring $300K/yr
[#27] Long-term intelligence subscriptions and human/machine monitoring for sightings and dark-market activity.
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#18] Ongoing legal/cover-up & local liaison costs, retainers, PR and shell maintenance.
Data Storage And Compute $210K/yr
[#21] Data storage, backup, ML compute and analysis for footage and face/behavioral models.
Cyber Comms Operations $180K/yr
[#19b] Ongoing secure communications and cybersecurity operations (ops, audits, satellite data plans).
Red Team Simulations $125K/yr
[#24] Red-team simulations, breach exercises, preparedness training and contractor simulations.
Specialist Retainer $125K/yr
[#26] Annual retainer for specialist contracts (forensic pathology, advanced imaging, unusual-materials analysis).
Facilities Maintenance $100K/yr
[#28] Routine maintenance & small-parts replacement for cell and security systems (seals, locks, camera replacement, software updates).
Supplies And Consumables $90K/yr
[#15b, #22b] Medical consumables resupply and recurring hazardous waste disposal/cleaning contracts.
Psychological Services $75K/yr
[#30] Ongoing psychological services, counseling, rotation pay premiums and resiliency programs.
Monitoring And Maintenance $60K/yr
[#20b] Surveillance hardware monitoring and maintenance, operator costs (hardware install listed in one-time).
Research And Monitoring $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.2M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year: standard containment, monitoring, routine training and operations with no major incidents.
no_breach routine_operations planned_field_ops
🚨 Minor Incident $6.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized breach or field engagement requiring one-off capture operation, limited repairs and expedited cover-up/legal payouts.
localized_breach single_capture_operation limited_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $15.2M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or exposure requiring large-scale armed response, expanded facilities/evacuation, and major cover-up payouts.
site_wide_breach public_exposure large-scale_evacuations
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#12] 24/7 guard rotation for containment shifts.
Shift Supervisor 2 [#12] Supervisory staff for shifts.
Systems Technician / Engineer 1 [#12] On-site systems technician for security and containment systems.
Medical Officer 1 [#12] On-call medical coverage for containment incidents.
Research Scientist 5 [#13] Biologist/psychologist/materials specialists studying SCP-7131.
Lab Technician 2 [#13] Lab support staff for research and forensics.
Administrative Staff 1 [#12, #13] Site administrative support and liaison for legal/cover tasks.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude and many items (number of embedded agents, frequency of field ops, severity of anomalous capabilities) are unspecified; ranges are broad and the anomaly is poorly characterized, so uncertainty is high.
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