SCP-7333 — SCP-7333 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-7333 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-7333

Expected annual

$1.9M

One-time setup

$388K

Annual recurring

$1.9M

Personnel

Initial one-time setup is modest (~$388k) driven by containment retrofitting, terrarium and secure trading hardware; recurring costs are dominated by personnel (traders, security, and research) plus legal/OPSEC and operational expenses (~$1.85M/yr). Major cost drivers are payroll, legal/OPSEC, and ongoing secrecy/financial infrastructure.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $388K

Trading Capital Initial Fund $100K

[#15] Probationary trading budget (initial capital allocation).

Containment Escalation Reserve One Time $100K

[#25] One-time reserve for escalation, relocation, or ad-hoc containment upgrades.

Facilities $75K

[#1] Containment cell conversion / buildout to accommodate terrarium, visitor window, plumbing, EMP/hardening, lock upgrades.

Equipment $44K

[#2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #22] Terrarium and environmental equipment, multi-screen market-feed hardware, secure trading workstation, spare devices (one-time portion), initial IT/network hardware, surveillance install (one-time portion).

Transport Equipment $25K

[#21] Secure transport kit, containment crates, vehicle retrofitting (one-time).

Legal One Time $15K

[#17] Basic corporate setup, initial legal counsel and entity formation costs.

Backup Power $15K

[#20] UPS / generator purchase and installation (one-time).

Pr One Time $10K

[#26] Initial covert PR/cover media one-off budget.

Staff Training One Time $4K

[#10] One-time staff training for specialized reptile care / handling protocols.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $0

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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr

Staff Wages $1.3M/yr

[#8, #9, #13, #14, #10] Salaries & benefits for traders, security guards, research staff (PI/data analyst/RA), internal accounting/audit staff, and animal-care technician.

Cover Story And Legal $80K/yr

[#14, #17, #26] Ongoing legal counsel, bookkeeping/tax preparation, external audits, and recurring cover/PR spend.

Psychological Support And Hazard Pay $80K/yr

[#24] Counseling, debriefings, staff rotation costs and hazard/shift premium for traders and exposed personnel.

Research And Monitoring $50K/yr

[#13, #22] Non-personnel research budgets: experiment consumables, data storage, analysis software, archival storage (recurring portion).

Market Data Subscriptions $50K/yr

[#4] Real-time market data / terminal subscriptions (professional feeds for traders).

Financial Secrecy And Opsec $50K/yr

[#18] Ongoing OPSEC & anti-attribution measures, nominee/account maintenance, proxy/integration costs.

Amnestic Contingency Fund $50K/yr

[#23] Annual fund allocation for occasional amnestic operations and incident-specific memory management.

Contingency Fund Recurring $50K/yr

[#25] Annual reserve for emergent containment/research contingencies.

Veterinary Services $45K/yr

[#10] Recurring veterinarian services, emergency care, medications and specialized reptile support.

Opportunity Cost And Governance $30K/yr

[#27] Administrative staff time and modeling tools for scaling policy and net-worth monitoring.

Facilities Maintenance $25K/yr

[#1, #12] Ongoing containment cell maintenance, increased cleaning/housekeeping contracts.

Insurance $15K/yr

[#19] Property, professional liability, and specialized animal liability coverage.

It Connectivity And Cybersecurity $12K/yr

[#7] Business-class connectivity, SOC/monitoring, VPNs, IDS/segregated networks (recurring maintenance/licensing).

Brokerage And Transaction Fees $12K/yr

[#16] Commissions, exchange fees, financing and transactional costs (scale-dependent estimate).

Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr

[#2, #6, #11] Live insect feedstock, supplements, substrate replacement, terrarium lamps, spare device replacements and PPE.

Logistics And Transport $6K/yr

[#21] Vehicle maintenance, transport drills and annual readiness costs.

Miscellaneous And Contingency $5K/yr

[#28] Small incidentals: cables, replacement parts, petty cash.

Backup Power Maintenance $3K/yr

[#20] UPS/generator maintenance, fuel and periodic testing.

Surveillance Storage Recurring $3K/yr

[#22] Offsite logging, cloud archival and retention costs for video/text logs.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr

90.0% probability / year

Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine trading, scheduled research and steady containment operations.

normal operations no breaches routine maintenance

🚨 Minor Incident $1.9M/yr

7.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline

Temporary equipment failure, short power outage, or a small disclosure requiring amnestics and emergency replacements.

localized power/UPS failure equipment replacement limited disclosure / small amnestic response

🚨 Major Breach $2.6M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline

Significant containment breach, prolonged exposure or forced relocation requiring heavy legal, security, and research response.

escape or prolonged public exposure forced relocation of SCP large-scale legal/OPSEC response

🚨 Political Exposure $2.2M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Regulatory or public investigation triggered by suspicious trading patterns requiring intensive legal/PR and operational obfuscation.

regulatory inquiry media attention on trading formal investigations

👥 Personnel 16 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	1	[#13] Principal investigator overseeing behavioral/financial studies.
Data Analyst	1	[#13] Data scientist/analyst for correlation studies and trade analysis.
Research Assistant	1	[#13] Support research experiments and data handling.
Research Scientist / Trader Team (Designated Traders)	4	[#8] Dedicated Foundation stock traders on rotation observing lucidity and executing trades.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	6	[#9] Onsite guards providing 24/7 coverage (3 shifts × 2 guards) and roving officers.
Animal Care / Veterinary Technician	1	[#10] Day-to-day husbandry and coordination with veterinarian services.
Accountant / Administrative Staff	1	[#14] Internal bookkeeping, transaction logging, and weekly portfolio review support.
Administrative / Site Support	1	[#1, #12] Site administrative and facilities coordination for containment logistics.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges but contain subjective choices (e.g., payroll levels, level of market data, and OPSEC sophistication). Estimates use mid-range selections; variability in trading scale and chosen OPSEC/legal posture reduces confidence to medium.

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