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SCP-7849 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-7849
Expected annual
$3.2M
One-time setup
$4.0M
Annual recurring
$3.1M
Personnel
10
One-time capital and setup costs are roughly $3.98M driven by research lab buildout, amnestic stockpile, and equipment; baseline recurring operations are about $3.15M/yr driven by staffing, legal/cover budgets, research, and cyber/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.0M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#12, #20] Initial forensic/instrumentation purchases and research program capital (lab instrumentation and research-specific equipment and hiring capital).
Class A Amnestic Stockpile $1.1M
[#9] Initial procurement and secure storage of Class-A amnestic doses (3,000 doses @ midpoint $350/dose = $1,050,000; includes secure pharmacy/cold-chain).
Equipment $775K
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #13, #21, #28] Initial install of town CCTV/acoustic hardware, servers, UAVs and van-mounted sensors, secure vehicles, field medical kit stock, specialty detection hardware, backup power systems, and secure communications gear (midpoints).
Facilities $650K
[#1, #10] Observation post construction/lease and hardening plus semi-permanent secure processing/isolation facility build-out (midpoint of provided ranges).
Insurance Reserve Fund $300K
[#24] One-time contingency/reserve fund to cover accidental injuries, property damage and unexpected legal exposure (midpoint).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.1M/yr
Staff Wages $840K/yr
[#2, #3] Two permanently stationed field agents ($240,000/yr) plus local rapid-response team salaries and on-call premiums (midpoint $600,000/yr).
Research And Monitoring $762K/yr
[#12, #13, #19, #20, #22] Ongoing forensic lab access/operations, specialty detector calibration, longitudinal follow-up/psych care, research staffing/program costs, and records management (aggregate midpoints).
Cover Story And Legal $575K/yr
[#15, #16, #25] Legal retainers, settlements/compensation, PR/cover budgets, community stipends and law-enforcement coordination stipends (aggregate midpoints).
Cyber Monitoring $250K/yr
[#14] Continuous web-crawlers, takedown operations, cloud costs and small cyber-ops team for content removal and cover narrative management (midpoint).
Administrative Overhead $250K/yr
[#30] Program manager, clerical, procurement and audit functions administering activities (midpoint of provided range).
Facilities Maintenance $165K/yr
[#4, #5, #6, #7, #21, #28] Annual maintenance/replacement and operational costs for CCTV/network hardware, servers (power/backups), UAV/vehicle maintenance, backup power fuel/maintenance, and comms service (midpoints).
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#11] Annual retainers / contracted EMS/hospital agreements and transport-related baseline costs (midpoint retainer plus expected billings coverage).
Training And Exercises $62K/yr
[#23] Regular drills, simulated incidents, CEUs and training exercises (midpoint).
Class A Amnestic Replenishment $50K/yr
[#9] Annual replenishment budget for Class-A amnestics dependent on use; baseline provisioning reserve (conservative midpoint for low-use years).
Insurance And Reserve Premium $48K/yr
[#24] Annual insurance/liability premiums and reserve replenishment (midpoint of provided premium range).
Supplies And Consumables $45K/yr
[#8, #29, #27] Field medical kit replenishment, baseline secure evidence/materials disposal, and baseline public-infrastructure masking supplies (midpoints).
Per Event Mass Processing $0/yr
[#17] Major incident mass-processing costs are per-event (estimated $200k–$1,000k); baseline recurring cost set to $0 and per-event costs handled in scenarios.
Per Event Amnestic Staffing $0/yr
[#18] Surge medical staffing for large amnestic administrations is per-event (estimated $50k–$250k); baseline recurring cost set to $0 and per-event costs handled in scenarios.
Per Event Evacuation $0/yr
[#26] Full-town evacuation costs are per-evacuation ($300k–$1.2M for example); baseline recurring cost set to $0 and per-event costs handled in scenarios.
Per Event Public Infrastructure Masking $0/yr
[#27] Per-operation public infrastructure masking costs are per-event ($20k–$80k); baseline recurring cost set to $0 and per-event costs handled in scenarios.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.1M/yr
79.0% probability / year
Normal year with steady surveillance, staffing, research, and cover operations; no major incidents.
no_major_incidents routine_surveillance standard_operations
🚨 Minor Incident $3.4M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized or small-scale SCP-7849 event requiring targeted mass-processing, site response, amnestic use and limited PR/legal action.
small_mass_subjecting viral_footage localized_property_damage
🚨 Major Breach $4.0M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$900K vs baseline
Large town-wide incident (e.g., Incident 7849-07 scale) causing mass casualties, property damage, extensive amnestic use and high PR/legal exposure.
townwide_event high_casualties extensive_property_damage
🚨 Full Town Evacuation $3.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Operational decision to evacuate or temporarily relocate the population with associated lodging, transport, and security costs.
full_evacuation_decision extended_displacement external_media_pressure
🚨 Research Scale Up $3.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Discovery or research breakthrough requiring rapid scale-up of research staff, field trials and instrumentation.
new_research_insight expanded_field_trials capital_instrument_purchases
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#2] Two permanently stationed on-site agents (24/7 coverage) accounted for in staff_wages.
Rapid Response Team (Security/Medic/Tech) 8 [#3] Local rapid-response contingent (6–10 personnel); midpoint used and accounted for in staff_wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges enabling mid-point estimates, but significant uncertainty remains in per-event frequency and amnestic usage; pharmaceutical and legal exposures create variability.
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