SCP-802 — SCP-802 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-802 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-802

Expected annual

$18.1M

One-time setup

$90.3M

Annual recurring

$17.5M

Personnel

Initial one-time capital (land easements, fencing, sensors, power, vehicles, robotics, and contingency reserves) dominates costs at roughly $90.3M one-time; ongoing annual operations (staff wages, maintenance, sensor ops, UAV/vehicle upkeep, legal/cover and capital replacement) are the main recurring drivers at about $17.49M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $90.3M

Catastrophic Response Reserve $30.0M

[#28] Emergency reserve for containment failure / national-scale response (order tens of millions; range $10–100M+).

Perimeter Fencing $18.8M

[#2] Three concentric secure fence lines ~188 km installed (gates, anti-climb, sensor mounts).

Facilities $8.0M

[#7] Turnkey on-site operations/C2/living quarters/lab construction & fitout; hardened comms and UPS.

Contingency Upgrades Reserve $6.0M

[#24] Reserve capital for significant containment upgrades if behavior changes (~$2–10M).

Land Acquisition And Easements $5.0M

[#1] Covert purchase/leasing of narrow fence-corridor strips and small central parcel; midpoint estimate of $4–6M purchase/leasing; closing costs included.

Sensor Installation $5.0M

[#4] Distributed thermal/EO/radar/seismic/acoustic sensor nodes and comms infrastructure (~$3–7.5M range).

Power Infrastructure $4.3M

[#6] Solar + battery nodes, generators & grid tie-ins for remote nodes and ops center; includes installations (~$1.9–8.8M total range).

Ground Vehicles $3.5M

[#11] Armored APCs/response fleet initial purchase (6–10 vehicles).

Remote Air Assets $3.0M

[#10] Purchase of long-endurance UAVs, aerostats and ground stations (~$1.8–4.2M range combined).

Remote Robots $2.4M

[#12] Heavy manipulators/robotics, spares and integration (~$1.2–3.4M total).

Munitions Reserve $1.5M

[#14] Reserve for planned destructive-test campaigns and heavy ordnance (~$1–2M reserve).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M

[#13, #25] Scientific instrumentation, in-field sample prep/containment and secure sample/quarantine containers & decon capability one-time costs.

Comms Security Hardware $500K

[#26] Hardened radios, EM shielding, encryption hardware and redundant comms (~$200–800k).

Data Storage Hardware $400K

[#16] Initial secure storage servers and indexing hardware for high-volume sensor/video data (~$200–600k).

Eod Equipment $200K

[#15] EOD suits, tooling and test-blast infrastructure (~$100–300k one-time).

Heliport Construction $200K

[#18] Helipad construction and basic aviation support infrastructure (~$100–300k).

Environmental Baseline Studies $200K

[#22] Baseline environmental studies and initial mitigation planning (~$100–300k).

Equipment $0

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Summary Note $0

[#29] Analyst total-ballpark summary (used for contextual summary, not double-counted).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $17.5M/yr

Staff Wages $5.3M/yr

[#9] Salaries, benefits and payroll overhead for on-site security (70 personnel) plus SOC operators, engineers, researchers, med staff and administrative support.

Capital Replacement $2.8M/yr

[#23] Amortized replacement fund for sensors, UAVs, vehicles and fencing (~8–12% of initial capital/year).

Facilities Maintenance $2.1M/yr

[#3, #8] Fence maintenance/repairs and site utilities/grounds/building maintenance ($1–2M/yr fence + $0.3–1.0M/yr facility utilities).

Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr

[#5, #13, #16] Sensor ops/software/licenses/cloud compute, contracted lab analyses and non-salary analytics costs (~$0.5–1.5M/yr sensors + lab contracts).

Remote Air Ops $1.1M/yr

[#10] UAV/aerostat operations, maintenance, insurance and operators (~$800k–1.5M/yr).

Cover Story And Legal $800K/yr

[#19] Legal, diplomatic, PR and covert cover expenditures to manage local relations and plausible deniability (~$200k–2M/yr).

Misc Ops $500K/yr

[#27] Fuel, small tools, spare parts and day-to-day consumables (~$300–700k/yr).

Ground Vehicle Maintenance $450K/yr

[#11] Fuel, spares and maintenance for armored fleet (~$300–600k/yr).

Medevac Contracts $450K/yr

[#18] Helicopter standby/charter contracts and ambulance arrangements (~$300–600k/yr).

Data Storage $425K/yr

[#16] Ongoing secure storage, backup, indexing costs and related analyst labor (~$250–600k/yr).

Medical Services $400K/yr

[#17] On-site medic coverage, trauma support, psychological services and occasional medevacs (~$300–500k/yr).

Power Maintenance $350K/yr

[#6] Annual fuel, battery replacement and generator maintenance for off-grid power (~$200–500k/yr).

Community Compensation $300K/yr

[#20] Payments, local hiring and mitigation to buy cooperation (~$100–500k/yr modest scenario).

Remote Robot Maintenance $225K/yr

[#12] Maintenance, operators and spare parts for heavy field robotics (~$150–300k/yr).

Land Lease And Escrow $200K/yr

[#1] Ongoing escrow/lease/payments to landowners for fence corridors (~$100–300k/yr).

Munitions Testing $200K/yr

[#14] Periodic live-fire/destructive-test campaigns (~$50k–$400k per campaign; reserve funded one-time).

Training And Drills $200K/yr

[#21] Regular SOP development, drills and rotation costs (~$100–300k/yr).

Comms Security $200K/yr

[#26] Satellite links, maintenance and security service subscriptions (~$100–300k/yr).

Eod Contracts $150K/yr

[#15] On-call EOD contractor costs and certification/inspections (~$100–200k/yr).

Environmental Monitoring $125K/yr

[#22] Ongoing soil/water/noise monitoring and periodic remediation (~$50–200k/yr).

Sample Consumables $35K/yr

[#25] PPE, sample vials, decon consumables (~$20–50k/yr).

Supplies And Consumables $0/yr

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Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $17.5M/yr

87.0% probability / year

Normal year with steady operations, routine maintenance, and scheduled testing; no major incidents or breaches.

steady_operations scheduled_maintenance no_breach

🚨 Minor Incident $18.7M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline

Localized breach or damaging encounter requiring emergency repairs, limited increased UAV/sensor ops, modest legal/compensation payouts and extra testing.

localized_breach targeted_repairs increased_ops

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $67.5M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline

Major containment failure requiring national-level response, large-scale cleanup, military contracts and public mitigation measures.

full_containment_failure public_exposure military_response

👥 Personnel 94 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	70	[#9] 24/7 perimeter coverage, roving patrols, rapid response teams and supervisors as described (~60 guards + 10 supervisors).
SOC Operator / Surveillance Analyst	8	[#5, #16] 24/7 sensor operators and analysts supporting sensor network and data review.
Research Scientist	4	[#13] Scientists handling analysis coordination, lab liaison and contracted testing oversight.
Engineer / Maintenance	6	[#6, #11, #12] Power, vehicle, robotics and site maintenance personnel.
Medical Officer	1	[#17] On-site medic for trauma support and medevac coordination.
Psychologist / Counselor	1	[#17] Part-time psychological services for memetic/stress screening and counseling.
Administrative Staff / Site Manager	2	[#7, #19] Site management, logistics, and administrative/cover-story coordination.
Drone Operator / UAV Technician	2	[#10] Operators and maintainers for long-endurance UAVs and aerostat systems.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are order-of-magnitude and map directly to analyst line items; many line items (land strategy, level of hardening, frequency of testing and breach severity) are scenario-dependent, producing moderate uncertainty.

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