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SCP-8094 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-8094
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$1.0M
Annual recurring
$1.9M
Personnel
7
One-time startup estimated at $1,000,000 for servers, storage, MACAROON development, initial research and legal retainer; annual recurring operations roughly $1,942,000 driven primarily by personnel, ongoing research/monitoring, and organizational overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.0M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $335K
[#14, #15] Initial multi-dimensional research budget and build of the internal simulation/mirroring web environment (HPC/simulation apparatus and mirror web dev).
Public Exposure Contingency $300K
[#20] One-time contingency reserve for large-scale PR/legal response in the event of public exposure (reserve).
Equipment $170K
[#1, #2, #4, #5] Includes dedicated containment server (HSM, tamper-evident chassis), initial secure on-site storage/SAN, network isolation hardware, and forensic/sandbox kit & licenses.
Software Development Macaroon $100K
[#3] One-time development cost for the MACAROON web crawler (initial engineering, parser work, anti-evasion features).
Legal Retainer And Negotiation $50K
[#8] One-time negotiation/retainer and initial legal coordination with platform(s).
Personnel Vetting Initial $30K
[#18] Initial expanded background checks and clearances for the containment team (10-person team estimate).
Training And Sop Setup $15K
[#22] Initial creation of containment SOPs and memetic training materials.
Facilities $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.9M/yr
Staff Wages $905K/yr
[#6, #7] Core containment team salaries + benefits/administrative overhead and social-media/psyops operators (annualized).
Containment Amortization Overhead $400K/yr
[#24] Organizational overhead allocation (HR, accounting, insurance, amortization) approximately 20–40% of direct recurring costs.
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#3, #10, #14, #15, #5, #16, #4] MACAROON maintenance, continuous web monitoring & takedown enforcement, ongoing multi-dimensional research funding, simulation/mirror maintenance, forensic license renewals, archive integrity/media refresh amortization, and network monitoring/IDS upkeep.
Physical Site Security $130K/yr
[#11] Proportional share of Site-83 security staff, CCTV, biometric access and visitor vetting attributable to SCP-8094.
Incident Response And On Call $50K/yr
[#12] 24/7 on-call digital incident team differentials, emergency response overtime and rapid takedown actions.
Cover Story And Legal $45K/yr
[#8, #9] Ongoing legal/platform liaison and covert content-seeding/ad spend to maintain cover story (platform takedown coordination fees, ad buys).
Logistics And Transport $35K/yr
[#19] Field ops travel, per diem, secure communications and vehicle use for interviews/lead pursuit.
Audit Compliance Oversight $30K/yr
[#17] Internal audits, security assessments, and periodic oversight reviews.
Psychological Screening $15K/yr
[#13] Regular psychological screening and counseling for exposed personnel.
Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr
[#21] Energy, HVAC and physical space allocation for server room and monitoring stations.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#23] Replacement drives, USB kill-sticks, sealed evidence bags, PPE and other minor consumables.
Secure Storage Vaulting $6K/yr
[#2] Offsite encrypted vaulting, media rotation and integrity checks (annual vaulting/rotation costs).
Training Refreshers $6K/yr
[#22] Ongoing memetic/operational refreshers for staff and cover-account operators.
Personnel Vetting Refreshers $5K/yr
[#18] Annual refresher checks and counterintelligence screening ($500/person for a 10-person team).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.9M/yr
73.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine monitoring, research, and personnel costs only.
routine monitoring scheduled research activity no major public incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.1M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Localized digital incident (unexpected propagation, mirror spike) requiring emergency takedown, overtime, and short-term legal action.
sudden repost/mirror surge temporary crawler failure targeted doxxing attempts
🚨 Public Exposure $3.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Large-scale public exposure or leak necessitating major PR/legal intervention and possible settlements; uses contingency reserve.
major leak to mainstream media platform refusal to cooperate viral rediscovery of original content
🚨 Research Scaleup $2.4M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Year with intensive multi-dimensional research effort requiring large HPC time, specialist consultants and expanded experiments.
need for extended HPC simulations expanded specialist consulting large-scale experimental campaign
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Senior Researcher 1 [#6] Senior researcher role (salary basis used in core team estimate; includes benefits/overhead).
Research Scientist / Mid-level Researcher 2 [#6] Mid-level researchers (two positions referenced in core team).
Digital Analyst 2 [#6] Two digital analysts for analysis and monitoring.
Social Media Operator / Psyops 2 [#7] One-to-two operators to run cover accounts and disinformation; budgeted as two headcount for coverage.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing reasonable estimates, but many items are range-based, contingent on platform cooperation and rare high-cost events (public exposure), so overall confidence is medium.
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