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SCP-8105 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-8105
Expected annual
$7.7M
One-time setup
$25.2M
Annual recurring
$7.4M
Personnel
32
Initial containment requires sizable capital investment for property acquisition, jammer procurement/installation, and secure lab buildout (~$25M one-time). Recurring costs are driven by staffing (research + security), jammer network maintenance, power, legal/cover operations, and monitoring (~$7.4M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $25.2M
Facilities $10.4M
[#1, #4, #15, #19] Property acquisition/town conversion; site infrastructure and installation (poles/masts/enclosures); one-time signage/barriers; generator/commissioning one-time costs.
Equipment $5.9M
[#3, #6, #12] Jammer procurement (250 units mid-case); remote monitoring / cameras / tamper sensors one-time hardware; vehicles/drones purchase.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.6M
[#2, #8, #9] Secure lab buildout (Faraday/anechoic rooms, hardened comms) plus spectrum monitoring stations and initial data-storage/SAN setup for archives.
Decommissioning Reserve $2.2M
[#24] Reserve for controlled decommissioning, escalation, relocation or large-scale measures (10–20% style reserve, mid-case).
Power Provision $1.2M
[#5] One-time grid/generator/solar setup (mid-case hybrid) to supply 250 jammer sites and site infrastructure commissioning.
Legal Contingency Setup $1.0M
[#14] One-time retained counsel / contingency fund for potential discovery/exposure (initial retainer / rapid-response legal pool).
Compensation Reserve $1.0M
[#23] One-time reserve for larger claims or major collateral-damage payouts.
Contingency Spare Inventory $625K
[#18] Initial stock of spare jammer modules, antennas, batteries and critical RF parts.
Cover Setup $125K
[#13] One-time front-company setup, licenses and initial administrative onboarding to establish cover.
Planning Summary Reference $0
[#25] High-level planning aggregation; detailed line items above compose the granular budgeting.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.4M/yr
Staff Wages $1.5M/yr
[#10] Core scientific/engineering salaries + benefits (site director, communications researchers, RF engineers, lab techs).
Security Staffing $1.5M/yr
[#11] 24/7 armed security staffing, patrols and rapid-response teams including benefits and equipment (mid-case).
Cover Story And Legal $1.1M/yr
[#13, #14, #16, #23] Ongoing front-company costs, PR/misinformation operations, retained legal budget, routine compensation/mitigation fund replenishment.
Research And Monitoring $1.1M/yr
[#6, #8, #9, #17, #22] Recurring monitoring/analysis budgets: telemetry bandwidth, spectrum monitoring operations, data storage retention, experiment budgets and satellite/third‑party tracing subscriptions.
Jammer Network Maintenance $700K/yr
[#7] Routine checks, parts replacement, firmware updates, vandalism repair and seasonal maintenance for distributed jammer network.
Power Provision $400K/yr
[#5] Recurring fuel, generator maintenance, or battery replacement cycles for site power (mid-case hybrid operations).
Traffic Control $325K/yr
[#15] Ongoing temporary road staffing, traffic control and variable message sign operations during anomaly windows.
Ethics Oversight $162K/yr
[#21] Internal review boards, audits, red-team exercises and periodic external auditing.
Spare Replenish $150K/yr
[#18] Replenishment of spare parts and inventory consumed during maintenance/repairs.
Insurance And Liability $150K/yr
[#20] Property, workers' comp and liability insurance estimates where obtainable for covert operations.
Logistics And Transport $138K/yr
[#12] Vehicle/drone operations (fuel, maintenance, pilots/drivers) for response and mapping.
Facilities Maintenance $100K/yr
[#1, #15] Ongoing facility upkeep, utilities and small-site maintenance for Yeehaw Junction and signage upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.4M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Uneventful operational year: normal maintenance, staffing, monitoring, and legal/cover overhead.
normal_operations routine_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $8.4M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Localized vandalism or multiple jammer site failures requiring emergency replacement and field deployments.
vandalism vehicle_strike localized_outage
🚨 Major Breach $10.9M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Significant discovery or enforcement action requiring intensive legal defense, fines, and emergency containment measures.
federal_enforcement_action public_exposure major_legal_defense
🚨 Catastrophic Enforcement $12.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Widespread regulatory/federal action or catastrophic failure forcing major decommissioning, relocation or large fines and capital rebuild.
mass_exposure forced_decommissioning major_fines_and_relocation
👥 Personnel 32 total
Role Count Notes
Site Director / Research Scientist 1 [#10] Senior scientist / site director covered in core staff wages.
Research Scientist / Communications Engineer 4 [#10] Communications/EE researchers included in staff wages.
Engineer / RF Engineer 2 [#10] Senior RF engineers included in staff wages.
Lab Technician 3 [#10] Lab technicians included in staff wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 22 [#11] 24/7 armed security staffing headcount estimated to match security staffing recurring budget.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items and mid-case figures are based on analyst ranges and standard engineering/operations estimates; legal exposure and enforcement/fines remain highly uncertain (pushing confidence down from high). Equipment counts (jammer density) and chosen power architecture are the largest sources of variance.
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