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SCP-8638 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-8638
Expected annual
$11.4M
One-time setup
$7.1M
Annual recurring
$11.1M
Personnel
47
One-time startup costs focused on secure labs, vaults, containment cells, and contingency reserves (~$7.08M). Recurring annual costs are dominated by salaries, 24/7 SOC, cyber takedown retainers, legal/PR, and logistics (~$11.09M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.1M
Contingency Outbreak Reserve Seed $2.0M
[#29] One-time reserve fund for large-scale outbreak / mass exposure surge capacity (item #29).
Facilities $1.6M
[#7, #8, #11] Buildout/retrofit costs: secure evidence intake/quarantine rooms, vault upgrades, and S-1 high-security humanoid cell buildouts (combined estimate from item #7, #8, #11).
Equipment $1.3M
[#1, #6, #10, #23, #24, #25, #26] Initial tooling and hardware for cyber takedown (#1), honeypot/entrapment development (#6), robots/gloveboxes and PPE hardware (#10), IT/server setup (#23), initial evidence-capture hardware (#24), decontamination/neutralization equipment (#25), and initial set of containment enclosures (#26).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#9] Secure research & analysis laboratory outfitting (Faraday cages, spectrometry, remote manipulators, biocontainment capability as required by item #9).
Insurance Reserve Seed $1.0M
[#19] Seed for specialized insurance / internal risk reserve as initial one-time capitalization (item #19).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $11.1M/yr
Staff Wages $6.4M/yr
[#2, #12, #9, #13, #17, #28, #11] Salaries and fully-loaded compensation for SOC analysts, security operators / field agents, research scientists, engineers, specialized analysts (blockchain/forensics), administrative/program management and S-1 staffing (items #2, #12, #9, #13, #17, #28, #11).
Logistics And Transport $900K/yr
[#13, #14] Field investigations, travel, surveillance budgets and secure transport fleet operations/maintenance (items #13, #14).
Cyber Takedown Taskforce $650K/yr
[#1] Retainer and expected per-incident operational budget for a dedicated cyber takedown taskforce (recommended retainer + averaged incident costs from item #1).
Cover Story And Legal $500K/yr
[#4, #20] In-house legal / abuse liaison baseline costs plus ongoing PR/cover-story management and low-level incident handling (items #4, #20).
Research And Monitoring $400K/yr
[#3, #9] Automated domain/brand watch, crawling and per-test campaign operational costs (item #3 and per-test costs from #9).
Anomalous Human Care $300K/yr
[#11, #15] Ongoing staffing, medical and psychiatric care costs for contained/transfigured individuals and S-1 occupant support (items #11 and #15).
Administrative Overhead $300K/yr
[#28] Program management, compliance, procurement and HR functions (item #28).
Purchase Budget $200K/yr
[#18] Controlled acquisition budget for proactive purchases and test items (item #18).
Contingency Replenishment $200K/yr
[#19, #29] Annual replenishment target for insurance/reserve or to re-seed contingency funds after use (items #19 and #29).
Facilities Maintenance $150K/yr
[#7, #8, #23, #26] Ongoing maintenance and utilities for intake/quarantine rooms, vaults, IT racks and containment enclosures (items #7, #8, #23, #26).
Cdn Priority Support $150K/yr
[#5] Priority support / enterprise CDN/hoster contracts and emergency liaison (item #5).
Forensic Financial Tools $150K/yr
[#17] Licenses and tooling for blockchain/financial tracing and specialized analyst subscriptions (item #17).
It Operations $150K/yr
[#23] Ongoing IT ops, encrypted comms, redundant sinkhole servers and SIEM operations (item #23).
Supplies And Consumables $120K/yr
[#10, #16, #24, #30] PPE consumables, printing/distribution of physical catalogues, evidence-handling supplies and misc consumables (items #10, #16, #24, #30).
Soc Infrastructure $100K/yr
[#2] SOC infrastructure, logging and monitoring platform recurring costs (item #2).
Psych Program $100K/yr
[#27] Psychological operations and behavioral intervention program for recruits / affected individuals (item #27).
International Liaison $100K/yr
[#21] Coordination/diplomatic liaison budgets for overseas registrar/hoster actions (item #21).
Training Sops $75K/yr
[#22] Training, SOP development and drill costs specific to SCP-8638 procedures (item #22).
Honeypot Operations $72K/yr
[#6] Ongoing operational cost for honeypots/entrapment infrastructure (item #6).
Long Term Storage Maintenance $50K/yr
[#8] Ongoing climate control, inventory and vault maintenance for long-term anomalous object storage (item #8).
Decontamination Response Reserve $20K/yr
[#25] Consumables and per-incident response budget for decontamination / emergency neutralization (item #25).
Specialized Containment Maintenance $20K/yr
[#26] Maintenance and small upgrades for custom enclosures (item #26).
Evidence Data Storage $10K/yr
[#24] Long-term digital evidence storage and archival costs (item #24).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $11.1M/yr
82.0% probability / year
Normal year with continuous monitoring, routine takedowns and no major incidents.
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🚨 Minor Incident $11.7M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring multiple takedowns, targeted legal actions, and additional field work.
rapid_spawn_of_new_mirrors cross-jurisdiction_takedown_needed small-scale_anomalous_purchases
🚨 Major Breach $17.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Widespread campaign or mass exposure requiring surge arrests, large lab surge, international action and use of contingency funds.
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👥 Personnel 47 total
Role Count Notes
SOC Analyst 7 [#2] 24/7 monitoring staff to cover three shifts with overlap and leave (item #2).
Cybersecurity Operator / Cyber Taskforce 4 [#1] Foundation cyber operators coordinating takedowns and offensive actions; contractors covered in retainer budget (item #1).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#12] Armed containment teams for apprehension and facility security (item #12).
Research Scientist 6 [#9, #17] Lab staff for testing, forensic analysis and financial/ blockchain analysts support (items #9, #17).
Field Agent / Investigator 6 [#13] Field investigations, surveillance and apprehension teams (item #13).
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#23, #26] Facility, containment and IT maintenance (items #23, #26).
Medical Officer 2 [#15] Medical and psychiatric care providers for anahumans and contaminated individuals (item #15).
Administrative Staff 3 [#28] Program management, procurement, HR and compliance (item #28).
Legal Counsel 2 [#4] In-house legal / abuse liaison personnel (item #4).
IT Specialist 3 [#23] IT operations, sinkhole servers, encrypted comms and SIEM management (item #23).
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#28] Program leadership and executive oversight (item #28).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst ranges and many operational uncertainties (unknown incident frequency, variable per-incident costs, and unpredictable anomalous object requirements). Costing is a best-effort midpoint aggregation but remains uncertain.
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