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SCP-8735 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-8735
Expected annual
$982K
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$968K
Personnel
4.5
One-time setup costs are approximately $1.07M driven by contingency reserves and capital equipment (workstation, Faraday, secure lockers); annual recurring costs are approximately $968k/yr driven by staff wages, intelligence/logistics, and ongoing incident/reserve replenishment.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Large Scale Contingency $500K
[#26] Large-scale exposure / worst-case mitigation contingency reserve (minimum recommended ~$500,000).
Incident Response Reserve $250K
[#15] Seed one-time incident/containment reserve (recommended $250k–$500k; using lower bound $250,000).
Equipment $120K
[#3, #4, #14, #21] Air-gapped forensic workstation + Faraday enclosure (~$80,000) [#3]; immutable/WORM storage setup ~$10,000 [#4]; CCTV/logging setup ~$10,000 [#14]; specialized memetic-safe display/reader hardware ~$20,000 [#21].
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#5] Specialized software sandboxing / memetic-filter development (development cost, custom tooling) ~ $100,000 one-time.
Facilities $80K
[#1] Secure storage lockers: 10lockers @ ~$8,000 each (hardware + installation + tamper sensors).
Cover Story Setup $20K
[#16] One-time cover story / shell company setup & initial obfuscation ~$20,000.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $968K/yr
Staff Wages $410K/yr
[#8, #9, #17] Research personnel (1.5 FTE total) + lab technician (part of the 1.5 FTE) ~ $220,000 [#8]; Security personnel (2 Level-2 guards) ~$90,000 [#9]; Psych/memetic specialist ~ $100,000 [#17].
Administrative Overhead $161K/yr
[#25] Administrative overhead and accounting: 20% of direct recurring costs per analyst rule.
Logistics And Transport $110K/yr
[#11, #24] Intelligence/field ops support against GoI-5869 (HUMINT/SIGINT/safehouses/etc.) ~$100,000/yr [#11]; travel, lodging & per diem for researchers/handlers ~$10,000/yr [#24].
Research And Monitoring $87K/yr
[#5, #18, #22, #4] Ongoing sandbox/memetic-filter support & patching ~$30,000/yr [#5]; training, drills, SOP refinement ~$15,000/yr [#18]; external contractor / third-party lab validation ~$40,000/yr [#22]; immutable/offsite vaulting maintenance ~$2,000/yr [#4].
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#16] Ongoing legal / cover story / procurement obfuscation, PR mitigation, counsel ~$50,000/yr.
Incident Response Replenishment $50K/yr
[#15] Annual replenishment for incident response/emergency expendables reserve ~$50,000/yr.
Transport And Recovery Ops $30K/yr
[#10] Transport & field recovery baseline budgeting for complex recovery operations; using ~$30,000/yr baseline (per-op costs vary widely).
Hardware Lifecycle Replacement $20K/yr
[#19] Amortized hardware lifecycle replacement for forensic hardware, servers, Faraday components (~$20,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#2, #14, #20] Locker climate/physical monitoring & maintenance ~$6,000/yr [#2]; CCTV/logging storage/maintenance ~$3,000/yr [#14]; utilities & energy for secured equipment ~$3,000/yr [#20].
D Class Proxy Operations $12K/yr
[#6] D-class proxy usage costs for monthly audits (logistics, handlers, PPE, per-audit cost) total ~$12,000/yr.
Decommissioning Per Instance $9K/yr
[#12] Secure decommissioning/destruction of redundant instances: assumed ~3 instances/yr @ $3,000 each => $9,000/yr.
D Class Medical $6K/yr
[#7] D-class medical screening, post-exposure monitoring, quarantine baseline ~$6,000/yr.
External Waste Disposal $6K/yr
[#23] Disposal of hazardous waste from decommissioning (regulated disposal) ~$6,000/yr.
Supplies And Consumables $5K/yr
[#13] Hazmat and containment consumables (gloves, evidence bags, disposable PPE, test strips, sedatives) ~$5,000/yr.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $968K/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine audits, recoveries, and maintenance only.
monthly D-class audits routine recoveries no significant incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr
7.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Small containment incident or limited exposure requiring moderate emergency response and external consulting.
localized memetic exposure single-instance breach small PR/legal engagement
🚨 Major Breach $2.0M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Significant breach or exposure requiring large-scale mitigation, mass containment actions, and substantial external contracting / public cover operations.
widespread memetic dissemination hostile GoI engagement during recovery public exposure requiring mass mitigation
👥 Personnel 4.5 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Forensic Analyst 1.0 [#8] Part of the 1.5 FTE research allocation used to analyze instances and manage protocols.
Lab Technician 0.5 [#8] 0.5 FTE lab technician to manage audits and imaging (part of the 1.5 FTE research total).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 2 [#9] Two assigned Level-2 guards for storage room and D-class movements; includes training/background reinvestigation costs.
Psych/Memetic Specialist 1 [#17] Memetic/cognitive hazard specialist (~1 FTE) for countermeasures and training.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide many concrete line-item estimates, but the SCP is partially fragmentary and anomalous (digital/memetic hazards). Several structural unknowns (actual prevalence, severity of memetic effects, GoI hostility) could materially change requirements; therefore medium confidence.
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