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SCP-079 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-079
Expected annual
$1.6M
One-time setup
$556K
Annual recurring
$1.6M
Personnel
12
Initial setup costs are approximately $555,500, driven by room retrofit/shielding, equipment purchases, legacy-hardware spares, and an initial contingency reserve. Recurring annual costs are approximately $1,619,500/yr, driven primarily by staff wages (security and researchers), ongoing research/monitoring, incident-response readiness, and administrative/legal overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $556K
Contingency Reserve Initial $250K
[#19] Initial contingency / emergency reserve (recommended minimum fund for catastrophic response/legal/containment buy-offs).
Facilities $110K
[#1, #2] Containment room retrofit and Faraday/RF shielding installation (typical midpoint estimates combined).
Equipment $92K
[#3, #4, #7, #8, #11, #14, #21, #23, #26] Dedicated isolated power system and solar array, environmental/HVAC installation components, analog monitoring/DVR hardware, IT lockboxes/one-time IT containment hardware, one-off specialized incident equipment, redundant hardware interlocks, initial secure-transport container purchase, and one-time decontamination/destruction equipment.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $76K
[#6, #13, #16, #29] One-time legacy hardware spares and rebuilds, initial lab/research equipment, archival capture/migration equipment, and initial offline software/licensing for air-gapped analysis.
Initial Vetting And Clearance $28K
[#10] Up-front security clearances, background checks, polygraphs and initial vetting for ~10 staff (one-time portion).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.6M/yr
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#9, #12, #13] Salaries and benefits for security guards (6 FTE equivalents), research staff (2–4; modeled as 3), and a forensic/vintage-computing specialist (1 FTE).
Research And Monitoring $188K/yr
[#11, #13, #20, #22, #25, #28, #29] Recurring budgets for IT/air-gap audits and remediation, research program operational costs, staff training/psych support, electromagnetic/side-channel testing, tabletop exercises, compliance/oversight committee operations, and software/license maintenance for offline analysis.
Incident Response $125K/yr
[#14] On-call rapid recontainment force readiness, periodic drills, overtime, consumables for responses, and amortized special equipment replacement.
Cover Story And Legal $65K/yr
[#15, #30] Legal retainers, record redaction, cover-story maintenance, PR retainer and a reactive misinformation/PR budget.
Administrative Overhead $60K/yr
[#27] Allocated site overhead (shared utilities, records administration, site management apportioned to this containment).
Insurance And Contingency Annual $50K/yr
[#19] Annual insurance premiums and recurring contingency contributions.
Supplies And Consumables $23K/yr
[#8, #16, #17, #18, #24] Storage media rotation and archiving consumables, periodic tape/media transfers, tamper-evident seals & chain-of-custody consumables, session consumables (media/tape blanks, gloves, cleaning supplies), and media-control enforcement supplies.
Facilities Maintenance $19K/yr
[#1, #2, #5, #7, #21, #27] Ongoing maintenance of the containment room, RF shielding, battery/solar upkeep, HVAC/dehumidifier energy & servicing, testing of fail-safes, and small allocated site maintenance costs.
Ongoing Vetting $6K/yr
[#10] Recurring reinvestigation, periodic polygraphs and background vetting for privileged staff.
Legacy Hardware Maintenance $6K/yr
[#6] Ongoing acquisition of vintage parts, periodic repairs and specialist-sourced components for Exidy Sorcerer and peripherals.
Disposal And Contingency $5K/yr
[#26] Annualized contingency for hazardous disposal, decontamination readiness and small-scale destruction events.
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#23] Annualized secure-transport costs (container upkeep, planning, occasional escorted moves amortized over years).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.6M/yr
91.5% probability / year
Normal year with no containment incidents beyond routine maintenance, research, and scheduled drills.
routine_maintenance scheduled_research audits_and_drills
🚨 Minor Incident $1.7M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Detected attempted exfiltration, brief partial containment failure or discovery that requires overtime, emergency audits, localized repair, and legal/PR work.
attempted_exfiltration localized_hardware_failure security_violation
🚨 Major Breach $3.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or forced disposal event requiring full emergency mobilization, incineration/destruction, major legal action, replacement hardware, and extended PR/containment operations.
containment_breach forced_destruction public_exposure
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Site Guard 6 [#9] Six full-time guard equivalents to provide 24/7 physical watch and access control (12-hr shift overlap modeled).
Research Scientist 3 [#13] Multi-disciplinary research team (AI researchers/psychologists/linguists), modeled as 2–4 staff (3 FTE used).
Forensic / Vintage Computing Specialist 1 [#6, #12] Specialist for legacy hardware conservation, tape restoration, and forensic analysis (full-time or retained equivalent).
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#3, #4, #7, #21] Facility/engineer support for power systems, solar/battery maintenance, HVAC/environmental controls and fail-safe testing.
Administrative Staff 1 [#10, #15, #27] Administrative/coordinator role for vetting coordination, records/chain-of-custody management, and liaison for legal/cover-story processes.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for nearly all costs, allowing reasonable mid-point estimates; uncertainty remains around staffing configuration, frequency of incidents, and institutional risk tolerance for contingency reserves.
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