SCP-080 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-080
Expected annual
$1.8M
One-time setup
$3.0M
Annual recurring
$1.7M
Personnel
9.5
First-year capital costs are dominated by specialized robotics, sensors, secure buildout and contingency reserves; recurring costs are dominated by staff wages, medical/psych services, and IT/software maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.0M
Facilities $1.3M
[#1, #3, #28] Dedicated containment cell construction (cell + antechamber + observation room), HVAC light-trap/labyrinth modifications, and long-term relocation/shutdown contingency reserve (relocation/major vault construction).
Equipment $1.2M
[#2, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #15, #17, #20, #22, #24, #27] Observation window and blackout curtain system, isolated lighting circuit, luminance sensors/alarms, concealment-detection array, non-visual AI/hardware development, robotic manipulators, UPS/power hardware, lockers/inventory hardware, initial emergency-team equipment/training hardware, secure servers/storage hardware, air-gapped backup media, non-photonic sensors, facility security installation, and signage/tamper-evident hardware.
Legal Cover Story Reserve $500K
[#18] One-time contingency reserve for cover stories, legal/PR expenses, and jurisdictional contingency as recommended.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $38K
[#23] Development and production of SOPs, training manuals, and initial training materials/security-clearance processing as part of initial lab/research setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.7M/yr
Staff Wages $895K/yr
[#11, #12, #13, #14] Containment technicians (3 FTE), security guards (4 FTE), research/ops senior staff (1.5 FTE), and on-call medical/psychiatric staffing (approx. 1 FTE equivalent). Salaries include benefits/hazard pay as noted.
Long Term Liability Reserve $250K/yr
[#19] Annual set-aside for long-term psychological remediation, disability payments and worst-case personnel liabilities.
Digital And Software Maintenance $150K/yr
[#6, #7, #17] Recurring software maintenance, hosting, cybersecurity, updates and false-positive tuning for concealment-detection, AI-only camera-processing hosting and secure data access controls and encrypted storage maintenance.
Facilities Maintenance $147K/yr
[#2, #3, #5, #9, #10, #15, #16, #20, #22, #23, #24, #27] Maintenance/calibration of blackout curtains, HVAC light-traps, luminance sensors, UPS testing/battery replacement, inventory audits/admin, containment drills refresher, PPE replacement/cleaning, backup media rotation, non-photonic sensor maintenance, ongoing training recertification, security monitoring contracts, and tamper-seal enforcement overhead.
Research And Monitoring $125K/yr
[#21] Controlled-exposure/experiment budget for remote modalities, animal models (if permitted), ethics oversight and special instrumentation required for ongoing research.
Robotics Maintenance $50K/yr
[#8] Maintenance, spare parts and service contracts for robotic manipulators and mechanical maintenance systems.
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#30] Miscellaneous consumables and spare parts (curtains, fasteners, batteries, small robotic spares, consumables), contingency for ad-hoc replacements.
Incident Response Budget $25K/yr
[#26] Annual budget for incident remediation supplies, sedatives, ICU/NICU standby, quarantine suites and immediate post-incident medical/debrief expenses.
Audit And Compliance $25K/yr
[#25] Regular audits, compliance reviews and internal investigation contractor/staffing costs.
Utilities $15K/yr
[#4, #29] Incremental utilities and energy costs (single permitted bulb plus servers, robotics, HVAC and security draw).
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Cover Story And Legal $0/yr
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Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.7M/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine operations, maintenance, and scheduled research.
routine operations scheduled maintenance regular training/drills
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
7.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Small containment incident or personnel exposure requiring localized remediation, investigation, and limited medical care.
unexpected occlusion/covering event brief light ingress personnel over-exposure requiring medical attention
🚨 Major Breach $3.4M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.6M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or public exposure requiring relocation, large legal/PR action, major medical payouts and reconstruction.
full containment failure public exposure need for relocation or permanent shutdown
👥 Personnel 9.5 total
Role Count Notes
Containment Technician 3 Operate robotics, routine inspections, follow protocols; salary included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 Site security and enforcement of no-shroud policy; salary included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist / Ops Lead 1.5 Senior research/operations staff for approvals and protocol decisions; 1.5 FTE averaged, included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer 1 On-call medic/psychiatric monitoring staff; included in staff_wages and medical allocations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed line items for hardware, staffing and procedures enabling reasonable estimates, but many items (liability payouts, relocation scope, AI development costs) have high variance, so overall confidence is medium.
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