SCP-1139 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1139
Expected annual
$4.3M
One-time setup
$4.6M
Annual recurring
$4.2M
Personnel
16
Estimated initial capital outlay is approximately $4.57M driven by heavy structural vault work, exotic doors, power isolation, and contingency seed funds. Recurring annual costs are roughly $4.24M driven primarily by security and research staffing, containment R&D, insurance/risk modeling, and ongoing monitoring/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.6M
Facilities $2.2M
[#1, #10] Vault construction (3 m concrete room, foundations, ventilation and integration with site security) and installation of lightning protection electrodes (installation component).
Equipment $696K
[#2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #12, #13, #17] Custom triple-door system, Faraday cage and mounts, static-free workbench, humidity control install, gas lighting fixtures/distribution, fire suppression install, DC-only power architecture install, monitoring/access control installation, initial PPE kit, and specialized recording instrumentation.
Decommissioning $600K
[#29] Long-term decommissioning, teardown, hazardous disposal and contaminated-material handling (contingency one-time).
Cover Story Seed Fund $500K
[#24] One-time seed contingency for cover-story/legal/PR fund to seed long-term reserves or initial settlements/cover operations.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $327K
[#4, #11, #22] Mold/tooling and first production run for the molded rubber enclosure, initial site grounding/bonding audit, and initial archive/preservation setup (climate-controlled archival space and imaging equipment).
Lightning Land Buffer And Easement $275K
[#10] Land buffer/easement or remote grounding array costs required to meet >200 m grounding isolation (variable cost component).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.2M/yr
Research And Monitoring $1.6M/yr
[#16, #17, #28, #22] Linguistics & translation program budget, calibration/maintenance for specialized recording instrumentation, containment R&D (countermeasure development, Level Chi work), and archive operations/ongoing preservation.
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#14, #15] Security staffing & rotations and research staffing (lead researcher and Level-3 researchers, support staff) including salaries, overtime, benefits, and hazard pay.
Insurance And Risk Modeling $400K/yr
[#26] Specialized insurance premiums and catastrophic scenario modeling / tabletop exercises for containment liability and remediation planning.
Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr
[#24] Annual reserve for legal, PR, cover-story maintenance, incident-response contingency and ongoing reputation mitigation.
Containment Drills $250K/yr
[#21] Annual containment testing protocols, emergency drills, MTF readiness, and specialized training for electrical/linguistic incidents.
Personnel Replacement Per Hire $175K/yr
[#20] Cost to recruit, vet, clear, and train a replacement for lost/unusable personnel (per-hire; recurring as per-event).
Ethical Oversight $88K/yr
[#27] Ethics board, legal counsel, redaction/special records handling and documentation oversight costs.
Medical Monitoring 1206 $75K/yr
[#18] Ongoing medical monitoring, counseling, accommodations, and disability benefits for required Level-3 staff previously affected by SCP-1206 (estimated per-affected-staff cost; site requires one such staff member).
Class Aa Amnestic Per Administration $60K/yr
[#19] Cost per administration of Class AA amnestic (agent manufacture, secure administration suite, medical supervision and follow-up). Figure shown as typical per-administration cost (recurring as per-use).
Facilities Maintenance $46K/yr
[#6, #8, #9, #10, #11, #5] Humidity system energy/maintenance/calibration, fire system inspection/maintenance, DC power maintenance and battery replacement, lightning/grounding inspections, recurring grounding/bonding audits, and static-workbench maintenance.
Secure Transport Per Event $30K/yr
[#23] Per-transfer event cost for specialized packaging, secure vehicles, escorts and hardened convoy operations (recurring as per-event).
Supplies And Consumables $22K/yr
[#4, #5, #13, #25] Replacement molded-rubber pieces, ESD/bench consumables, PPE replacements/cleaning, and general consumables for high-humidity/gas-lamp environment.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.2M/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with routine operations, scheduled maintenance, staffing, research and insurance costs only.
no containment breach normal scheduled testing routine staffing levels
🚨 Minor Incident $4.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$350K vs baseline
Limited containment incident resulting in one or a few staff exposures requiring Class AA amnestics, one personnel replacement, and minor emergency response.
single-person exposure localized equipment failure emergency administration of amnestic
🚨 Major Breach $9.2M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Large-scale grounding/electrical event or lightning strike or systemic failure causing a large-radius exposure, major remediation, legal/cover-up expenses and possible decommissioning.
direct lightning strike large AC/1000W unauthorized event failed remote grounding / catastrophic equipment failure
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#14] Continuous guard coverage model (two 12-hour shifts) and on-site rapid response team; headcount sized to match security wage pool.
Research Scientist (Lead Level-4) 1 [#15] Lead on-site researcher with senior clearance and oversight responsibility.
Research Scientist (Level-3) 2 [#15] Two Level-3 researchers to conduct testing and experiments.
Lab Technician / Research Assistant 2 [#15, #5] Support staff for lab operations, static-safe handling and sample preparation.
Administrative Staff / Site Coordinator 1 [#15] Site administration, scheduling, and coordination; included in research/staff wages budget.
📋 Confidence Notes
Cost ranges and technical specifics were provided in analyst notes and the article, enabling reasonable mid-point estimates; however many items (land easements, severity/frequency of incidents, R&D scope, insurance) are highly variable, so estimates retain moderate uncertainty.
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