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SCP-1149 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1149
Expected annual
$5.9M
One-time setup
$3.3M
Annual recurring
$5.8M
Personnel
16
Initial one-time setup is moderate (~$3.34M) for containment room, offshore sensors and monitoring hardware; ongoing annual costs are dominated by maritime patrols, on-site staffing, distributed sensor maintenance and interagency liaison (~$5.82M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.3M
Coastal Sensor Network One Time $2.2M
[#12] Deployment of buoys, coastal weather stations, lightning detectors and related sensor infrastructure across cone (5 buoys + 10 stations small deployment estimate).
Facilities $275K
[#1] Build/modify secure containment room at Site 37 with anchors, airlock, finishes, permits and contractor labor.
Legal Pr Setup One Time $200K
[#21] Initial legal and PR setup costs for conservation designation, filings, cover-story establishment.
Data Storage And Compute One Time $125K
[#15] Servers, storage and initial HPC/software licenses for modeling (one-time procurement).
Remote Monitoring Equipment One Time $100K
[#6] Monitoring room hardware: workstations, servers, CCTV, UPS and secure comms (initial hardware/integration).
Transport Heavy Lift One Time $100K
[#19] Budgeted one-off for mobile gantry/crane, rigging specialists and permits for approved orientation testing.
Hvac System One Time $65K
[#3] Purchase/installation of HVAC and atmospheric stabilization hardware for the containment room.
Comms Security One Time $60K
[#24] Encrypted radios/phones and secure communications setup (initial acquisition and lifecycle start).
Support Structure One Time $50K
[#2] Structural steel mount, vibration isolation/dampers, heavy-duty anchors, tamper sensors, mechanical fixtures for orientation.
Drone Uas One Time $50K
[#23] Initial UAV fleet purchase, spare airframes and pilot training (initial fleet).
Sensors Local One Time $40K
[#5] Accelerometers and local atmospheric sensor suite (anemometer, barometer, humidity, temperature, particulate, E-field) purchase, mounting, calibration (purchase portion).
Siting Geotech One Time $15K
[#27] Initial seismometers and geotechnical instruments for site/fault monitoring (one-time instruments).
Grounding Equipment One Time $6K
[#17] Grounding rods, clamps, insulated tools and initial PPE/electrical safety equipment purchase.
Fan Lock Assembly One Time $5K
[#4] Lockable fan assembly, tamper-proof locking hardware, interlocks and install.
Equipment $0
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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.8M/yr
Logistics And Transport $1.4M/yr
[#9, #23] Coast patrols operating two boats (crew, fuel, maintenance) and UAV operational costs.
Staff Wages $1.1M/yr
[#7, #8] Monitoring staff (6 FTE @ fully burdened ~$70k) and on-site security staff (approx. 10 FTE at avg fully-burdened ~$68k).
Research And Monitoring $994K/yr
[#6, #5, #13, #14, #15, #12] Monitoring operations maintenance, sensor calibration, satellite/radar data subscriptions, research team salaries and consumables, and data storage/cloud HPC recurring costs; includes coastal sensor servicing.
Administrative Overhead $759K/yr
[#28] Site management, procurement, clandestine accounting and miscellaneous overhead (~15% of recurring ops).
Cover Story And Legal $590K/yr
[#10, #11, #21, #22] Maritime signage/NOTAM renewals, airspace coordination, ongoing legal/PR costs and interagency reimbursements related to cover.
Emergency Response Fund $500K/yr
[#20] Annual contingency fund for emergency maritime response, salvage, medical, cleanup and mitigation operations.
Insurance And Indemnity $300K/yr
[#26] Insurance/indemnity reserve and budgeting for potential third-party claims and settlements.
Testing Overhead $120K/yr
[#16] Technical review staff time, QA, certification and administrative overhead for tests.
Facilities Maintenance $40K/yr
[#3, #17, #18] HVAC maintenance/energy, replacement PPE and scheduled containment/structural maintenance.
Communications Security Upkeep $20K/yr
[#24] Upkeep, re-certification and lifecycle costs for secure communications and OPSEC audits.
Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr
[#25] Small consumables, PPE, test cables, replacement sensors, batteries and general supplies.
Siting Geological Monitoring $10K/yr
[#27] Ongoing seismometer/geotechnical monitoring, data collection and inspections.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.8M/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with scheduled maintenance, patrols, research and no major incidents.
routine_patrols scheduled_maintenance ongoing_research
🚨 Minor Incident $6.1M/yr
7.0% probability / year +$300K vs baseline
Localized incident in cone requiring emergency response, limited salvage/repairs and targeted legal/PR action.
localized_weather_event vessel_damage minor_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $7.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant anomalous event breaching containment effects to civilians requiring large-scale emergency operations, repairs, legal settlements and public mitigation.
large_anomalous_storm major_property_damage public_exposure_and_litigation
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Monitoring Operator 6 [#7] 2 operators/shift × 3 shifts = 6 FTE for 24/7 monitoring (fully burdened wages included in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#8] On-site security staffing estimated at ~8–12 FTE; 10 used here and included in staff_wages estimate.
📋 Confidence Notes
Containment and operational needs are well-described; cost ranges for patrol scale, level of covert interagency cooperation, and the size of the coastal sensor deployment produce moderate uncertainty in final figures.
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