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SCP-1227 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1227
Expected annual
$4.1M
One-time setup
$10.9M
Annual recurring
$3.8M
Personnel
22
One-time capital costs for secure containment and optional surgical R&D dominate upfront spending (~$10.9M). Annual operating costs are driven by staff wages, research/monitoring, and hazard pay/legal/overhead, totaling roughly $3.76M/yr baseline.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $10.9M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $5.0M
[#24] One-time capital for an amputation/separation R&D program (facility upgrades, bespoke surgical/biotech equipment and program startup).
Equipment $2.9M
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #9, #16, #17, #20, #22] HVAC/BSL-grade ventilation hardware, airlock automation, remote monitoring systems, robotic manipulators, initial suits inventory, surgical hardware, backup generator hardware, secure servers, imaging/mod kits, and sealed transport vehicle/crate purchase.
Facilities $2.4M
[#1, #15] Hardened concrete containment chamber (30x30x5m) including sealed double airlocks and site hardening (fencing, barriers, perimeter upgrades).
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#21] Dedicated contingency/reserve fund for large emergency response, repairs, or termination events.
Initial Legal Cover Payments $50K
[#18] One-time payments/obfuscation costs (initial hush payments, record relocation) as-needed.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.8M/yr
Staff Wages $1.4M/yr
[#11, #12] Salaries for lead researcher, research scientists, lab technicians, clinical surgeon/nurses, continuous on-site security staff, supervisors and maintenance/admin personnel.
Research And Monitoring $895K/yr
[#4, #10, #17, #19, #20, #23] Ongoing research funding (pathology/genomics/physiology/psych), secure data handling and archival labor, training/certification budgets, imaging operation and oversight committee support.
Insurance And Overhead $490K/yr
[#26] Financial overhead/black-budget accounting estimated as 15% of operating budget.
Psychological Care And Hazard Pay $344K/yr
[#27] Counseling and mental-health support for staff plus hazard pay premium (approx. 20% salary premium applied to baseline wages).
Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr
[#2, #3, #5, #15, #16] HVAC energy/maintenance and negative-pressure monitoring, airlock certification/maintenance, robotic system maintenance, perimeter/patrol maintenance and generator fuel/testing.
Cover Story And Legal $150K/yr
[#18] Recurring legal, cover story maintenance, NDAs, procurement obfuscation and possible compensation obligations.
Logistics And Transport $140K/yr
[#13, #22] Mobile Task Force standby budgets, expected average per-year relocation/deployment costs and transport logistics.
Supplies And Consumables $82K/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #25] Suit servicing/replacements, PPE and decontamination consumables, routine hazardous waste disposal, and minor analytical/sample consumables.
Psychosocial Program $35K/yr
[#14] Controlled 'friend' visit program costs (equipment, staff time and screening for monitored contact).
Amputation Research Program $0/yr
[#24] Annual costs for an active amputation/separation program (set to 0 in baseline; activated in scale-up scenario).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.8M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents or program scale-up; contains routine staffing, maintenance, research, and oversight costs.
routine operations scheduled research activities
🚨 Minor Incident $3.9M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$140K vs baseline
Small feeding/event requiring an MTF response, limited repairs, disposal and legal/administrative costs.
small uncontrolled contact limited infrastructure repair single MTF deployment
🚨 Major Breach $4.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.1M vs baseline
Significant containment breach or aggressive feeding event necessitating large repairs, emergency disposal, expanded MTF actions and legal exposure control.
aggressive feeding structural damage/containment failure public exposure risk
🚨 Research Scaleup $10.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$6.9M vs baseline
Decision to initiate an aggressive amputation/separation R&D program; includes one-time capital purchases plus elevated annual program costs.
authorization of separation program major capital procurement expanded surgical research
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Lead Researcher 1 #11
Research Scientist 4 #11
Lab Technician 3 #11
Clinical Surgeon 1 #11
Clinical Nurse 2 #11
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 #12
Security Supervisor 1 #12
Engineer / Maintenance 1 #12
Administrative Staff 1 #11, #12
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates draw from analyst-provided ranges but require assumptions about staffing levels, probability of incidents, and whether costly R&D is pursued; uncertainties in incident frequency and program choices justify a medium confidence.
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