SCP-1485 — SCP-1485 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-1485 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-1485

Expected annual

$4.3M

One-time setup

$17.6M

Annual recurring

$3.9M

Personnel

Initial setup is roughly $17.6M driven by containment construction, defense grid and lab setup; annual operations are roughly $3.92M driven by staff wages, security, equipment maintenance and lab operations. Optional militarized posture would add large one-time and recurring costs.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $17.6M

Facilities $7.2M

[#1, #2, #23] Site acquisition/lot prep, containment chamber construction (10x10 reinforced room, mantraps, interlocks), and decommissioning/remediation estimates combined.

Equipment $4.2M

[#3, #4, #5, #6, #20, #24, #25] Automated defense grid initial purchase/integration, redundant power hardware (generators/UPS/fuel infrastructure), permanent surveillance & sensor suite, high-performance data storage/hardened network, IT hardening/firmware, specialized physics instrumentation (equipment portion), and initial spares stock.

Contingency Reserve $3.5M

[#21] One-time contingency / incident-response fund set aside (recommended reserve).

Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.3M

[#7, #13, #14] BSL-2/3 laboratory buildout and quarantine rooms, sequencing/analysis equipment, and robotic manipulators/sample-handling systems for remote interaction and experiments.

Initial Vetting $250K

[#10] Initial background checks/loyalty vetting for assigned personnel (one-time bulk vetting costs).

Initial Training $75K

[#11] Initial training, drills and psychological evaluation program startup costs.

Initial Medical Exams $20K

[#16] Initial baseline medical and psychiatric exams for assigned personnel.

Militarized Capability One Time $0

[#22] Optional full militarized posture one-time procurement (10–50M+). Set to 0 here; optional scale-up modeled in scenarios.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.9M/yr

Staff Wages $2.2M/yr

[#8, #9, #24] On-site research staff salaries and 24/7 security personnel salaries; includes core research team and security shift coverage. (Physics personnel partially included here).

Equipment Maintenance $400K/yr

[#3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #20] Recurring maintenance/calibration for defense grid, fuel and generator maintenance, sensor/camera upkeep, data operations/licenses, robotic maintenance, and cybersecurity operations/hardening.

Research And Monitoring $300K/yr

[#11, #13, #24] Ongoing lab operations and certification, research program funding, theory-group ops and annual refresher training/drills.

Cover Story And Legal $250K/yr

[#19] Secure communications, OPSEC, cover stories, front-company budgets, PR and legal retainer to manage leaks and FOIA.

Supplies And Consumables $220K/yr

[#14, #15, #17, #25] Sequencing/analysis consumables, PPE and experiment consumables, waste handling contracts, and miscellaneous recurring procurement/admin overhead.

Facilities Maintenance $200K/yr

[#18] HVAC, plumbing, custodial, structural upkeep, inspection of containment seals and routine repairs.

Contingency Replenish $200K/yr

[#21] Annual replenish target for contingency/incident-response reserve (recommended replenishment budget).

Logistics And Transport $50K/yr

[#12] Weekly liaison trips (conditional). Currently suspended; low baseline allocation retained for occasional travel/transport if required.

Vetting And Monitoring $50K/yr

[#10] Ongoing reinvestigation, continuous counterintelligence monitoring and loyalty checks for staff.

Medical And Psychiatric Care $50K/yr

[#16] Ongoing medical and psychiatric care, on-call physician, post-exposure surveillance and emergency med supplies.

Militarized Capability Annual $0/yr

[#22] Optional recurring costs for a maintained militarized posture (2–10M/yr). Set to 0 here; optional scale-up modeled in scenarios.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.9M/yr

87.0% probability / year

Normal year with containment policy passive (deny access, monitor, restricted research); no major incidents or posture changes.

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🚨 Minor Incident $4.5M/yr

10.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline

Non-catastrophic security incident (attempted unauthorized access, small equipment damage, short investigation) requiring overtime, short deployments and repairs.

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🚨 Major Breach $6.4M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline

Significant breach or mass desertion requiring large-scale emergency response, use of contingency fund, replacement of equipment and extended investigative/legal costs.

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🚨 Militarized Posture $28.9M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline

Policy decision to scale up to a full militarized counter-invasion posture (one-time acquisition of armored/air assets and increased standing forces).

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👥 Personnel 30 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist	3	Core research team (1 Level-3 senior researcher + 2 researchers). Salaries included in staff_wages.
Technician / Lab Tech	4	Support technicians for experiments, sample handling and BSL operations. Salaries included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent	16	24/7 armed security guards to cover shifts; core security salary component included in staff_wages.
Rapid Response Specialist	2	Small rapid-response unit for incident escalation; included within security staffing costs.
Site Director / Executive Staff	1	Site lead / management; salary included in staff_wages.
Medical Officer	1	On-call physician / medical oversight; medical costs included in recurring medical_and_psychiatric_care.
Engineer / Maintenance	2	Engineers/maintenance staff for generators, HVAC, structural upkeep; partial costs reflected in facilities_maintenance and equipment_maintenance.
Administrative Staff	1	Admin/procurement support; salary included in staff_wages and misc overhead.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and mid-point selections; many line items have broad ranges and optional militarized choices which reduce precision.

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