SCP-1517
Euclid
~
medium confidence
SCP-1517
Expected annual
$1.5M
One-time setup
$1.5M
Annual recurring
$1.5M
Personnel
11
One-time capital of $1,470,000 for containment upgrades, cryogenic freezers, incinerator and research equipment; recurring annual costs ~$1,483,250 driven primarily by staff wages, field/response logistics, research/monitoring and a maintained contingency reserve.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $1.5M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $1.5M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$1.5M/yr
Normal operational year with no major public incidents; routine research, monitoring and maintenance only.
no_public_exposure
routine_field_calls_only
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Minor Incident
$1.5M/yr
One small local conversion event (single shop or household) requiring field response, localized incineration and moderate legal/PR actions.
single_store_or_home_conversion
localized_response_and_incineration
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Major Breach
$1.9M/yr
Multiple-site contamination or a larger retail/commercial exposure requiring broad recalls, multi-site containment, significant legal/PR expenditures and larger disposal efforts.
multi-site_outbreak
large_scale_recall
major_legal_exposure
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Catastrophic Breach
$6.5M/yr
Municipal- or regional-scale outbreak requiring mass incineration, evacuations, major medical responses and multi-million-dollar remediation and legal actions.
municipal_scale_outbreak
mass_casualties
extended_public_hysteria
Personnel
11 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist / Containment Biologist | 2 | [#5] Senior containment biologists responsible for experimental protocols, containment oversight and SOPs. |
| Laboratory Technician | 2 | [#5] Lab technicians for sample handling, assays, and routine freezer and autoclave operation. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 4 | [#5] Armed/unarmed security staff trained for hazardous-materials containment and 24/7 access control. |
| Entomologist / Veterinary Consultant | 1 | [#5] External or staff consultant for species-specific behavior, trapping and ecological monitoring. |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 1 | [#2, #7] On-call engineer for generator/UPS, refrigeration and incinerator maintenance. |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | [#14, #22] Administrative/records staff for chain-of-custody, data systems, legal coordination and logistics. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide good coverage of applicable cost categories and ranges, but many figures are wide ranges and incident-frequency uncertainty is high; contingency and per-incident costs introduce further variance.