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SCP-1606 Euclid-exsequi ~ medium confidence
SCP-1606
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$2.4M
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
2
Estimated one-time startup costs of $2,401,000 driven primarily by remote-retrieval R&D/procurement and facility/lab build-outs; annual recurring costs about $1,843,450 driven by research staff, resident agent wages, on-call rapid-response retainer, and secure care for retrieved subjects.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.4M
Remote Retrieval R&D And Procurement $1.3M
[#9] R&D and prototype development plus initial procurement of remote-operated retrieval/manipulation systems capable of safely extracting subjects from SCP-1606-2.
Facilities $530K
[#1, #11, #23] Property acquisition (market-value house), secure infirmary/ward build-out, and one-time containment contingency seed fund.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $395K
[#13, #14] One-time research lab build-out and instrumentation required to study disappearance events and top-floor phenomena.
Equipment $156K
[#4, #7, #8, #20, #25, #26, #24] Generator purchase/installation, monitoring hardware installation, secure comms equipment, vehicle purchase(s), secure archive setup, initial safety mitigations, and environmental sensor kit.
Training Sop Development $20K
[#21] Initial training for operators, SOP development and initial drill exercises.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Research And Monitoring $696K/yr
[#9, #13, #14, #7, #8, #15] Remote-retrieval maintenance/ops, dedicated research program staff/operations, instrumentation maintenance/analysis, monitoring data storage, secure comms/data costs, and forensic access/contingency.
Secure Care For Retrieved Subjects $230K/yr
[#11, #12] Ongoing per-subject care costs for retrieved victims (24/7 attendant staffing, nursing, specialized protocols) plus ongoing medical/psychiatric treatment.
Cover Story And Legal $196K/yr
[#16, #17, #18, #25] Legal/cover-up retainer and per-incident budget, false identity maintenance and local integration costs, public-safety/bribe contingency, and records management/legal storage costs.
Staff Wages $195K/yr
[#5] Resident agent salaries, benefits, hazard pay and rotation/travel/admin for two full-time embedded agents.
Logistics And Transport $190K/yr
[#6, #20] On-call rapid response / perimeter security retainer and vehicle fuel/maintenance/insurance for site operations and rapid deployment.
Depreciation Reserve $150K/yr
[#19] Annualized replacement reserve for robotics, cameras, vehicles and lab equipment (10–20% of capital equipment).
Administrative Overhead $80K/yr
[#27] Program management, bookkeeping, audit, and coordination costs pro-rated to the site.
Containment Contingency Replenishment $50K/yr
[#23] Annual replenishment/reserve funding for unforeseen anomalies and emergency upgrades.
Supplies And Consumables $32K/yr
[#10, #26, #24] Robotic/drone spare parts and consumables, safety consumables/PPE/first-aid replenishment, and environmental assay consumables.
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#2, #3, #4] Annual property taxes/municipal fees/nominal homeowner insurance, household utilities, and generator fuel/maintenance.
Training And Drills $6K/yr
[#21] Annual refresher training and periodic drills for operators, extraction crews, and resident agents.
Personnel Health Surveillance $6K/yr
[#22] Regular medical screening, psychiatric support and amnestic treatment for resident agents (per-staff surveillance cost applied to current resident staff).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
81.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with steady operations, routine research, and no major incidents.
steady_research_ops no_major_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.9M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Small equipment failure, minor retrieval operation, or a local cover-up requiring overtime and repairs.
equipment_failure small_retrieval local_inquiry
🚨 Major Breach $2.2M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Significant containment event requiring full rapid-response mobilization, emergency medical/forensic operations, and substantial cover operations.
subject_disappearance_or_mass_event emergency_retrieval forensic_investigation
🚨 Research Scale Up $2.6M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Decision or opportunity to scale research rapidly (new staffing, additional robotics, expanded lab capacity) following a breakthrough or prioritized study.
research_breakthrough funding_for_scale_up
👥 Personnel 2 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / Resident Agent 2 [#5] Two full-time embedded agents living on-site under cover identities; staff_wages category covers their salaries, benefits, rotation and related costs.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provided detailed line items and ranges enabling a reasoned mid-range estimate; uncertainty remains around frequency of containment incidents and the final cost/scale of custom remote-retrieval systems and patient-care case-loads.
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