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SCP-1609 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1609
Expected annual
$1.2M
One-time setup
$2.5M
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
15.5
First-year capital outlays are dominated by site acquisition/retrofit and a contingency reserve; recurring costs are driven by security, emergency response, research staffing, and ongoing preservation/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.5M
Facilities $1.1M
[#1, #2, #4, #16] Land purchase/long-term lease and structural retrofit to create a 200 m motor-free exclusion zone, initial landscaping and flowerbed construction, and installation of lockers/signage outside the perimeter. Estimates use mid-range values for a remote retrofit.
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#21] One-time contingency/insurance fund seeded to cover large-scale retrievals, quarantines, amnestic campaigns or emergency demolition/disposal; mid-range selection within analyst guidance.
Equipment $235K
[#3, #7, #10, #12, #17] Motorless power and comms modifications (battery/remote services), purchase of manual tools and PPE, fixed cameras and fanless storage, field retrieval gear, and secure IT/locking hardware for chain-of-custody.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#9] Initial lab setup and instrumentation for anomalous research and controlled experiments (one-time lab outfitting).
Background Vetting Setup $20K
[#15] One-time setup costs for background-check infrastructure, legal setup for vetting, and initial exclusion measures to prevent GOC-affiliated personnel.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Staff Wages $770K/yr
[#5, #8, #9, #11, #13] Salaries for horticultural staff (1 FTE + seasonal assistance), plain-clothes site security (4 full-time), research scientists and supporting tech staff, emergency response team salaries, and contracted on-call trauma physicians/medical readiness.
Research And Monitoring $200K/yr
[#9, #18, #10] Ongoing R&D into neutralization/containment strategies, dedicated anomalistics program funding, and monitoring/programmatic experiment costs (non-salary operational budget).
Facilities Maintenance $40K/yr
[#3, #4, #10, #16, #17] Ongoing maintenance of motorless power/UPS, seasonal flowerbed upkeep beyond consumables, surveillance system maintenance, training refreshers tied to facilities, and audit/locker upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $40K/yr
[#6, #7, #12, #25] Preservation chemicals and treatments, PPE replacements and plain-clothes allowances, replacement/calibration of field gear, and small recurring miscellaneous technical adjustments.
Cover Story And Legal $40K/yr
[#15, #19, #20] Ongoing vetting/HR costs, amnestic materials/responses reserve, media management, and retained covert legal/liaison services.
Administrative Overhead $40K/yr
[#24] Program management, documentation, internal audits, scheduling, and compliance administration for the dedicated containment program.
Logistics And Transport $25K/yr
[#23] Additional labor and staging costs for motor-free supply staging, manual haulage into the 200 m zone, and scheduling overhead for staged deliveries.
Fatality And Forensics $20K/yr
[#14] Recurring contingency for autopsies, specialized forensic pathology, and clandestine disposal/decontamination workflows scaled to low-frequency fatality risk.
Psychological Support $15K/yr
[#22] Counseling, resilience training, and staff rotation costs to mitigate burnout and protocol breaches.
Contingency Setaside Annual $10K/yr
[#21] Small annual set-aside to replenish contingency reserves and cover moderate unplanned retrieval or amnestic actions.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
93.9% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine preservation, monitoring, and no major breaches or public exposures.
no breach routine maintenance ongoing R&D
🚨 Minor Incident $1.3M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Localized violent reaction or brief teleportation event quickly contained with minor medical and amnestic actions and retrieval effort.
brief teleportation outside perimeter single witnessed event small-scale amnestic/medical response
🚨 Major Breach $1.7M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant breach with one or more fatalities, larger retrieval operation, forensic investigations, and substantial amnestic/media costs.
violent reaction causing fatalities witnessed public exposure extended retrieval operation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $4.2M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$3.0M vs baseline
Large-scale exposure or mass-release requiring wide-area quarantines, major amnestic campaigns, emergency demolition or disposal attempts and drawing on contingency reserves.
multiple witnessed exposures mass casualty event need for large-scale evacuations/quarantines
👥 Personnel 15.5 total
Role Count Notes
Horticulturalist 1.5 [#5] One full-time horticulturalist plus a part-time/seasonal assistant (average 0.5 FTE) to tend flowerbed and handle removal/preservation cycles.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#8, #16] Four plain-clothes guards patrolling perimeter and enforcing clothing/motor restrictions; includes background screening and hazard pay.
Research Scientist 3 [#9, #18] Anomalistics researchers and supporting technicians responsible for behavioral testing, monitoring and R&D into neutralization.
Emergency Response Agent 4 [#11] Agents staged outside the 200 m zone trained in submissive retrieval protocols and regional scanning for rapid response.
Medical Officer 1 [#13] On-call trauma physician(s) familiar with SCP-1609 injury patterns and medevac/long-term care coordination.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#3, #10] Technician responsible for motorless power systems, fanless servers, UPS maintenance and non-motorized equipment upkeep.
Administrative Staff 1 [#24, #15] Program manager/administrative support handling documentation, audits, scheduling, and ongoing vetting coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide ranges and clear cost drivers, but site-dependent capital costs, unpredictable breach frequency and uncertain R&D scope produce moderate uncertainty in exact figures.
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