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SCP-162 Euclid ✓ high confidence
SCP-162
Expected annual
$1.8M
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
12
One-time startup costs are approximately $1.45M driven by containment vault construction and a large contingency reserve; recurring annual costs are about $1.77M dominated by 24/7 staffing and research/medical support.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M
Contingency Reserve $500K
[#20] One-time contingency fund for catastrophic breach/cleanup/compensation (~$500,000).
Facilities $420K
[#1, #22] Dedicated sealed containment vault construction (~$400,000) plus initial physical security install/upgrade (~$20,000).
Equipment $405K
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #10, #12, #21] HVAC installation (~$50,000), remote handling systems (~$150,000), PPE suits (~$120,000), CCTV/install (~$15,000), medical equipment (~$50,000), autoclave (~$15,000), UPS/install (~$5,000).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#16] Initial R&D and specialized extraction tool development (~$100,000).
Training Program Initial $25K
[#18] Initial training program setup and first-run exercises (~$25,000).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Staff Wages $995K/yr
[#6, #7, #8, #9] Security personnel (6 × $45k + benefits ≈ $351,000), containment technicians (3 w/ benefits ≈ $234,000), supervisor & research lead (combined ≈ $300,000), medic/on-call arrangements (~$110,000).
Research And Monitoring $275K/yr
[#13, #15, #16] Psychological screening/program costs (~$25,000/yr), research budget into compulsion and mitigation (~$200,000/yr), ongoing R&D/testing follow-up (~$50,000/yr).
Recurring Contingency Reserve $170K/yr
[#28] Recurring contingency reserve (~10% of operating budget, estimated ~$170,000/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#19] Legal, cover-story, PR and administrative secrecy budget (~$100,000/yr).
Logistics And Transport $95K/yr
[#17, #23, #26] Auxiliary SCP deployment/drills allocation (~$50,000/yr), incident response and transport contracts (~$30,000/yr), mortuary/disposition (~$15,000/yr).
Supplies And Consumables $60K/yr
[#4, #10, #11, #12, #25] PPE maintenance/parts (~$10,000/yr), medical consumables (~$20,000/yr), biohazard/sharps disposal (~$15,000/yr), autoclave supplies (~$5,000/yr), general consumables (~$10,000/yr).
Facilities Maintenance $33K/yr
[#2, #3, #5, #22, #21] HVAC servicing (~$5,000/yr), remote-handling repairs (~$10,000/yr), CCTV/storage maintenance (~$2,000/yr), physical security maintenance (~$10,000/yr), power/electricity load (~$6,000/yr).
Lost Productivity And Paid Leave $25K/yr
[#14] Paid leave/coverage for two-week monitoring after interactions (~$25,000/yr).
Training Program Refreshers $10K/yr
[#18] Annual refresher courses and drills (~$10,000/yr).
Administrative Overhead $5K/yr
[#27] Miscellaneous administrative overhead and recordkeeping (~$5,000/yr).
Data Storage And It $3K/yr
[#24] Secure data storage, CCTV retention and IT maintenance (~$2,000–$5,000/yr; midpoint used).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Routine year with no major incidents; containment procedures followed and only expected recurring costs incurred.
no_incidents routine_maintenance scheduled_research
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Single entrapment or medical incident requiring emergency response, limited PPE/equipment replacement, and minor legal/cleanup costs.
single_entrapment local_medical_response small_cleanup
🚨 Major Breach $2.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
Significant multi-person entrapment or breach requiring auxiliary asset deployment (e.g., SCP-1114), large-scale medical response, legal action and major cleanup.
multiple_casualties auxiliary_SCP_deployment legal_and_cleanup
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#6] 2 guards per shift, 3 shifts (6 total) providing 24/7 watch; salary estimates included in staff_wages.
Containment Technician 3 [#7] Minimum 1 per shift; technicians operate manipulators and emergency extraction procedures.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#8] Site containment supervisor; salary included in staff_wages.
Research Scientist 1 [#8, #15] Lead researcher overseeing study and mitigation research; salary included in staff_wages and recurring research budget.
Medical Officer / Medic 1 [#9, #10] On-site medic for immediate trauma response; on-call surgeon costs handled via contracts (not full-time headcount).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item estimates were provided in analyst notes with specific dollar figures for most categories; uncertainty remains around exact incident frequency and severity but base recurring and one-time items are well-specified.
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