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SCP-1726 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1726
Expected annual
$1.5M
One-time setup
$2.0M
Annual recurring
$1.4M
Personnel
17
Estimated one-time capital/setup about $2,040,000 driven by specialized high-altitude systems, robotics, imaging, and an insurance reserve; baseline annual operating costs are about $1,442,000 driven by specialist staff wages, PLA liaison/legal cover, data/IT maintenance, and medical/contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.0M
Initial Research And Lab Setup $970K
[#8, #10, #11, #12] High-altitude systems and suits, portable imaging & copying rigs, non-destructive analysis instruments, and initial data-storage/archive infrastructure.
Insurance Reserve $500K
[#23] One-time internal reserve fund to cover catastrophic incidents, major equipment replacement, long-term care and investigations.
Facilities $300K
[#1, #22] Land acquisition, guard post construction, checkpoint infrastructure, site survey and one-time emergency infrastructure upgrades (roof anchors, staging).
Equipment $270K
[#4, #9, #18] One-time purchase and installation of access control & surveillance hardware, robotic exploration systems, and secure communications equipment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.4M/yr
Staff Wages $580K/yr
[#3, #5, #6] On-site guard payroll (rotating 24/7), core research team salaries (archaeologists, linguists, conservators, translators), and on-site medical staff and routine health monitoring.
Research And Monitoring $310K/yr
[#13, #15, #20, #21] Digitization labor & cataloguing, psychological/ethical oversight and mediators, training & certification refreshers, and long-term controlled research grants/internal studies.
Cover Story And Legal $195K/yr
[#2, #19, #24] Ongoing PLA liaison/cover maintenance stipends, legal and diplomatic contingency budgeting, local community management and small-scale public suppression or compensation.
Facilities Maintenance $120K/yr
[#4, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #18, #22] Ongoing maintenance and storage for surveillance systems, high-altitude equipment upkeep, robotic spares/repairs, imaging/calibration services, data-storage maintenance, secure-comms upkeep, and infrastructure maintenance.
Logistics And Transport $102K/yr
[#14, #25] Personnel rotation, travel, per diem and shift overhead due to four-hour exposure limits, plus per-mission archive transfer and secure copy operations (assumed modest mission cadence).
Medical Contingency Reserve $80K/yr
[#7] Annual reserve for acute incidents: medevac, emergency hospitalization, and long-term neurorehabilitation drawdowns.
Supplies And Consumables $30K/yr
[#16, #17] Conservation materials and repair supplies for porcelain constructs, localized environmental control consumables, archival sleeves, batteries, and small consumables.
Insurance Drawdown $25K/yr
[#23] Expected modest annual drawdown or replenishment from the one-time reserve fund for unexpected costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.4M/yr
86.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful operating year with routine research, maintenance, and modest mission cadence; no major incidents.
regular digitization missions routine maintenance no medical evacuations
🚨 Minor Incident $1.6M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Single moderate incident requiring emergency medevac, short-term replacement of equipment, and limited legal/diplomatic response.
medevac / emergency hospitalization robotic or equipment failure requiring replacement minor leak or local exposure requiring legal mitigation
🚨 Major Breach $2.9M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment/operational crisis: catastrophic injury or multiple casualties, major equipment loss, and a high-cost diplomatic/legal crisis requiring large payouts and emergency operations.
multiple severe injuries / long-term care large-scale equipment and data loss international exposure requiring major diplomatic/legal action
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Conservator / Linguist 8 Core research team performing in-situ study, conservation, translation, and cataloguing. (See #5, #13)
Security Officer / Guard 6 Rotating guard shifts for the checkpoint and site access control; budgeted as payroll or liaison costs. (See #1, #3)
Medical Officer 1 On-site medic for baseline monitoring, scans, and emergency stabilization. (See #6, #7)
Administrative Staff / Liaison 1 PLA liaison/cover maintenance and administrative coordination. (See #2, #19)
IT / Systems Technician 1 Maintain secure communications, data transfer, and local staging servers. (See #12, #18)
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items but most contain wide ranges and site/policy-dependent variability (land costs, PLA cover usage, mission cadence, and whether humans or robots are used for high-altitude work). Estimates use conservative mid-to-low assumptions for baseline; uncertainty about frequency of missions and severity of incidents yields a medium confidence.
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