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SCP-1779 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1779
Expected annual
$1.5M
One-time setup
$118K
Annual recurring
$1.5M
Personnel
14
One-time capital and equipment for secure enclosures and monitoring are modest (~$117.5k), while ongoing annual costs are dominated by staff wages, site overhead and contingency (~$1.50M/yr). Primary recurring drivers are security and research staffing, facility overhead, and field/logistics operations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $118K
Equipment $105K
[#5, #7, #11] Initial capital for 10 custom non-reactive cages (~$60,000 midpoint), environmental-control equipment/install (~$15,000 midpoint), and electronic monitoring/alarm installation (~$30,000 midpoint).
Facilities $12K
[#6] Cage coatings/anti-ingestion retrofits for ~10 cages at ~$1,250 per cage (midpoint estimate).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr
Staff Wages $910K/yr
[#10, #12] Security personnel (4–8 guards; estimated 6 guards at ~$60k avg = ~$360k) and research staff pool (PI + researchers + techs = ~$550k).
Facilities Maintenance $185K/yr
[#8, #9, #15, #26] Energy/utilities and HVAC (~$5k), site-level overhead allocation (~$150k), hazardous waste handling (~$10k), and annual capital replacement/depreciation reserve (~$20k).
Cover Story And Legal $155K/yr
[#18, #19, #23, #24, #27, #28] Class-C amnestic program (~$20k), legal/cover-story/reservoir payments (~$75k), recordkeeping/audit costs (~$10k), vetting/monitoring program (~$20k), public health/home remediation reserve (~$30k), and opportunity/seigniorage accounting (qualitative; negligible for small program).
Contingency Fund $100K/yr
[#25] Annual reserve for containment upgrades, rapid-response equipment and emergency capture/quarantine.
Logistics And Transport $61K/yr
[#3, #4, #16, #17] Bulk coin sourcing & logistics (~$5k), silver-bait procurement (~$700), field trapping program (~$40k), and secure transport events (~$15k).
Research And Monitoring $55K/yr
[#11, #14, #22] Ongoing camera/sensor monitoring & maintenance (~$10k/yr), necropsy/metallurgical recovery processing (~$20k/yr midpoint), and laboratory analysis/research consumables (~$25k/yr midpoint).
Veterinary And Husbandry $20K/yr
[#13] Routine veterinary care, diagnostics and occasional treatments (midpoint estimate).
Training And Sop $10K/yr
[#20] Staff training, SOP development and drills (~$10k/yr midpoint).
Supplies And Consumables $9K/yr
[#1, #21] Per-specimen weekly coin rations ($8/week → $416/yr per specimen; assumed 10 specimens → $4,160) plus husbandry consumables (midpoint estimate ~$5,000).
Breeding Clutch Payout $120/yr
[#2] Per-clutch payout of $30; assumed ~4 clutch events/year → $120/yr.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine research, husbandry and field activity but no major incidents.
routine feeding and maintenance scheduled research and field ops
🚨 Minor Incident $1.6M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Limited theft attempt, small escape or localized contamination event requiring emergency response, temporary repairs, overtime, small legal/compensation payouts and additional veterinary/necropsy work.
attempted hoard theft minor escape or localized breach small remediation/compensation
🚨 Major Breach $2.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant containment breach or large-scale incident (multiple specimen losses, major remediation, public exposure) requiring major upgrades, legal settlements, mass remediation and replacement capital.
large escape or coordinated theft widespread contamination or property damage major public exposure/legal action
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#10] 24/7 coverage with rotating shifts; estimate uses 6 guards (midpoint of 4–8).
Research Scientist 3 [#12] Principal Investigator (Level 4) plus ~2 researchers.
Research Technician / Animal Handler 3 [#12] 2–3 lab techs and specimen handlers for husbandry and experimental work.
Administrative Staff 1 [#23] Recordkeeping, inventory control and audits; administrative support.
Site Director / Executive Staff 1 [#9, #10] Oversight and liaison with site-level operations and security.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed and enumerate most cost drivers, but many line items are given as wide ranges and several annual frequencies (e.g., clutch events, field ops) require assumptions (assumed a ~10-specimen small program); this produces moderate uncertainty.
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