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SCP-1940 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1940
Expected annual
$968K
One-time setup
$661K
Annual recurring
$952K
Personnel
6
Initial retrofit and equipment purchases are moderate (~$661k one-time) while recurring annual costs are dominated by security and research staffing plus reserves and disposal operations (~$952.5k/yr). Major cost risk drivers are per-incident purchase/destruction costs and large-scale external manifestations.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $661K
Contingency Reserve One Time $500K
[#21] One-time contingency reserve for large-scale manifestation escalation (recommended maintained fund).
Facilities $80K
[#1] Containment-cell retrofit/pass-through, non-porous finishes, reinforced viewing, disposal interfaces and payment-handling hardware.
Vehicle Purchase $35K
[#10] One-time vehicle purchase for secure transport/removal to off-site destruction.
Equipment $20K
[#2] External hardened surveillance installation (external cameras/sensors, fiber feed, outside recording servers).
Training Development $10K
[#18] Initial development of containment SOPs and tabletop exercise materials.
Records Initialization $10K
[#22] Initial secure media/servers/encrypted archive setup for evidence isolation and chain-of-custody.
Initial Provisioning $6K
[#7] Initial consumables and low-value product stock for on-site testing and provisioning.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $952K/yr
Staff Wages $545K/yr
[#4, #5] Dedicated 24/7 security staffing (3 guards + supervisor) and research staffing (1 senior researcher + 1 technician); figures include benefits overhead as estimated.
Per Incident Purchase Reserve $100K/yr
[#11] Maintained rapid-response purchase fund reserve to buy products in external manifestations and replenish as needed.
D Class Operations $80K/yr
[#6] D-Class housing/rotation, handling, medical, and test petty cash for purchasing low-value objects during experiments.
Research And Monitoring $58K/yr
[#2, #3, #15, #22] Surveillance maintenance and data storage offsite, research materials-analysis budget, and secure records/media maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr
[#12, #13, #14] Administrative/reimbursement overhead, legal/cover operations and shell-company maintenance, and credit-card/transaction fees and merchant relations.
Insurance And Indemnity $50K/yr
[#17] Insurance/indemnity and litigation reserve for public manifestations and potential legal exposure.
Logistics And Transport $34K/yr
[#9, #10] Recurring fuel/vehicle maintenance and off-site disposal/transport costs (contracted destruction services aggregated).
Redundancy Replacement $10K/yr
[#16] Replacement budget for accidental equipment losses to SCP conversion.
Psych Med Support $8K/yr
[#20] Psychological support and medical care for staff and D-Class exposed to distressing behavior.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#8] Recurring replenishment budget for low-value consumables and products provided for SCP-1940 to sell.
Training And Exercises $5K/yr
[#18] Recurring staff training, SOP refreshers, and incident drills.
Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr
[#19] Utilities and facility overhead (electricity, HVAC, waste-handling) for the containment cell.
Misc Incidentals $3K/yr
[#23] Permits, municipal fees for offsite destruction, customs and other local regulatory fees.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $952K/yr
82.5% probability / year
Normal year with steady containment, routine testing, and no major external manifestations.
routine_testing no_external_manifestation scheduled replacements
🚨 Minor Incident $974K/yr
15.0% probability / year +$22K vs baseline
Small external manifestation or modest offsite purchase event requiring rapid purchase, disposal, and limited legal/administrative response.
small_offsite_manifestation single-site rapid response minor disposal contracts
🚨 Major External Manifestation $1.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$220K vs baseline
Larger manifestation (warehouse or multiple-room) requiring substantial purchases, mass destruction, bigger logistics and elevated legal/cover ops.
warehouse-scale_manifestation large-volume_purchases extensive disposal/logistics
🚨 Catastrophic Manifestation $2.5M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Rare, very large/high-value manifestation (exposure in commercial space or many rooms) requiring massive purchases, destruction, public cover operations, and litigation settlement.
multi-site_or_high-value_manifestation public_exposure litigation_and_large_cover_payment
👥 Personnel 6 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#4] Front-line guards covering rotation shifts.
Security Supervisor 1 [#4] Supervisor trained on SCP-1940 SOPs and oversight of rapid-response activations.
Research Scientist 1 [#5] Senior researcher assigned to testing and analysis of conversion behavior.
Technician 1 [#5] Lab/technical support for experiments, instrumentation, and sample handling.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many recurring staffing and maintenance costs are well-documented, but per-incident purchase and contingency requirements have very wide ranges and high tail risk; estimates are midpoint-informed but incident volatility reduces confidence.
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