SCP-1961
Euclid
~
medium confidence
SCP-1961
Expected annual
$3.0M
One-time setup
$3.8M
Annual recurring
$3.0M
Personnel
21
Initial capital outlay is approximately $3.83M driven by containment retrofit, lab buildout and contingency reserves; ongoing annual operations are roughly $3.01M/yr driven by staff wages (research + security), lab consumables, hazardous disposal, and contingency replenishment.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $3.8M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $3.0M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$3.0M/yr
Normal operating year with no major incidents; routine research, maintenance, training and small replenishments occur as budgeted.
no breach
routine research operations
only scheduled maintenance
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Minor Incident
$3.1M/yr
Localized incident (small leak, single-subject escape attempt, minor contamination) requiring emergency response, targeted disposal, overtime and PR/legal work.
single specimen breach
small hazardous spill
isolated public exposure risk
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Major Breach
$3.8M/yr
Significant containment breach or mass-termination event requiring large-scale disposal, emergency containment, off-site housing/evacuations and major repairs.
multi-subject merging escape
large termination operation
local infrastructure impact
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Colony Expansion
$5.0M/yr
Irreversible SCP-1961-2 colony growth beyond the standard suite requiring emergency industrial-scale containment construction or relocation.
uncontrolled colony growth
failed in-situ termination
need for new industrial containment
Personnel
21 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 3 | [#7] Includes 1 Level-3+ supervising researcher and 2 senior researchers; salaries accounted for in research staff wages. |
| Research Technician | 3 | [#7] Laboratory technicians and support staff for experiments, monitoring and sample processing; included in research wages. |
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 12 | [#8] Front-line guards to provide 24/7 coverage (three 8-hr shifts); wages included in security staffing estimate. |
| Security Supervisor / Rapid Response | 3 | [#8] Supervisors and rapid-response team members included in the security staffing budget. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are detailed and provide ranges for most line items, allowing midpoint estimates, but large uncertainties remain around frequency/scale of colony expansion, lab biosafety classification and rare-event costs, so confidence is medium.