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SCP-1972 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-1972
Expected annual
$6.6M
One-time setup
$28.8M
Annual recurring
$6.2M
Personnel
38
One-time setup and high-assurance containment buildout are the dominant capital costs (specialized silo-style B-block, coatings, redundant systems and large contingency reserves). Annual operations are driven by security and specialist staffing, ongoing research/monitoring, and utilities/maintenance (~$6.2M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $28.8M
Casualty Reserve Fund $12.5M
[#9] Emergency reserve and casualty/compensation pool held available for incidents, payouts, emergency contractors and relocations.
Facilities $7.0M
[#1, #2, #15, #16, #31] Construction of A- and B-blocks (including interior coating prep), installation of Class-5 interior coatings as structural work, fire-suppression installation and physical containment/roofing upgrades, and initial secure archive/setup.
Equipment $4.3M
[#3, #4, #5, #13, #17, #18, #19, #24, #25] Thermal-management hardware, remote teleoperation/robotic manipulators, initial vocal-modulator units and integration, gens/UPS procurement, robotic interceptors procurement, secure transport vehicles/containers, media/evidence control hardware, autoclave/incinerator install, and initial spare-parts stock.
Contingency Disposal Fund $3.0M
[#30] Reserve for contingency disposal/demolition, explosive-safe demolition, toxic cleanup and long-term remediation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.2M
[#11] Non-contact high-end instrumentation, specialist instrument setup and initial laboratory integration (spectrometers, SEM/TEM access setup, detectors).
Sterilization Surgery $438K
[#23] One-off xenomedical sterilization surgery contingency (specialist surgery, ICU, equipment and complications contingency).
Cover Story Initial $275K
[#28] Initial cover-story / misinformation setup budget (fake companies, contractor onboarding, initial PR buys).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.2M/yr
Staff Wages $2.6M/yr
[#7, #8] Security staffing (female-only contact constraints, 24/7 rotations) and specialized technical staff salaries (xenobiologists, containment engineers, robotics techs, materials scientists, linguist/psychologist).
Cover Story And Legal $880K/yr
[#10, #28, #31] Liability insurance and ongoing legal retainer, PR/cover-story retainer, and archive/record-redaction operations.
Research And Monitoring $850K/yr
[#12, #32, #11] Ongoing instrument upkeep, external lab beamtime/campaigns, paid collaborations and external expert consults/classified collaborations.
Facilities Maintenance $735K/yr
[#13, #14, #26, #33] Ongoing power/fuel/resupply for redundant systems, energy and HVAC operational costs, containment inspection/maintenance contracts, and miscellaneous site overhead (utilities, taxes, property insurance).
Supplies And Consumables $290K/yr
[#6, #19, #22, #24, #25] Vocal-modulator maintenance and spares, media/evidence operations, medical/veterinary consumables and sedatives, hazardous/biological waste handling recurring costs, and spare-parts restock.
Psychological Care $275K/yr
[#21] Ongoing mental-health support, counseling, hazard pay pools and retention incentives for high-risk staff.
Logistics And Transport $185K/yr
[#18, #27] Secure transport operations (armored/insulated containers, escorts) and communications/airspace liaison / no-fly enforcement fees.
Personnel Vetting $165K/yr
[#20] Background checks, polygraphs, compartmentalization enforcement, monitoring and HR overhead for female-only contact staffing policy.
Robotic Interceptor Maintenance $125K/yr
[#17] Annual maintenance, testing and parts for drones/robotic interceptors and non-combustive neutralizer systems.
Training And Drills $90K/yr
[#29] Regular breach/re-capture/medical exercise drills, contractor simulation costs and facility downtime for training.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.2M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine maintenance, staffing and research continue.
routine_operations scheduled_research_campaigns
🚨 Minor Incident $7.4M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Localized plasma discharge or limited containment breach causing equipment damage, short downtime, and limited personnel injuries.
localized_plasma_discharge equipment_damage minor_personnel_casualties
🚨 Major Breach $16.2M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Severe B escape or sustained plasma attacks resulting in multiple fatalities, large-scale equipment loss and possible site demolition or full rebuild.
B_escape_and_plasma_attack multiple_fatalities site_demolition_needed
👥 Personnel 38 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 30 [#7] 24/7 armed security rotations, female-only contact enforcement and rapid-response teams (estimate from 28–40 FTE).
Research Scientist 3 [#8, #12] Xenobiologists/materials scientists performing ongoing research and monitoring.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#3, #13, #26] Containment and thermal systems engineers maintaining cooling, HVAC, gens and structural inspections.
Robotics Technician 1 [#4, #17] Operates and maintains remote manipulators, interceptors and telepresence rigs.
Medical Officer 1 [#22, #23] Xenomedical support, surgical coordination and quarantine/medical consumables oversight.
Psychologist / Linguist 1 [#8, #21] Psychological care for staff and translation / behavioral liaison for SCP-1972-A (joual French).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item cost ranges in the analyst notes are detailed and map cleanly to categories, but many containment-specific technical requirements (unknown composition of SCP-1972-B, frequency/severity of plasma events) introduce material uncertainty in capital scope and incident probability; medium confidence in order-of-magnitude estimates.
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