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SCP-201 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-201
Expected annual
$4.2M
One-time setup
$9.0M
Annual recurring
$4.0M
Personnel
33
Initial capital and containment setup are substantial (≈ $9.05M one-time) driven by facility construction, lab setup, equipment (drones, generators, monitoring) and escalation reserves. Recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages, security operations, research/medical monitoring and legal/cover obligations (≈ $4.03M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $9.0M
Escalation Reserve $3.0M
[#28] Scientific contingency / escalation fund for large-scale experiments or civil-defence measures if broadcasts indicate larger risk.
Facilities $2.1M
[#1, #2, #13] Vault construction with 40 m exclusion radius, site prep, reinforced concrete, controlled airlock, perimeter fencing/access control and quarantine suite build-out.
Equipment $1.2M
[#5, #7, #8, #9, #10, #14, #18, #19, #27] Drone fleet & spares, remote sensing/CCTV installation, backup generator/UPS, initial IT hardware, medical bay equipment, harness kits, A/V analysis rigs, environmental sampling gear, and archival/logging hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.0M
[#17] Laboratory buildout and instrumentation for physical/EM/temporal anomaly research (spectrometers, magnetometers, time-resolved imaging, etc.).
Initial Disability Reserve $750K
[#25] Initial reserve fund for long-term disability/reintegration pensions for severe cases.
Contingency Seed Fund $625K
[#21] Seed reserve for unexpected claims, disability payments, property damage and surge operations.
Legal Settlements $300K
[#20] One-time settlements/payments to recovered locations or other one-off legal/cover costs.
Training Development $50K
[#22] Initial curriculum development for drills, drone recertification, medical/psych training and legal/cover training.
Transportation And Relocation $15K
[#23] One-time costs for heavy-lift/transport to move the object from recovery location to facility.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.0M/yr
Staff Wages $3.0M/yr
[#3, #4, #6, #16, #17, #18, #19, #10] Security guards and supervisors, armed rapid-response agents, drone operators and technicians, incident team base staffing, research staff wages, A/V analysts, curation staff, and on-call medical staff.
Psychological Care $300K/yr
[#12, #11] Acute psychological debriefing, long-term therapy reserves and follow-up care budgets for displaced subjects.
Supplies And Consumables $123K/yr
[#5, #24, #14, #10, #27] Drone spare parts & maintenance, general consumables (batteries, PPE, cleaning), harness replacement/inspection, medical consumables, and archival consumables.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#20] Annual legal retainer, PR/cover story maintenance and periodic audits.
Training And Drills $100K/yr
[#22] Annual drills, recertification and continuing training programs.
It Security And Cybersecurity $100K/yr
[#9] SOC, cybersecurity contracts, patching and secure backups for classified data and logging systems.
Research And Monitoring $85K/yr
[#7, #11, #17] Continuous monitoring/cloud logging, per-incident medical testing budget and non-staff research operational costs.
Incident Response And Investigation $65K/yr
[#16, #15] Per-incident investigation/documentation costs averaged annually plus associated response expenses beyond logistics.
Facilities Maintenance $60K/yr
[#1, #24] Building/HVAC/structural maintenance, utilities and periodic upkeep of containment vault and exclusion perimeter.
Contingency Replenishment $50K/yr
[#21, #25] Annual replenishment allocation for contingency/indemnity/disability reserves as used.
Public Safety Coordination $30K/yr
[#26] Liaison costs, periodic coordination and small stipends for local emergency services under the cover story.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#15] Recovery mission logistics per incident (vehicles, fuel, travel, temporary closures) averaged annually.
Archival Logging $1K/yr
[#27] Ongoing secure paper backups and controlled-access archival logging.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.0M/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine monitoring, staffing and the averaged expected number of reappearance incidents (no major legal or scientific escalation).
routine_reappearances scheduled_training_and_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $4.2M/yr
15.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Single significant prolonged displacement or complex recovery requiring elevated medical/psychological care and a notable legal/settlement expense.
prolonged_displacement_>3_months extended_therapy_and_follow-up small_legal_settlement
🚨 Major Breach $5.5M/yr
4.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment incident or media/legal exposure causing large settlements, emergency staffing, and expanded investigations.
media_exposure legal_litigation multiple_simultaneous_cases
🚨 Escalation Xk $7.5M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$3.5M vs baseline
Discovery of broadcasts/evidence suggesting an XK-class risk or requirement for large-scale experiments and civil-defence measures.
XK-class_signals large-scale_experiments expanded_facility_and_staffing
👥 Personnel 33 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#3] Four-per-shift rotation to cover 24/7 operations plus supervisors (12 full-time guards).
Security / Rapid-response Team (Agents) 6 [#4] Armed rapid-response containment agents for recovery and emergency retrievals.
Drone Operator 4 [#6] Skilled teleoperation staff running experiments and remote interactions.
Engineer / Robotics Technician 2 [#6] Technicians for routine maintenance and repairs on the drone fleet and robotics.
Research Scientist 4 [#17] Physicist/materials/time-anomaly researchers forming the small research team.
Data Analyst / Research Technician 1 [#17] Data analysis and laboratory support for experiments and logging.
Audio/Visual Analyst 1 [#18] Specialist for low-SNR audio capture and broadcast analysis.
Incident Investigator / Documentation Specialist 1 [#16] Dedicated staff to log exposures, interview subjects and coordinate lessons learned.
Medical Officer / Paramedic (on-call) 1 [#10] On-call medical stabilization and triage for recovered subjects.
Curator / Archivist 1 [#19] Sample storage, cold-chain handling and archival cataloguing.
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are explicitly estimated in the analyst notes (wage bands, equipment ranges), so core cost categories are well-constrained; uncertainty remains in incident frequency/severity, legal outcomes and high-variance contingency items (long-term care, escalation), so medium confidence is appropriate.
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