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SCP-2014 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2014
Expected annual
$1.7M
One-time setup
$1.3M
Annual recurring
$1.7M
Personnel
17
First-year program (one-time setup + first-year operations) requires significant upfront retrofits and research instrumentation (about $1.33M one-time) with annual staffing, security, and memetics/research costs dominating recurring expenses (~$1.73M/yr). Main cost drivers are specialist staff wages, security coverage, research/memetics teams, and legal/containment infrastructure.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.3M
Facilities $360K
[#2, #10, #25] Containment-room retrofit, backup generator/UPS installation, and small-item physical hardening (airlock, bolting down, labor and structural/security installs).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $325K
[#12, #13] Research program initial equipment and specialized instrumentation (motion capture, force plates, torsion balances, controlled test chamber, EM/field monitors).
Equipment $265K
[#1, #3, #4, #9, #11, #20, #21, #24] Secure terrarium, surveillance camera/sensor setup, remote anesthetic/immobilization systems, initial skateboard/enrichment hardware, robotics purchase, initial secure servers/storage, secure transfer crate, and initial spare parts stock.
Incident Contingency Fund Initial $150K
[#22] Seed contingency/reserve fund for immediate incident response (medical/legal/cleanup).
Legal And Pr Initial $100K
[#16] Initial legal/cover-story setup, PR contractors and liaison expenses to prepare cover infrastructure.
Background Checks Initial $45K
[#18] Initial deep background checks and reinvestigations for initial ~20 staff.
Psych Screening Initial $38K
[#17] Initial psychological screening program development and pre-employment screening rollout.
Training Initial $35K
[#19] Initial specialized training sessions (containment, anesthetic protocols, memetic protocols, remote retrieval).
Amnestic Stock $15K
[#15] Initial stock of Class-B amnestics and storage/stocking setup.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.7M/yr
Staff Wages $1.4M/yr
[#5, #6, #7, #12, #14] Salaries and benefits for on-site anesthesiologist + nurse/tech, 24/7 security staff and supervisor, herpetological veterinary share + animal tech, research staff salaries, and memetics/information-security team salaries.
Cultural Ops Monitoring $100K/yr
[#27] Ongoing monitoring and disruption operations against cult activity, field investigators and informant operations.
Contingency Fund Replenishment $50K/yr
[#22] Annual replenishment allocation to maintain incident contingency reserves.
Cover Story And Legal $46K/yr
[#16, #15] Ongoing legal counsel, crisis PR, reimbursements, and routine amnestic administration costs.
Facilities Maintenance $42K/yr
[#3, #10, #11, #23] Maintenance of surveillance/sensor suite, UPS/generator maintenance and fuel, routine maintenance for retrieval robotics, and robotics/automation service contract.
Research And Monitoring $32K/yr
[#26] Long-term study ethics/compliance, internal review board administration and oversight for experiments.
Psychological Screening And Counseling $30K/yr
[#17] Ongoing staff counseling, debriefing and memetic-exposure psychological support.
Supplies And Consumables $26K/yr
[#8, #4, #9, #24, #28] Husbandry consumables (live feeders, substrate, bulbs), anesthetic/cartridge consumables, skateboard upkeep/replacements, spare parts replenishment, and miscellaneous recurring consumables/PPE.
Training And Drills $18K/yr
[#19] Annual refresher training and containment/drill exercises.
Background Checks Renewals $10K/yr
[#18] Periodic reinvestigations and renewals for cleared personnel.
Secure Data Maintenance $10K/yr
[#20] Hardened server maintenance, backup, and encryption service costs.
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#21] Per-transport costs (secure transfer procedures, sedation, security escort) allocated as an annual expected cost.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.7M/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with standard operations, staffing, maintenance, research and monitoring costs.
no incidents routine research and maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized containment incident requiring medical care, targeted amnestics, small repairs, and overtime response.
small breach within containment wing injury or equipment damage requiring repair
🚨 Major Breach $2.3M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Significant breach or escalation requiring large-scale response, site lockdown, legal action and potential temporary shutdown of research.
animal escapes into populated 24m zone public exposure or multiple injuries
🚨 Political Exposure $2.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Public disclosure or law-enforcement/media involvement forcing expensive legal defense, PR campaigns, and broad amnestic/replacement operations.
unauthorized disclosure investigative journalism or local law enforcement exposure
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Anesthesiologist 1 [#5] One full-time/on-site senior anesthesiologist (or equivalent coverage) required for on-call immobilization readiness.
Nurse/Anesthesia Technician 1 [#5] Supporting anesthesiology staff for procedures and on-call support.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 8 [#6] Front-line 24/7 guard coverage (rotating shifts) for containment access control.
Security Supervisor 1 [#6] Supervisor to manage guard shifts and breach response.
Research Scientist 2 [#12] Behavioral ethologist and physicist/parapsychology specialist (1–2 researchers) conducting experiments and monitoring.
Veterinary Doctor (Herpetologist, shared) 1 [#7] Shared herpetological veterinary support for health checks and emergency care.
Animal Care Technician 1 [#7] Full-time technician for feeding, cleaning, enrichment and daily husbandry.
Memetics / Information Security Specialist 2 [#14] Team members for memetic monitoring, witness management, and secure-information duties.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line items are detailed with ranges and many costs are well-characterized (facility retrofit, staffing, research equipment). Uncertainty remains in staffing composition, incident frequencies, and contingency sizing given anomalous/memetic factors, so medium confidence.
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