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SCP-2216 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2216
Expected annual
$7.6M
One-time setup
$2.1M
Annual recurring
$7.4M
Personnel
22
First-year capital costs are approximately $2,080,000 driven by containment buildouts, Faraday storage, and specialized equipment; ongoing annual operations are approximately $7,393,500 per year driven by high-skill staff wages, MTF payroll, recurring disposable video/equipment replacement, and contingency/reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.1M
Facilities $1.2M
[#1, #11, #14, #15, #16, #22, #24] Includes construction of multiple 5×5 m humanoid containment cells (three units assumed), air-gapped secure research suite fit-out, decontamination/shower installations, sprinkler/containment wing upgrades, backup generator/UPS install, surge vault build-out, and one-time archival infrastructure.
Equipment $755K
[#2, #3, #4, #11, #12, #6, #1] Purchase of Faraday-lined storage lockers, transport containers, capital on-site incinerator, legacy-media playback hardware, air-gapped compute/server rack, initial one-way mirrored eye-protection procurement, and initial CCTV/one-way-mirror installation points.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#23] Initial R&D/prototyping budget for nonstandard tracking R&D and initial research instrumentation/startup associated with developing sensors and non-electronic tracking prototypes.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $7.4M/yr
Staff Wages $2.8M/yr
[#9, #10, #24] Salaries for specialized research staff (senior level researchers and technical staff), MTF Iota-7 operative payroll, and secure records/admin personnel.
Research And Monitoring $1.0M/yr
[#8, #19, #23] Medical quarantine monitoring and neuropathology/autopsy budgets, forensic analysis and site remediation for carbonization events, and ongoing R&D budget for resistant tracking/sensor prototyping.
Contingency Reserve $1.0M/yr
[#25] Recurring contingency/reserve fund for catastrophic responses, rebuilds, mass amnestic administrations, or large legal settlements; maintained as an annual reserve.
Cover Story And Legal $725K/yr
[#17] Legal retainers, PR/cover-story budgets, and amnestic procurement/admin placeholder budgets used to handle civilian exposures, lawsuits, and regulatory compliance.
Supplies And Consumables $503K/yr
[#5, #13, #14, #18, #6] Single-use/replacement video monitoring hardware and recorders destroyed after tests, single-use camera racks and destruction service per cycle, PPE/disposable consumables, hazardous-waste disposal/shredding for destroyed equipment, and eye-protection replacement/repair budget.
Training And Drills $362K/yr
[#21, #10] Annual training budget for eye-protection protocols, quarantine/testing drills, equipment destruction workflows, and anomalous-entity response instruction including MTF training/equipment line-items.
Logistics And Transport $250K/yr
[#3, #10] Armored courier/secure transport budgets and vehicle/operations costs to move recovered SCP-2216-2 instances and support field MTF deployments.
Facilities Maintenance $248K/yr
[#4, #11, #12, #15, #16, #22] Annual maintenance for on-site incinerator, air-gapped lab parts & tech time, compute/storage maintenance/upgrades, HazMat/team retainer & training, incremental utilities for containment wing, and secure storage lease costs.
Psychological Care $200K/yr
[#20] Ongoing counseling/trauma therapy and related support services for research and MTF staff (includes estimated amnestic treatment budget noted elsewhere).
D Class Contracting $150K/yr
[#7] Recurring costs to recruit/contract D-Class style test subjects or contracted test-subject services including housing, supervision, and administrative overhead.
Contracted Incineration $150K/yr
[#4] Budget placeholder for contracted hazardous-waste incineration per-destruction event when on-site incineration is not used.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $7.4M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Routine year with scheduled testing, equipment replacement, standard staffing, and no major containment incidents.
routine_testing no_major_incidents steady_staffing
🚨 Minor Incident $7.6M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Single-site SCP-2216-3 event or localized equipment loss requiring forensic response, cleanup, and limited repairs.
single_site_carbonization small_fire equipment_loss
🚨 Major Breach $9.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Significant SCP-2216-3 event causing structural damage, multiple asset losses, broader remediation, and legal/operational escalation.
structural_damage multiple_asset_losses expanded_remediation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $15.4M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$8.0M vs baseline
Widespread containment failure or public exposure requiring facility rebuilds, mass amnestics, large legal settlements, and national-level containment response.
facility_level_damage public_exposure multiple_simultaneous_events
👥 Personnel 22 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist / Level-4 Researcher 3 Senior researchers responsible for Procedure 185-Bellerophon and protocol oversight; salaries included in staff_wages [#9].
Technical Staff (imaging technicians, forensics, cybersecurity) 5 Imaging techs, electrophysiology, forensic videographers, and secure IT specialists; salaries included in staff_wages [#9].
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 MTF Iota-7 operatives for recovery and field ops; salaries and some ops costs included in staff_wages and logistics [#10].
Secure Records & Administrative Staff 2 Records team and administrative personnel managing secure archives, evidence logging, and cover-story documentation; salaries included in staff_wages [#24].
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item estimates come from provided analyst ranges and explicit operational requirements, but many items have wide ranges (e.g., legal settlements, contingency/reserve needs, staff count/compensation variability, and incident severity), so overall cost confidence is medium.
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