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SCP-2226 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-2226
Expected annual
$588.4M
One-time setup
$7.8B
Annual recurring
$572.5M
Personnel
40
One-time setup is dominated by advanced antimaterial containment R&D and lunar infrastructure (multi-billion USD); recurring annual costs driven by crew rotations, power/maintenance, secrecy, and specialized staff (~half a billion USD/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $7.8B
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3.0B
[#2, #13] Major R&D and build for the 1,000 T paramagnetic containment system plus on-site/earth-side biological/chemical analysis lab setup.
Reactor Units $1.5B
[#3] High-redundancy power plant units (three SMR-style lunar reactors) and distribution infrastructure (one-time delivery/installation).
Heavy Lift Delivery $1.2B
[#9, #10] Heavy-lift launches and cargo deliveries to transport magnets, reactors, shielding, and structural modules to the lunar surface (one-time major deliveries).
Contingency Reserve One Time $500.0M
[#15] Insurance/catastrophic contingency fund reserve establishment (one-time seed/reserve).
Public Liability Reserve $500.0M
[#27] Planning reserve for potential public liabilities/geopolitical remediation (one-time reserve).
Emergency Ejection System $300.0M
[#11] Design and hardware for a fail-safe ejection/propulsion stage and docking/hardware to remove SCP-2226 to deep space (launch costs handled under heavy lift).
Decommissioning Costs $300.0M
[#26] Decommissioning or long-term mothballing costs (one-time worst-case planning).
Equipment $225.0M
[#4, #5, #6, #12] Initial install for cryogenic systems, RF/EM shielding lining, monitoring instrumentation, and remote robotic manipulators.
Facilities $150.0M
[#1] Construction/upgrade of Lunar Site-13 containment chamber sized and hardened for antimatter containment.
Security Hardware Install $100.0M
[#23] Site security hardware, hardened habitats, anti-tamper systems and intrusion-detection hardware (one-time).
Power Infrastructure Install $40.0M
[#22] Redundant remote power distribution and EMP/solar-storm protection installation (one-time).
Communications Security Initial $20.0M
[#16] Initial setup for communications security, secure data storage, and cover-story infrastructure (one-time).
Scientific Conservation One Time $500K
[#28] Passive fixtures and conservation equipment to preserve the instrument and containers (one-time minimal).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $572.5M/yr
Logistics And Transport $250.0M/yr
[#9] Crew rotations, routine crew transfers, and recurrent mission operations/transport Earth–Moon (annual rotations and routine heavy resupply).
Misc Overhead $74.4M/yr
[#30] Miscellaneous overheads (procurement, accounting, inflation margin) estimated at 15% of recurring program spend annually.
Cover Story And Legal $55.0M/yr
[#16, #17] Communications security, cover-story PR, legal defenses, censorship operations and related continuous secrecy costs.
Reactor Operations Fuel And Maintenance $50.0M/yr
[#3] Operational fuel, refueling missions, and maintenance for on-site reactors (recurring).
Staff Wages $25.0M/yr
[#7, #8] Salaries, benefits, rotations for containment technicians, security and additional base personnel (core monitoring and site staff).
Emergency Ejection Maintenance $20.0M/yr
[#11] Maintenance of the ejection/propulsion fail-safe, fuel caches and readiness drills.
Contingency Fund Annual $20.0M/yr
[#15] Annual funding to maintain contingency readiness and rapid-response capability.
Research And Monitoring $12.0M/yr
[#6, #20, #21, #29] Ongoing monitoring operations, xenobiology research on SCP-2226-1, signal analysis, and high-fidelity annihilation/trajectory modeling.
Facilities Maintenance $10.0M/yr
[#1] Ongoing lunar site maintenance, micrometeoroid shielding upkeep, habitat maintenance and environmental control for containment chamber.
Supplies And Consumables $10.0M/yr
[#18] Regular delivery of cryogens, spare parts, seals, life-support consumables and related resupply items.
Cryo Maintenance $10.0M/yr
[#4] Ongoing cryogenic system maintenance, spares and refrigeration operations on the Moon.
Security Operations $10.0M/yr
[#23] Ongoing armed response teams, security rotations, and cybersecurity for site control systems.
Public Contingency Annual $10.0M/yr
[#27] Annual allocation to public contingency and rapid-response liabilities readiness.
Environmental Monitoring $5.0M/yr
[#24] Monitoring for ejecta/debris, surface protection and lunar-environment contamination mitigation.
Rf Monitoring And Jamming $3.0M/yr
[#5] Active RF/low-frequency suppression, jamming/monitoring and filtering operations to block 2.15 kHz transmissions.
Robotics Maintenance $2.0M/yr
[#12] Maintenance and spare parts for vacuum-hardened remote manipulators and robotic systems.
Oversight Board $2.0M/yr
[#25] Administrative oversight, audits, and compliance staff for containment policy and review.
Specialized Training $2.0M/yr
[#14] Ongoing specialized training and certification programs for antimatter containment, lunar EVA and emergency protocols.
Containment Simulation And Modeling $2.0M/yr
[#29] Continuous high-fidelity simulation of annihilation scenarios, ejecta modeling and command protocols (supplements research_and_monitoring).
Scientific Conservation Maintenance $50K/yr
[#28] Minimal recurring costs to maintain conservation fixtures and archival storage.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $572.5M/yr
96.8% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, scheduled maintenance, crew rotations and no major incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $770.5M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$198.0M vs baseline
Localized containment anomaly or equipment failure requiring emergency mission, partial repairs and increased operations for months.
localized_power_failure temporary_field_loss sensor_anomaly
🚨 Major Breach $5.6B/yr
0.2% probability / year +$5.0B vs baseline
Catastrophic containment failure or near-loss requiring full ejection attempts, large-scale mitigation, political/PR expenditures and international remediation.
containment_field_failure reactor_chain_failure catastrophic_magnet_quench
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Antimaterial Containment Technician 6 [#7] Rotational pool to provide continuous specialist coverage on-site with hazard pay.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 12 [#7] Armed security rotational pool to meet constant on-site security requirements.
Research Scientist 6 [#8] Remote researchers and xenobiology specialists studying SCP-2226 and SCP-2226-1.
Engineer / Maintenance 8 [#3, #4, #12] Systems, cryogenics, reactor and robotics engineers for operations and repairs.
Medical Officer 2 [#7, #8] Medical staff for crew health and emergency response.
Life Support / Habitat Operator 4 [#8, #18] Operators for life-support, habitat systems and consumables management.
Administrative Staff 2 [#25, #16] Administrative/oversight personnel for policy, logistics and cover-story coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
High uncertainty due to speculative/near‑impossible engineering requirements (1,000 T sustained field), lunar-specific logistics, and wide cost ranges in analyst notes; many estimates are order-of-magnitude and subject to design choices.
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