SCP-2322 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2322
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$300K
Annual recurring
$2.0M
Personnel
12
One-time setup costs are modest at approximately $300,000 for a hardened portal, sensors, archival tooling and initial equipment; recurring costs are dominant at ~$1,970,000/year driven primarily by continuous guard staffing, psychiatric/medical follow-up, archivist/forensic staff, rapid-response readiness, and a 25% administrative overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $300K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $95K
[#9, #11, #21] Digitization/tooling/data-prep for archival verification, development of training curriculum to recreate Director Gillespie's actions, and record digitization/restoration tooling.
Equipment $85K
[#2, #4, #5, #10, #12, #16] Biometric readers and mechanical override, rapid-response equipment cache, exterior camera system + server, dedicated server/storage hardware, period props/PPE, and technical inspection tools (fiber scopes, Faraday kits).
Legal Cover Startup Fund $75K
[#14] Emergency cover/legal slush fund to support one-time cover-story setup and legal contingency.
Facilities $45K
[#1, #8] Hardened portal construction, reinforced frame, blast-rated seal and quarantine-room modifications (door/frame and quarantine room structural work).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.0M/yr
Staff Wages $945K/yr
[#3, #6, #9, #13, #7, #18] Continuous guard salaries (6 guards), overtime/manual inspection labor, archivist/researcher salaries, forensic logging analysts, psychiatric program staffing, and backfill/personnel downtime coverage.
Administrative Overhead $394K/yr
[#22] Institutional overhead applied as ~25% surcharge on direct recurring line items (facility allocation, utilities, HR, procurement, insurance-equivalent internal charge).
Rapid Response Readiness $200K/yr
[#4] MTF-style rapid response readiness: training, drills, maintained extraction equipment, and readiness posture costs.
Contingency Medical Reserve $200K/yr
[#15] Annual funding allocation for reserved funds to cover unexpected medical/psychiatric emergencies and long-term care arising from exposure to the loop.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#14] Annual allocation for cover story maintenance, legal support, liaison, and small public-facing expenses.
Research And Monitoring $71K/yr
[#5, #10, #19, #20, #21] External monitoring storage maintenance, off-site immutable backups, controlled-experiment research budget, ethical/oversight administrative costs, and ongoing preservation of digitized records.
Training Program $50K/yr
[#11] Ongoing training classes, behavioral consultants and rehearsal time to prepare subjects to perform Director Gillespie's actions.
Facilities Maintenance $9K/yr
[#16, #17] Maintenance and lifecycle replacement for portal hardware, seals and sensors; maintenance/training for technical tools.
Supplies And Consumables $1K/yr
[#12] Replacement/consumable props and PPE used in rehearsals and training.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.0M/yr
91.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with planned operations, scheduled entries and routine maintenance.
standard training and entries routine maintenance no incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Limited medical/psychological incidents or small physical damage requiring local repairs, short-term overtime and additional therapy.
in-field injury or short quarantine additional therapy sessions and overtime minor equipment repair
🚨 Major Breach $2.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$800K vs baseline
Significant containment incident or anomalous effect causing extended response: MTF deployment, investigations, equipment replacement, large-scale therapy and potential legal costs.
failed entry causing large-scale ejection/medical crises security breach requiring extended MTF operations significant equipment or archival data loss
🚨 Research Scale Up $2.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Extended research program year with increased frequency of controlled entries, expanded staff, and higher therapy/backfill and archival work.
prolonged experimental campaigns increased entry frequency temporary expansion of research staff
👥 Personnel 12 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#3] Three-shift coverage with two guards per shift to maintain 24/7 on-site guard presence (6 full-time equivalents).
Research Scientist / Archivist 2 [#9] Two full-time researchers/archivists responsible for archival verification and record correlation.
Forensic Analyst 1 [#13] One forensic logging/audit analyst to examine differences and maintain chain-of-custody.
Medical Officer / Psychiatrist 1 [#7, #15] One psychiatrist/medical officer covering pre/post-entry evaluations, therapy program oversight, and emergency medical coordination.
Engineer / Maintenance 1 [#6, #16, #17] One engineer/maintenance staff responsible for manual inspections, portal hardware maintenance and technical tool operation.
Administrative Staff 1 [#14, #22] One administrative/program staff member handling cover-story logistics, procurement, scheduling and overhead administration.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items for most costs (guards, psychiatry, archivists, hardware), but several estimates required choices within provided ranges (backfill, therapy program totals, overhead calculation). Uncertainty in entry frequency and incident rates supports a medium confidence rating.
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