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SCP-2323 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2323
Expected annual
$883K
One-time setup
$731K
Annual recurring
$838K
Personnel
10
Initial one-time capital of approximately $731,000 driven by enclosure construction, equipment (surveillance, telemetry, transport) and contingency reserves; annual operations roughly $837,500 driven primarily by staff wages, repeated laboratory analysis, live-prey provisioning, and monitoring/telemetry.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $731K
Emergency Escalation Reserve $300K
[#25, #28] One-time contingency/emergency reserve recommended for escalation, major facility upgrades or containment emergencies (recommended reserve per notes).
Facilities $263K
[#1, #3, #15] Enclosure construction for free-flight aviary, high-iron barbed wire installation and a small specialized retrieval/decon vault; includes site prep and structural elements.
Equipment $104K
[#6, #9, #11, #12, #16, #21] GPS tags/base stations, animal-handling gear, camera/audio hardware, initial servers/software, secure storage shelving/cabinets, and vehicle + crates (one-time hardware purchases and installs).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $60K
[#13, #14, #27] Initial lab build-out and instrumentation for limited internal analysis, mycology project startup and sample archiving setup (if Foundation performs some in-house testing rather than outsourcing).
Veterinary Initial Exams And Tagging $4K
[#5] Sedation, microchip/GPS fitting, leg bands and baseline health workups for initial cohort (~6 birds).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $838K/yr
Staff Wages $559K/yr
[#17, #18, #19, #20] 2 avian keepers, contracted/full-time veterinary support and pathology/lab tech time, 3–4 security/response staff, and research scientists (staff wage sum).
Research And Monitoring $127K/yr
[#6, #7, #11, #12, #13, #14, #16, #27] Telemetry maintenance and data plans, camera/audio storage/maintenance, hosting/software upkeep, ongoing lab analysis (sequencing/proteomics/pathogen screens), mycology monitoring, per-object testing budget, and sample archive maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $40K/yr
[#23, #24] Regulatory liaison/permit renewals/legal counsel and operational PR/cover-story budget for incident response.
Live Prey And Captive Preparation $30K/yr
[#8] Ongoing costs to purchase live prey or run on-site breeding colonies to meet SCP requirement for live feeding.
Insurance And Risk Premiums $25K/yr
[#25] Annual commercial liability and specialty coverage premiums for exotic/regulated species and biohazard incidents.
Facilities Maintenance $20K/yr
[#2] Routine repair of nets/posts, groundskeeping, seasonal replanting and path maintenance.
Administrative Overhead $12K/yr
[#29] Utilities (power for cameras/heating), water for plantings, phone/internet and basic office/HR overhead.
Supplies And Consumables $6K/yr
[#9, #10] Consumable handling supplies: PPE, syringes, disinfectants, sampling disposables and routine veterinary consumables.
Training And Memetic Screening $6K/yr
[#26] Annual refresher training, memetic-risk mitigation drills and psychological screening where required.
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#21] Fuel, vehicle maintenance, and field recovery consumables.
Euthanasia And Carcass Disposal $5K/yr
[#22] Costs for humane euthanasia and incineration/sterilization of exposed animals per containment policy.
Biohazard Disposal And Wire Replacement $2K/yr
[#4] Regular replacement of blood-coated barbed wire and regulated disposal/decontamination costs (PPE, biohazard bags, incineration).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $838K/yr
80.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operation, monitoring, and no major containment incidents.
regular monitoring scheduled lab analyses routine maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $868K/yr
12.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Small containment event: single escape or limited exposure requiring recovery, extra testing and PR response.
single bird escape/recovery additional lab sequencing minor PR/legal response
🚨 Major Breach $1.2M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$400K vs baseline
Significant breach or public exposure requiring large-scale recovery, expanded testing, legal action and short-term staffing surge.
multiple escapes public discovery/exposure widespread contamination concerns
🚨 Research Escalation Requiring Scale Up $1.4M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Opportunity or necessity to scale research capacity (additional aviaries, BSL upgrade, expanded retrieval/storage) within a year.
increased anomaly frequency decision to build internal BSL-3 capacity rapid expansion of captive research program
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Animal Caretaker / Avian Keeper 2 [#17] Full-time keepers for daily husbandry, live-prey management and enclosure maintenance.
Veterinary (Contract) 1 [#18] Contract or part-time avian veterinarian for exams, surgeries and emergency care.
Pathology / Lab Technician 1 [#18] Lab tech support for necropsies, sample prep and routine testing coordination.
Security Officer / Rapid-Response 4 [#19] Site security and rapid-response personnel for recovery, containment enforcement and training.
Research Scientist 2 [#20] Scientists (ornithology/memetics/mycology) conducting experiments, data analysis and overseeing monitoring.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates draw on explicit line-item ranges but are sensitive to unpredictable drivers: frequency of anomalous clearings, per-sample lab analysis needs, decisions to build internal BSL capability, and local wage/permit variations. These create moderate uncertainty.
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