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SCP-2393 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2393
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$930K
Annual recurring
$1.3M
Personnel
14
Initial setup and containment retrofit are expected to cost roughly $930,500 one-time, driven by facility upgrades, secure IT/forensics hardware, and research tooling; ongoing annual costs are approximately $1,347,875 driven largely by personnel (research and security), secure storage/backups, and site overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $930K
Facilities $275K
[#1] Containment greenhouse retrofit and structural/security upgrades (airlock, reinforced glazing, antechamber, intrusion alarms, secondary containment trays).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $240K
[#7, #14, #15, #23] Initial malware/unknown-code analysis toolchain (#7 initial), on-prem GPU/compute purchase for ML/NLP (#14 initial), initial software engineering/porting work (#15 initial), initial data governance/cataloging setup (#23 initial).
Equipment $228K
[#2, #5, #6, #8, #9] Environmental control installation (#2), initial dedicated USB-interface devices (#5 initial lot), forensic workstation(s) & Faraday cage setup (#6 setup), secure video capture hardware & compute (#8), on-site video storage/NAS (#9).
Research Contingency Fund $125K
[#24] Research contingency/reserve for unexpected anomalous behavior, rapid replacements, specialist contractors.
Legal Cover Initial $62K
[#22] Initial legal/cover-story and public-affairs setup (cover development, permits, initial counsel).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.3M/yr
Staff Wages $805K/yr
[#12, #13, #17, #18] Cybersecurity staff (#12), linguistics & translation research team (#13), dedicated security guards/on-site physical security (#17), monitoring/operations technicians (#18).
Site Overhead $270K/yr
[#25] Pro-rated Site-103 overhead, management, utilities and administrative allocation (~25% of direct recurring costs).
Research And Monitoring $65K/yr
[#4, #14] Botanical care contract / in-house arborist time (#4) and recurring compute/ML maintenance costs (#14 recurring).
Cover Story And Legal $35K/yr
[#22] Ongoing cover-story maintenance, permits, legal counsel, and public-affairs upkeep.
Software Maintenance $35K/yr
[#15] Ongoing software engineering, porting, audits and maintenance for SCP-2393-2-B and supporting tooling.
Software Licenses And Updates $20K/yr
[#7] Annual licenses, updates, and support for reverse-engineering and dynamic analysis toolchains.
Emergency Drills $20K/yr
[#19] Annual emergency response training, drills, simulation materials, and associated overtime.
Medical And Occupational Health $18K/yr
[#20] Medical surveillance, psychological evaluations, counseling and occupational health related to staff interactions with SCP-2393-3.
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#16, #26] Forensic consumables & hardware spares (#16) and miscellaneous small equipment & consumables (#26).
Offsite Backup Storage $14K/yr
[#10] Encrypted off-site backup and archival storage costs (~40 TB) (cloud and/or physical couriered media sync).
Ethics And Hr $12K/yr
[#21] Internal ethics review, HR oversight, documentation and staff-rotation protocols.
Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr
[#3] Environmental control energy usage and preventative maintenance contracts for HVAC, lighting, irrigation and environmental sensors.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#11] Secure courier / transport for air-gapped media (physical transfer and chain-of-custody costs).
Forensic Maintenance $10K/yr
[#6] Annual maintenance, spare parts, and ruggedized replacements for forensic workstations and Faraday enclosures.
Data Archival $6K/yr
[#23] Long-term archival storage (tape or deep cold cloud) and metadata/catalog maintenance.
Usb Device Replacements $2K/yr
[#5] Annual replacement run for hardened/disposable USB-interface devices and spares.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.3M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, scheduled maintenance, and no anomalous incidents.
routine_operations scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized anomalous file behavior or limited propagative code requiring incident response, partial hardware replacement, and forensic analysis.
unexpected_self-executing_file localized_data_corruption temporary_network_leakage
🚨 Major Breach $1.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Significant anomalous propagation or destructive behavior causing data loss, multiple hardware failures, emergency quarantines and external contractor engagement.
propagative_anomalous_code destructive_file_behavior physical_damage_to_equipment
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Cybersecurity Specialist 2 [#12] Full-time security engineers for isolation, patch management, monitoring and incident response (1–2 specialists).
Linguist / Research Scientist 4 [#13] Linguists, computational linguists, annotators and graduate assistants working on SCP-2393-2 translation and analysis.
Security Guard / Site Security 6 [#17] Dedicated on-site guards or reallocation of site security for 24/7 protection (6 guards as noted).
Monitoring / Operations Technician 2 [#18] Technicians to manage camera monitoring, scheduled transfers, hardware checks and routine ops.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges and staffing estimates, enabling a medium-confidence budget; uncertainty remains around anomalous behavior frequency/severity and decisions about how much existing Site-103 infrastructure will absorb, which affects both one-time and recurring totals.
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