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SCP-2422 Euclid ✓ high confidence
SCP-2422
Expected annual
$2.3M
One-time setup
$1.9M
Annual recurring
$2.3M
Personnel
16
Initial one-time fit-out and shielding for a nine-room, grill-capable living-suite plus surveillance/equipment drives up initial capital (~$1.89M). Recurring costs are dominated by 24/7 specialized staff (monitoring, security, research) and legal/administrative overhead (~$2.27M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.9M
Facilities $1.3M
[#1, #3, #14] Civil work and cell modifications for nine-room suite, HVAC/fire upgrades for grill ventilation, and installation of non-eye-contact infrastructure (glass/gadgets).
Equipment $455K
[#2, #4, #7, #10, #19, #24] Faraday enclosure and signal-control installation, surveillance cameras/servers/storage, RRT equipment/armored vehicle, furnishings/appliances (including approved grill), transfer vehicle/equipment, and small fit-out items.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#15] Containment testing equipment (EEG, portable monitors, psychometric kits, lab instruments) initial purchase.
Cover Story Setup $50K
[#17] One-time legal/cover-story setup, fake records and initial legal/PR groundwork.
Background Investigations Initial $20K
[#16] Initial batch background investigations/security clearances for assigned staff.
Termination Supplies $5K
[#18] Emergency termination supplies and initial forensic/cleanup kit.
Sop Development $5K
[#20] One-time SOP drafting and initial training program development.
Education Initial Books $1K
[#13] Initial approved textbooks and learning-material set.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.3M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#6, #7, #8] Live monitoring/watchstanders (~6–8 FTE), security staff and RRT salaries/training/equipment upkeep, and research/clinical staff (~3 FTE).
Administrative Overhead $280K/yr
[#21] HR, payroll, procurement, on-site administrative and accounting overhead associated with staff and operations.
Contingency Inflation Buffer $225K/yr
[#23] 10% contingency/inflation buffer applied to recurring annual budget (per analyst note).
Cover Story And Legal $125K/yr
[#17, #22] Ongoing legal/cover-story maintenance, local authority handling, insurance-like slush funds and periodic third-party audits.
Research And Monitoring $80K/yr
[#5, #15] Long-term encrypted video archival/storage costs and containment testing consumables/service fees.
Education And Homeschooling $70K/yr
[#13] Teacher/oversight costs and replacement learning materials for homeschooling SCP-2422-C and -D.
Background Investigations $60K/yr
[#16] Ongoing reinvestigations, periodic polygraphs and psychological screens for interacting personnel.
Emergency Response Contingency $50K/yr
[#18] Annual contingency fund for forensic cleanup, hazardous-waste disposal and incident response.
Medical Care $30K/yr
[#9] Routine medical care, scans, consumables and emergency on-call medic capability.
Supplies And Consumables $26K/yr
[#11, #12] Food provisioning (including specialty vegan items) and consumables/laundry/personal-care replacements.
Logistics And Transport $20K/yr
[#19] Operating costs for secure transfer vehicles: fuel, maintenance, escorted movement logistics.
Surveillance And It Maintenance $20K/yr
[#4] IT maintenance, server refresh and support for 24/7 encrypted NVR/camera systems.
Training And Drills $15K/yr
[#14, #20] Annual refresher training on non-eye-contact procedures, containment drills, psychological resilience programs and SOP updates.
Communications And Shielding Maintenance $5K/yr
[#2] Annual maintenance, RF testing, and certification for Faraday enclosure and controlled suppression systems.
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#3] HVAC, fire system inspections and maintenance for grill/exhaust systems.
Misc Replacement $2K/yr
[#24] Small annual replacement budget for toys, books and non-networked entertainment.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.3M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal year with standard operations, routine maintenance, and no major incidents.
routine_operations no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $2.3M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized incident such as brief unauthorized external communication, small containment breach, or modest equipment failure requiring overtime, forensics, and temporary legal support.
unauthorized_communication_detected localized_breach equipment_failure
🚨 Major Breach $3.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or forced termination event with large forensic, legal, cleanup, possible public exposure and facility rebuild/relocation costs.
coordinated_external_contact mass_termination public_exposure
👥 Personnel 16 total
Role Count Notes
Watchstander / Monitor 7 Live monitoring staff: minimum 2 per shift + supervisor and float coverage (6–8 FTE per analyst notes); averaged to 7 FTE represented in staff_wages.
Security Officer / RRT Agent 6 On-site 24/7 security and Rapid Response Team staffing covered by security portion of staff_wages and one-time RRT equipment.
Research Scientist / Clinical Staff 3 Containment researchers, psychologists and test technicians (~3 FTE) included in recurring research/clinical staff wages.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provided explicit line-item estimates for each cost; facility, staffing and legal drivers are well-detailed. Residual uncertainty exists in incident frequency/severity but base budget figures are well-supported.
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