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SCP-2434 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2434
Expected annual
$3.9M
One-time setup
$3.6M
Annual recurring
$3.6M
Personnel
35
Estimated one-time capital costs are approximately $3.63M driven primarily by containment bay construction, equipment/vehicle purchase, and property acquisition; recurring annual costs are approximately $3.59M/yr driven by staff wages (security, MTF, research), MTF readiness, and ongoing monitoring/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.6M
Facilities $1.2M
[#1] Construction/retrofit of reinforced crash-rated garage bays with vertical arrest systems and associated structural engineering/permits.
Equipment $1.1M
[#2, #4, #8, #11, #18, #20] Heavy-mass stopping assets (armored sacrificial vehicle + portable barriers), on-site vehicle handling equipment (lifts, dollies, diagnostic tools), street sensor/camera kits + integration, MTF capital vehicles/equipment, initial secure servers/communications, and initial PPE purchase.
Property Acquisition Easements $1.0M
[#16] Purchase of easements, buyouts, or restricted-access agreements for affected dead-end streets / adjacent properties.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $300K
[#12] Laboratory bench outfitting and specialized instruments (high-speed cameras, acoustic analyzers, materials characterization) for anomalous propulsion/behavioral study.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.6M/yr
Staff Wages $3.0M/yr
[#7, #9, #10, #12, #15, #25] Security staffing (armed guards and benefits), sensor/surveillance monitoring staff, standing MTF detachment readiness salaries, research team salaries/benefits, on-site medic staffing, and administrative/project management overhead.
Research And Monitoring $122K/yr
[#9, #12, #13, #18] Forensic analysis/sample processing budget, research consumables and specialized test runs, monitoring data storage costs, and classified data/secure comms maintenance.
Cover Story And Legal $120K/yr
[#17, #24] Amnestic treatment budgeting and local police/administrative cooperation payments; legal retainer and PR services for litigation/false-claim contingencies.
Breach Contingency And Exercises $100K/yr
[#22] Annual budget for emergency exercises, contingency reserve allocations for rapid large-scale response and drill execution.
Logistics And Transport $64K/yr
[#5, #10, #11] Tow/transport and occasional crane/heavy-lift recovery expenses per incident, per-incident operational consumables for roadblocks, and annual fuel/maintenance for MTF vehicles.
Facilities Maintenance $59K/yr
[#6, #8, #19] Ongoing bay/storage maintenance and environmental control costs, sensor/sensor-infrastructure maintenance, data/storage ops related to installed infrastructure, and energy/utilities for testing/storage.
Environmental Remediation $50K/yr
[#21] Annual contingency for oil/chemical spill cleanup, debris removal, pavement repair, hazardous waste disposal from collisions.
Supplies And Consumables $35K/yr
[#3, #14, #20, #26] Cleaning/turn-on consumables and small parts for contained vehicles, laboratory/shop consumables and spare parts, annual PPE replacement/training costs, and miscellaneous cover paperwork materials.
Disposal And Scrapping $15K/yr
[#23] Per-instance scrapping/disposal and hazardous waste handling amortized across expected annual instances.
Monthly Maintenance Contracts $11K/yr
[#3] Contracted technician labor for monthly cleaning and 'turn-on' testing (hourly technician labor where not covered by salaried staff).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.6M/yr
65.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; recurring costs only.
regular_monthly_maintenance routine_research no_major_recoveries_or_breaches
🚨 Minor Incident $3.6M/yr
30.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
One localized recovery/incident requiring towing, limited cleanup, per-incident MTF operations, some forensic tests and amnestic treatments.
single_recovery local_cleanup limited_forensics
🚨 Major Breach $8.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Large-scale event (e.g., cargo aircraft incident or multi-vehicle crash) requiring mass response, major cleanup, legal exposure, and high-cost recovery.
cargo_aircraft_or_multi-vehicle_crash major_property_damage mass_amnestics_and_MT F_mobilization
👥 Personnel 35 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 9 [#7] Nine on-site armed/cleared security guards (covers 24/7 with shifts and coverage factor).
MTF Agent / Detachment 12 [#10] 12-person rotating regional detachment (Mobile Task Force Omega-10 standing readiness).
Research Scientist 3 [#12] Senior research staff (mechanical engineer, physicist, materials scientist) for anomalous propulsion/behavior study.
Research Technician 4 [#12] Research technicians (2–4 FTEs) for experimental setup, testing, and sample processing.
Monitoring / Surveillance Technician 2 [#9] Sensor and surveillance monitoring staff (0.5–2 FTEs; rounded to 2 to ensure coverage).
Medical Officer 2 [#15] On-call medics for recovery operations and facility staff; trauma and emergency response readiness.
Engineer / Maintenance 2 [#4, #19] Maintenance and engineering staff for bay systems, lifts, grounding/safe-power gear, HVAC and utilities.
Administrative Staff 1 [#25] Project manager / administrative overhead for scheduling, audits, inventory control, and budgeting.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges which improves confidence in cost categories, but major uncertainties remain around incident frequency, severity, and number of affected streets/properties which drive wide ranges.
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