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SCP-2540 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2540
Expected annual
$4.2M
One-time setup
$5.9M
Annual recurring
$4.1M
Personnel
15
One-time capital/setup estimated at ~$5.93M driven by electromagnet hardware, dedicated power and a contingency reserve; recurring annual costs ~ $4.07M/yr dominated by dedicated 24/7 manual observation staffing, research programs, readiness/cover operations, and energy/maintenance.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $5.9M
Contingency Reserve Initial $2.6M
[#23] One-time contingency / black-budget reserve for high-impact failures or large-scale responses (planning mid-range reserve).
Equipment $1.6M
[#3, #5, #12, #13, #17] Electromagnet system capital, spare parts, IT/logging hardware, initial PPE and emergency response kit/vehicles.
Facilities $1.0M
[#1, #2, #4, #10] Locker retrofit, structural anchoring, dedicated power infrastructure and quarantine/holding-suite buildout (installation, HVAC, mounting).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $675K
[#11, #26] Initial non-optical instrumentation (gravimeters, magnetometers, mass specs, clocks) and data-analysis / atomic-clock / simulation cluster hardware.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $4.1M/yr
Staff Wages $1.3M/yr
[#6, #7, #9] 24/7 manual observers (~10 FTE) and electromagnet operators/engineers (3 FTE) plus on-call medical staffing (physician/nurse) — wages, hazard pay, and benefits.
Research And Monitoring $850K/yr
[#8, #22] Ongoing research team salaries and experimental budget for controlled trials, modeling and protocol development.
Cover Story And Legal $600K/yr
[#15, #18, #24] Amnestic administration/memetic support, legal/ethical oversight and covert public-cover operations / local authority coordination.
Breach Readiness Ops $275K/yr
[#17] Ongoing readiness, training, vehicles and consumables for rapid-response containment.
Contingency Reserve Topup $250K/yr
[#23] Annual top-up to contingency/reserve fund for mid-size incidents and risk provisioning.
Facilities Maintenance $205K/yr
[#20, #21] Continuous energy / cryogenics and HVAC costs plus periodic replacement/repair of polycarbonate panels, seals and mechanical wear-and-tear.
Data And Instrument Maintenance $120K/yr
[#11, #26] Annual maintenance, calibration and licensing for high-precision sensors, atomic clocks and data-analysis cluster.
Logistics And Transport $110K/yr
[#19] Average annual transport mobilizations (convoys, permits, cross-site moves) — planning assumption ~2 events/year at mid-range per-event cost.
Long Term Care $100K/yr
[#16] Housing/medical/security costs for unexpected human arrivals (planning ~1 person-year at average per-person cost).
Supplies And Consumables $92K/yr
[#13, #14, #27] PPE replacement and calibration, decontamination / forensic consumables, and miscellaneous per-incident consumables.
Training And Screening $90K/yr
[#25] Ongoing certification, psychological screening, and recurrent training for observers, operators and response teams.
It Ops $35K/yr
[#12] Ongoing secure logging operations, backups, transcription and encryption support.
Quarantine Occupancy $30K/yr
[#10] Operational occupancy costs for sterile holding rooms (assumes occasional short-term use).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $4.1M/yr
70.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine research, staffing, maintenance and occasional small transports.
no major deposits scheduled experiments planned transports
🚨 Minor Incident $4.3M/yr
25.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
One or two minor unexpected deposits or short-duration incidents requiring extra decontamination, short-term housing and transport mobilization.
small human/object deposits per-incident decontamination & amnestic use
🚨 Major Breach $5.6M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment incident causing equipment damage, multiple-person depositions, extended medical care, large-scale response and legal exposure.
mass deposition equipment failure during transport multi-person long-term care
🚨 Political Exposure $4.8M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Civilians witness anomalous events leading to media attention, legal/jurisdictional disputes and heavy cover-up/amnestic operations.
witnessed disappearances/arrivals local authority involvement media leaks
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 Primary and relief observers for 24/7 manual observation; matches staffing in staff_wages [#6].
Engineer / Maintenance (Electromagnet Operators) 3 Skilled operators and on-call engineers to run and maintain electromagnet systems [#7].
Medical Officer 2 On-call physician / nurse for emergent care and initial screening of arrivals [#9].
📋 Confidence Notes
Many line items are well-scoped (locker, staffing, quarantine, consumables), but the dominant uncertainties are the required electromagnet technology (industrial vs superconducting) and energy/cryogenics needs; contingency assumptions and per-incident frequencies are also uncertain.
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