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SCP-262 Euclid ✓ high confidence
SCP-262
Expected annual
$2.7M
One-time setup
$6.2M
Annual recurring
$2.6M
Personnel
14
Initial capital costs are dominated by a suggested catastrophic breach reserve and containment/engineering one-time builds (~$6.16M total one-time). Recurring annual costs are driven by security and research staffing, emergency contracts, and contingency replenishment (~$2.616M/yr baseline).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $6.2M
Catastrophic Breach Reserve $5.0M
[#17] Large reserve fund earmarked for catastrophic breach remediation, evacuation, cover-up, or acquisition failures.
Facilities $300K
[#1] Reinforced containment room construction, access control, antechamber/airlock, blast-rated door, sensors, shelving.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $250K
[#5] Research instrumentation procurement: motion-capture, high-speed cameras, force/torque sensors, EMG interfaces, long-reach sensors, robotics interface hardware.
Remote Manipulation Development $225K
[#13] Prototype development and integration for robotic/remote-manipulation (midpoint of 150k-300k range chosen).
Equipment $200K
[#2, #4, #8, #12] HVAC install (40k), surveillance hardware (30k), on-site medical kit/setup (10k), armored/secure transport upfit (120k).
Training Development And Initial Delivery $75K
[#11] Course development (25k) and initial delivery for ~10 agents (50k).
Cover Setup $50K
[#14] Initial cover-story and legal/OPSEC setup budget.
Data Infrastructure $30K
[#15] Encrypted servers, offline backups, archival and redaction deployment (one-time).
Conservator Stabilization $15K
[#16] One-time artifact stabilization treatments and conservator labor to stabilize textile.
Security Training And Recruiting $10K
[#3] One-time recruiting/training costs for security hires.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.6M/yr
Staff Wages $890K/yr
[#3, #6] Security salaries (6 guards + supervisor) and scientific personnel (PI, postdoc/lead tech, technicians, conservator, consultants).
Contingency Replenishment $500K/yr
[#17] Annual budgeting to replenish catastrophic-breach reserve and contingency funds.
Expansion Reserve $500K/yr
[#18] Annual reserved budget for ad-hoc expansion capacity (new containment cells/quarantine/transport).
Medical Emergency Contracts $200K/yr
[#8] Medevac/on-call trauma team contracts and emergency medical contingency contributions.
Research And Monitoring $180K/yr
[#5, #7, #16] Research consumables/use fees (avg 100k/yr), outsourced specialized testing (50k/yr), conservator time & supplies (30k/yr).
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#14] Ongoing cover-story maintenance, legal counsel, OPSEC operations and leak management.
Insurance Internal Audit $60K/yr
[#19] Internal audits, risk assessments, ethics/review overhead, and compliance management.
Class D Support $50K/yr
[#10] Sedation, monitoring, psychological screening, compensation/admin for test subjects/Class-D logistics.
Robotics Maintenance $40K/yr
[#13] Recurring testing and maintenance for remote-manipulation/robotic interface systems.
Logistics And Transport $25K/yr
[#12] Annual standing readiness and maintenance for secure transport vehicles and field-readiness.
Training Refresher $20K/yr
[#11] Ongoing refresher training and supervised-use certification updates.
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#9, #20] PPE, sterilization supplies, biohazard disposal, and miscellaneous small operational supplies.
Cyber Security $15K/yr
[#15] Recurring cyber-security, storage, and secure-network costs.
Misc Administration $10K/yr
[#20] Printing, secure courier, small tooling, replacement locks/electronics, incident report processing.
Surveillance Maintenance $8K/yr
[#4] Recurring storage, recording maintenance, and monitoring staff costs for cameras, servers, and sensors.
Facilities Maintenance $3K/yr
[#2] HVAC energy and basic maintenance (±1–2°C stability, humidity control).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.6M/yr
88.5% probability / year
Standard year with no major incidents; normal operations, scheduled research, routine maintenance and contingency replenishment.
routine_operations scheduled_research no_breach_or_major_incident
🚨 Minor Incident $2.7M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Localized incident (medical injury, small internal breach, equipment damage) requiring medical treatment, overtime, limited repairs and investigation.
operator_injury limited containment breach equipment_failure
🚨 Major Breach $4.1M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant containment breach requiring MTF response, temporary relocation, equipment replacement, extended investigations and enhanced cover operations.
containment_breach public-exposure_risk MTF_deployment
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $8.6M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$6.0M vs baseline
Wide-scale failure, public exposure or loss of multiple assets requiring full remediation, large-scale cover-up operations, and possible reserve drawdown.
large_scale_breach public_exposure multi-asset_loss
👥 Personnel 14 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#3] Two Level-2 guards per shift (3 shifts) for 24/7 coverage.
Security Supervisor 1 [#3] Level-3 supervisor/shift lead oversight.
Research Scientist (PI) 1 [#6] Principal investigator (~$140k).
Research Technician / Postdoc 1 [#6] Postdoc/lead technician (~$80k).
Lab Technician 2 [#6] 1–2 technicians (~$50k each) for experiments and handling.
Conservator 1 [#6, #16] Textile conservator (~$80k) responsible for inspections and stabilization.
Monitoring Technician 1 [#4] Surveillance/monitoring staff for camera/logging systems.
Administrative Staff 1 [#14, #19, #20] Admin/OPSEC coordination, cover-story management, auditing liaison.
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item estimates are drawn directly from detailed analyst notes with explicit dollar figures and ranges; where ranges exist, reasonable midpoints were chosen and large contingency items are explicitly included, so aggregate totals are well-grounded though site-specific variation may apply.
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