SCP-2620 — SCP-2620 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-2620 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-2620

Expected annual

$345K

One-time setup

$1.1M

Annual recurring

$334K

Personnel

Initial one-time setup and contingency reserves dominate upfront costs (~$1.08M), while ongoing annual costs are modest (~$335k/yr) driven by staff wages and IT/security/monitoring.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M

Initial Research And Lab Setup $500K

[#22] Optional long-term research program initial setup (dedicated bench, specialized instrumentation, initial materials) — included as a one-time setup cost if program is funded; baseline assumes not funded but item is accounted for.

Information Breach Contingency Reserve $250K

[#25] Large contingency reserve for information-breach cleanup, media mitigation, legal settlements, covert mitigation (recommended minimum reserve).

It Development $100K

[#8] Development and integration of tamper-resistant automated scraping/filtering system for SCP-2620's blog (one-time development).

Containment Upgrade Contingency $100K

[#21] Reserve for containment upgrade to a higher-security cell / Faraday shielding / redundant EMP-safe monitoring if behavior escalates.

Emergency Digital Takedown Reserve $60K

[#13] Reserve for immediate-response deletion, registrar escalation, and digital forensics (recommended one-time reserve).

Neutralization Disposal $30K

[#20] Contingency for neutralization/disposal (incineration, hazardous-waste permits, specialized facility time) if authorized.

Facilities $19K

[#1, #2] Secure containment locker construction, anchoring, electromagnetic lock, tamper-proof hinges and plumbing/electrical pass-throughs; dedicated circuit and plumbing hookup (GFCI, breaker, shutoff, backflow prevention).

Sop Documentation And Training Creation $10K

[#23] One-time creation of SOP documentation and initial staff training/drill materials.

Equipment $6K

[#3] CCTV, audio, directional microphone, tamper switches, vibration sensors hardware and secure feed integration.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $334K/yr

Staff Wages $215K/yr

[#5, #6, #7] Assigned security personnel (2 × Level-2 guards) and allocated Level-3 researcher oversight fraction plus one lab technician (FTE-equivalent) salaries and benefits.

Cover Story And Legal $50K/yr

[#12] Web/communications legal, cover-story PR retainer and incident response budget for takedowns and public-facing management.

Cybersecurity And Sysadmin $25K/yr

[#10] Ongoing sysadmin time for patching, incident response, account management, logging, and on-call emergency takedowns/sandboxing.

Nlp Classifier Maintenance $12K/yr

[#11] Periodic retraining/tuning of NLP sensitive-information classifiers and licensing/usage costs.

Research And Monitoring $11K/yr

[#17, #24] Hazardous-materials monitoring/environmental testing (VOC detectors, swabs, chemical analysis) and annual records/audit and ethics review.

It Hosting And Backups $7K/yr

[#9] Secure hosting, encrypted backups, SSL certs, VM/CDN costs for monitoring the blog and storing posts/images/logs.

Logistics And Transport $4K/yr

[#19] Annualized estimate for occasional secure transfers (sealed crate, armed courier, escorts) expressed as per-year cost (assumes infrequent moves).

Supplies And Consumables $3K/yr

[#15] Consumables for testing: sample items, labels, evidence bags, disposable PPE and photo mounting materials.

Sensor Calibration And Replacements $2K/yr

[#4] Periodic calibration, replacement seals/locks/batteries and small hardware repairs/spare parts inventory for sensors/cameras.

Medical Surveillance And Ppe $2K/yr

[#18] Basic medical screening, exposure incident supplies, PPE refresh, eye-wash and first-aid supplies.

Training And Drills $2K/yr

[#23] Annual refresher training and drills for staff based on SOPs (after initial creation).

Archival Storage $2K/yr

[#14] Encrypted long-term archival storage for blog posts, photographs, sensor logs, and chain-of-custody records.

Facilities Maintenance $0/yr

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Long Term Research Program Ongoing $0/yr

[#22] Ongoing research program costs if program is funded; baseline estimate assumes program is not funded (set to $0 in baseline recurring).

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $334K/yr

95.5% probability / year

Routine year with standard monitoring, maintenance, and testing; no major incidents or program funding decisions.

normal monitoring routine tests no major breaches

🚨 Minor Incident $405K/yr

3.0% probability / year +$70K vs baseline

Small information leak or blog post evasion requiring emergency takedown, limited forensics and extra legal/PR engagement.

filter failure public-facing sensitive post limited takedown/forensics

🚨 Major Breach $635K/yr

0.5% probability / year +$300K vs baseline

Class-B or higher public information breach requiring large cleanup, extensive forensics, PR buyouts, and possible neutralization steps.

Class-B information leak failed automated filters public dissemination requiring large mitigation

🚨 Research Program Funded $1.0M/yr

1.0% probability / year +$700K vs baseline

Decision to scale up into a formal research program and/or upgrade containment (one-off capital and first-year research costs).

policy decision to study mechanism containment upgrade required funding allocated

👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	2	[#5] Two Level-2 guards assigned as primary watch (rotating coverage).
Research Scientist (Level-3 oversight)	1	[#6] Fractional dedicated oversight by a Level-3 researcher (allocated pro rata salary reflected in staff_wages).
Research Technician / Lab Technician	1	[#7] Technician to run baseline cycles, catalogue test items, handle sample logistics and photography.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing reasonable mid-point estimates for most categories; uncertainty remains around optional research funding, contingency reserve sizing, and rare high-cost incidents, so confidence is medium.

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