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SCP-2691 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2691
Expected annual
$1.5M
One-time setup
$1.6M
Annual recurring
$1.5M
Personnel
8
Initial one-time setup is approximately $1.56M driven by site construction, specialized underwater/temporal research gear, and insurance/reserve funding; ongoing annual operations are ~ $1.45M/yr driven by salaries, dive/readiness, research monitoring, and contingency funds.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.6M
Facilities $713K
[#1, #2, #19, #20, #26] Roadblocks, ranger station structure, contingency demolition allowance, environmental permitting, and optional long-term research annex build-out/site prep.
Equipment $342K
[#5, #6, #7, #11, #22, #23, #21] Surveillance hardware, waterborne barriers, boats/watercraft, dive equipment, power redundancy hardware, vehicles/trailers, and on-site server hardware.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $218K
[#8, #9, #12] Specialized underwater mapping gear (ROV/side-scan/winch), precision timekeeping systems, and experiment PPE/safety outfitting.
Insurance Initial Reserve $150K
[#27] Initial internal insurance/actuarial reserve for personnel/equipment/litigation risks.
Legal Counsel Initial $55K
[#17] Initial legal fees for road closures, land-status changes, and legal work to enable containment.
Cover Establishment $45K
[#15] One-time costs to establish cover story and PR materials for the wildlife reservation narrative.
Evidence Suppression Initial $28K
[#18] Initial takedown/discrediting and media remediation expenses.
Map Database Updates $14K
[#16] One-time filings/updates to maps and coordination with mapping services.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr
Staff Wages $710K/yr
[#3, #4, #10] Embedded Foundation agent (park ranger cover), on-site security/patrol staffing, and dedicated scientific staff salaries/benefits.
Dive Team Readiness $115K/yr
[#11] Annual training, equipment amortization, on-call pay, and medical readiness for dive/rescue crew.
Research Annex Operations $100K/yr
[#26] Operations and staffing if long-term research annex is built and brought online.
Emergency Extraction Fund $100K/yr
[#24] Annual contingency fund for helicopter/airlift charters and emergency contractor support.
Research And Monitoring $94K/yr
[#5, #9, #13, #21, #16] Surveillance data/storage/comms costs, timekeeping calibration, medical/post-exposure monitoring, secure data archives, and map-monitoring activities.
Cover Story And Legal $90K/yr
[#14, #15, #17, #18] Ongoing amnestic program overhead, PR/liaison, legal liaison costs, and evidence/media monitoring expenses.
Administrative Overhead $80K/yr
[#28] Administrative staff, accounting, classified paperwork handling, and coordination overhead.
Insurance Reserve Adjustment $60K/yr
[#27] Annual adjustments to insurance/actuarial reserves to cover ongoing risk exposure.
Facilities Maintenance $21K/yr
[#2, #22] Ranger station utilities/maintenance and power-redundancy maintenance/fuel costs.
Supplies And Consumables $17K/yr
[#12, #29] PPE replacement and miscellaneous consumables/spare parts.
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#23] Vehicle fuel, insurance, and maintenance for 4x4/ATV fleet and trailers.
Community Relations $15K/yr
[#25] Small grants, discreet compensations, and community liaison to maintain secrecy/acceptance.
Environmental Compliance $12K/yr
[#20] Ongoing compliance monitoring, seasonal restrictions, and mitigation activities.
Boats Maintenance $10K/yr
[#7] Fuel, maintenance, storage, and training costs for on-site boats and small craft.
Waterborne Maintenance $6K/yr
[#6] Seasonal deployment and maintenance for buoys/floating barriers and signage.
Amnestic Administrations $5K/yr
[#14] Ongoing per-administration costs for Class C amnestics (assumes small number of administrations annually).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr
87.9% probability / year
Normal year with standard operations, monitoring, and no major incidents.
routine monitoring scheduled experiments normal maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $1.5M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$75K vs baseline
Localized incident requiring medical response, limited equipment repair, additional amnestic administrations and PR.
small breach or exposure medical treatment and amnestics equipment repairs
🚨 Major Breach $2.1M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$600K vs baseline
Significant containment breach requiring demolition/repair, large legal/settlement costs, heavy remediation and temporary surge staffing.
bridge/structure failure multiple exposures legal action or major remediation
🚨 Catastrophic Scale Up $51.5M/yr
0.1% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Rare catastrophic expansion of the anomaly or mass-casualty/large-scale disappearances triggering national-level response and prolonged operations.
anomalous exponential scaling mass disappearances federal/military involvement
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
Embedded Foundation agent / Park Ranger 1 [#3] Single planted agent on-site assuming full-time cover/pay included in staff_wages.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#4] On-site patrol and roadblock staffing (2–4 personnel modeled as 3 FTE equivalents).
Research Scientist / Technician 4 [#10] Scientific staff and technicians rotating for experiments, data analysis, and equipment operation.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide line-item ranges for most costs enabling reasonable mid-range estimates, but uncertainty remains due to contingency/optional items (annex, demolition), frequency of amnestic administrations, and unpredictable anomalous behavior.
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