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SCP-2730 Euclid ~ medium confidence
SCP-2730
Expected annual
$2.6M
One-time setup
$2.4M
Annual recurring
$2.5M
Personnel
17
Initial capital/setup (facility retrofits, BSL upgrades, and tissue-engineering suite) is estimated at roughly $2.4M one-time; recurring annual operations (staffing, covert detail, consumables, utilities, research, and legal/PR) are about $2.54M/yr, driven mainly by personnel, covert operations, and research/cover budgets.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.4M
Facilities $1.1M
[#1, #7, #22] Includes dedicated humanoid containment cell modifications, potential BSL-3 biosafety upgrade/certification, and initial offsite vaulting/long-term preservation setup.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $600K
[#6] Tissue-culture / Lilith Protocol infrastructure: biosafety hoods, incubators, microscopes, centrifuges, bioreactors/scaffolding, cryopreservation station and related lab buildout at BSL-2/BSL-3 capability.
Emergency Contingency Reserve $300K
[#18] One-time reserve fund to seed emergency-response contingencies (rapid reaction, temporary media blackout measures, witness relocation, field sedation/containment supplies).
Equipment $240K
[#5, #12, #13, #17, #20, #19] Includes −80°C freezer hardware & redundancy, covert-surveillance kit/vehicles initial purchase, secure transport crates and portable env control boxes, monitoring/detection hardware, secure-server/setup hardware, and initial PPE cache.
Per Facsimile Replacement $150K
[#10] Per-replacement facsimile production (growth/scaffolds/surgical assembly/QA); one-time cost each time a new facsimile is produced.
Decommissioning Per Event $20K
[#24] Per-event controlled euthanasia / destruction / safe disposal costs (incineration/denaturing/legal records) when facsimiles are retired or SCP-2730-1 is destroyed.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $2.5M/yr
Staff Wages $960K/yr
[#4, #9, #11, #20] On-site veterinary staffing (retainer/salary), skilled research personnel (scientists, technicians, lab manager), covert public-detail operatives (shift coverage/benefits/overtime), and IT/security staffing for systems and audits.
Miscellaneous Overhead $585K/yr
[#25] Institutional overhead applied to recurring direct costs (applied at 30% of direct recurring budget as typical HR/benefits/facility overhead/internal audits).
Cover Story And Legal $420K/yr
[#14, #15] PR/memetic/cover-up budget (legal counsel, media manipulation, NDAs, staged appearances) and legal/ethical oversight (in-house lawyers, retainer for covert legal actions).
Research And Monitoring $250K/yr
[#23] Ongoing research into anomaly origins and perception mechanics, experiments, sequencing, epigenetics, perceptual studies and associated non-personnel research budgets.
Supplies And Consumables $187K/yr
[#3, #8, #16] Primary animal husbandry (feed/enrichment/veterinary diagnostics), laboratory consumables and reagents for facsimile production (media/growth factors/sterility testing), and biohazard waste disposal (autoclave/incineration/chemical neutralization).
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#13, #12] Annual operations/maintenance for covert surveillance vehicles and kits plus estimated per-move transport costs for transfers/medical procedures.
Emergency Fund Replenish $50K/yr
[#18] Annual replenishment allocation to restore contingency reserve after use or to maintain target reserve level.
Facilities Maintenance $34K/yr
[#2, #5, #17, #21, #22] Cell utilities and maintenance (HVAC/high air-exchange/HEPA/cleaning), freezer power & maintenance, monitoring equipment calibration & maintenance, energy costs for freezers/bioreactors/HVAC, and offsite storage fees.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $2.5M/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year: routine containment, scheduled facsimile maintenance, and ongoing research and covert operations without major incidents.
normal maintenance scheduled facsimile replacement regular research and oversight
🚨 Minor Incident $3.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$450K vs baseline
Unexpected facsimile failure or localized exposure requiring emergency replacement, targeted PR response, and limited legal actions.
facsimile degradation/failure small public exposure rapid replacement and PR spike
🚨 Major Breach $4.0M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Significant public breach/exposure or containment failure requiring full emergency response, witness relocation, extended legal/PR campaigns and multiple replacements/repairs.
public breach high-visibility facsimile failure prolonged legal/media engagement
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 2 Senior scientists for Lilith Protocol and anomaly research [#9, #23].
Laboratory Technician 3 Technicians to run tissue culture, QA/QC, and daily lab operations [#9].
Lab Manager 1 Oversees lab scheduling, compliance and protocol execution [#9].
Veterinary Specialist 1 Part-time/full-time avian-specialist vet for welfare, procedures and diagnostics [#4, #3].
Security Officer / Covert Operative 8 Covert public-detail operatives providing 24/7 coverage and relief shifts for the active facsimile [#11, #12].
IT / Security Administrator 1 Manages secure servers, access controls, memetic containment systems and audits [#20].
Administrative / Legal Staff 1 In-house legal/ethical oversight and coordination with PR/legal retainer activities [#15, #14].
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for most cost drivers, allowing mid-range estimates; uncertainty remains around facsimile replacement frequency, PR/major-breach magnitudes, and whether BSL-3 upgrades are mandatory, so confidence is medium.
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